Help picking parts for a build

[Slickrr13]

My friend wants to build a new pc, and wants me to help him. It has been a while since  I looked at hardware, Haswell to be exact. So i was wondering if you guys could give suggestions on exact parts.

Budget of 1200$

Nzxts340 case 70$

Newest i7 ( the new equivalent to the 4770k ) 

16gb of ram

Prefers Nvidia.

And needs the rest of the pc.

Thanks for the help!

 

[TheRandomness]

Why exactly does he need an i7? Also, AMD cards beat NVIDIA cards (well, most of the time) in mid range now.

[Slickrr13]

Why exactly does he need an i7? Also, AMD cards beat NVIDIA cards (well, most of the time) in mid range now.

Yea, he has the budget and wants an i7, he might stream as well. I can probably convince him to get an AMD card. I just need suggestions. For the whole computer.

[Archarin]

My friend wants to build a new pc, and wants me to help him. It has been a while since  I looked at hardware, Haswell to be exact. So i was wondering if you guys could give suggestions on exact parts.

Budget of 1200$

Nzxts340 case 70$

Newest i7 ( the new equivalent to the 4770k ) 

16gb of ram

Prefers Nvidia.

And needs the rest of the pc.

Thanks for the help!

Colors?

[Slickrr13]

Colors?

does not really matter, as long as it doesnt look absolutely trashy. He goes to texas tech, The school colors are red and black, but i think that case is white.

[TheRandomness]

Yea, he has the budget and wants an i7, he might stream as well. I can probably convince him to get an AMD card. I just need suggestions. For the whole computer.

Here you go @Jacobsheeler:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($324.99 @ B&H)

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($134.89 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($313.98 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $1178.20

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-13 19:02 EDT-0400

[Slickrr13]

i7-4790k + Cryorig H7 (Cooler) + Sapphire/MSI R9 390 + any 16GB kit of RAM + EVGA G2 650W PSU. I'll try make a list but doing so on mobile is rather hard :c

Thanks man, what about SSDs? like i said it has been a long time since I looked into this stuff. Need a motherboard as well, no rush though.

[Killervolt]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($324.99 @ B&H)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.00 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($82.88 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.33 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($313.98 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $1201.14

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-13 19:02 EDT-0400

[Slickrr13]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($324.99 @ B&H)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.00 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($82.88 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.33 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($313.98 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $1201.14

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-13 19:02 EDT-0400

8gb card jesus hahaha

[Killervolt]

8gb card jesus hahaha

Yeah good price hey? Beats the 970 in higher resolutions if your mate wants to upgrade in the future.

[TheRandomness]

8gb card jesus hahaha

On all 390s yes, and most 390s are cheaper than 970s so yeah

[Slickrr13]

Yeah good price hey? Beats the 970 in higher resolutions if your mate wants to upgrade in the future.

 

On all 390s yes, and most 390s are cheaper than 970s so yeah

He will be staying at 1080p more than likely

[Archarin]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PFFhHx The CPU cooler is kind of an asthetic choice. The CPU however, depends on what you're doing. For gaming, this CPU will do just fine.

[TheRandomness]

He will be staying at 1080p more than likely

At 1080, 970 is just about the same as a 390, any higher though, and the 390 is better.

[TheRandomness]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PFFhHx The CPU cooler is kind of an asthetic choice. The CPU however, depends on what you're doing. For gaming, this CPU will do just fine.

OP's second post states that friend may also be doing some streaming so extra threads would help. NEX from EVGA is a shitty PSU series, the 390 outperforms the 970 and you don't need a Z-series board on a locked CPU

[Slickrr13]

Yea might be str

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PFFhHx The CPU cooler is kind of an asthetic choice. The CPU however, depends on what you're doing. For gaming, this CPU will do just fine.

 

OP's second post states that friend may also be doing some streaming so extra threads would help.

 

At 1080, 970 is just about the same as a 390, any higher though, and the 390 is better.

Yea, might stream that is why the i7 is the better option, also, is a 970 at 1080 better due to the Ge-force experience and all the perks that has?

[Archarin]

OP's second post states that friend may also be doing some streaming so extra threads would help.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($324.99 @ B&H) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($102.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Mushkin Stealth 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.33 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($309.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($93.75 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $1215.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-13 19:32 EDT-0400

 

Edited.

Explanation? This has the best looks in my opinion, especially with the motherboard. 970 gives you a simple experience by allowing you to optimize games and stuff (I know AMD does this, but he said he liked NVIDIA) It also comes with Windows 10. Finally, it has a 4690. This could be swapped out for a better CPU if you want.

[TheRandomness]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($212.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($102.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Mushkin Stealth 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.33 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($309.89 @ OutletPC) 

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($93.75 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $1103.75

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-13 19:18 EDT-0400

 

Edited.

The only thing I saw that you changed in that was the i5 4460 to the i5 4690.. Both are locked still and only i7s have more threads.

[Archarin]

The only thing I saw that you changed in that was the i5 4460 to the i5 4690.. Both are locked still and only i7s have more threads.

ya happy now?

[TheRandomness]

ya happy now?

Yes c: