Greetings and salutations my fellow crafters, some of you may recognize the name from TS3 or MineTown but I realize others may not. I'm relatively new to MT (roughly a week) but those who I have spoken to on TS3 know that I'll be purchasing a new computer soon with the intent on doing some serious gaming and streaming from it. The only thing I couldn't tell anyone at the time was what I planned to put into the computer because I didn't have any idea what the prices would be. I've now complied a basic list of components but my list exceeds my limit of $1000 and would like to see if anyone here knows any alternative parts that are just as good or better than what I picked.
*Update, thanks to Madster I was able to update this list*
CPU: AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU/Mobo Option 2: GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Vid Card: SAPPHIRE 100363-4L Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5
Mem Card: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C11D-8GXM
HDD: Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Power: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 220-G2-0850-XR 850W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A
Monitor: Acer S241HLbmid Black 24" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor
Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan
Total cost: $1095
*Update, thanks to Madster I was able to update this list*
CPU: AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU/Mobo Option 2: GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Vid Card: SAPPHIRE 100363-4L Radeon R9 280X 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5
Mem Card: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C11D-8GXM
HDD: Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Power: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 220-G2-0850-XR 850W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A
Monitor: Acer S241HLbmid Black 24" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor
Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan
Total cost: $1095