Hey guys, I've been wanting to build a pc for a while but i had to build one under a budget of $1000. Here is a list of some things that I've found. If you can think of anything better to put in here please let me know.
Corsair CS650M
AMD Radeon R9 Gamer series RAM
AMD A10-6800k (I'll probably wait until the next series of GPU's come out before I buy one)
Corsair Carbide series 200r
Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-Up4
WD 1tb hard drive
I'll also probably buy an H60 water cooling unit from corsair
I would not recommend the up4, bios sucks and it might die randomly on you like mine did me, I would instead recommend the Asrock F2A88X+ Extreme6+. I really would stay away from the the gigabyte board
Depending on what you are looking for I would recommend this:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/34a0d
This should hold you over until the next generation of graphics and the CPU is much stronger than the APU and should do better in games
but if you want an APU build instead let me know and I will get it done
Edit: Here is an APU build in case you wanted an APU:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/34aYs
With such a large budget, I would go CPU+dGPU. It would perform a lot better than a single apu.
I just learned that with an AMD APU and an AMD graphics card you can actually run them in crossfire. Is this true?
Yes with specific video cards you can. But, at a $1000 budget it would be stupid to go Apu, assuming you are in the US?
The build I suggested would destroy an apu build. For $1000 an apu build would be wasteful
I really like that build but I would use an air cooler in that price range. I had a cheap cooler master AIO water cooler and I hated it. The tubes wouldn't curve into a logical position and it seemed to big. Something like this would be my personal replacement: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/phanteks-cpu-cooler-phtc12dxbk
Will that fit in the NZXT Source 210?
That works
Yes it will all fit in a source 210, Newegg also has windowed version if you want a window
I'm guessing he's in AUS if he's build a $1000 APU build? Otherwise, you can build a really nice gaming rig...
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/34PVd
That's a little bit over budget, but it's really nice
Those tiny heatsinks on the VRMs don't instill me with confidence when paired with an unlocked processor, otherwise decent build
I'd get that PSU regardless.... $40 off is a killer deal...
it's an Asus Z87 chipset... Z87 is made for overclocking... it's virtually identical to the Z87-A minus the extra PCI slot and after that the prices start skyrocketing with unneeded bells and whistles... it's not like he's gonna run 1.7v on air cooling anyhow... I'm quite confident he can count on a baseline 4.3 GHz+ silicon lottery overclock on that board...
My only problem is that the board is pretty bottom of the bin, yes z87 is an overclocking chipset but I wouldn't over clock on anything less than a PRO, plus the cheap boards can have a lot of problems. I'm not saying its bad but I've had a history with cheap boards and I'm hardpressed to recommend one
Not trying to argue with you or anything... but most of the PLUS boards are just added features with identical VRM heatsinks (case in point with the plus, and c/a/etc models here... every line gets some DOAs.. Newegg's reviews are all 5 stars or 1 star DOA... I don't know what issues you've had with "low end boards" but the Z87 chipset in and of itself is a highend chipset... I've installed 2 of these boards on computers I've built and they run great, hence my recommendation... very few people use the added features that more expensive mobos supply... same board, more empty holes to plug shit into... :P
I guess that's reasonable, I've just always been apprehensive about low end stuff.