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So i did my build about 2 months ago and my super happy with it runs like a dream but i kinda feel bad for my bro cause i gave him my old laptop (shittop) that cant run anything and i feel bad when i have to remind him off that so i thought i would do a build for him as an early Xmas gift but an having trouble as a lot of what i know is more about x99 builds and i don't know about all the other motherboards out there,,

so i would like some help, i want to keep it around $1700 AUD but willing to spend a little over that,

 

points that might help 

-not over clocking

-able to play at 1080p, able to run a 2nd screen for web browsing 

-os added to build 


thanks for any help with it :)

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Pretty easy. Any _97 chipet mobo will work great, I prefer Asus, but Gigabyte and MSI are great options as well, as well as ASRock. Then pick your CPU... probably an i5, if you want a great CPU with no OC ability, 4690. Then whatever GPU, RAM, case, psu, ssd you want.

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You can get Windows 8.1 cheap from Reddit, so I didn't add it into the partlist here

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.00 @ Centre Com) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($178.00 @ CPL Online) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.00 @ Centre Com) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ Centre Com) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  ($599.00 @ Centre Com) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($98.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Total: $1630.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-31 00:31 AEST+1000
 
EDIT: Change CPU to Xeon E3 1231v3 and a H97 board as there's no overclocking (didn't see that when I first read the post)
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Best I could come up with

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($258.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.00 @ IJK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($124.98 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($200.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($489.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($99.00 @ Centre Com)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($122.00 @ CPL Online)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  ($135.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1595.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-31 00:35 AEST+1000

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z170 and skylake are coming out in a few days

you should probably wait a week or so

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z109 and skylake are coming out in a few days

you should probably wait a week or so

oh ok cool 

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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($335.00 @ CPL Online) 


Motherboard: ASRock B85 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.00 @ PLE Computers) 




Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($499.00 @ Centre Com) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($97.00 @ CPL Online) 

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($95.00 @ CPL Online) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($135.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $1576.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-31 00:38 AEST+1000

 

Suggested upgrades: Bigger SSD, 16GB of ram, better case, better power supply

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You can get Windows 8.1 cheap from Reddit, so I didn't add it into the partlist here

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.00 @ Centre Com) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($65.00 @ CPL Online) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($178.00 @ CPL Online) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($73.00 @ Umart) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.00 @ Centre Com) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ Centre Com) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  ($599.00 @ Centre Com) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($98.00 @ PLE Computers) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($122.00 @ CPL Online) 

Total: $1630.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-31 00:31 AEST+1000

This,but he said no Overclocking, so change to an h97 and i5 4690 (non k)

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This,but he said no Overclocking, so change to an h97 and i5 4690 (non k)

Ah, missed that. I'd change it to a Xeon 1231v3 and H97 in that case then 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3kHF6h

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3kHF6h/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($107.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($45.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($71.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($203.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($91.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $912.37

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-30 10:44 EDT-0400

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z109 and skylake are coming out in a few days

you should probably wait a week or so

 

 

oh ok cool 

Prices in Australia are expensive as they are, I can only imagine what they'll be for a newly released product. 

 

Also, it's Z170 (: 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3kHF6h
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3kHF6h/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($214.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($107.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($45.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($71.98 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.00 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($203.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($91.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $912.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-30 10:44 EDT-0400

 

That's the US PcPartPicker, prices are complete different in Australia. 

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Don't make the mistake I made by not going for a z97 mobo with ultra m.2 support (native PCIe x4) esp if you plan on eventually running any PCIe/NVMe based SSDs 

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Prices in Australia are expensive as they are, I can only imagine what they'll be for a newly released product. 

 

Also, it's Z170 (: 

 

whoops

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That's the US PcPartPicker, prices are complete different in Australia. 

I know. But the price in the build I made equals to the somewhat to the price he can afford.

I just posted for the parts to pick for somewhere around the price he wants.   :P

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That's the US PcPartPicker, prices are complete different in Australia. 

 

So i did my build about 2 months ago and my super happy with it runs like a dream but i kinda feel bad for my bro cause i gave him my old laptop (shittop) that cant run anything and i feel bad when i have to remind him off that so i thought i would do a build for him as an early Xmas gift but an having trouble as a lot of what i know is more about x99 builds and i don't know about all the other motherboards out there,,

so i would like some help, i want to keep it around $1700 AUD but willing to spend a little over that,

 

points that might help 

-not over clocking

-able to play at 1080p, able to run a 2nd screen for web browsing 

-os added to build 

thanks for any help with it :)

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/QBF6f7
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($308.00 @ Centre Com) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($65.00 @ CPL Online) 
Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($164.00 @ Centre Com) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($75.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.00 @ Centre Com) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ Centre Com) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($314.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($85.00 @ CPL Online) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($115.00 @ CPL Online) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($135.00 @ CPL Online) 
Total: $1428.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-31 00:54 AEST+1000
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PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/QBF6f7
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($308.00 @ Centre Com) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($65.00 @ CPL Online) 
Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($164.00 @ Centre Com) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($75.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.00 @ Centre Com) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ Centre Com) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($314.00 @ PLE Computers) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($85.00 @ CPL Online) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($115.00 @ CPL Online) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($135.00 @ CPL Online) 
Total: $1428.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-31 00:54 AEST+1000

 

I'd change out the PSU to something better. $115 for a CX series is ridiculous. 

 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm would be my suggestion. Other than that, it's fairly good. Would get Windows from Reddit though. 

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