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I am planing a PC for a friend. I am considering buying this PC build I put together by watching alot of reviews. Is there anything I should do or you'd do differently? 

 

The budget clocks in at approx 800 $ and I live in Norway.

He is going to be a casual gamer. And i have left room for upgrades. 

The upgrades would be a SSD and possibly a better cooler or more RAM

He is gaming on a 1080p monitor.

 

This is the hardware im considering:

-AMD FX-8320 Black Edition

-Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P, Socket AM3+

-GTX 760 2GB PhysX CUDA, ASUS after marked cooler

-Hyper X Fury DDR3 1600MHz 8GB (2X4GB)

-WD Desktop Black 500 GB

-Corsair CX 500W PSU

-Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler

-Cooler master Silencio 452 mid tower

 

(It's late, don't correct my spelling or grammar, unless you don't understand :) )

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Depending on costs.... 

 

I'd go for an i5 over an 8320 and lose the aftermarket cooler, as well as a 280/280x/290 rather than a 760. 

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This is a similar rig i planned,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($139.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($88.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $824.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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It has more graphical performance, A SSD and has a black-red theme, Thats pretty much the main things.

My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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Go for an i5 and a 280x.  Way better performance for the money.

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My Setup:

 

Desktop

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CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15  Motherboard: Asus Prime X370-PRO  RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @3200MHz  GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA (+50 core +400 memory)  Storage: 1050GB Crucial MX300, 1TB Crucial MX500  PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 P2  Chassis: NZXT Noctis 450 White/Blue OS: Windows 10 Professional  Displays: Asus MG279Q FreeSync OC, LG 27GL850-B

 

Main Laptop:

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Laptop: Sager NP 8678-S  CPU: Intel Core i7 6820HK @ 2.7GHz  RAM: 32GB DDR4 @ 2133MHz  GPU: GTX 980m 8GB  Storage: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO M.2 + 1TB Samsung 850 Pro + 1TB 7200RPM HGST HDD  OS: Windows 10 Pro  Chassis: Clevo P670RG  Audio: HyperX Cloud II Gunmetal, Audio Technica ATH-M50s, JBL Creature II

 

Thinkpad T420:

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CPU: i5 2520M  RAM: 8GB DDR3  Storage: 275GB Crucial MX30

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.94 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($82.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $822.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-10 15:38 EST-0500

First Build:

Case: Bitfenix Prodigy Black          GPU: MSI R9 270 Gaming@1050/1500         CPU: i5 4570          Motherboard: ASUS H81I Plus          PSU: Corsair CX600          RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport XT         Cooling: 230mm Bitfenix Spectre Pro Intake; Corsair AF140 Rear Exuast; 2x120mm Stock Case Fans Top Exuast        Storage: WD Blue 1TB          OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
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This is a similar rig i planned,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($139.98 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($69.98 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($67.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($229.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($88.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $824.36

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-10 15:34 EST-0500

It has more graphical performance, A SSD and has a black-red theme, Thats pretty much the main things.

Are you happy with it? 

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This is a similar rig i planned,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($139.98 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($69.98 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($67.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280X 3GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($229.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($88.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $824.36

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-10 15:34 EST-0500

It has more graphical performance, A SSD and has a black-red theme, Thats pretty much the main things.

Go with this one. an FX 8000 is fine for that gpu. plus for the same price you cannot get a unlocked i5.

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CPU: i5 4590 |Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4|Memory: Corsair Vengance 8gbs|Storage: WD Caviar Blue 1TB|GPU: ZOTAC GTX 760 2gb|PSU: Thermaltech TR2 500W|Monitors: LG24M35 24" & Dual 19"|Mouse:Razer DeathAdder 2013 with SteelSeries Qck mini|Keyboard: Ducky DK2087 Zero MX Red|Headset: HyperX Cloud|Cooling: Corsair 120mm blue LED, Lepa vortex 120mm, stock 120mm|Case:Enermax Ostrog Blue Windowed


 

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Are you happy with it? 

I have not built it, It is just planned, Sometime.. Somewhere..

If i would build a rig and didnt have to buy a drivers license and car in the near future

It would look like this,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($169.99 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($78.99 @ Mwave)

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($82.49 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.96 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card  ($249.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Fractal Design Tesla R2 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($88.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $940.35

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-10 15:50 EST-0500

 

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My Gaming PC

|| CPU: Intel i5 4690@4.3Ghz || GPU: Dual ASUS gtx 1080 Strix. || RAM: 16gb (4x4gb) Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz. || Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait edition. || OS: Win10 Pro
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