Best PC Build Poll: Under $750

[Titillating]

sadams04's untitled build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.13 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($41.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial BX100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($66.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.58 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cougar Solution 2 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.29 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($18.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $744.44



SR-71's "SKYLAKE 'VX Micro Beast' EDITION"

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.00 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($52.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.17 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.29 @ Amazon)
Total: $745.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-12 11:29 EST-0500



IllogicalGlory's "Parallel"

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.28 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($78.50 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($308.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cougar Solution 2 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Silverstone Element 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.83 @ Amazon)
Total: $726.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-29 18:01 EDT-0400



filippi's "Standing Man Build"

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.28 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.73 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($314.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $749.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-04 16:37 EST-0500



logainofhades' "A Bit of Something Blue"

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.00 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($308.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Xion XON-560 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.29 @ Amazon)
Total: $747.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-04 14:28 EST-0500

 

[Onus]

Of those systems, the one that most closely matches my own preferences (although it won't have the highest FPS in more graphically intense games), is sadams04's; on the strength of the motherboard and SSD.

 

[jaber2]

At start it was a contest but logainofhades' "A Bit of Something Blue" won it for me

 

[michigan_man]

I think I might buy one of these builds, That is if any of these builds have potential for upgrades in the future? Or do they all allow that??

Is there pros and cons to these builds?

And if this should be in a separate thread please let me know

 

[Bicepsquat]

which would run gw2 the best?

 

[Onus]

They would all run GW2 very well; I'm not sure you'd see a visible difference. The Skylake builds might do ever so slightly better, but I'm not sure you'd see the difference.