First Crack at PC Building [Below $850]

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Hello everyone, This my first time choosing parts for a pc with a fair to slightly above fair knowledge of pc hardware. I will be building it myself to save money, obviously. So, I am buying a strictly gaming pc for absolute max budget of $850. However, I have two potential builds with slightly different specs. All parts from both builds will be ordered from only Newegg (cuz free shipping). The prices are based on right now and with sales and promotions going on. Feel free to suggest different parts, give advice, or give a completely different build. Of course, if you could make it cheaper for similar to same performance, then by all means please suggest. If I should spend a little bit more for something amazing, again, please suggest. Anything is welcome.


Things to note:


- I do prefer very high end graphics card (However, not anything like titian or 780ti or 295 x2). If possible for better GPU, I would be willing to trade off a little bit of RAM memory, CPU cooling, storage, or maybe a different CPU for a high end graphics card. (Of course, with consideration to potential bottlenecks).


- Good brand names would be very helpful.


- I would like to keep the pc somewhat future proof with potential upgradability.


- I would like to keep the case the same (Corsair 300r).


- The optical drive can be whatever or none at all.


- Anything else can be upgraded, downgraded, or changed altogether.



So here are the builds



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FIRST BUILD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



CPU - AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core {$99.99}



CPU COOLER - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus {$19.99}



MOTHERBOARD - Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ {$99.99}



MEMORY - G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 {$82.99}



STORAGE - Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" SSD {$59.99}



- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hard Drive {$79.99}



VIDEO CARD - XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation {$213.00}



CASE - Corsair 300r ATX MId Tower Case {$69.99}



PSU - Corsair 600W ATX12V {$34.99}

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/rq143love/saved/9fP7YJ



TOTAL COST - $760.83



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SECOND BUILD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



CPU - AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core {$99.99}



CPU COOLER - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus {$19.99}



MOTHERBOARD - Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ {$99.99}



MEMORY - G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 {$82.99}



STORAGE - Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hard Drive {$54.99}



VIDEO CARD - XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB Double Dissipation {$319.99}



CASE - Corsair 300r ATX MId Tower Case {$69.99}



PSU - Corsair 600W ATX12V {$34.99}

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/rq143love/saved/jVWKHx



TOTAL COST - $782.92



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So please comment and reply!



Thank you for reading, your thoughts, and suggestions!



P.S. If anyone has a good suggestion for a 23" 1080p LED Backlit monitor, That would be much appreciated!

 

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The second build isn't bad. Although I'd recommend jumping from the 6300 to the 8320 or 8350. They are only a little more but better. 

You'd prob be able to find cheaper RAM too. You don't need 1866Mhz. It is no better than 1333. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220836&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

Also stay FAR FAR FAR away from the SSDNow! drives. They are absolute shit. Slow and unreliable. Honestly not even faster than a 7200RPM HDD. The old ones were decent but the new ones suck. I say some deals on the Crucial MX100 and the Samsung 840 Evo recently. More money but much much better drives. Plus no SandForce. 

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What kinds of game you will be playing? Certain games that requires single thread performance may cause FX 6300 bottleneck your R9 280X.

If you play a lot of MMOs or multiplayer kinds of games, it would be good if you go with Intel G3258.

Changing your SSD to Crucial MX100 is more reliable than the SSDnow.

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Yes. The 6300 will struggle in some single threaded games.

LMAO the Pentium? In a $850 rig? That is hilarious. No offense but the Pentium is kinda shit. It is only really for people to OC and mess around with. 

Yes the SSDNow!s are crap.

Here. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3dXw8d

Intel based rig. 

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Thanks! I changed the build

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/rq143love/saved/9fP7YJ

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Mostly big FPS games like Crysis 3, BF4, and some MMO's.

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Then go with my Intel build. 

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Thank you! I'm actually highly considering it

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if you want the AMD platform then this for $821

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6snRCJ

or an Intel i5-4690k and z97 platform for $858

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BqBBxr

 

Both include a 128GB SSD boot drive and a 1TB storage drive & 8GB 1866Mhz ram and an R9 290 GPU

EDIT ... if it were up to me  ... the Intel build will be a stronger gamer IMO

 

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I strongly agree with DerKrieger's first comment. Going with a 8320 or 8350 would be the way to go best bang for buck. Also his statement with the speed of the RAM.. save some money and get 1333mhz. I am currently using.. 16gb 1333 Ripjaws and 8320 and a R9 280X. Save the money on ram.. and get a better CPU. Good Luck

 

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I agree that ram speed does not affect game play  ... but ... it does help a bit in overall system performance

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It's also a lot easier to change out than a CPU... down the road when you may have more in your budget to add to this build. For a "first crack at a build" you dont need to go for the higher speed ram and miss out on a better CPU. I do agree with you Ratzzz ... I just feel its a more important sacrifice to make when limited money is involved.

 

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AOC i2369V 60Hz 23.0" 5ms LED IPS Monitor $140

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/aoc-monitor-i2369v

or 

AOC i2267Fw 60Hz 22.0" LED IPS Monitor $120

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/aoc-monitor-i2267fw

 

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Yes but the amount of money saved on the ram is minuscule ... ever since the bottom dropped out on the R9 2XX series GPUs it is more than enough budget to build a decent rig for $850

And I feel both the builds I posted above speak for themselves.