- Feb 19, 2015
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Hey people of tom's hardware, I am building my friend a gaming pc and I need your some help. He will not be playing Battlefield 1, GTA V or any of these massive triple A demanding games. he's going to be doing more of Gang Beast, Limbo and Rocket League or more of like indie title's and such. He is going to be recording gamepaly and sending the footage to his mac pc and do his edits and such from there so he will need a little oompf of performance. He has a fair limit of $700 and wants to get into pc gaming with all his other friends cause he is currently a console (Xbox) gamer, (my buddy is growing up finally!). He does not want a monster of a pc or anything crazy like that, just a run of the mill hang with friends and play some simple or mildly demanding games.
He already has a monitor, mouse, keyboard, desk, headset and basically full setup, he literally just needs a pc and everything that goes in a pc, hes has everything outside. This is the best I could do and i got $730ish, I was just wondering if any of you fine people could tweak my build for him and make it better in any way and if possible closer to $700. It is possible he will upgrade in the future so I went with LGA 1150 hasewell so if we wants to get a 4690 and a 970 or something he can. I didn't try to "future proof" this build but at least leave the door open for potential upgrades.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.50)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.50)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.99)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380X 4GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card ($189.99)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $738.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-06 20:22 EDT-0400
He already has a monitor, mouse, keyboard, desk, headset and basically full setup, he literally just needs a pc and everything that goes in a pc, hes has everything outside. This is the best I could do and i got $730ish, I was just wondering if any of you fine people could tweak my build for him and make it better in any way and if possible closer to $700. It is possible he will upgrade in the future so I went with LGA 1150 hasewell so if we wants to get a 4690 and a 970 or something he can. I didn't try to "future proof" this build but at least leave the door open for potential upgrades.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.50)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.50)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.99)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380X 4GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card ($189.99)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $738.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-06 20:22 EDT-0400
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