1000$ max Computer for PS/autocad/render's, maybe some CS:GO and LoL

mikego

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Hello everyone. Im currently not living in Canada but will be visiting shortly and would love to build me a PC there to bring back home with me being much cheaper.

So, I am in the Architecture field and would like something that can handle the tasks of Photoshopping, 3'd, renders but also be able to play some LoL and CS:GO with my friends. Basically I know that the Quadro GPU's are better but will they handle minium gaming?

But putting that apart, I still have an old GeForce 8800GT that I would like to stay with if its worth it because GPU's are expensive, but basiccally thats why Im here asking for your help.

Budget: Around 1000$ if I get a GPU

Use (Gaming, Rendering, etc): Photoshopping, 3'd, renders

Peripherals required (monitor, keyboard/mouse, etc): None required, just the guts of the beast if you understand me 😀

Operating System required: None

So with the research ive been doing these past weeks I think It will have to have a i7 with maybe 16gbram. I will not Overclock it so the motherboard can be a mini one (I think thats how it works , im just a noob ^ ) and only will ever have one GPU. It will need to have a SSD, only an SSD actually, around 240gb, got a External HDD for any other storage. Coolers, the Box, Power supply can be 100% ugly from all I care, just need some power for as cheap as possible. The GPU I may get one if its worth over the 8800gt and is cheap, maybe around 100-200$ would spend on one if the diference was THATTTTT worth it.

Thanks for reading this and cheer's
 
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For $1k, you can easily get a solid system, for what you want, even with buying a GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($94.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Mushkin Reactor 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($326.99 @ SuperBiiz)...
For $1k, you can easily get a solid system, for what you want, even with buying a GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($94.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Mushkin Reactor 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($326.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive ($13.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $997.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-31 12:28 EDT-0400
 
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Is it really worth saving the 70$? I will not overclock so remember that. Thanks for the replies guys!

EDIT: From what I see superbizz.com doesnt ship to Canada right?
 
But are they that much quicker in render/3d programs that playing with less grafics in games (because of being not so good) are worth it? Can it change a 2hour render into 20m sort of thing... if the GPU is the 970 per se ?
 

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