A Build For My Brother

[zaysk]

Approximate Purchase Date: Couple months, part by part.

Budget Range: 1000$

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Are you buying a monitor: Yes

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon and NCIX, most others charge stupid prices for shipping to the Yukon.

Location: Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.

Overclocking: Yes, in the future.

SLI or Crossfire: Yes , in the future.

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments:

Hey guys, so my brother has been inspired after seeing all my parts together (building Thursday!) and all the stuff I've told him about it. He want's a computer now, and I'm going to put 300$ towards his graphics card of choice (GTX 770) and buy him an i5-4670k for the CPU. He's going to buy the rest of his parts, one by one, just like I did. He already has a case chosen, since I'm paying for the CPU, and 300 towards the GPU, I would like part recommendations on everything but the 3 aforementioned parts.

Budget of around 1000$ for the rest of the parts he needs, and he needs everything just like I did. He'll most likely choose his own mouse and keyboard, but recommendations on everything but M/KB, CPU, GPU, and case would be much appreciated! Budget is flexible if need be since he's just buying it part by part, I'd (and in turn, he would) rather pay a bit more for a quality part than save a few bucks and have to replace it sooner than later.

I was thinking of going with the same CPU cooler (CM Hyper 212 Evo) mobo (Gigabyte Z87x-D3H) and PSU (Corsair TX-750 "Enthusiast Series") Also, just for the record I'm recommending he get the same GPU as I did. (MSI GTX 770)

Thanks guys!

 

[Suztera]

I left some budget for keyboard and mouse and headphones. They are subjective choices really.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $0.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.79 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($154.75 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($78.16 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($164.79 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Memory Express)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($18.99 @ Memory Express)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($104.79 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor ($193.96 @ NCIX)
Total: $864.21
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-14 17:22 EDT-0400)

 

[zaysk]

Cool, thanks man. Will 650W be enough if he wants to SLI a 770 in the future?

 

[g-unit1111]

Cool, thanks man. Will 650W be enough if he wants to SLI a 770 in the future?

No you need at least a 750W - 850W for SLI mode. I went quite a bit over budget but try something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($259.75 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B SE2 37.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Memory Express)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-C ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Memory Express)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($88.81 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($394.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($152.80 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($18.99 @ Memory Express)
Total: $1305.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-15 02:12 EDT-0400)

This will give you a much better PSU and GPU while adding an SSD into the mix.

 

[Suztera]

if you want SLI, 750W minimum from a quality unit. Antec, Coolermaster V series, Corsair(not VS, CS,CX series),EVGA SuperNova G2 series, Seasonic or XFX

 

[zaysk]

Awesome, thanks a lot for the help guys. I might just stick with the corsair 750 TX, after I see how it performs tomorrow. So far I'm very impressed, the cables are extremely high quality and the PSU itself also looks and feels premium. 5 year warranty as well.

He won't be using SLI right away, maybe a year or so down the road to keep up with the latest games, just like I plan to do. IMO its worth it to spend a bit more for quality and future proofing.

Thanks again guys, I really appreciate the help!

 

[juve9le]

Hey,

Did you guys even bother reading his post ?? He wants parts from Amazon and NCIX, and an OS

I put yourself the new Z97 mobo, which looks great.

I changed the PSU, considering that XFX is >>> Corsair in terms of stability/noise
The GPU is not in the list as you want to buy it apart (if I read well) so as the case.



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($259.97 @ NCIX)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($59.00 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($89.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($23.98 @ NCIX)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($109.99 @ NCIX)
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($124.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $1012.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-15 08:40 EDT-0400)