Budget Build HELP! 740$

[Nicks188]

Hey everyone, looking to build a decent gaming PC for 740$ or less for games such WoW, and BF4. I'd like to run both games on high-ultra settings smoothly while staying under my 740$ budget. Any parts you can cheap out on without sacrificing performance would be appreciated. Also please put the build together before rebates and after shipping.

[Toffie]

With or without a windows CD?

[Nicks188]

I do need an OS, and I also live in the US.

[Deleted]

wouldn't it be better to just look at the builds that are on the front pages of mmo? :P monthly setups.. there are also cheap versions n stuff. and all have links.

[Toffie]

I do need an OS, and I also live in the US.

The PSU do have rebate at 15 $ though.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($35.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB Video Card ($183.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.69 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($94.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $742.03
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-18 03:11 EST-0500)

[tielknight]

The PSU do have rebate at 15 $ though.

...Did your brain stop working when you wrote that or something Toffie?

OT
If you don't mind bothering Staples customer service, you can get them to price-match Microcenter's pickup-only prices, knocking a extra $40 off the CPU and they will deliver it, save you like $30 after shipping charges.



A little tweaking to fit in a bit better GPU and I managed to find some nice memory that wasn't on pcpartpicker.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($35.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($204.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($94.98 @ OutletPC)
Other: PNY MD8192KD3 1866mhz 2x4GB Memory ($64.99)
Total: $710.34 ($748 before rebates)
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-18 03:36 EST-0500)

[Toffie]

...Did your brain stop working when you wrote that or something Toffie?

Haha! I meant the PSU has a 15 $ rebate coupon :P