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and here is a cheaper version of your build with zero performance loss

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Cnl6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Cnl6/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Cnl6/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($154.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($159.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+...
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Yea, NP. Didn't notice it was you asking the question until after. But yea, the one I posted is a really great keyboard. I still suggest you save a few bones and get the Sidewinder. I think the benefit of Mechanical keyboards are overstated... Though this keyboard does look much, much better then the sidewinder.


OK, so $1000, but not USD. Not being in the states does change your prices. Give me a bit, I'll take a look at "Newegg Canada" and see what I can come up with.

I'll tell you, that people over value "Part picker", or whatever it is. The price it gives you is really way off, and it would most likely costs 10 - 20% more then what it says because of tax and shipping.
 
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Did you want to overclock? You can make your CPU and GPU run a little faster if you have the correct hardware. Such as, a good aftermarket CPU cooler, a good motherboard for OC'ing (Meaning a expensive one) with heatsinks on the VRM, good airflow, and a strong/well rated PSU.

If going with Intel I wouldn't be worried about overclocking. If going with AMD, I'd overclock since the cpu's aren't as strong.



 
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This is still the best you can get for under $1000 including a monitor. If you could use a tv for now, you could get a GTX770. I also would never spend so much on a keyboard. ssds are great, but they aren't completely necessary. You would be sacrificing important performance now to fit an ssd in your budget(inless you got a ssd instead of that monitor or keyboard). Overclocking is not a cost effective way to spend money and I do not recommend even bothering with it. The 4570 has more than enough cpu power for years to come. All of the current AMD FX cpus are outdated and should not even be considered IMO. I don't understand why anybody would knowingly buy a cpu that NEEDS to be overclocked because they knew from the beginning that it was weak at stock speeds. Then after paying extra to overclock(ruining the supposed "AMD is cheaper" nonsense), it's STILL not as strong as most i5s or any i7.


PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3CK5x
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3CK5x/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3CK5x/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VS228H-P 21.5" Monitor ($129.99 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Quick Fire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard ($79.24 @ B&H)
Total: $995.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-02 18:25 EDT-0400)
 
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Another option,

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($192.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($219.99 @ TigerDirect)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($139.99 @ Micro Center)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $965.34
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-02 19:06 EDT-0400)

i chose a different keyboard and mouse,but chose the same monitor,just not the white one.
 
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Yea, location drastically changes the pricing of things. Like I mentioned, the Antec GX500 case I used for my ol'ladys system was $35 after "MIR" ($50 right now), had easy cable management, and fit a hyper 212... However, where he lives that same case was something like $85.
 
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For something else in Canada,

PCPartPicker part list

Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($168.32 @ TigerDirect Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($72.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.36 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($189.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($16.79 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($100.28 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($169.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($38.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1008.42
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-02 19:41 EDT-0400)

A r9 270 with good overclocking possibilities afiak,
http://www.overclock.net/t/1449757/gigabyte-r9-270-overclocking-ability
You could go cheaper with another monitor,
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vs238hp
or an ips,
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-monitor-23ea53vp
 
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You want to watch out using a 8320 on a non-990 mobo. I have a 8320 (packed away atm), the first mobo I got for it was a ga-970a-ud3. The 8320 would throttle hard on that board. Moved it to a 990fxa-ud5 and throttling was no longer a issue.

I ended up using the ga-970a-ud3 with a fx6300 (ol'ladys rig) and throttling wasn't a issue using that board and CPU.

The 6300 is the way to go since the price range just doesn't allow for a good enough mobo to support a FX 8 core.

Also, the 6300 uses less power, runs cooler, overclocks much easier, and does just as good in games as the 8320 since most games don't take advantage of all of the cores of the 6300 or 8320.

Given the choice with what I know now, I'd pick a 6300 over a 8320 any day of the week for a gaming rig.
 
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Here's one that works off Vic 40 build using FX6300 instead... For overclocking you can add a "hyper 212 evo" for around $30, now or later.

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3D9e0
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3D9e0/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3D9e0/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($72.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.79 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($189.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($16.79 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($100.28 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($169.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($38.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $963.52
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-03 12:43 EDT-0400)


This should be a very nice gaming rig... Get a better keyboard and mouse later if you want, have to suffer somewhere at your price range man, sorry to say.
 
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It shouldn't be a issue. At first some of those boards required bios updates before they'd accept the fx chips. Now, it's been long enough that any new boards won't need the bios update.


*I still suggest getting a "Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo" for cooling. It's $30. I'd say if you can't afford it now, just get it later. 😉 It's a good build though man, and you'd be hard pressed to get much better without dropping the GPU and monitor down.
 
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i5

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3DyfU
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3DyfU/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3DyfU/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.00 @ Canada Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-GL Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.79 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($189.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($16.79 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($100.28 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($169.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($38.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1058.54
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-04 03:10 EDT-0400)



i3

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Dzkk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Dzkk/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Dzkk/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4340 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Canada Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-GL Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.79 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($189.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($16.79 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($100.28 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($169.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($38.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $989.53
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-04 03:03 EDT-0400)


http://www.hardcoreware.net/intel-core-i3-4340-review/4/

"If you are building a system that is primarily for gaming, the Core i3 4340 will allow whatever video card you use to run at its full potential – there is no need to step up to a Core i5 or Core i7 CPU. The same could not be said for Ivy Bridge Core i3′s, or any AMD APU or CPU we have tested. Newer games seem to be even worse off, as Assassin’s Creed IV would only run at 60 FPS steadily with a Radeon R9 280X when either the Haswell Core i3 or Core i5 were used."

I'd say the i3 sounds like a attractive option if you are mainly worried about gaming. I'm not 100% sure how good that motherboard is, since I didn't look at all the options. I know it's affordable, and has sata 6gb/s ports.
 
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Looking at that review does the i5 yield some extra performance and is it imo worth the extra money.For the future do i expect that games will make more/better use of the real extra cores.

A build with an i5 for about $10 over your max,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.79 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: MSI H87M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Memory Express)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.36 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($189.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($16.79 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($100.28 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($169.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($38.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1011.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-04 06:59 EDT-0400)

You could go for the 520watt version of that psu,it's the same price,but with low loads i.e. "idle" will it probably be just a bit more efficient.The thing with that one is that it's not marked as haswel compatible (yet?).
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-neoeco520c
Or you could go for the xfx pro 550watt,but again not haswell compatible.(haven't heard/read anything about that in relation to problems though and diabling the c6/7 energy saving states in the bios should help if it gave problems->goes for the antec too)
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9
costs a bit more also.
 
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Yea, but don't you think that one has a really low clock speed? 3.0 vs 3.6 for the i3, or 3.4 of the i5 I posted?

Hell, the i3 would be a better option then the 3.0 i5 in most games out there by far.

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3DJaG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3DJaG/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3DJaG/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.79 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-GL Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.36 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($189.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($16.79 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($100.28 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($169.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($38.75 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1010.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-04 11:55 EDT-0400)


Using that i5 =D


That is not the i5 in the review. Look at the clock speeds this one is clocked at 3.0, but the i5 in the review is clocked at 3.4.
 
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When my choice is only $20 more than the i3 out of that review than will the i5 be still my choice even when the clock speeds are lower.If you want a budget i3 could you go for the 4130 which still runs at 3.4ghz and is much cheaper.

And you got at least 99 cents of with your build with the i5,good for you.😛
 
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Nah, I had the same build last night until I said f that low clock speed, and put in a better i5. If he's going to do it, might as well spend a little more and get the i5 clocked at 3.4. =D

Anyway, by this point I'd say that this is just going to be confusing for the guy, so, I'm done with this.



 
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