At $1000, this quarter's "budget" Intel gaming build is a far cry from its AMD counterpart. The new quad-core Haswell-based Core i5-4670K and a GeForce GTX 770 from Gigabyte take up the lion's share of this build's budget. An inexpensive motherboard from ASRock, and old-school hard disk drive, small-ish PSU, and cheap case left plenty of cash leftover to pay for that processing power. Congratulations to forum member Zared619 for having his "Instrument of Winning" picked by the Tom's Hardware community this quarter!
| Component | Model | Average price |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i5-4670K (Haswell) Quad-Core CPU @ 3.4 GHz | $225 |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z87 Pro3 | $95 |
| RAM | G.Skill RipjawX Series 8 GB DDR3-2133 Kit (2 x 4 GB) | $80 |
| Graphics Card | Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB GDDR3 | $330 |
| Hard Drive and SSD | Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD | $90 |
| Power Supply | XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze | $75 |
| Case | Rosewill REDBONE U3 Mid-Tower | $60 |
| DVD Burner | LG 24x DVD Burner | $30 |
| TOTAL : $985 | ||