^ About 75% of max. capacity.

I've had an ssd with 500mb of free space left. still faster than a mechanical drive.

i love this thread. been using a lenovo laptop for the past 5 years and gaming has become a pain in the ass..my budget was 800$ as well but i am like Gh0strider where i have NO idea what im doing or looking for lol

there's a building thread here
look at pcppartpicker for ideas at your budget level...then ask us to critique it

Logical Increments

I used this site last year. That table of parts give you a good idea how much you are going to spend. I used it last year (along with my own knowledge, of course) to build a rig.

I haven't used pcpartpicker, apologies if they're identical.

So looking at the build it myself route, doesn't seem to save me much in terms of cash.

I was looking at this place here in Richmond, what are you guy's thoughts on this box, pricewise and components, I would opt for an SSD as well.

Brand New Gaming PC i5-4460 with GTX960 and 8GB with 1TB HD

Never heard of the store though, Sonex Computers? Sketchy?

looks decent but i'm not too current with pricing since our dollar tanked

you can just ask NCIX to put it together..iirc it's only $50

I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole because it's overpriced and you are using a generic (if not crappy) 500W psu on a GTX960. I would rather pick the parts from NCIX or Memory Express and tell them to build it instead.

oops didn't see the generic PSU...yes I second buying a reputable branded one.

I think Sonex has been around for ever. I am pretty sure you could pay extra for a better PSU.

NCIX forums are pretty good to ask questions too. Should sign up an account if you have not.

If anything, their forums are even better since most of the users are PC techie guys.
And they can directly add links to the parts that are suggested from the NCIX store and then you can individually research them and find better pricing, etc.