Dad's gaming pc?

[Warthoger89]

Yes you did read the title correctly my father wants to join the glorious pc master race, so I agreed to help him transform from a console gaming scrub to a glorious pc gamer. Anyways I talked to him a bit and he wants it to smaller than mine ( which is a full tower so preferably mid ), he wants to have a black/blue colour scheme and he wants it to have a window in it. Our maximum amount that we can spend after taxes is around 1000$ Canadian currency. I was going to build him something like this...

- AMD Athlon X4 860k ( CPU )

- Enermax ETS-T40 Black ( CPU cooler )

- MSI A88X-G43 ( ATX Motherboard )

- HyperX Fury 2x4Gb RAM ( blue )

- Sapphire Vapor-X R9 270 ( GPU )

- Corsair Graphite 230t ( Grey on black with blue LED fans )

- Seaonic M12II 620w 80+ bronze ( PSU )

- Seagate hybrid drive 1Tb ( HDD )

Thanks for your help.

- Warthoger89

[minibois]

Is the Canadian worth as much as the American Dollar? I can Google it, but it is often different in tech stuff.

[Warthoger89]

Oh, and this pc will be used for gaming, maybe a lil' bit of editing and day to day usage.

[Warthoger89]

Is the Canadian worth as much as the American Dollar? I can Google it, but it is often different in tech stuff.

The Canadian dollar is worth less than the American, we will most likely end up purchasing everything on newegg.ca

[Speedbird]

Here. A little over the budget, hope it's fine.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($248.95 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($32.79 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($108.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($95.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.89 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($209.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Corsair 230T Windowed-BLUE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($108.77 @ TigerDirect Canada)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.00 @ TigerDirect Canada)
Total: $1019.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[Warthoger89]

Here. A little over the budget, hope it's fine. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchantCPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($248.95 @ DirectCanada)CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.79 @ DirectCanada)Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($108.98 @ Newegg Canada)Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($95.99 @ Amazon Canada)Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.89 @ DirectCanada)Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Canada Computers)Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($209.99 @ NCIX)Case: Corsair 230T Windowed-BLUE ATX Mid Tower Case ($108.77 @ TigerDirect Canada)Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.00 @ TigerDirect Canada)Total: $1019.35Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 15:18 EST-0500

He dosn't need an overclockable CPU, believe me. There is also no way we can stretch the budget any further. Thanks for your help though.

[minibois]

The Canadian dollar is worth less than the American, we will most likely end up purchasing everything on newegg.ca

Ok. First could you put this build in the Canadian PCPartPicker?

I think 620W PSU is a bit overkill for this build.. But I could be wrong. 

[minibois]

He dosn't need an overclockable CPU, believe me. There is also no way we can stretch the budget any further. Thanks for your help though.

The addition of an SSD is great however and something I would have recommended too. 

It keeps your PC very fast which is just great. Maybe you can use @Speedbird 's build and 'downgrade' to a R9 270(X) and be able to afford that build

[Speedbird]

He dosn't need an overclockable CPU, believe me. There is also no way we can stretch the budget any further. Thanks for your help though.

Ok, then switch to the 4590 and get the H97 PC MATE. Maybe you can spend the rest of your budget on a better GPU then?

[Darkman]

He dosn't need an overclockable CPU, believe me. There is also no way we can stretch the budget any further. Thanks for your help though.

Do you have an extra $4? You don't need the cooler but I just threw it in the list.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ NCIX)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($32.79 @ DirectCanada)

Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($120.79 @ DirectCanada)

Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($87.98 @ NCIX)

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.89 @ DirectCanada)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Canada Computers)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($219.99 @ NCIX)

Case: Corsair 230T Windowed-BLUE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($108.77 @ TigerDirect Canada)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.00 @ TigerDirect Canada)

Total: $1004.19

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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[SImoHayha]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor  ($144.99 @ Memory Express)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX-2 4g Thermal Paste  ($9.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($84.28 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Low Profile Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($177.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($78.75 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ NCIX)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($144.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Enermax OSTROG ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Memory Express)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($17.95 @ Vuugo)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($104.94 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $913.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 15:33 EST-0500

 

Added a SDD

Edited November 15, 2014 by Ramamataz

[Guest]

The stock cooler should be fine. You can always add a cheap aftermarket cooler at a later date if you need to.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ NCIX) 

Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($92.50 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($94.99 @ Memory Express) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.89 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ NCIX) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($249.99 @ NCIX) 

Case: Corsair Air 240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($84.99 @ NCIX) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($98.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Total: $981.32

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 16:01 EST-0500

[Warthoger89]

Most of you guys have thrown the blue/black scheme out the window with the builds you have created, if i haven't mad myself clear already the blue/black colour scheme is a must he would also like to keep the 230t as his case. Also he doesn't want to spend too much money on anything not necessary, he will only be playing on a single 1080p monitor and he doesn't mind turning down the settings in games ( no lower than medium though ). Also he doesn't care for load times therefore he doesn't need an SSD ( his current pc is running on an old celeron with windowsXP ), so I hope I've cleared up some things for you.

Thanks again for your help.

-Warthoger89

[Rebelattack]

Most of you guys have thrown the blue/black scheme out the window with the builds you have created, if i haven't mad myself clear already the blue/black colour scheme is a must he would also like to keep the 230t as his case. Also he doesn't want to spend too much money on anything not necessary, he will only be playing on a single 1080p monitor and he doesn't mind turning down the settings in games ( no lower than medium though ). Also he doesn't care for load times therefore he doesn't need an SSD ( his current pc is running on an old celeron with windowsXP ), so I hope I've cleared up some things for you.

Thanks again for your help.

-Warthoger89

 

Dude he doesnt wanna spend money on anything unnecessary, well throw the color scheme out the window on this sort of budget a color scheme is just gonna limit the performance. The build made by lee32uk is the best I have seen and if you want a color scheme you should have done it yourself IMHO.

[Guest]

As long as you don't need a copy of windows....

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ NCIX) 

CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 300 55.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.99 @ Canada Computers) 

Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.50 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($94.99 @ Memory Express) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($299.99 @ NCIX) 

Case: Corsair 230T Windowed-BLUE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($108.77 @ TigerDirect Canada) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($98.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Total: $1001.19

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 17:25 EST-0500

[NumLock21]

Case comes with a red led fan. You can remove that and add a blue led fan. 2 blue led fan is included in the build. Board has SATA Express and M.2.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($199.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($122.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($94.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($299.99 @ NCIX)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.93 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($17.87 @ DirectCanada)
Case Fan: Cooler Master JetFlo 95.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($15.94 @ DirectCanada)
Case Fan: Cooler Master JetFlo 95.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($15.94 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $957.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-15 18:24 EST-0500