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I have just saved up almost $800 to build a new gaming pc. I want the cpu's to be from Intel (i7 or i5) and graphics card from Nvidia. Please send me links to buy those components. Also, I can only buy from Amazon since I have prime.
 
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FWwrLk

Here. This is what should help you game for now. Also please mention the resolution on which you are playing. The case has USB 2.0 ports which can't be used with the motherboard but the motherboard ports should serve well, the case has excellent cooling capacity for all your parts. I have added a 600W PSU in case you decide to upgrade the parts. The GTX 770 is a good GPU for that price. The i5-4570 is quad core and should have no problem running games.

PS : many parts were not available on Amazon, so I have listed the cheapest price for them in the list. If you decide to change your GPU preference, you can also look at this build - http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/hNPxFT/modest-gaming-build

Good Luck!!
 
I'm sorry for not including all the details, but I will need windows 7 and 1 optical drive. The optical drive can be over my budget and no monitors. I have one at home already.
 
Here you go

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.49 @ Newegg)
Memory: Pareema 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M550 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 280 3GB royalKing Video Card ($299.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Silverstone PS07B MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($71.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($15.00 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $912.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-11 04:04 EST-0500

I would suggest you go for Windows 8 over Windows 7 - it is not much different and Windows 7 will be deprecated (unsupported by Microsoft) in a few years.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.97 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($199.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.84 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit) ($129.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $818.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-11 04:26 EST-0500

you should consider buying the OS from somewhere other than amazon because you can get it cheaper. also, this is only if you are going to build this immediately. i suggest either save up more for a gtx970, or wait for the 960 to come out, the 760 is good but it's probably worth the wait either way. the cpu can be upgraded, but you wont be able to add another gpu in the future so you want to make sure you get a nice one
 
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/t4JVHx

Here, downgraded the processor from the previous one. The i5-4440 is a really good option, not as powerful as the 4570 but still good.
Totally agreeing with TofuLion on the OS thing. Get a copy from your friend, download it off a torrent, ask your nearby computer dealer to install it on the system. It would be far cheaper than buying an original copy.
 
If you are constrained to that budget and buying from amazon, let me make a suggestion. Everyone is going to say the i5 processors are better, but you might check pricing on an amd 8 core like the fx 8320 for example. Something like that you could always add better cooling and overclock later. But if you are careful maybe that would allow enough extra in the budget for a gtx 960 or 970 which in my mind, for majority of games your video card is your more important factor. Myself I'm running an fx 8120 that I've got overclocked to 4.2ghz and now a Radeon 7950 with a factory overclock. It plays things pretty well at 1080p now, though in the next year or so I'll probably want a new video card. But if going amd saves enough for a step up on the graphics card i think that would be a valid consideration in this case.
 


Thank you for your suggestion. I will be doing that for my copy of Windows 7/8 ( not decided yet)
 
Bad advice above. If you don't already have the OS, then you either need to increase your budget or purchase less expensive components. Your local computer shop will probably not do as you request if they are reputable. With everyone cracking down on software piracy they would be stupid to even consider doing that for you. I would not touch doing that were I doing that as a business. If perchance someone decided not to purchase and figured out a way to hack the os, too much liability on the shop. If you asked me to do that I would flatly tell you no. Either you buy a copy of the os and I'd install it, or if you are waiting longer for your copy of windows to arrive, come back and i would install it then, otherwise there would be nothing to talk about.

I get the excitement of buying a new pc, but downloading a cracked os from a torrent or borrowing from a friend is not very smart. It's a lot easier to track things than people think.
 
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