Best $850 PC CAD

[Hochothecreamdog]

I have never built a pc before, and I am wondering what the best $650 pc is.
I plan on overclocking cpu and gpu.
This is my current Idea http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/cD46dC
Does anyone have any ideas or recommendations?
My currency is Canadian Dollars. I am willing to use mail in rebates.

 

[LucoTF]

H87 should have more features than h81 (more USB ports? Sata ports? Not sure)

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

It costs $3.00 less, but it seems better in every way. Do you think that this is because it is less reliable?

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

Also I am wondering if I should go for a CX600M semi-modular rather than my current xfx non-modular psu.

Thank you

 

[LookItsRain]

Stick with h97 so you for sure dont have to do a bios update, and can upgrade to a broadwell i7/xeon, Corsairs CX/CXM power supplies are lower quality than the xfx, Corsair uses tier 2 capacitors in there CX/CXM line

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

Stick with h97 so you for sure dont have to do a bios update, and can upgrade to a broadwell i7/xeon, Corsairs CX/CXM power supplies are lower quality than the xfx, Corsair uses tier 2 capacitors in there CX/CXM line

Do you think that it is worth the worse capacitors for the semi-modular cables? Also are there any reliable h97 motherboards for around $60.00? If there is one that is $70 - $80, would it have onboard wifi?

Thank you

 

[LucoTF]

You usually pay a premium for onboard wifi. H97 is 100% guaranteed to work with a 4460 out of the box, older chipsets will work too but may need a BIOS update.

Cheapest not-terrible semi modular PSUs on the US market:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg520m

Please don't buy the CX series.

 

[LookItsRain]

I have the evga 750w b2 in my current system, its very good and got a 9/10 on johhnyguru.com

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

You usually pay a premium for onboard wifi. H97 is 100% guaranteed to work with a 4460 out of the box, older chipsets will work too but may need a BIOS update.

Cheapest not-terrible semi modular PSUs on the US market:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg520m

Please don't buy the CX series.

What is wrong with the cx series? Is it not just a rebranded seasonic psu? I have not heard anything bad about the cx series.

 

[LucoTF]

Corsair cx are channel well not seasonic.

Best oems out there are delta, superflower, seasonic, flextronic. Cwt are OK, the cx will work but it's nowhere near the same quality as one of the better oems

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

This is my current build is there anything better for this price point?

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/TNQDFT

Thanks

 

[LookItsRain]

This is my current build is there anything better for this price point?

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/TNQDFT

Thanks

Other than replacing the cx with a higher quality unit, your fine.

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

This is my current build is there anything better for this price point?

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/TNQDFT

Thanks

Other than replacing the cx with a higher quality unit, your fine.

Are there any modular psus that are a good replacement? I have $7 left for a beter psu.

 

[LookItsRain]

This is my current build is there anything better for this price point?

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/TNQDFT

Thanks

Other than replacing the cx with a higher quality unit, your fine.

Are there any modular psus that are a good replacement? I have $7 left for a beter psu.

Luco posted the best one, the evga 750w b2, which is what i have in my current system.

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

Is the EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply also a good option? It costs the same as the 750b2, but this s fully modular and gold certified. It also is less overkill on the wattage side of things.

 

[LookItsRain]

Is the EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply also a good option? It costs the same as the 750b2, but this s fully modular and gold certified. It also is less overkill on the wattage side of things.

No, it is not as good, its the NEX older version, which is build by CWT(i think) and is a lower quality unit compared to the 750 b2(Superflower). The nex versions are the same quality level as the corsair cx/cxm series.

Plus fully modular isnt needed, you will always use the connections left on the 750w b2.

 

[LucoTF]

Best modular PSUs in your price bracket are the Antec High Current Gamer (HCG) series - made by Seasonic.

The Supernova NEX is an FSP Aurum based design but with all Japanese capacitors. Not as good as EVGA B2 or G2, but certianly better than the Corsair CX line of PSUs. If a modular design is important to you you could do worse than the NEX, but the non-modular B2 unit is the better of the two.

 

[LookItsRain]

Best modular PSUs in your price bracket are the Antec High Current Gamer (HCG) series - made by Seasonic.

The Supernova NEX is an FSP Aurum based design but with all Japanese capacitors. Not as good as EVGA B2 or G2, but certianly better than the Corsair CX line of PSUs. If a modular design is important to you you could do worse than the NEX, but the non-modular B2 unit is the better of the two.

The 750w b2 is semi modular...i own it.

 

[LucoTF]

Oh great, there's no reason to get the nex over the b2 at all then

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

Thanks

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

So after a lot of research, this is the best $850 CAD pc right?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.50 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.95 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($244.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX)
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro for Students ($69.99)
Ram: Team Elite 8GB 240-Pin ($67.99)
Case: Deepcool Tesseract ($39.99)
Total: $856.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-02 15:32 EDT-0400

 

[LookItsRain]

So after a lot of research, this is the best $850 CAD pc right?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.50 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.95 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($244.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX)
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro for Students ($69.99)
Ram: Team Elite 8GB 240-Pin ($67.99)
Case: Deepcool Tesseract ($39.99)
Total: $856.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-02 15:32 EDT-0400

Thats the wrong model of power supply, you want this model.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

So after a lot of research, this is the best $850 CAD pc right?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.50 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.95 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($244.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX)
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro for Students ($69.99)
Ram: Team Elite 8GB 240-Pin ($67.99)
Case: Deepcool Tesseract ($39.99)
Total: $856.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-02 15:32 EDT-0400

Thats the wrong model of power supply, you want this model.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr

Thanks.

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

There is no longer a mail in rebate on the psu, and I am now pretty far over budget as my psu is $100. Are there any Ideas for a psu that is cheaper?

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

Would this PSU be good? I know that it is not modular, but it is cheap and high quality. If there are any modular PSUs in my price range please tell me.

Thank you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($222.50 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.95 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($244.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ NCIX)
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro for Students ($69.99)
Case: Deepcool Tesseract ($39.99)
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) ($69.99)
Total: $851.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-08 10:59 EDT-0400

 

[Hochothecreamdog]

Also, is the fractal design core 2300 any good? To me it looks like heaven, because it has great aesthetics, great cooling, comes from an amazing manufacture, and is only $5 over budget. All of these amazing things make me think that it is not high build quality like Fractal Design's other cases, although, I am reading an in dept review, and it looks great so far.