Hey guys,
A buddy of mine wants to get back into PC gaming. I've offered to help him, however it's been a while since I've planned a build, just wanted a second opinion on what i was thinking he should get. He has a 1000$ budget for the CPU, GPU, Storage, and Motherboard. The rest of the parts I have extra's and i'm going to be giving them to him free of charge. So for 1080p 60hz.
I figured he should get something like this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($308.50 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($164.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($74.98 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.94 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card ($379.99 @ Memory Express)
Total: $1018.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-29 19:54 EDT-0400
What do you guys think?