Under $1000 PC Build

[AtlasBlue]

I've been seeing topics put up about cheap gaming PC's. PCPartPicker managed to make one, so here you go I guess.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vnqzFT

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[Jaxx]

saw that ninja edit >:)

[Daswiruch]

this is over $1000?

[AtlasBlue]

this is over $1000?

Without the mail in rebates, I guess you can say it is. But who wouldn't mail in the rebates? All it is is just a piece of paper and a bit of extra work to get $50 off.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Daswiruch/saved/GxJmP6
anyways, have a $700 budget build by yours truly

[Daswiruch]

Without the mail in rebates, I guess you can say it is. But who wouldn't mail in the rebates?

i never do

[Cappytaino]

Those pre-made watercooling loops are usually more expensive and don't perform as well as a good air cooler. Just my opinion though.

[Jaxx]

Those pre-made watercooling loops are usually more expensive and don't perform as well as a good air cooler. Just my opinion though.

not really just an opinion, if you're not massively overclocking, water/mineral cooling is always overkill. it's just wasted money. if you want it for the looks, buy a couple cheap led's and stick them in it.

[Treynolds416]

Those pre-made watercooling loops are usually more expensive and don't perform as well as a good air cooler. Just my opinion though.

No it's true. Brands like noctua have very well-performing air coolers, but they cost about the same as AIO water coolers so it's really a choice of preference

not really just an opinion, if you're not massively overclocking, water/mineral cooling is always overkill. it's just wasted money. if you want it for the looks, buy a couple cheap led's and stick them in it.

But a cpu cooler enables you to get a really nice overclock. I don't understand what point you're trying to make here, if you want to overclock your cpu then buying an aftermarket cpu cooler isn't wasted money

@OP your build is good, go for it. The only thing I would change is the case, I recommend the corsair 350D if you want to stay in uATX form factor. It has good airflow and great layout, probably better than the silverstone you have
Edit: Oh I see, you used someone else's buildlist. Like I said, change the case and you should be golden

[Pentium]

@OP your build is good, go for it. The only thing I would change is the case, I recommend the corsair 350D if you want to stay in uATX form factor. It has good airflow and great layout, probably better than the silverstone you have
Edit: Oh I see, you used someone else's buildlist. Like I said, change the case and you should be golden

I'd change the PSU and RAM, too; the CX series have meh capacitors and only two years of warranty, and there's better RAM for the money. I'd probably go for these instead:
PSU: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-power-supply-capstone650m - 80+ gold efficiency and Japanese capacitors for $15 more
RAM: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f314900cl8d8gbxm - higher speed and lower latencies for $10 more.
An SSD might be a good investment for this kind of build, too.

[$trinick]

Without the mail in rebates, I guess you can say it is. But who wouldn't mail in the rebates? All it is is just a piece of paper and a bit of extra work to get $50 off.

They're tricky. You say that, but then you're just like 'eh forget it, I'll do it later. Let me build my computer now.'

Then when it's built, you wanna test it out. You wanna play games. You're not even thinking about the rebates, just how nice the computer is.

Eventually they fade away into the abyss that is what is forgotten. Then a month later when you're strapped for cash, you remember the rebates. Horrah! Only, they expired a month after purchase and they're worth nothing now.

[blockguy™]

you could probably save some money on the cooling

[Alkatjo]

[77x5ghost2]

still better than my computer

[blockguy™]

still better than my computer

well you obviously don't have $1000