Energy efficient PC

[GhostWindGamer]

Ok so my friend wants to build a energy efficient gaming PC and he came up with this

Energy Efficent Gaming PC

AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor

Cooler Master RR-T612-20PK-R1 82.9 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler

Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard

G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory

A-Data XPG SX900 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card

BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case

SeaSonic X Series 400W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer

Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit)

$1841.00

For those of you that don't know me I live in Australia. If you don't know what he wants to for this for all I have for you is one word, read. Now I want you guys to do better with around $1,900 AUD. I look forward to your replies. Oh and I should mention he's an absolute AMD fanboy

Cheers guys

[Juganog]

400w power supply with be able to handle all that also could youmake a pcpartpicker link

[GhostWindGamer]

400w power supply with be able to handle all that also could youmake a pcpartpicker link

I didn't come up with this and I don't really want make a list for something I just gave you

[alby800]

First of all weird build.

Tell him that if he is looking for energy efficiency he won't find it with AMD.

Intel cpu e.g. 4690k if he wants to OC, 4590/4690 if he doesn't

Intel motherboard H97/Z97 depends on whether or not he is overclocking.

8gbs of RAM

Slightly bigger PSU e.g. 500 watt or 600 watt

Small ssd and a HDD unless he REALLY wants to go full retard sdd.

Probably different cpu cooler, not too sure about that though.

 

I would make you a list but I am at work currently :lol:

[ohJey]

Might as well get a Pentium 3258 if he's gonna get that low end of a CPU

the Pentium will for sure beat a 4 core piledriver chip

[GhostWindGamer]

@alby800 a few things AMD fanboy (idiot) but more ram makes your PC faster (his logic) less watts is more energy efficient (again his logic) SSD means more frames (his logic isn't great) and finally Intel sucks (more shitty logic)

[GhostWindGamer]

Might as well get a Pentium 3258 if he's gonna get that low end of a CPU

the Pentium will for sure beat a 4 core piledriver chip

He's a AMD fanboy won't deal with Intel (retard)

[alby800]

@GhostWindGamer

Go kick him in the balls really hard

 

Edit- Tell him the get the 8320/8350 in that budget price range.

[Daniel91]

first off the power supply even it's platinum it can't handle the load and secondly if he's such a AMD fanboy he can wait till AMD launches the R9 3XX series

lol well time to get a partpicker

[GhostWindGamer]

@alby800 I can't be fucked walking 1.5k's to his place just to kick him and walk back

[ohJey]

He's a AMD fanboy won't deal with Intel (retard)

Errrr

Well if he has to get AMD the build is fine

minus the 16gb of ram... no point to go beyond 8 for games

[alby800]

@Daniel91 The PSU is 80+ Platinum m8

[alby800]

@GhostWindGamer drive/ride/do it anyway

[GhostWindGamer]

first off the power supply even it's platinum it can't handle the load and secondly if he's such a AMD fanboy he can wait till AMD launches the R9 3XX series

lol well time to get a partpicker

Unfortunately he knows very little about tech so he is running blind

[alby800]

@GhostWindGamer

Get him some glasses than :lol:

[GhostWindGamer]

Errrr

Well if he has to get AMD the build is fine

minus the 16gb of ram... no point to go beyond 8 for games

But ram makes your PC faster (he has no tech logic)

[GhostWindGamer]

@GhostWindGamer

Get him some glasses than :lol:

He has glasses

[ohJey]

But ram makes your PC faster (he has no tech logic)

smack him with a fish

[GhostWindGamer]

smack him with a fish

I did about 3 weeks ago

[alby800]

Does he have Skype?

I could, ahhhhh, "teach" him. E.g. Yell at him forever until he stops being a turd

[GhostWindGamer]

Does he have Skype? I could, ahhhhh, "teach" him. E.g. Yell at him forever until he stops being a turd

No but he does have steam

[Daniel91]

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/7DtTFT

 

 here's energy effecent gaming build and cheaper too

[GhostWindGamer]

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/7DtTFT

 

 here's energy effecent gaming build and cheaper too

I'll send this to him and hope he like it

[Daniel91]

@Daniel91 The PSU is 80+ Platinum m8

yeah I know the partpicked builder says his insane build takes 425watts to [pwer

[Daniel91]

But ram makes your PC faster (he has no tech logic)

that only applys when you don't have a descreet GPU and depending on the apu and the ram to power the grapics, that's why GPU's have 4 GB of ram so you don't depend on the ram