I need to make this build cheaper yet keep the performance high!

[Dread Bro]

Hello everyone! This is my first forum post here and it's regarding my first ever to be built desktop!
I spent over 12 hours researching the components of the build and understanding how each of them works lead to this build right here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4zfKxr
The problem I am facing is that I need it is a little over my budget, can anyone tell me what pieces I should change to make it 100$-200$ cheaper without hurting the performance a lot, I really need to be cheaper so I can buy it but I wish the change in price will affect it slightly or not at all, maybe even make it cheaper and better! Thank you all and have a good day <-- I found this emoji funny so I chose it xD

Solved: I wanted to thank all of you for answering and helping me out, you too Adroid, the last commenter, I followed RCFprod's build in the end but I kept the same AMD processor in my build, cheaper and has a higher benchmark rating, I got the price down to about ~835$, thanks a lot again!

 

[RCFProd]

Nah you can do much better. Hang on.

 

[OriginalCadaver]

RCFProd will hook you up, I notice you have a modular PSU but a mid ATX case. You can also ditch the SSD and buy one later down the road when you have more money saved.

 

[RCFProd]

This build will already give you quite a boost in any game.

[PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($185.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($329.00 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $825.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 13:28 EST-0500

 

[Dread Bro]

RCFProd will hook you up, I notice you have a modular PSU but a mid ATX case. You can also ditch the SSD and buy one later down the road when you have more money saved.

What does it matter if I have a modular PSU and a mid case? Oh yeah, you brought up a good idea regarding the SSD but, let us say I get an SSD later then format the HDD, would I have to do all the BIOS stuff again? You know, the installation process of the graphics card, etc?

 

[RCFProd]

RCFProd will hook you up, I notice you have a modular PSU but a mid ATX case. You can also ditch the SSD and buy one later down the road when you have more money saved.

What does it matter if I have a modular PSU and a mid case? Oh yeah, you brought up a good idea regarding the SSD but, let us say I get an SSD later then format the HDD, would I have to do all the BIOS stuff again? You know, the installation process of the graphics card, etc?

You would have to but It's not that much effort really, you do it once after all and you're all set. It took me 30 minutes to set it all up again.

 

[Dread Bro]

This build will already give you quite a boost in any game.

[PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($185.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($329.00 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $825.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 13:28 EST-0500

Thanks a lot for this but isn't the motherboard way too cheap, so is the power supply? I really don't want to risk the whole PC due to an electricity surge, I read that it should be ~90$+ dollars, the power supply.

 

[RCFProd]

If you really want to go quite a bit cheaper, you can consider these GPU's:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9290aedfd
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/pny-video-card-vcggtx7704xpboc

The GTX 970 is the most popular card at the moment and tops the two cards I listed. The R9 290 will also perform really well but consumes way more power. The GTX 770 can still handle any game with great performance and is 4GB like the GTX 970. It is a step down from the GTX 970 and a bit slower than the R9 290 but It's also a well balanced card.

 

[RCFProd]

This build will already give you quite a boost in any game.

[PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($185.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($329.00 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $825.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 13:28 EST-0500

Thanks a lot for this but isn't the motherboard way too cheap, so is the power supply? I really don't want to risk the whole PC due to an electricity surge, I read that it should be ~90$+ dollars, the power supply.

Dude, cheap doesn't mean It's bad. If you want I can list better ones but these are good components. The Antec PSU is made by Seasonic. Anything by Seasonic is good aswell. The mobo is also easily good enough. You wanted cheaper right? This makes it cheaper plus it keeps your performance up there. And the GTX 970 doesn't even consume much lol.

 

[Dread Bro]

This build will already give you quite a boost in any game.

[PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($185.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($329.00 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $825.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 13:28 EST-0500

Thanks a lot for this but isn't the motherboard way too cheap, so is the power supply? I really don't want to risk the whole PC due to an electricity surge, I read that it should be ~90$+ dollars, the power supply.

Dude, cheap doesn't mean It's bad. If you want I can list better ones but these are good components. The Antec PSU is made by Seasonic. Anything by Seasonic is good aswell. The mobo is also easily good enough. You wanted cheaper right? This makes it cheaper plus it keeps your performance up there.

Okay then! Thanks again, will change my build to make it similar to the one you sent me.
Cheers~~~~

 

[OriginalCadaver]

AsRock makes some great boards at great prices. I've been running AsRock in all my machines without issue. It doesn't matter that it's a modular PSU, just that they will typically cost more because you're packing more in to a smaller size. A mid case can handle a full sized PSU. Read some reviews and look at the PSU, it's highly rated and a bit cheaper than what you chose. Try not to base judgement on the price, but on plenty of reviews from both customers and official sources.

 

[Dread Bro]

This build will already give you quite a boost in any game.

[PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($185.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($329.00 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $825.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 13:28 EST-0500

Thanks a lot for this but isn't the motherboard way too cheap, so is the power supply? I really don't want to risk the whole PC due to an electricity surge, I read that it should be ~90$+ dollars, the power supply.

Dude, cheap doesn't mean It's bad. If you want I can list better ones but these are good components. The Antec PSU is made by Seasonic. Anything by Seasonic is good aswell. The mobo is also easily good enough. You wanted cheaper right? This makes it cheaper plus it keeps your performance up there. And the GTX 970 doesn't even consume much lol.

Oh yes I have an important question regarding the motherboard, how does the graphics card get affected by a PCI slot in the motherboard? I mean, whether it was an Express 3.0 x16 or an Express 2.0 x16? Does a WiFi card get affected too? Does the x8 have that much of a difference on a WiFi card than when using and x16?
Sorry it was out of the blue, but I had this on my mind and motherboards were mentioned!

 

[Adroid]

If you want bang for the buck, the first thing to go is the SSD. It's a luxury item and does not increase game performance (it does improve loading times, but won't improve in-game FPS).

I like RCFProd's build much better than your original build. If you are still needing to cut cost you can always reduce the graphics card to something cheaper and upgrade it in a couple years... but the GTX 970 is a heck of a card for it's price point and should play almost all modern games on ultra settings with that build.

And price doesn't mean much in PSUs. I bought a seasonic x series platinum 650W for 69$ and it's pretty much top of the line. It's more about being patient and waiting for a good deal.

 

[Barney6262]

Suggested build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8BnsP6

I would not recommend staying with the AMD cpu due to its 8 cores. The I5 in this build is far superior for many games.