High Performance Build for Friend

[awesomenatorrad]

My friend asked me to help him build a high performance PC for him since he wanted to try out PC instead of consoles and around 7k is his budget. I know quite a lot for a first time buyer but nevermind. I still have some watercooling parts to sort out but here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rVrcVn

[Archangel1994]

I 100% straight up don't believe this build because nobody that wants to "try out" PC would IMMEDIATELY spend 7000 on a build like this

 

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There are too many things wrong with this build to list. This is a straight up troll

[Suffokation]

I understand that he has a $7,000 budget but spending money on things like dual 295X2's doesn't make sense seeing as MOST (95%) of games won't benefit from the fourth 290X core. I'd recommend 3 GTX 980's, with the 3 980's you could use a cheaper power supply such as a high wattage EVGA Supernova.

[Suffokation]

Tell him to go to someone with actual experience to blow $7,000 on...

[theloveablemoose]

My friend asked me to help him build a high performance PC for him since he wanted to try out PC instead of consoles and around 7k is his budget. I know quite a lot for a first time buyer but nevermind. I still have some watercooling parts to sort out but here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rVrcVn

That is completely overkill and thats way more then anyone will ever need for gaming.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yd4N99

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yd4N99/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.98 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($128.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($62.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($164.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($127.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

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

Total: $1393.76

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-23 07:35 EST-0500

 

This is more what you want and even here some of the parts are overkill e.g MOBO, SSD, Case can all be lowered for a lower overall price.

[theloveablemoose]

I understand that he has a $7,000 budget but spending money on things like dual 295X2's doesn't make sense seeing as MOST (95%) of games won't benefit from the fourth 290X core. I'd recommend 3 GTX 980's, with the 3 980's you could use a cheaper power supply such as a high wattage EVGA Supernova.

Hes a first time PC user even a single 970 or 980 will be enough, we don't even know what res hes playing at. The overkill build ahs a 4K monitor but that's part of the build so it could change when the actual parts list is finalized.

[Sauron]

Wasting money is stupid regardless of how much of it your friend has. If the goal is pure gaming a 5930k, 16gb or ram and 4 gpus make NO SENSE. He doesn't need it, it won't make any difference for him and it's all money that could have been spent much better. The custom loop, that's the kind of thing you do for passion, if someone else is doing it for you it's pointless. The power supply is overkill for anything. You will never need that much power. Get an evga g2 850 watt. Get 2 gtx 970s, you don't need any more for that monitor (if you get them and decide you MUST have more add  third one). And for the love of everything, go z97.

[Suffokation]

Hes a first time PC user even a single 970 or 980 will be enough, we don't even know what res hes playing at. The overkill build ahs a 4K monitor but that's part of the build so it could change when the actual parts list is finalized.

First time users can still use more than a GTX 980.

> Implying first time users don't use more than a GTX 980.

[awesomenatorrad]

No its just his parent's money not his, so understand he is a rich kid. So really he is quite spoiled so I just put this together.

[theloveablemoose]

First time users can still use more than a GTX 980.

> Implying first time users don't use more than a GTX 980.

980 is complete overkill for 1080 and a first time user shouldn't be dropping that much money on a GPU if its to "try out pc".

[Rebelattack]

No its just his parent's money not his, so understand he is a rich kid. So really he is quite spoiled so I just put this together.

 

Then maybe help the parents save them some money instead of letting them waste money on parts he isn't even gonna need?