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My best friend wants to build a gaming pc and wants me to pick the parts. This is what I've come up with

Gigabyte H87M-HD3

Intel 4590

Crucial ballistix sport xt 8gb kit 1600mhz

Corsair cx600m

WD blue 1tb

Msi gaming gtx 760 2gb oc

Corsair 230T

Is it good for the price?

I am a member of the PCMasterRace. I am terribly sad to announce that I own a PeasantStation 3 Super Slim. it's in a drawer away from my glorious PC.
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Get a i5 4690k

dude he has a H81 board

 

you need a Z97 board to run the 4690K

My best friend wants to build a gaming pc and wants me to pick the parts. This is what I've come up with

Gigabyte H81M-D2V

Intel 4590

Crucial bllistix sport xt 8gb kit 1600mhz

Corsair cx750m

WD blue 1tb

Palut gtx 770 2gb oc

Is it good for the price

where are you buying from?

 

first off that PSU is overkill for single gpu setups

 

second the GTX770 is not a great gpu when the 290 is same price and performs much better

 

you should be able to fit a SSD in there

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dude he has a H81 board

 

you need a Z97 board to run the 4690K

where are you buying from?

 

first off that PSU is overkill for single gpu setups

 

second the GTX770 is not a great gpu when the 290 is same price and performs much better

 

you should be able to fit a SSD in there

oh whoops i didn't read that

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dude he has a H81 board

you need a Z97 board to run the 4690K

where are you buying from?

first off that PSU is overkill for single gpu setups

second the GTX770 is not a great gpu when the 290 is same price and performs much better

you should be able to fit a SSD in there

I am buying from www.plaisio.gr and the 290 is nowhere near the 770 in price. The 770 is 330 and the 290 is 465

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Get a 550W psu, with an i5 4590 for the CPU, and that gtx 760 should be okay, but I'd you can get an EVGA ACX GTX760 then get that instead, as it's better.

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I am buying from www.plaisio.gr and the 290 is nowhere near the 770 in price. The 770 is 330 and the 290 is 465

i see 

 

what about the R9 280/X?

 

see if you can get the H97 board for the future upgrades

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i see

what about the R9 280/X?

see if you can get the H97 board for the future upgrades

You sir are a damn genius. Although I can't fit the H97. I downgraded the ram to 4gb but I am planning to gift him an extra dimm

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this is a bit above the budget but should work good

i don't got the i5-4670k or 90k since that will make you go up for another 50$

if it is possible to add 50$ more then you should consider to take the 4690k

it will be worth more in the future when you want to oc.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($193.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 4GB Dual-X Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Raidmax 535W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $812.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-08 03:47 EDT-0400

 

if you want a better gpu then you still have to spend more.

 

[EDIT]

if you are willing to get an amd build you get a better gpu for the same price

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8150 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($159.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Biostar TA970 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 280X 3GB royalQueen Video Card  ($249.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: CoolMax 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($52.99 @ Mwave)
Total: $811.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-08 03:55 EDT-0400

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You sir are a damn genius. Although I can't fit the H97.

oh

 

what games is he playing?

 

how about swapping to a i3 core CPU?

 

will look imbalanced but with the H97 he can pick a i5 Broadwell CPU later

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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($99.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($198.50 @ Newegg) 
Total: $810.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-08 03:51 EDT-0400

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please for the love of god don't get a raidmax psu it will burn down your house 

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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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oh

what games is he playing?

how about swapping to a i3 core CPU?

will look imbalanced but with the H97 he can pick a i5 Broadwell CPU later

Go see my edited answer

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Go see my edited answer

looking to be a better build

 

what is the price of the R9 280?

 

but avoid Asus and XFX

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Sorry for the multiple edits on the original post

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I am buying from www.plaisio.gr and the 290 is nowhere near the 770 in price. The 770 is 330 and the 290 is 465

If you're willing to spring over on to Amazon they be selling the Asus DirectCUII (Or whatever the friggin jiggiling puffidiy cuffkins it's called) for 369 USD.

 

If that's not an option that's cool, just thought I'd let ya know.

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looking to be a better build

what is the price of the R9 280?

but avoid Asus and XFX

The 280 goes for 243. I changed the config again, sorry. Please look at it again

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The 280 goes for 243

in comparison against the GTX760

 

the 280 will be a faster card and your friend will be able to play games at 1080P Ultra

 

the 280 is basically the HD7950 Boost edition rebrand

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If you're willing to spring over on to Amazon they be selling the Asus DirectCUII (Or whatever the friggin jiggiling puffidiy cuffkins it's called) for 369 USD.

If that's not an option that's cool, just thought I'd let ya know.

Thanks man but it's kinda not the best thing because I'm picking the parts and his dad will get the money from the supposed amount that the government is giving them to upgrade their workstations. Essentially he is acting as though the pc will be used for business purposes.

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Hey there Atomicnerd64,

 

for a gaming PC it's better to use the WD Black drive instead of Blue. It's designed for maximum computer performance and it's perfect for long time gaming. It's capacity varies from 500 GB to 4 TB and has 64 MB cache. If you'd like to see some more details you can visit the WD official web page and check under Internal storage/Desktop. :)

 

www.wdc.com

 

Hope I've helped.

Cheers!

 

CK_WD

If you think I helped, like!  :P

 

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Hey there Atomicnerd64,

 

for a gaming PC it's better to use the WD Black drive instead of Blue. It's designed for maximum computer performance and it's perfect for long time gaming. It's capacity varies from 500 GB to 4 TB and has 64 MB cache. If you'd like to see some more details you can visit the WD official web page and check under Internal storage/Desktop. :)

 

www.wdc.com

 

Hope I've helped.

Cheers!

 

CK_WD

Thanks just changed my 1tb blue to a 500gb black. You might say it is not worth it but my friend doesn't use much space and he can always add another one

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A r9 280 would be better performance but both are good

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Hi there again Atomicnerd64,

 

I'm happy for your choice. And yes, if your friend needs to, he could always get another drive, or simply get at first a 1 TB drive, it's a free choice. :)

 

Cheers!

 

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