$900ish budget. Need a PC of awesomeness! Help me.

[Toughcub]

hi guys, my name is Mario. peace and love and may you be blessed. I want to start getting a decent PC that is fast. I'm not really that much of a gamer, but I do play WoW occasionally on my days off from work. My main focus is getting a build that is nice enough with enough sheer feel-good speed to browse around the web, browse and manage files, watching movies on itunes in amazing quailty and that stuff if you catch my drift...but like I said I will be buying Mists of Pandaria and I wouldn't mind at all playing it on some of the best settings, and being eye candyish while leveling/raiding. I'm just that kind of guy that waits for the weekends/days off and just relax on my PC.

Atm this is the PC i have been using now for 3+ years http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883113132 and my current monitor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176077
....I'm expecting this is going to be a heck of a leap in my PC time experience

I WILL be getting a new monitor as soon as you guys can recommend me a great pc! My monitor budget is $250 dollars and I am looking to get a 23' one. I heard IPS looks so good on those ASUS displays, can you recommend me some nice IPS monitors in my $ range?



Btw I've never built a PC or anything like that before, so this will be my first time. It's very very very scary hearing how by one little mistake in assembling a build you can blow up and destroy video cards/cpu/power supply all that stuff. I have not even the least knowledge when it comes to computer parts either, nothing about power supply, liquid cooling and motherboards and all this fancy sounding stuff. as I have said, I have never successfully assembled a component in any PC i tried opening up....ever. I'm probably gonna take all the parts to Tiger Direct near my home so they can build it and what not...thing is idc about the money i'm gonna have to spend as long as it is built the way its meant to be but I want that to be a last resort type of deal. I'm almost completely retarded when it comes to this stuff. and when seeing people holding a certain screwdriver and putting parts in certain places in different looking boxes with all these fancy airways freaks me the heck out. Scary freakin stuff to do correctly...I am a simple guy that just wants a PC done right and not blowing up in the process 🙁 I don't want complications.


So I will request parts of any which you recommend and why for this PC. Theres a website called partpicker that looks so cool, you guys just gotta recommend me what and why that matches my $900-ish budget.
I hope you guys help me out here, may the Lord pour out so much blessings on you who is here for me on this. Thanks for reading!



Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Next week, my paycheck inc


Budget Range: AS listed $900-950 for PC. The budget for my monitor is different and has nothing to do with the PC budget.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Relax, surf the web, play WoW, watching clips/movies.


Are you buying a monitor: Yes


Parts to Upgrade: --


Do you need to buy OS: Yes I prefer windows 7. I heard 8 is not so good and it looks too uncomfy for me.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: reliable and reputable sources, newegg/amazon and such.


Location: Miami, FL. USA.


Parts Preferences: by brand or type: Intel looks nice for me but you guys can let me know other ideas.


Overclocking: Fancy word for me, I don't think it will be needed right? I'm just gonna play WoW regarding to games I think.

Monitor: The one I want..well those Asus ones looks nice, anything under $250 and is IPS you can recommend.


And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I want a new PC

 

[Nephilim_17]

Sweet build Nephilim! I think I should stick to the i5-3470 for the processor, you think it will be a huge difference between the i5-3470 and the i3-3220 you posted?

and how will the 650ti compare to the 660 in WoW?

its up to you dude... i like the i3-3220 and 650ti because it is cheap... when it comes to performance... i think the i5-3470 and gtx 660 has more preformance...

 

[djangoringo]

It's better going with a quad core, if you can afford it, overall it will last much longer, also for a card, if it's for 1080p, i wouldn't recommend anything lower than a 7850 or 660 gtx.
If you need a lower card, get the 7850 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150656

For the ssds, there was pretty good options there, sandisk extreme, a-data Premier Pro SP900, Crucial M4 are good ones if the samsung is not on stock.
Also for those cards, you only need 500w, there's a corsair 500w modular on newegg for 49.99$ after mir.

 

[Toughcub]

It's better going with a quad core, if you can afford it, overall it will last much longer, also for a card, if it's for 1080p, i wouldn't recommend anything lower than a 7850 or 660 gtx.
If you need a lower card, get the 7850 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150656

For the ssds, there was pretty good options there, sandisk extreme, a-data Premier Pro SP900, Crucial M4 are good ones if the samsung is not on stock.
Also for those cards, you only need 500w, there's a corsair 500w modular on newegg for 49.99$ after mir.

The 660ti has a bigger price than gtx 660..i am comfortable paying for the 660 if i wanna get 1080p, which is what i am aiming for. I was just wondering is it such a big deal for me who will play MoP, to decide between the 650ti and a 660? AMD radeon says it's just fine but what about for 1080p?

 

[djangoringo]

The 7850 and 660 gtx are your best choices, the 7850 is almost at the same price as a 650 ti, performs much better than the 650 ti, if you see the toms hardware bench, it goes with ~46 fps maxout dx11 @1080p, it might also had some boost in fps with the amd catalyst 12.11(it was made before the new driver).
The 660 gtx goes with 58 fps, but with newer drivers, it could give ~60 fps.

 

[Toughcub]

The 7850 and 660 gtx are your best choices, the 7850 is almost at the same price as a 650 ti, performs much better than the 650 ti, if you see the toms hardware bench, it goes with ~46 fps maxout dx11 @1080p, it might also had some boost in fps with the amd catalyst 12.11(it was made before the new driver).
The 660 gtx goes with 58 fps, but with newer drivers, it could give ~60 fps.

http://media.bestofmicro.com/U/V/352327/original/WoW-HIGH.png

Dang the 7850 and the 660 perform almost the same! Can you recommend a 7850 to me? since there are so many prices and brands.

 

[djangoringo]

This one is 150$ after mir : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150656

 

[Toughcub]

This one is 150$ after mir : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150656

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn660oc2gd this is the card you recommended me earlier Djangoringo. card looks impressive and its praised well by its buyers. I'm going to buy what I believe has the better performance and its good on my cash, and this card looks like it will not disappoint.

Btw Djangoringo um whats the difference between 1 gigs and 2 gigs in video cards like these? As I have said I'm new to all this stuff lol.

 

[djangoringo]

For wow, the 7850 1GB is enough or the 660 gtx(660 gtx only available with 2GB).
It's a matter of preferences, if you want to cut costs, the 7850 is the best 1080p budget card(often recommended here), the 660 gtx gigabyte is a good 660 gtx, that's better than the 7850.

 

[Toughcub]

Back again guys, peace and blessings to you all. I will buy all the parts this Saturday.

Only one thing, that Yamakasi Catleap 27' looks good to have, so it looks like I will be going 1440p.. xD (Only game I will probably play is WoW:MoP on it)

Um, can the gtx 660 hold off on its own with decent fps? Need some constructive opinion on this asap. Thanks!

 

[pvtevan99]

This build is amazing (im using it):

CPU:AMD FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition ($194.67 @ Amazon)

Motherboard:GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard ($133.99 @ Amazon)

PSU:Corsair CX750 Builder Series ATX 80 PLUS Bronze Certified Power Supply ($88.24 @ Amazon)

Graphics Card:EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2762-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card ($259.99 @ Amazon)

RAM:Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL9 @1.5V UDIMM 240-Pin Memory BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00 ($66.18 @ Amazon)

Case:RAIDMAX Seiran ATX-902WR Red Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ($64.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $808.06

ADVANTAGES
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~Supports 3-4 Monitors (more monitors, Slower PC)

~Runs all games, even crysis on high-MAX maintaining around 50-80 fps - Minecraft 300-500 fps

~PSU will last around 4 years

~High end CPU and Motherboard

~Motherboard supports 2 CrossfireX graphics cards and 2 SLI cards

~Motherboard supports Overclocking extremely well

~Latest AM3+ slots

~Graphics card is already overclocked (So you dont have to, makes it easier)

~RAM is DDR3 1600Mhz 1.5V 8gb (4gb 1333Mhz DDR3 is still standard for everything so having 8 is amazing for multitasking)

~The Red/Black/Blue Case (depending on which you choose) Has ALOT of space for building and adding parts

~The Case has a no-tool design so you dont have to unscrew the DVD ROM, HardDrives, or SSD's

~For $800 you cant go wrong with this build, This is very upgradable and will last years. (this is gonna be my life PC - ill keep upgrading it throughout life)

~You get to build it

~8 Core CPU allows for extreme multitasking. (if you had 2-4 monitors youll be able to have things like: Skype, A Game, Internet tabs in Google Chrome. All open at once)

~With a 8 core AMD pc you'll be able to record,upload and stream faster (for videos)