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zlane

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I have been deciding on computer parts for games like, DayZ, Minecraf, World Of Warcraft and not very high demanding games, maybe shooters like Battlefield 4, heres the specs:
PSU:
Corsair CX Series CX500 500W ATX 12V 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply 120mm Fan
CPU:
AMD A10-5800K APU Quad Core Processor Socket FM2 3.8GHZ 4MB 100W Retail Box
RAM:
G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Memory
Graphics Card:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti OC 1085MHZ 2GB 5.4GHZ GDDR5 2xDVI 2xHDMI PCI-E Video Card
HDD:
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache 3.5IN Hard Drive OEM
Motherboard:
ASUS Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Z87 DDR3 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI CrossFireX/SLI SATA3 USB3.0 HDMI Motherboard
Case:
Bitfenix Prodigy mITX MINI-ITX Tower Case Midnight Black 1X5.25EXT 5X3.5INT No PS Top USB3.0 Audio
What do you think and help me out to make better cost effecient changes.
Thank you!
 
Solution
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3GwWz
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3GwWz/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3GwWz/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.79 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-GL Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.77 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($359.00 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power...
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Gyj1
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Gyj1/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Gyj1/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($87.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($78.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($279.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($46.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $893.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-08 22:57 EDT-0400)
 
If you go with any store you get to keep the GTX770

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.79 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-GL Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($75.77 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($359.00 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($46.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $880.53
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-08 23:06 EDT-0400)
 
Holy crap so many responses...yeah that PC looks great and your budget is very good, but cant he get an even better GPU and PSU if you make him an AMD build? just asking, even though 1000 is a lot 😛
 
Holy crap so many responses...yeah that PC looks great and your budget is very good, but cant he get an even better GPU and PSU if you make him an AMD build? just asking, even though 1000 is a lot

No not really unless he gets a crap motherboard. I very seriously doubt he needs a better video card, and that XFX psu is top notch.
 
Thanks guys! Hope I can get it soon and my monitor is 1080p ofcourse and this build is amazing I have begun making accounts on all these websites thanks!