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I've been working on this build for a couple of months now and I'm at about the final build stage although I am slightly over budget. My original budget was about $1800 - $1900 AUD but the overall price PartPicker has given me is about $2000 which is excluding the OS. What I need to know is whether there are any spaces to save some money and get the price down a bit! I expect to get 50+ FPS at ultra on games like BF4 and GTA 5 with the 1080p display. I do plan to upgrade and SLI sometime in the future if that explains the 750w PSU. All comments are appreciated! http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/yfyJ3C
 
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Please keep in mind all custom prices are from Newegg Australia and hand picked by me.


Particular pros of my build over your original:
-Better quality hard drive.
-Superior quality case.
-Larger psu with tier 2 quality. While it is a downgrade from the tier 1 you have selected, it fits the budget and gives you more headroom for an overclocking sli build. Though it is a step down, the quality you need is absolutely still there with the EVGA B2 series. It is always much better to have more wattage than you need, rather than coming close to the max. The computer will only pull the wattage it needs from the psu. a higher wattage puts less stress on your psu since it will be running further from its max output.
-Newer skylake...
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this build will perform better.
I went with a 1000watt psu for future crossfire
i swaped the i5 4690k with the i5 4460 as you will get around 93% of the power of the i5 4690k for a lot less
and finally changed the gtx 970 with r9 390, as it performs a better and still remains quiet.
for cutting the price further i changed the ram kits and changed the cabinet
PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/HXf3YJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/HXf3YJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($275.00 @ Storm Computers)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($54.00 @ IJK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.00 @ Umart)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($145.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.00 @ Umart)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($518.00 @ PLE Computers)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($83.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($259.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($49.00 @ CPL Online)
Monitor: Asus VX248H 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($225.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Total: $1891.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-30 13:56 AEST+1000
 
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are you going to be overclocking?
and you dont need to spend $50 on a wifi adapter, you will only need a card like that if you have very fast fiber internet, something like this-http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/tp-link-wireless-network-card-tlwn751nd
but if you do have fast internet by all means get a good one that can handle that speed
 
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Please keep in mind all custom prices are from Newegg Australia and hand picked by me.


Particular pros of my build over your original:
-Better quality hard drive.
-Superior quality case.
-Larger psu with tier 2 quality. While it is a downgrade from the tier 1 you have selected, it fits the budget and gives you more headroom for an overclocking sli build. Though it is a step down, the quality you need is absolutely still there with the EVGA B2 series. It is always much better to have more wattage than you need, rather than coming close to the max. The computer will only pull the wattage it needs from the psu. a higher wattage puts less stress on your psu since it will be running further from its max output.
-Newer skylake platform.
-Better IPS monitor. You had a TN selected. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNc2fKuVnGU
-Costs $161 less than the build you made.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($355.00 @ Umart)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($54.00 @ IJK)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($257.00)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($82.00)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.00 @ IJK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($465.00)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case ($105.00 @ Scorptec)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($150.00)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($49.00 @ CPL Online)
Monitor: Acer H226HQLbid 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($186.00)
Total: $1903.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-30 14:12 AEST+1000
 
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wow great build. This will perform at lot better than the one i posted. great you went with a skylake build.
 
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thanks! yours was good too. I usually recommend the 390 as well, but would have easily pushed past the $2000 mark. generally I recommend a 1200w for 390 crossfire. noticed pcpartpicker was very limited with australia and doesnt include newegg.
 
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