looking to build a gaming pc for call of duty and world of warcraft max settings

[John Calkin]

OK been putting it off for awhile but I plan to build a gaming rig. Won't be till around the end of the year for around 1,200$. Any help would be great since I have little to No clue what I'm doing.

 

[LukaBoki]

A $1200 PC can max out WoW and CoD at 4K and you would still get above 50 FPS.
Anyway,would you like to overclock and/or SLI/XFire and do you need an OS and the peripherals?

 

[emdea22]

Since you have no clue what you;re doing i;m going to give some pointers and you can go from there:
Locked i5 with a non-Z mobo - since you wont be doing overclocking no need to spend money on K parts
8 GB ram is the standard so you can go with that no problems
A decent motherboard with b85 chipset that has some cooling
A well ventilated case - forget the looks - just make sure its well ventilated
GTX 970/ r9 290 + an ssd
XFX/Seasonic/EVGA PSU with 550W of power

I didn't give an exact build as everybody seems to have their brand preference nowadays

 

[John Calkin]

Not sure about overclocking worried I would probably break it.. I wouldnt mind dual cards if I can afford it and probably windows 8 already have a monitor and keyboard

 

[LukaBoki]

Here:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hZBY23

 

[John Calkin]

I really want to build my own I'm just worried of screwing something up.. should I build one or buy one already built?

 

[emdea22]

Its 2014 - get youtube ready for tutorials (there are thousands of videos on how to install almost anything) and get building.
Its not hard - let me know if you want me to build you an exact build - the rest is easy

 

[LukaBoki]

It's not hard,as emdea said,and there are millions of tutorials on how to put a computer together.
I would recommend watching one by NewEgg,it's a great one(it has 3 parts though).

 

[John Calkin]

Its 2014 - get youtube ready for tutorials (there are thousands of videos on how to install almost anything) and get building.
Its not hard - let me know if you want me to build you an exact build - the rest is easy

Pretty much best bang for my Buck for around 1200-1400. If you can mix something up for me that would be nice

 

[LukaBoki]

Take a look at my build.

 

[LukaBoki]

You can change your mobo to an Asus Z97-A if you like and the case to something you like.

 

[emdea22]

RAM i chose is plug and play and should set itself to the correct timings and freq automatically.
G1 sniper is a great board only thing is it has a bit of green in it - if you don;t like that you can go with ASRock B85 Killer
If you dont like the white case there should be the same version in black.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xp6VLk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xp6VLk/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.46 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Intel 530 Series 180GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($114.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($345.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus White ATX Mid Tower Case ($61.47 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($101.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1140.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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