Help building pc

[darsparx]

@anapan - well yea, I do kinda know what I want but i don't know what brands(or even lines within those brands) that people recommend and elsewhere tell you to "stay far away from". Or heck even which would be worth the cheap price tag if it were to come up...

edit: apparently I'd already done one(picked parts since I've been thinking about doing this but haven't really gotten around to it), but modified it, there's got to be something I can do to amke this a little cheaper(and yes it is amd fx but I heard that one is good and is a good deal cheaper...just don't know where to start to modify it and make it better for when/if I do start grabbing parts) :

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nqWTZL

[Hazerd]

Because a i7 would be too much and I've never been a fan of Amds at all. Everything I've read has said i7 is nice but for most things say i5's are more than enough. Even my macbook has a i5 in it and it's great

Why?

The lowest i5 beats anything AMD has period.

Here's some benchmarks to further prove im right, if you need more info, Google is your friend.

i5 2400 vs AMD A8-7600
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1270?vs=363

i5 2400 vs AMD A10-7850K
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1200?vs=363

i5 2400 vs AMD FX-9590
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/699?vs=1289

i5 2400 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1100T BE
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/699?vs=203

[Hazerd]

@anapan - well yea, I do kinda know what I want but i don't know what brands(or even lines within those brands) that people recommend and elsewhere tell you to "stay far away from". Or heck even which would be worth the cheap price tag if it were to come up...

edit: apparently I'd already done one(picked parts since I've been thinking about doing this but haven't really gotten around to it), but modified it, there's got to be something I can do to amke this a little cheaper(and yes it is amd fx but I heard that one is good and is a good deal cheaper...just don't know where to start to modify it and make it better for when/if I do start grabbing parts) :

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nqWTZL

Pick a Brand and stick with it till it lets down, thats the trend i see alot on Newegg reviews, people instantly feel backstabbed when a Brand they use alot fails one day, then jump ship.

Personally ive never recieved any parts from Newegg that were DOA or anything that has even died yet....

But my brands of choice right now are:

Power Supply - Corsair
Motherboard - ASRock or Gigabyte
RAM - GSkill or Corsair (you honestly cant go wrong with RAM)
GPU - Ive always been Radeon, never had a Geforce card, so im biased
HDD - Western Digital or Seagate, i prefer Seagate over WD atm
SSD - Got my eye on Samsung/Crucial/Intel brands for SSD, but have not owned one yet

[darsparx]

Funny that you mention some of those brands now because thanks to pcpartpicker my build kinda gravitated to some of those(which the graphics card in quite a few months will be upgraded if i can help it to at least 4gb...)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($193.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X OPTIMA CPU Cooler ($27.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($78.30 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($77.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H21 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($45.87 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($14.35)
Total: $688.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-27 22:23 EDT-0400

[Hazerd]

Yeah i like MSI Motherboards too, they are doing some sweet things.

MSI DDR4 Motherboards:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8133/comp ... -31-at-msi

[flex wood]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8133/comp ... -31-at-msi

I get a banner ad for Asus mobos on that page.

[darsparx]

Yeah i like MSI Motherboards too, they are doing some sweet things.

Yeah but I only picked it because I've heard of that brand before somewhere and I recall it being good(I think it was the last time I went messing with pc part picker just for fun since I couldn't think about buying a pc anyways or building one if we're honest).

I think i came up with something feasable especially since i should have a little extra money next month due to overtime that was approved.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9BFjRB

[Hazerd]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8133/comp ... -31-at-msi

I get a banner ad for Asus mobos on that page.

I use Adblock, wouldnt know.