Preparing for re-ascension. First build in ~7 years, budget of $450. Looking for suggestions, improvements, etc.

Oh, ok then.

  1. The pentium cpu that you chose, you will have a problem. But if you can get the anniversary edition, you should be good for a while (after you OC it, which it can easily reach 4Ghz+ OC'ed).

  2. Regret? Well, possibly, depends on when you plan to upgrade your cpu. Since broadwell is the next thing up from haswell and the only motherboards that will support broadwell is the H97/Z97 motherboard. If you want to spend that extra 50 dollars on a Z97 motherboard to prepare yourself (Z97 if you plan on getting a k-series cpu or plan to SLI/CF).

Questions on superior alternatives and changes will be answered with this partpicker link.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor $64.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $99.99 @ Micro Center
Memory Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $30.98 @ Newegg
Storage Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $47.99 @ NCIX US
Video Card Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card $164.99 @ Newegg
Case Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case $21.99 @ Micro Center
Power Supply EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply $24.99 @ NCIX US
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $520.92
Mail-in rebates -$65.00
Total $455.92
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-02 15:03 EDT-0400

This is a quick revision on the changes I would have done. Since I gotta take care of something first then I'll explain why I made those changes, unless someone who I know can understand why I made changes and explain it to you.

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