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$700-$800 Gaming PC Build

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Hello Everybody,

I am looking for a gaming pc and I hope that you guys could help me.





Budget Range: 700-800

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Surfing the Web, and maybe editing videos

Are you buying a monitor: No




Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg

Location: City, State/Region, Country - New York

Parts Preferences: Intel

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe


I'm not that of a heavy gamer, so I dont need a really good video card, but im open to suggestions

More about : 700 800 gaming build

MoBo: ASRock Z77 Pro4 – $109.99
CPU: Intel i5 3570k – $229.99
RAM: G.Skill 1600MHz Ripjaws 2x4GB – $34.99
GPU: XFX Radeon 7870 – $229.99
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB – $109.99
PSU: Seasonic S12II 520W – $67.99
Heatsink: Xigmatek Gaia – $19.99
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi – $69.99

That's around $850

Per the fact that you just said "I'm not that heavy of a gamer" you could pretty much save ~$100 or so and get a similar performing AMD build.

Don't get me wrong, the i5 3570K is great. On a smaller budget however, like yours, it'd be better to go AMD and a better GPU. Why?

Most games take advantage of a better GPU, not CPU: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/2055/5/
OR http://www.legitreviews.com/article/2055/6/

So my suggestion is going with an FX-6300 and a 7870, you save lots of money but you still get a pretty solid multi-threading CPU that can still edit videos and do all those things pretty well and better than the i3 3220 at a similar price. PLUS, you'll be able to overclock at a fairly low price.

Check out my $650 build here:
http://www.squidoo.com/electronicandmore#module14669582...

If you want an Intel build, check out my $850 build here:
http://www.squidoo.com/electronicandmore#module14709282...
Just drop the Hive 750 down to the Antec Neo Eco 520w and you'll save about $35 dropping you down to the $800 mark.
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