800 gaming Pc build

Laliel

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Approximate Purchase Date: this week

Budget Range: 800-850$

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (from steam mostly), School.

Are you buying a monitor: Yes

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com (if needed any other reliable website would be fine)

Parts Preferences: Whatever is reliable and efficient

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire:Maybe (Don't know what it is, an explanation would be good.

Hello, this is my first build and I've tried to pick the parts by myself but I tend to go overboard. I'm not a very techy person, so i don't care much about overclocking or anything similar to that, so I'm hoping this forum will help me out. I am mostly gonna use this Pc for Gaming mostly from steam (Portal 2,Fable 3, Battlefield 3, Assasins creed.....etc) and school work, I need a pretty nice looking monitor with good resolution and speakers. NEEDs to have HDMI port and at least 6 USB slots. Also extra parts like third party fans would be nice to include or anything else that might help keep the Pc together. So hopefully you guys can help me out with this build, thanks. :hello:
 

excella1221

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3450 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($186.97 @ CompUSA)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($87.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda ES.2 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.31 @ Compuvest)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card ($234.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.25 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Acer S220HQLAbd 21.5" Monitor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $844.03
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

Motherboard has
- HDMI x1
- 6x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0 (both on rear panel)
- 4x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0 (internal i/o connectors)

The casing has 3 pre-installed fans, one of which is Blue LED. You don't really need to add more imo.
 
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BreadWhistle

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CPU: Intel i5 3450 ($195)

Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme3
(Has 6 USB) ($120)

GPU: MSI GTX 660 ($195 w/ rebate)

PSU: Seasonic 620w (On sale for $89)

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjwas X ($29 w/ promo code EMCJNJD34)

Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex 4 64GB ($80)

Optical Drive: Asus 24X DVD Burner ($20)

Case: I'd never exceed over $100 for a case. Since case is pure personal preference, I don't have a suggestion for you.

Monitor: Again monitors are somewhat preference. Any 24" 1080p monitor should be fine

TOTAL: Should come out to around $830 w/o a monitor.


SLI/CrossfireX is using 2 or more GPU's on 1 system.
 

Laliel

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Well thanks guys for giving me some of your time to help me pick a build. In the end I'm picking Excella's build because it looks very promising, thanks Excella