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Helping a friend put together a build. ($1200)

upliftsleet1974
By upliftsleet1974
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Okay so he is looking to play video games and thats about it.

Price: $1200usd

Needs hard drives and OS included in price (SSD would be good)

 

What would you guys get? 

 

I put this together: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/whWcmG

 

 

CPU Ryzen 5 Asrock B350 Pro 4 / MSI RX580 Gaming / RAM 16 Gigs Corsair Vengeance 3000 / HDD 1TB Seagate Barracuda / SSD Samsung 840 120GB / 500GB Samsung SSD / Case Urban S31 / PSU EVGA G2 750w / Os Windows 10 / Keyboard Corsair K70 / Mouse Razer Naga 2013 (Won it from Linus!!

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I prefer the one I put together. Why Professional though?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($22.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($68.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($98.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($319.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 550D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($124.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($84.15 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1162.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 00:29 EST-0500

 

Edit: OMG 1,000 posts!

 

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Senor Shiny: Main- CPU Intel i7 6700k 4.7GHz @1.42v | RAM G.Skill TridentZ CL16 3200 | GPU Asus Strix GTX 1070 (2100/2152) | Motherboard ASRock Z170 OC Formula | HDD Seagate 1TB x2 | SSD 850 EVO 120GB | CASE NZXT S340 (Black) | PSU Supernova G2 750W  | Cooling NZXT Kraken X62 w/Vardars
Secondary (Plex): CPU Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3 @1.099v | RAM Samsun Wonder 16GB CL9 1600 (sadly no oc) | GPU Asus GTX 680 4GB DCII | Motherboard ASRock H97M-Pro4 | HDDs Seagate 1TB, WD Blue 1TB, WD Blue 3TB | Case Corsair Air 240 (Black) | PSU EVGA 600B | Cooling GeminII S524

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(Deceased) DangerousNotDell- CPU AMD AMD FX 8120 @4.8GHz 1.42v | GPU Asus GTX 680 4GB DCII | RAM Samsung Wonder 8GB (CL9 2133MHz 1.6v) | Motherboard Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z | Cooling EVO 212 | Case Rosewill Redbone | PSU EVGA 600B | HDD Seagate 1TB

DangerousNotDell New Parts For Main Rig Build Log, Señor Shiny  I am a beautiful person. The comments for your help. I have to be a good book. I have to be a good book. I have to be a good book.

 

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you could ditch the ssd, and get a gtx 970 and a z97 mobo

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($354.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($86.42 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1183.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 01:56 EST-0500

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ Newegg)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($63.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($87.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($354.98 @ NCIX US)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($86.42 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1183.32

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-29 01:56 EST-0500

Spend the extra $17 on a better power supply, that PSU is pushing it

System: Intel Core i3 3240 @ 3.4GHz, EVGA GTX 960 SSC 2GB ACX 2.0, 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 Kingston HyperX RAM, ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0 Motherboard, Corsair CX430 W Power Supply

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