Complete gaming setup ($800 price range)

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evilbird

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Hello, I am looking to buy a complete gaming setup (monitor, pc, mouse, keyboard) all for around $800.


*I want it to be able to play modern games on high (not highest) with playable frames

*I can build it myself

*I don't care if the parts are used (as long as they work)

*I live in Toronto, Canada so shipping has to be taken into account

*I would love a monitor that is at least 20 in.

*If possible use pcpartpicker.com/ca

*Going to be used 95% for gaming, so a cheapo cpu would be good

Thanks
 
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Idk I think you are being a bit negative on his components. Look evil you could turn around and get a SSD and then that would put in void the argument with the hard drive its just a storage drive shrugs. With the 2 video cards thing it looks good it shows up nicely on benchmarks but it doesn't always show up well in real performance in applications so you are doing just fine with the 7950. Asus has been making decent gaming monitors for a little bit and its a 1080p monitor can't complain to much its not some expensive monitor but its good for what your using it for. And honestly the cpu is a great cpu i3's are dual core processor and i5's are quad and games are becoming more and more adaptive to quads so I think that's a better option...
Don't take my post above as trolling, was just suggesting some things.

Asus makes great monitors but I like to spend a bit more and get an IPS panel based monitor. Asus monitors are more saturated and "vivid" compared to samsung monitors and I have found that each has it's use Samsung has a more realistic color profile, I find to my preference. I use a samsung as my main monitor.

On the Hard Drive, I always go with a western digital black. They last long(over 5 years), have great performance, and are quite. I have had a seagate fail on me in 3 months and a hitachi in a year.

On the CPU, I would have suggested a slower i5 model; $10-20 more to spend on the motherboard. But that's not a problem as you have that setup already.