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you should also ask when the person will be buying the computer. sales come and go frequently. a rig made today may be different from another rig made the week before.
imo a three day notice would be ideal.

you should also ask when the person will be buying the computer. sales come and go frequently. a rig made today may be different from another rig made the week before.
imo a three day notice would be ideal.

you should also ask when the person will be buying the computer. sales come and go frequently. a rig made today may be different from another rig made the week before.
imo a three day notice would be ideal.

Buy stuff and try it. Some research is good, but don't over-analyze.

super amp?

The best portable over ear headphones you can buy for $79 are definitely the Status Audio CB-1:
 
https://www.amazon.com/Status-Audio-Closed-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B01BDX1IVW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1482349196&sr=8-2&keywords=status+audio
 
The chord is removable, so you don't have to worry about the length. I truly believe that this feature is worth an extra $9 over the budget since I never had a wired pair last over 8 months due to audio jack failures. 

If you don't mind the camera, i recommend you to buy M8. I don't have anything against Samsung, but i do have against TouchWiz... That's the worst Android skin i ever used/tried... I haven't personally tinkered with the never iterations of Sense, but last time when i used it, it was pretty fast
 
Also, why would you buy S5... heart rate monitor? fingerprint sensor?
 
I think that the only thing in what S5 is better than M8 is camera, but for that you can buy/use a dedicated one...

cannot be used while plugged in

i prefer a 16:10 monitor over a 16:9 monitor. the extra height helps while doing homework, reading forums, playing mmos. also, 1080p monitors in portrait looks horrible imo.
 
i use three U2412M

you should also ask when the person will be buying the computer. sales come and go frequently. a rig made today may be different from another rig made the week before.
imo a three day notice would be ideal.

+1 on the WRX. i plan to buy one as my first car. i think the Tesla S is amazing.

fiio e10
 
been tossed around in this forum quite a lot lol

Sounds good to me. Wow might pick one up myself.

nah not necessary with the siberias

the DG/DGX have an amp where as DX is more of a dac with a sub par amp.

i use the Klipsch S4a while i travel. great sound overall. isolates well

you should also ask when the person will be buying the computer. sales come and go frequently. a rig made today may be different from another rig made the week before.
imo a three day notice would be ideal.

Virtual surrounds horrible as well what you want is just plain stereo headphones with a large sound stage and accurate sound positioning. The AD700 is a good example. These are opened with recessed bass. A good overall headphone is the HD 558. Its open with moderate bass. Closed headphones wont be good for gaming as they have shallow sound stage, but they are good for bass. At greater budgets, youll see more open headphones with greater bass response.
You could get a $8 mic thatll work just as well
Whats your budget and country?

Virtual surrounds horrible as well what you want is just plain stereo headphones with a large sound stage and accurate sound positioning. The AD700 is a good example. These are opened with recessed bass. A good overall headphone is the HD 558. Its open with moderate bass. Closed headphones wont be good for gaming as they have shallow sound stage, but they are good for bass. At greater budgets, youll see more open headphones with greater bass response.
You could get a $8 mic thatll work just as well
Whats your budget and country?

i would never use a usb headset/headphones. it uses its own sound card in the usb connection which is usually inferior to the sound on the mobo.
 
2 and 3 are both good. if you plan on gettin aftermarket amp/dac, #2 would work just fine. 
 
as jimbo mentioned, it, also, depends on your perception.

I'd take a Adudiotechnica ad700 and a Mic over just about every headset except possibly a sennheiser pc360.

blacks are 7200rpm drives

If it $5 more then go for it. No harm in upping performance.

This radeon 7770 ghz edition is only 99, but its out of stock now. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125416
otherwise any other 7750 is pretty good. This one looks like the best http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125453

It should be noted that you won't probably even notice the difference between 1600MHz RAM and 2200MHz RAM.