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alexraw

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?+
$1000 without tax and shipping and might go over my budget a bit for better stuff

3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.+
USA, Miami, fl

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.+
CPU, motherboard, ram, videocard, harddrive, power supply, case, Windows 8? Sound card, cooling system/fans, dvd drive,

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? None

6) Will you be overclocking?
not sure

7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Need to buy one unsure of what size to get only focusing on build atm

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
In about a month or two

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
no

If I left anything out I'm sorry I'm a noob never built a pc this will be my first. I wanna be able to play games at highest settings I play a little bit of wow and just started elder scrolls online. Might also play battlefield and star wars the old Republic and more. Any help will be highly appreciated
 
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Honestly, wait another month and ask for advice then. By then, an entirely new Intel platform will be out and so our hardware recommendations are going to change as a result. So just wait a month and ask for advice again.

But if you want to do something in the meantime, look at some cases:
$70 - Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Case
$70 - Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black w/ Window ATX Case
$90 - NZXT Source 530 Full Tower Case
$100 - Thermaltake Core V51 Black ATX Case
$100 - Corsair Carbide Series 500R ATX Case
$100 - Phanteks Enthoo Pro Full Tower Case
$103 - Antec 1100 V2 ATX Case
$110 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Full Tower ATX Case
$110 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-001BK Black Full Tower ATX Case
$120 - Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Gunmetal Black ATX Case
$120 - Corsair Obsidian Series 450D ATX Case
$136 - NZXT Phantom 530 Black Full Tower ATX Case
$140 - Corsair Obsidian Series 750D ATX Case
$140 - Corsair Graphite Series 730T ATX Case
$150 - NZXT Phantom 630 White Windowed Full Tower ATX Case
$150 - Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case
$158 - NZXT Phantom 630 Gunmetal Full Tower Case
$170 - Corsair Graphite Series 600T Arctc White Full Tower Case
$180 - Corsair Graphite Series 760T Black Full Tower Case
$180 - Corsair Graphite Series 760T White Full Tower Case
180 - Corsair Graphite Black ATX Full Tower 780T
190 - Corsair Graphite White ATX Full Tower 780T
 
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New intel is pretty much irrelevant. Merely more minor creeping up of power since AMD has fallen on its face.
Just cuz you have a grand to spend doesn't mean you need to. If you have access to a microcenter a 4690k + board combo can be had for $300. For the board make sure if you will ever go SLI or need digital audio out (MSI Gaming 5 doesn't have it). The only real concern is what level of card you want. With nothing specified, I'd say grab a used 970 that people are tossing out the window now that the Ti is out. Ram is at your discretion, crazy high end fast stuff is not worth it as there is minimal benefits to be had. 2133 or 2400 is fine.

-8gb of ram is fine, although you may want 16 anyway depending on prices. Depends on how often you may do a complete rebuild since DDR3 is starting to fade.
-128gig SSD for the OS and most played game or two, then a 1 or 2gig disk drive for storage.
-Quality 750+ psu for reliability, efficiency/stability, and SLI possibilities later.
-Absolutely get an AIO water cooler on the CPU. Easy to install, less noise, and much cooler temps. Plus overclocking room for later again.
-Don't bother with a sound card to start. Entirely unnecessary until you establish your standards.
-I got a Win 8.1 for $30 on Ebay from some girl in Sri Lanka. Activated fine. If you do your reading and check feedback there is lots of that on there. Free Win 10 soon..

Everything else..... just pick what you like.

As for all my "laters", just build your system as is and enjoy it. Don't go over clocking everything like crazy to start. You will be in shock how good that 'little' build runs and leaving the breathing room for later will help maintain the expected performance for newer games.
And the money you saved by not buying the 'best' of everything now will get you another video card later, eg, used 980 Ti that will completely revive your comp.
On the other hand, you can also put that saved budget to a great monitor. I would highly recommend a 120/144hz screen with an anti-motion blur feature. IMO, the experience is greater than gsync shenanigans. I'm still using the first Asus with it, but BenQ supposedly has the best currently.

I came from an Ph 2 X4 at 3.5ghz. Everything I could get out of it after 5 years and went to the 4690k with the same video card of a GTX 760 and it has been a world of difference. Zero reason for me to think about overclocking yet. Also my first Intel chip since 200MMX.
'Til Oculus and a new vid card....
 
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niqht said:
New intel is pretty much irrelevant. Merely more minor creeping up of power since AMD has fallen on its face.
Just cuz you have a grand to spend doesn't mean you need to. If you have access to a microcenter a 4690k + board combo can be had for $300. For the board make sure if you will ever go SLI or need digital audio out (MSI Gaming 5 doesn't have it). The only real concern is what level of card you want. With nothing specified, I'd say grab a used 970 that people are tossing out the window now that the Ti is out. Ram is at your discretion, crazy high end fast stuff is not worth it as there is minimal benefits to be had. 2133 or 2400 is fine.

-8gb of ram is fine, although you may want 16 anyway depending on prices. Depends on how often you may do a complete rebuild since DDR3 is starting to fade.
-128gig SSD for the OS and most played game or two, then a 1 or 2gig disk drive for storage.
-Quality 750+ psu for reliability, efficiency/stability, and SLI possibilities later.
-Absolutely get an AIO water cooler on the CPU. Easy to install, less noise, and much cooler temps. Plus overclocking room for later again.
-Don't bother with a sound card to start. Entirely unnecessary until you establish your standards.
-I got a Win 8.1 for $30 on Ebay from some girl in Sri Lanka. Activated fine. If you do your reading and check feedback there is lots of that on there. Free Win 10 soon..

Everything else..... just pick what you like.

As for all my "laters", just build your system as is and enjoy it. Don't go over clocking everything like crazy to start. You will be in shock how good that 'little' build runs and leaving the breathing room for later will help maintain the expected performance for newer games.
And the money you saved by not buying the 'best' of everything now will get you another video card later, eg, used 980 Ti that will completely revive your comp.
On the other hand, you can also put that saved budget to a great monitor. I would highly recommend a 120/144hz screen with an anti-motion blur feature. IMO, the experience is greater than gsync shenanigans. I'm still using the first Asus with it, but BenQ supposedly has the best currently.

I came from an Ph 2 X4 at 3.5ghz. Everything I could get out of it after 5 years and went to the 4690k with the same video card of a GTX 760 and it has been a world of difference. Zero reason for me to think about overclocking yet. Also my first Intel chip since 200MMX.
'Til Oculus and a new vid card....
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Yeah no, your advice is a tad off. Since the OP is building his very first gaming PC, it should be the latest Intel which is only a month away. Not to mention it'll be better for him future wise since he can take advantage of cheaper DDR4 RAM.

Nor does he live near a Microcenter. Nor is it a good idea to buy used parts. Nor is it good idea to get a AIO since the majority of them have absurd price to performance. Nor is it good to buy a 128GB SSD for the OS considering that larger SSDs are far better values for the money. Nor is DDR3 2133 or DDR3 2400 RAM actually worth it over DDR3 1600 RAM.
 
Little late but you know how life can be at times. Well I finally got a friend to help steer me in the direction I wanted and he will be the one assembling the build since I cannot do it myself. In the link is pretty much the build minus windows 10 pro that I will buy dvd drive and the graphics card which will be nvidia gtx 960 4GB GDDR5. And then the obvious parts I'll buy later monitor mouse and keyboard.


http://www.tigerdirect.com/include/...id=ITD&Sku=B69-10402&imgcart=1&MobileOptOut=2
 
Please give me your input on what you guys think. This will be mainly for gaming.

World of warcraft
Diablo
 
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