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warpigeon

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1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.

-Gaming and simultaneously watching streams on my tv with hdmi.

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread

-$400

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.

-USA

6. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.

- I've got a small case (micro atx), a dvd drive, an ssd, a 650w psu, and peripherals.

8. What resolution, not monitor size, will you be using?

1920x1080

9. WHEN do you plan to build it?

-No hurry, in the next few weeks

X. Do you need to purchase any software to go with the system, such as Windows or Blu Ray playback software?

-No

Looking for a nice boost to my current i3 2100, hd6800, 4gb ram system.

Looking for anything I should know about the build eg. erasing the hard drive first?

Thanks!
 
If you up the budget you can get a very grunty setup:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202143

260 for a 290 non X Tri X

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116991

$200 for a 4590 non K

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157521

$95 for a decent Z97 board, that should have MCE so it can auto overclock that 4590 to max turbo - 3.7GHz - on load.

New cards are coming in the next few months so prices may drop. $155 more will get you a decent quad and a card that you can crank settings up. No real compromises.
 
If you have a hard stop on your budget:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9ntXBm
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9ntXBm/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4370 3.8GHz Dual-Core Processor ($132.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($43.20 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($45.90 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($184.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $407.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-21 11:03 EDT-0400

I'd suggest selling your existing equipment and stepping into an i5, but I wouldn't exactly recommend dropping back in GPU to get that accomplished.
 
Burpo said:
Upgrade CPU..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-...014?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5b124fb6fe
If you have single stick of Ram, Add 4gb..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...m_re=4gb_240_pin_ddr_3-_-20-231-634-_-Product
Video card..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487133&cm_re=gtx_960-_-14-487-133-_-Product

Sell old parts & maybe get a good CPU cooler.. All under $400..
Click to expand...

So keep the mobo I have, switch out the cpu, gpu and go from 2X2gb to 2X4gb ram? Sounds good to me. Will I get a big performance boost, something like 30% or so?
 
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