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[Herc08]

Well, my wife and I build one PC, and now she's jealous and wants to build her own. We are on a tight budget (holidays..) so I managed to get it under $900. We will probably get a GPU later (thinking GTX 1060 3GB), but she just plays the PS4 for now. Mainly using it work, studying, and causal gaming. She doesn't want one like mine, but she wants personality. We just bought the RAM and motherboard today from Newegg. Probably will get a SSD down the line. All comments appreciated.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (Purchased For $103.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (Purchased For $99.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.78 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black/Green) ATX Full Tower Case ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: LG 29UM58-P 29.0" 2560x1080 75Hz Monitor ($262.29 @ Amazon)
Total: $879.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-30 14:56 EST-0500

 

[corroded]

IF, you are looking to get the GPU later, get a 750 PSU now...

Also, get a 256GB SSD for boot and add back an HDD for storage BEFORE you add the GPU...

 

[AUnlikelyPotatoe]

Well, I have that monitor, and it's great but if it's for anything but gaming, it's eh, because of the low pixel density. Oh, and I would get a low capacity ssd, put windows on it, and whatever game she's been playing a lot. Hope this helped a little

 

[mcconkeymike]

You won't need a PSU bigger than what you have listed for the 1060 so you should be good. I agree that you'll most likely want about a 240-250gb SSD for OS and primary game or two, because traditional drives are so slow. Otherwise I think you have a pretty good build there. Add an SSD and when you can afford it the 1060 and she'll be good to go.

 

[Herc08]

IF, you are looking to get the GPU later, get a 750 PSU now...

Also, get a 256GB SSD for boot and add back an HDD for storage BEFORE you add the GPU...

I'll probably get a Samsung Evo 850 down the line, but 750 watts is overkill..considering this build is under 200w, and the 1060 and extra SSD will probably only add another 200w...if that

 

[Herc08]

Well, I have that monitor, and it's great but if it's for anything but gaming, it's eh, because of the low pixel density. Oh, and I would get a low capacity ssd, put windows on it, and whatever game she's been playing a lot. Hope this helped a little

I tried to convince to go dual or triple screen like me. That way we can get some at a time. I'll even look for thin bezels, but she is stuck on Ultrawide...they just can be so darn costly

 

[Herc08]

Well, I did some digging was able to find a nice LG 29UM68-P for $277.