Need help bumping down the price of a rig I'm building for my cousin.

[Ryan0710]

Hey all,
My cosuin is begining to get in to pc gaming and is wanting to buikld one for his birthday. I have been creating a few on pcpartpicker, but am having trouble with price. His requirements: he wants an i7 processor, must crush triple A games (PubG, Fortnite, DayZ, Rust, etc.), long lasting, 1080p high settings good fps. I made this as an exaple (https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wwp4gw), but im trying to lower the price because $1000 is just a little over the budget. Thanks!

 

[profoundnoah]

This is a common misconception among newer people to the PC community. I7's are hardly any better than i5's for gaming. What refresh rate monitor will he be using? It'd be a huge waste of money if he were to blow all this money on simply a 60 Hz gaming setup. Are the parts without prices already purchased, or? What would be a reasonable amount of money?

 

[Ryan0710]

This is a common misconception among newer people to the PC community. I7's are hardly any better than i5's for gaming. What refresh rate monitor will he be using? It'd be a huge waste of money if he were to blow all this money on simply a 60 Hz gaming setup. Are the parts without prices already purchased, or? What would be a reasonable amount of money?

No, he hasnt purchased anything yet, not sure what monitor he'll be using, but i can ask. Maybe an i5 7600k would be better? also, a reasonable price would be anywhere under or around $900.

 

[bignastyid]

Just under $1000

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($69.85 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card ($274.47 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($50.77 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($51.03 @ B&H)
Total: $993.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-25 14:02 EDT-0400

 

[profoundnoah]

My apologies, I left my preferred merchant settings on. There's no need for a 7000 series chip, they're outdated and are underperforming. Go for the latest coffee lake architecture. If he's not a big overclocker, then there's money to be saved by going for an 8400 instead. The only other things I could cut down on would be the RAM and HDD.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LnKQyX
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LnKQyX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($178.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360 HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($81.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($53.83 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.87 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card ($269.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $933.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-25 14:03 EDT-0400

 

[Ryan0710]

My apologies, I left my preferred merchant settings on. There's no need for a 7000 series chip, they're outdated and are underperforming. Go for the latest coffee lake architecture. If he's not a big overclocker, then there's money to be saved by going for an 8400 instead. The only other things I could cut down on would be the RAM and HDD.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LnKQyX
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LnKQyX/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($178.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360 HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($81.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($53.83 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.87 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card ($269.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $933.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-25 14:03 EDT-0400

is there any good black and green cases? He likes that color way

 

[profoundnoah]

There IS the p400, for slightly more money. I personally use this case and love it. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xjZ2FT/phanteks-case-phec416pbk

 

[smorizio]

if your close to a micro center look at there mb and cpu combo deals. for green and black cases. pick up one of the newer cases now with a glass side panel. put in green led fans. use a rgb motherboard and ram. there are also new rgb cpu cooler out there.

 

[why_wolf]

Did your cousin have any intention of doing live streaming? If so going with an AMD Ryzen would be better choice to access to more cores. So that the streaming won't have as much of an impact on the actual game play.

 

[Ryan0710]

Did your cousin have any intention of doing live streaming? If so going with an AMD Ryzen would be better choice to access to more cores. So that the streaming won't have as much of an impact on the actual game play.

No, just casual play, gaming, and maybe school work. mostly just straight gaming.