My First Pc Build

[ToxicBeaver]

Hey guys I'm looking into building my own gaming PC. Well I could use some advice on my build, rate it please and tell me if I'm spending too much for nothing extra on any parts and such. All comments will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. p.s. Please keep in mind that my budget is from $1000 to $1500.

Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 SUPERCLOCKED 2048MB GDDR5

Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUsS

CPU: AMD A8-5600K APU 3.6Ghz Processor

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz

Memory: Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB SATA III

Case: NZXT Phantom 820 Full Tower Chassis

Total: $1,179

 

[rvilkman]

Is this Canada, US or Australia? Because what you have listed right now should not be even close to 1200.
And your CPU and motherboard are not even compatible. Also in the above you are spending too much on the case, and probably on the hard drive as well.

 

[ToxicBeaver]

Is this Canada, US or Australia? Because what you have listed right now should not be even close to 1200.
And your CPU and motherboard are not even compatible.

Its US and all parts are listed from amazon.

 

[rvilkman]

Ok, do you want a monitor, keyboard, mouse AND OS to fit that budget as well ?

 

[Boss Cat Johnson]

Here you go: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ky3Z

Thats assuming you already have a monitor, keyboard and mouse.

 

[rvilkman]

This is pretty much with everything. Can do better in some cases if you already have something or you want a cheaper mouse or keyboard or something.
( OC CPU, IPS display, Win8.1, 250GB SSD, GTX770 )


PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2kybo
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2kybo/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2kybo/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($222.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($335.30 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Asus VS239H-P 23.0" Monitor ($168.99 @ NCIX US)
Keyboard: KeyTronic CLASSIC-U2 Wired Standard Keyboard ($30.24 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G500s Laser Gaming Mouse Wired Laser Mouse ($58.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1522.36
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-15 01:46 EST-0500)

 

[theawolwarrior]

Alright so this computer should be able to run every game max settings and basically destroy any task that you want it to do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($509.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1441.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-15 01:48 EST-0500)