Gaming build under $750

wanderingwolf12 said:I'm a total newbie at all this, so please don't hate on me—just let me know if anything won't work together or whatever... 🙂 Since I have some extra time, I want to put together a gaming rig for about $1833, here's my plan...

Intel Core i3-4130 Graphics Card

Intel Core i3-4130 3.9GHz, AM4, box, Black Edition

MSI A85M-P65 motherboard or Gigabyte GA-A88X-UD3 motherboard

Western Digital Blue 1TB Hard Drive, 64MB, ST1000DM003

SANDISK X110 64GB SSD, 2.5" 7mm, SATA 6Gbps, Seq Read/Write: 505 MBps / 445 MB/s, IOPS max: 81000, MLC, Retail

Crucial RAM DDR3 SDRAM Non-ECC 8GB, 1600MHz, KVR16N11/8

Silverstone Strider Essential ST70F-ES AC 90-264V, 47/63Hz, DC 3.3/5/±12V, 700W, Retail, Active PFC, 1x120, Efficiency 80%

Cooler Master Hyper 212 CPU cooler

Corsair VS Series mid tower case

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy

+some basic optical drive

this is garbage...
especially for gaming!
1 x ASUS Prime B85M-K, Socket : 1150, Intel B85, 4xDDR3 1600
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 (3.10GHz,1MB,6MB,84 W,1150) Box
1 x AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB OC Dual-X, 3GB GDDR5 384bit, 28nm
1 x DDR3 8GB (1x8GB) Crucial, 1600MHz CL11
1 x EVGA 450W
1 x Zalman Z9 U3 mid tower case. 207(W) x 464(H) x 504(D)mm
1 x Samsung DVD Writer
1 x Western Digital Blue 500GB, Serial ATA III, 7200 rpm, DESKTOP SSHD,8GB SSD

$1801

if you're going Intel

1 x AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB OC Dual-X, 3GB GDDR5 384bit, 28nm
1 x DDR3 8GB (1x8GB) Crucial, 1600MHz CL11
1 x EVGA 450W
1 x Zalman Z9 U3 mid tower case. 207(W) x 464(H) x 504(D)mm
1 x Samsung DVD Writer
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3, AM3+, AMD 990X SB950, 4x DDR3
1 x AMD FX-Series X8 8320 3.5GHz,16MB,125W,AM3+, FD8320FRHK
1 x ZALMAN CNPS 5X, socket 775/1155/1156/AM2/AM2/AM3
1 x Western Digital Blue 1TB, 7200rpm, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB, DT01ACA100

$1815

if you're going AMD

amd www.amd.com

above $667 free assembly and shipping 😳

Man 😁 I don't know, everything seems a bit disorganized here.

ASUS B85M-E motherboard (S1150, DDR3, SATA II, SATA III, PS/2, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, LAN, audio Line-In, Audi
Intel Core i5-4440 (3.1GHz, 6MB, LGA1150) box
Patriot Signature, 1333MHz, 8GB (1x8GB) PSD38G13332H
Zalman mid tower case black, ZAL-ZM-Z1
EVGA 450W Power Supply, EVGA 450W
Samsung DVD Writer SATA Bulk Black 24x
XFX AMD Radeon R9 280 Black Edition Graphics Card, XFX-R9-280A-TDBD
Western Digital Blue 500GB 3.5''
Kingston 120GB SSD, Kingston HyperX Fury SATA 3 2.5"

Total: $1802 Best Buy

wanderingwolf12 said:Since I am a total beginner at all of this, I would kindly ask that you do not hate on me; instead, please explain if anything is incompatible or similar... 🙂 Since I have some extra time on my hands, I want to put together a gaming rig for under $1833, so here is my proposal...

Graphics card Intel Core i5-4440

Processor AMD A8 X4 6600K 3.9GHz, LGA 1151, box, Black Edition

Motherboard MSI A85-P33 or Motherboard Gigabyte GA-A88X-USB3

Hard drive Western Digital Blue 1TB, 64MB, ST1000DM003

SANDISK X110 64GB SSD, 2.5" 7mm, SATA 6Gbps, Seq Read/Write: 505 MBps / 445 MB/s, IOPS max: 81000, MLC, Retail

Crucial RAM DDR3 SDRAM Non-ECC 8GB, 1600MHz, KVR16N11/8

Power supply Silverstone Strider Essential ST70F-ES AC 90-264V, 47/63Hz, DC 3.3/5/±12V, 700W, Retail, Active PFC, 1x120, Efficiency 80%

CPU cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212

Case Corsair Airflow Case mid tower

Sound card Creative Sound Blaster

+some basic optical drive

What you have assembled here is honestly painful to look at; take this instead and you will be playing everything on ultra settings for a long time

-Intel CPU Desktop Core i5-4440 (3.1GHz, 6MB,LGA1150) box
-Motherboard Gigabyte H81M-S2H
-Graphics card EVGA GeForce GTX 970 3G GDDR5 PCI-E DVI-I / DVI-D / HDMI / DP DUAL-X OC VERSION (UEFI), 11221-00-20G
-Desktop Memory Device Crucial RAM DDR3 SDRAM Non-ECC (8GB,1600MHz(PC3-12800),Unbuffered) CL11, KVR16N11/8
-MSI Gaming Series 80 550W PSU, EVGA 550W PSU
-Hard Drive Western Digital Blue 1TB SATA 3 WD10EZEX
-Optical drive Western Digital Blue HDD SATA Bulk Black
-Zalman micro tower case black, Cooler Master T2

Total:$1870 CNN.com free assembly
The price is for cash; using a card will cost more. If you are in New York City or nearby, come to the store in person to get it, otherwise, if you need shipping, it is $27.