Student PC Build for $700: Matching productivity and occasional gaming? Help please!

Building a PC is time consuming :D Looks really good ;) thanks a lot. I will order the parts next week. I appreciate guys :)

haha, yeah, just wait till you have to put it all together :D
you're welcome, hope you have lots of fun on it

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http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/7nxPWZ - i5, 290, 1tb hdd, 8gb ram, matx case & mb - € 800.69

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Here is a good build close to the $700 budget and is more well rounded, IMHO:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (€189.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€77.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€61.78 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€53.22 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (€224.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case (€55.38 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€65.77 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €728.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-20 04:56 CEST+0200

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