I recently completed my bachelors and got a great job. This means less time for games and more real life stuff. However, I will now be able to buy a better PC and perhaps squeeze in some quality game time during weekends.

The train of life is now moving at a relatively greater speed.

PS: Can I get some suggestions regarding a PC build? I wanna keep it within $800 and go with Intel/Nvidia CPU/GPU setup.

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Congratulations! Glad your bachelors worked out for you!

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congrats!!! and thank you for the train :-)

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Nice! Congrats, I'm happy for you. ^^

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Congrats!

Try having a look around /r/buildapc
I used them for guidance when building a pc, they have some useful links in their sidebar too.

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Congrats!

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Whats this "Reallife"? Is it that, where you dont Move with "WASD"?

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that is it indeed if the legends are to be believed about 'real life'

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I've seen it. It haz awesome graphics!!

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Is that true? What graphic card do i need to play it properly?

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no card, you need like an upgrade. Just like on Deus Ex. Called eyes. Totally strange, but worth it.

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Witcher 3 on Ultra looks better :P

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it is usually better to build something and than ask about options. the prices differ with country and region.
gratz on the new job :D

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Hey, congratz on the new job! Really glad for you and of course thank you for the train, man.

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u da mvp man congrats on the job and best ending to a train <3

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Congrats and thanks for the train!

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Congratulations!

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Congrats!

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Congratulationsbump!

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Nice! Thank you!

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Congratulations, HSAssassin, and welcome to the next phase of your life! :D

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Work is not real life... It is slavery what takes you 8 hours of each day. Trust me i have one too. It is indescribably wasting of life. I have to keep wasting 5 more months of my life to be free again.

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I suggest you give pcpartpicker a go. Mix and match parts and see if you can fit your $800 budget

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don't mind me, I'm just here to bump and say congratulations on graduating.

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congrats :) have luck in your life!

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Congrats, heres my pc recommendation,. Its overclockable and if you have a hard drive you can throw into it you'll drop below the 800$ mark you set. Or you could drop 8gb or ram to meet the mark too, but ram is so cheap now you might as well go with 16gb imo and then you'll only need video card upgrade next year, and cpu and video the year after.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HW9j99

The compatibility note about the ram, is erroneous, I run that motherboard and ram without issue, and its running at full speed.

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Don't take this personally, but I'll pick apart your build there for a second:

  • 16 GB of RAM are cheap, but useless in a normal gaming PC. Until 16GB will be of use (unless there's also video-editing, virtual machines or similar going on, or you're hosting an own server) - even if cheap, until more than 8GB of RAM will be of use in a normal gaming machine, the CPU will likely be too slow to handle future gaming applications - and even if not: save the money, buy later if needed. Odds are that the CPU will be slower before 16GB RAM are needed, and DDR4 is just around the corner, so taking the 16GB DDR3 to the newer system won't be an option. Potential waste of money
  • 4690K and the motherboard are potenially good choices, but: They're designed for overclocking, and the Hyper212 Evo is just not sufficient enough to cool components well under overclocking. Either go for a H97 motherboard and a 4590 CPU, or maybe stuff a xeon in there for a little more potential in speed, or choose overclocking and go for a better cooler instead. Also, not every user will automatically want to overclock the CPU - the OT should contemplate about that
  • the power supply is just atrocious. Lackluster quality components and capacitors coming with a cheap fan - no, thank you. A better alternative for little money would be this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151136
    Medium priced but of much better quality and with 550W able to handle every single GPU you throw at it. Never, ever save money on the power supply, for a cheap one can fry your components and savings of originally 30 - 50 bucks will become damages beyond $100
  • The GTX960 isn't a potentially bad GPU, altough I'd prefer the MSI oder ASUS variants on that, but that's personal. EVGA is just fine. What's bothering about the 960 is the 2GB of Vram, which even under "just" 1080p resolution will become problematic for some AAA-titles in the future. Problem is though, that the gap between the wonderful GTX970 and the 960 in performance and price is a little harsh. The R9 290 of radeon fills that gap, at around $250 for much better performance and more vram than the GTX960. Although the OT (looking at you) wanted an intel/nvidia-build, the R9 290 would be the best card in terms or bang for buck in this rig / price range

The SSD and case are wonderful choices though.

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Also note that Intel will soon release the newer skylake-CPUs with DDR4 RAM and a little more performance/watt and higher ipc than haswell/broadwell, while AMD has new graphics cards in the pipe for release soon, which might change the pricing structure of nvidia's cards under the right conditions. One should ofc not wait too long, a pc has to be bought when it's got to be bought, but under the right conditions, one can also save money here and get more bang for buck

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I use the 212 evo to overclock my 3.2 3258 to 4.5, so I would disagree with your assessment on the cooler, I know that I built what I felt was the best performance per the dollar on the budget he wanted to spend, and did specify the video card would need to be replaced in a year, and the cpu the year after. As for the PSU, I'm not gonna lie, I just smacked on a cheap 500w to finish off the build.

Edit, Non overclocking, stock fan, better psu, and still all intel at budget (by the way I agree on the r9 series, I run a 270 myself) But I did upgrade the choice on 960 for a higher clock speed to make up the difference in budget. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PCY2GX

Final edit I think, here's a cap of my system at full load, 1.3ghz overclocked, using the Hyper212 EVO. I think it holds up pretty well, 31-32c at idle, at 72c at full load.

View attached image.
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I totally agree about waiting for the new parts to be released before buying the PC. It should at least make the older parts cheaper.

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+1
H97 + 4590 CPU
The haswell platform is awesome energy efficient.
+1 regarding your graphicscard recommendation.
I am a nvidia-fan but the R9 290 is indeed better regarding the performance.

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Congrats on the job and ty for the train!

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congrat and thanks!

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Last time I knew something about computer components and their price to performance ratio was about 8 years ago, so sorry, I can't help you. But I can thank you for the train.

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