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Hello TTG,

I working on building my first PC and I don't really know what I am doing. I have about a 900 USD budget to work with and some wiggle room. I am looking for a desktop that will be good at multitasking for college while still able to play games well. I'll be on to answer questions if anyone has them.

Here's what I made, don't know if it is any good.
*BASE_PRICE: [+799]
CAS: Thermaltake Commander G42 Mid-Tower Gaming case w/ USB 3.0 & Toolless Drive Bays & Side-Panel Window [+36]
CASUPGRADE: Flexible LED Interior Light Strip [+19] (Blue Color)
CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive [-46] (BLACK COLOR)
COOLANT: Standard Coolant
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.50 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology
CS_FAN: Default case fans
FAN: Enermax ETS-T40-BK Black CPU Cooler w/PWM 120mm Twister with TB Apollish Blue LED [+13]
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
KEYBOARD: AZZA Delta Gaming Keyboard w/ Anti-Ghosting & red backlight
MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V3)
MONITOR: None
MOPAD: None
MOTHERBOARD: * GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P AMD 970 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 4 Classic, On/Off Charge, GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 2 PCI
MOUSE: AZZA Alpha 1600 DPI Gaming Mouse
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: Windows 7 Professional [+31] (64-bit Edition)
POWERSUPPLY: * 600 Watts - Corsair CX600M CX Series Modular 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply [+28]
RUSH: Standard Process Time: Ship within 8 Business Day
SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR [3 Year Labor, 1 Year Parts] LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
SOFT1: McAfee AntiVirus Plus [+0]
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: EVGA FTW Edition NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti 2GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 [+7] (Single Card)
WNC: GIGABYTE GC-WB867D-I 802.11AC Wi-Fi up to 867 Mbps + Bluetooth 4.0 Combo w/ Dual Antenna PCI-E Adapter [+29]

_PRICE: (+916)
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Ew.
This is oh so much better;
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this is more of a gaming build:
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but if you want a mixture of gaming aswell as heavy multitasking/photoshop anything really cpu heavy id go with a xeon cpu
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StonedMods wrote this is more of a gaming build:
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but if you want a mixture of gaming aswell as heavy multitasking/photoshop anything really cpu heavy id go with a xeon cpu


Is Xeon good? I've never heard of it?
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Sanctyy wrote Ew.
This is oh so much better;
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What about a disk drive so I can install windows
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Xeon is a line of Intel CPUs very good rep there meant more for editing than gaming but they can game aswell.
for the os either buy a cheap $20 cd drive or create a bootable usb with the windows.iso on it
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Sanctyy wrote Ew.
This is oh so much better;
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What about a disk drive so I can install windows







There is no need for a disk drive. You can use a USB.
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StonedMods wrote Xeon is a line of Intel CPUs very good rep there meant more for editing than gaming but they can game aswell.
for the os either buy a cheap $20 cd drive or create a bootable usb with the windows.iso on it


Like a Xeon E3- 1231?


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The Xeon I suggested is a 4 core, 8 thread CPU as opposed to the i5 being a 4 core, 4 thread CPU. The 4690k would be useful if you specifically wanted to OC but you'd have to invest in an aftermarket cooler as well to do so.

If you're overclocking;
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Save up for a good cooler.

You can get your OS for free and install via USB, which you should do anyway as it's much quicker. If you want, you can pick up an optical drive for like $10-$15 and pretty much any of them will be fine.
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