A general rig

[GhostWindGamer]

So guys I finally have an excuse to build a PC and I will be buying the parts tomorrow well a few of them. Now the budget is around $700 AUD this build is for a friend who will only probably play the sims most of the time he will just use it for music and movies. I have an list put together already but I want to see what you guys would do differently. http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/GhostWindGamer/saved/VrsV3C

Cheers for the help

[EarthboundHero]

So guys I finally have an excuse to build a PC and I will be buying the parts tomorrow well a few of them. Now the budget is around $700 AUD this build is for a friend who will only probably play the sims most of the time he will just use it for music and movies. I have an list put together already but I want to see what you guys would do differently. http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/GhostWindGamer/saved/VrsV3C

Cheers for the help

Maybe a 120GB SSD you can find some for around $50 USD not sure what that translates to AUD.

[Geekazoid]

So guys I finally have an excuse to build a PC and I will be buying the parts tomorrow well a few of them. Now the budget is around $700 AUD this build is for a friend who will only probably play the sims most of the time he will just use it for music and movies. I have an list put together already but I want to see what you guys would do differently. http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/GhostWindGamer/saved/VrsV3C

Cheers for the help

Does he need an OS or a display?

[GhostWindGamer]

Maybe a 120GB SSD you can find some for around $50 USD not sure what that translates to AUD.

He doesn't want a SSD

Does he need an OS or a display?

Nah he has all that stuff already

[OriginalPromise]

Maybe an i3 might be better? 

Or, you can crank the clock speed to like 4.4Ghz for him.

[Geekazoid]

Maybe a 120GB SSD you can find some for around $50 USD not sure what that translates to AUD.

Exactly $57.34¢.

[Geekazoid]

Nah he has all that stuff already

Okay, would he be willing to go to his max of AU$700?

[GhostWindGamer]

Maybe an i3 might be better? 

Or, you can crank the clock speed to like 4.4Ghz for him.

I will probably over clock it for him at some point

[GhostWindGamer]

Okay, would he be willing to go to his max of AU$700?

Maybe just hit me with what you got in mind and I'll ask him

[Geekazoid]

Maybe just hit me with what you got in mind and I'll ask him

Okay, I'll put together a build config.

[GhostWindGamer]

Okay, I'll put together a build config.

Don't make it 3K though he won't go that high

[melias24]

Great build ghost! Nothing else i can think of beside an SSD, but meh. 

[Mr.Reggin]

pls dont take an Intel Pentium, the AMD Athlon X4 760K costs the same and gives you better Performance, maybe you get 1 fps less, but Rendering s much faster

[siberiansteel11]

It's a good build! and for the budget price SSD isn't an option But I guess Overclocking that processor would be Ideal. 

[GhostWindGamer]

pls dont take an Intel Pentium, the AMD Athlon X4 760K costs the same and gives you better Performance, maybe you get 1 fps less, but Rendering s much faster

It doesn't really matter does it

[Mr.Reggin]

It doesn't really matter does it

it does

I swear to my KFC God

[GhostWindGamer]

it does

I swear to my KFC God

This rig is gonna be for movies music and porn I don't think it matters

[Geekazoid]

Don't make it 3K though he won't go that high

How high do you think he'd be willing to go?

Do you think a m-ITX build might suit his needs better, or do you wanna stick with a m-ATX build?

[GhostWindGamer]

How high do you think he'd be willing to go?

Do you think a m-ITX build might suit his needs better, or do you wanna stick with a m-ATX build?

He might go to $1,000 but I'm not sure and he won't care about form factor

[Geekazoid]

He might go to $1,000 but I'm not sure and he won't care about form factor

Okay, well I just was thinking that if he could go to at least $1,000, that he could get a pretty decent build for that much that would last him 3-5 years or so. Plus a $1,000 for a PC is pretty good. You can't even buy an Apple Mac here in Australia for $1,000. So I think that that would be a good amount to go with.

Here, this is what you could do. Have a good chat with him and discuss the maximum amount he would like to spend. Tell him that if he wants a pretty decent PC that will last him at least 3 - 5 years, that spending at the very most $1,000 would get him a good build.

[Geekazoid]

@GhostWindGamer, here's my recommended $1,000 budget build:

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/TVGrpg

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/TVGrpg/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($275.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($179.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($169.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($115.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Total: $987.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-29 19:55 EST+1000

It comes in just under $1,000. What do you think?

[GhostWindGamer]

@Geekazoid I'll ask him tomorrow

[Geekazoid]

@GhostWindGamer, I tried my best to balance it out. I would've like to have squeezed in the R9 270, but I figured that the R7 265 was a good compromise. I hope it satisfies.

[Geekazoid]

@Geekazoid I'll ask him tomorrow

Okay, sweet!

[Mr.Reggin]

@GhostWindGamer, here's my recommended $1,000 budget build:

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/TVGrpg

Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/TVGrpg/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($275.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($179.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($169.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($115.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Total: $987.00

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-29 19:55 EST+1000

It comes in just under $1,000. What do you think?

i would go for an fx 8350 insteadd and then spend the saved 100€ on a Samsung 840 evo 250GB