MMO/MOBA build.

[Vinter]

Hi!

So in a few weeks is my little brother's birthday and I've been planning a PC to give him as a gift.

 

1. Budget & Location

Argentina. This location is important, since here in south america not all the parts are commercialized and we have a 50% tax on every item we buy from overseas that costs more than $25 USD. Yeah, and you thought your taxes were bad.

Budget is arround $850 USD.

2. Aim

He plays Lineage II, League of Legends, Minecraft and Action/Adventure games. Not much, without high definition nor high fps, since his current PC can't even handle 2004/2005 games properly. Also I think he's into video production, so gameplay recording and editing is a possibility.

3. Monitors

1. He currently has a Micron 17" not even know if it's 720p lol. 1024x768 resolution. He's saving for a 1080p monitor, so have that in mind.

4. Why are you upgrading?

He has a VM900M v1, E2140 Dual core 1.6ghz cpu, XFX GTS 250 Core Edition GPU, a case with no airflow at all (not even a side panel, it broke) and a full 28gb HDD. No, not 280, 28.

 

The build I planned:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sQgLdC

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 4GB Dual-X Video Card  ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($101.37 @ Amazon)
Total: $837.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-07 13:32 EDT-0400

 

 

I study programming, and my university has some sort of deal with Microsoft, no idea what, but I get two keys per year of Windows. So OS is not a problem. I've also have a brand new Corsair CX600M PSU that I think will work okay with this build.

 

Thoughts? Improvements? I'd love to hear your opinion!

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

[TheSLSAMG]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($84.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 280X 3GB royalQueen Video Card  ($249.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $845.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-07 13:46 EDT-0400

 

Ditch the flashy case, get more GPU power.

[CK_WD]

Hi Vinter,

 

if your little brother is mostly playing games on teh PC, the WD Blue hard drive would do a good job. But a better drive for this purpose would be the WD Black. It's designed for maximum computer performance and gaming with capacity from 500 GB to 4 TB. 

 

In the case he really combines his gaming with recording and editing a more suitable drive would be WD VelociRaptor; also designed for high-performance and additionally perfect for data-intensive processes which require a lot of storage, such as photo and video editing, 3D rendering etc.

 

If you'd like to check out some more specs on the drives, you can visit the WD official site. You can find the Black drive under Internal storage/Desktop and the VelociRaptor - under Internal storage/Workstation.

 

www.wdc.com 

 

I hope I've helped.

Best of luck!

 

CK_WD

[Cakebomb123]

This build is a little bit over the budget but would run easily any games at 1080P

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/t77WJx

[sandals100]

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Is it just me or have both of you forgotten about the PSU?

[sandals100]

Errybody be forgetting the power supply? Or have I missed something??

[Vinter]

Errybody be forgetting the power supply? Or have I missed something??

 

I already have a brand new CX600M from Corsair, that's why I didn't include it in the build. 600W should probbably be enough for this kind of build.