<800$ Full Build

[retzman22]

Approximate Purchase Date: Next Week

Budget Range:600-800$ Total with shipping.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming/ Surfing web

Are you buying a monitor: No


Parts to Upgrade: Need Everything

Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Please note that if you're using an OEM license of Windows, you will need a new one when buying a new motherboard.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com

Location: Raleigh, NC USA

Parts Preferences: No preference. have never built before. My laptops have intel.

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: Don't know what this is. Would guess not.

Your Monitor Resolution:1920x1080

Additional Comments: Battlefield4/ RPG's.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Laptop wont support the good games.

 

[retzman22]

I will buy the monitor separate outside of the 800. Thanks for any help

 

[Sylvanriv]

Before we start, SLI/Crossfire (SLI= Nvidia and Crossfire= AMD) is adding a second graphics card for more performance. Of course, your motherboard and PSU have to support SLI.

Here's a build i just put together (edited to remove monitor). This is the best I could do with your budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($192.55 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH22NS90B DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Mwave)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($88.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $794.45
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-21 20:00 EST-0500)

 

[retzman22]

I have edited my initial post. What should I change now that the monitor is not included?

 

[Sylvanriv]

Above post edited ^^^^^^

 

[retzman22]

Would this give a decent Fps? Don't want to be disappointed in graphics.

 

[camohanna]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Fke3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Fke3/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Fke3/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.97 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $792.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-21 20:14 EST-0500)

Or

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Fkgz
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Fkgz/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Fkgz/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($225.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.97 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($240.30 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $829.21
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-21 20:16 EST-0500)

 

[Sylvanriv]

Would this give a decent Fps? Don't want to be disappointed in graphics.

This build would do very well on high settings in BF4. I would recommend one of camohanna's builds, but if you add an OS like you asked, they go WAY over budget.

 

[retzman22]

http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Black-Edition-VL80001W2Z-Gaming/dp/B002Q2M8KK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1390354827&sr=8-3&keywords=computer+case

This case work with either of those builds?

 

[Sylvanriv]

It would work fine, but it's not a great case.

 

[retzman22]

Does this include the disk drive?

 

[Sylvanriv]

My build does include it, I don't believe either of camohanna's do.

 

[retzman22]

How about this? Does that optical drive work?


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($225.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($78.55 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($240.30 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (32-bit) ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $984.77
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-21 21:50 EST-0500)

 

[Sylvanriv]

That's excellent. If you overclock, you will want to add a CPU cooler in.

 

[retzman22]

Can I decide on over clocking later?