Buying a Gaming Computer

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Hello there! My name is Manel I'm spanish, and I'm new to this webpage. :)
So I was thinking about buying a gaming computer, better than the one I have, but I don't know much about processors and graphic cards and all that, but I managed to get some parts of the computer listed:

-Processor: INTEL CORE I7 4820K 3.70GHZ 2011 BOX 377€ (422$)
-Motherboard: GIGABYTE PLACA BASE H97 HD3 ATX LGA1150 105€ (117$)
-RAM memory: KINGSTON DDR4 ECC REG 8GB 2133MHZ CL15 DIMM. SR XE
168€ (188$)
-Tower: NOX CAJA MICRO ATX COOLBAY MX NEGRA MESH USB3 0 28€ (31$)
-Fan: SCYTHE REFRIG. KATANA 4 INTEL AMD 33€ (36$)
-Graphic card: MSI VGA NVIDIA GTX 980 GAMING 4GB DDR5 660€ (739$)

How is that? In total that costs 1374€ (1539$), but it exceeds my budget, 1100€ (1232$)
Is the computer good enough? And if it is, what should I replace to lower the price?
 
A few problems there.

The ram and processor will not work with the motherboard you picked. If you want a socket 1150 motherboard then you will need ddr3 memory and a socket 1150 processor.

Where do you plan on buying these parts from? Do they have a webpage to where we can post links for parts?
 
johnb35 said:
A few problems there.

The ram and processor will not work with the motherboard you picked. If you want a socket 1150 motherboard then you will need ddr3 memory and a socket 1150 processor.

Where do you plan on buying these parts from? Do they have a webpage to where we can post links for parts?
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Oh, I didn't know about that :(
It's from http://www.appinformatica.com/precios-de-ordenadores.php
But it's in spanish. Here are some translations:
Processor = procesadores
Motherboard = placa base
 
So unless you plan on overclocking then get the following.

processor - http://www.appinformatica.com/procesadores-intel-core-i5-4670-3.40ghz-1150-box.php

ram - http://www.appinformatica.com/memorias-ram-modulo-ddr3-2x4gb-pc1600-kingston-hyperx-fury.php

Motherboard - http://www.appinformatica.com/placas-base-intel-gigabyte-z97x-gaming-3-1150-atx-ddr3.php

It won't show me prices so not sure where that brings you to.

You really don't need that high of a video card. What games do you plan on playing? What about a power supply?
 
johnb35 said:
So unless you plan on overclocking then get the following.

processor - http://www.appinformatica.com/procesadores-intel-core-i5-4670-3.40ghz-1150-box.php

ram - http://www.appinformatica.com/memorias-ram-modulo-ddr3-2x4gb-pc1600-kingston-hyperx-fury.php

Motherboard - http://www.appinformatica.com/placas-base-intel-gigabyte-z97x-gaming-3-1150-atx-ddr3.php

It won't show me prices so not sure where that brings you to.

You really don't need that high of a video card. What games do you plan on playing? What about a power supply?
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Umm about the processor what about an i7?
Also you are right, I don't need that high of a video card :P Any ideas?
And what do you mean about power supply? :confused:

So here are some of the games I wanted to play (with the maximum graphics possible):
The Forest, Smite, GTA V(possibly) and Minecraft (for having lots of loaded chunks and some high textures)
Also lots of thanks for the help :)
 
Are you planning on reusing the power supply you have now or getting a new one? If reusing, what is the make and model of it? You have to make sure the power supply will be strong enough for your system and video card.

None of those games require the best video card out there. You could get away with say a gtx 970 and save a couple hundred bucks.

I think the I5 will suffice. As said, your games aren't high end so you won't need the best out there.
 
A power supply like the Corsair CX600M is a good one. For Minecraft, an i7 would be slightly more beneficial, as its a very CPU intensive game. However, the i5 will work fine
 
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