I'm building my friends pc with a budget of around $700

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Tyler Walter

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I was asked by my friend to build him a gaming pc for under $800 that can play evrything on high/ultra for 1-2 years, any help is beneficial
 
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For $700
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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($77.40 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $695.33
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-17 19:29 EDT-0400)

For $800 with a stronger GPU.
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CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($77.40 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($327.36 @ B&H)
Case: Rosewill REDBONE ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $782.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-17 19:31 EDT-0400)
 
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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($152.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec GX500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $712.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-17 19:33 EDT-0400)

Solid build.
 
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Yeah thats pretty solid. Stronger CPU than my builds. Glad to be back to see posters like you RazerZ
 
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Glad to be back and thank you :)
 
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I personally think that the i3-4130 is a better CPU than the 6300. It also has a better upgrade path and performs better or as well in just about every game out there.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.93 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PNY GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $806.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-17 19:40 EDT-0400)
 
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In my opinion me and RazerZ can agree AMD would be the better route for this build. Fx-6300 is better multi core performance and the i3 has the single core performance. AMD would be the better route cause its going to be a gaming computer it would benefit more on multi core performance even though the GPU does do most of the work the CPU is just as important. Here where i get my info from @Startrek2013 a great poster on these forums.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1928890/4130-6300-gaming.html
 
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Agreed. I3 is single core and you definitely want more of a kick than that.
 
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Also for the upgrade path the 8350 comes very close to the i5 in gaming.
 
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The Haswell i3-4130 is a dual core CPU with hyperthreading, this effectively gives it 4 cores. It has 50% better singlethreaded performance than the 6300 and only 10-20% lower multithreaded performance in computational benchmarks. Those benchmarks have no bearing on in game performance. Here's why:

Game engines require CPUs to perform certain tasks. Some of these can be parallelized onto other cores and executed simultaneously. However, the majority of these tasks cannot be parallelized and must be executed by a single core. This creates a pattern of diminishing returns with # of CPU cores that ends right around 4 cores. Now imagine the 6300 with only 4 cores vs the i3 with (effectively) the same number. This is where the singlethreaded performance is so important. The i3 can finish the unparallelized task SO much faster than the 6300 that the extra 2 cores of the FX chip are irrelevant. (For more information, look up "Amdahl's Law")

If you don't believe the theory, look at the numbers. Below are CPU benchmarks for one of the few games that can use all of the 6300's cores.
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A 3rd generation i3 matches the performance of better CPUs than the 6300. Now imagine what the more powerful Haswell could do.

Additionally, the AM3+ socket is dead. There is nothing there for a gamer who cares about futureproofing. The 1150 socket however is still new. You can upgrade to a 4770 from the 4130, and the i7 is more powerful than any upgrade from AMD.
There's just no reason to get an FX chip.
 
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Games dont fully utilize the hyperthreading...... Its up to the buyer if he wants a quad core AMD CPU or an Dual core Intel. Im going full AMD on this build.
 
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Actually you could go intel in your budget

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $719.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-18 17:59 EDT-0400)
 
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They do, I was just wrong about how effective it is. It's about a 15% performance boost over a non hyperthreaded dual core.

The i5 build is more well rounded, but I would rather have a GTX 770 than a GTX 760. It's an easier upgrade from the i3 to the i5 than the 760 to the 770. $180-220 CPU upgrade vs a $300-360 GPU upgrade.
 
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