Building a gaming computer, $950 budget, need all components

punkrulz

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Hello all,

It's been a long time since I posted a computer build request here. My buddy and I are going to build a gaming computer for his 13 year old computer since his existing one took a dump. Right now he's very heavily into Minecraft as well as streaming and broadcasting which he's doing very well in. I'm sure as he gets older, his gaming choices are going to expand a bit more too. The budget is $950, which his mom is about to drop on an Alienware computer unfortunately.

We are going to need all parts. I'm considering an operating system too, however with the fact that Windows 10 just came out I don't know how that is going to play into things as I don't know much about installing straight to it, or if we should even pursue that route since it's so new and won't know about driver issues until the last second. Any advise is welcome.

Look forward to seeing the builds you come up with! Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks!
 

CTurbo

Pizza Monster
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This is $932 before rebates


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($321.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($11.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($87.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $880.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-08 13:56 EDT-0400
 

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