Need help with building a new PC!

[AlmondNoTitties]

Hey guys,

 

I'm building a new PC for a friend and i need help with it. The budget for this build is $1000 and it has to fit a monitor within this price range. The computer is mostly going to be used for social networks and gaming, with a bit of Photoshop (no hard rendering). I would appreciate any ideas that you guys come up with. 

 

 

[79wjd]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£173.94 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.44 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ Novatech) 

Memory: Kingston Predator Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£44.37 @ PC World Business) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  (£288.69 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£35.05 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.98 @ Novatech) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£71.60 @ Amazon UK) 

Monitor: Dell S2340L 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  (£130.90 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £959.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-10 18:48 GMT+0000

 

Edit: Wait, $1000 or £1000?

[AlmondNoTitties]

$1000, sorry for the confusion.

[79wjd]

$1000, sorry for the confusion.

Is your friend in the US or the UK (if the UK, how much in £)?

[AlmondNoTitties]

Is your friend in the US or the UK (if the UK, how much in £)?

My friend moved to the US, so he is going to be buying there.

[ZetZet]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Biostar B85MG Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Team Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($68.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

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

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Acer H226HQLbid 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1002.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-10 13:52 EST-0500

 

tiny amount of rebates. most fps i could fit in 1k $

[AlmondNoTitties]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Biostar B85MG Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Team Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($68.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

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

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Acer H226HQLbid 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1002.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-10 13:52 EST-0500

 

tiny amount of rebates. most fps i could fit in 1k $

 

Is 500w going to be enough?

[Guest Haduvokone]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Biostar B85MG Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Team Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($68.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($54.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

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

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Acer H226HQLbid 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1002.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-10 13:52 EST-0500

 

tiny amount of rebates. most fps i could fit in 1k $

 

nice build with monitor for 1000$ 

[Guest Haduvokone]

Is 500w going to be enough?

yes the 970 is power efficient

[79wjd]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($44.49 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($339.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.50 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: LG 23MP55HQ-P 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($142.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $990.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-10 13:54 EST-0500

 

Or if he can afford to go to $1100~ then:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.88 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($108.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($339.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.50 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: LG 23MP55HQ-P 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($142.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1126.06

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-10 13:58 EST-0500

[Guest Haduvokone]

Hey guys,

 

I'm building a new PC for a friend and i need help with it. The budget for this build is $1000 and it has to fit a monitor within this price range. The computer is mostly going to be used for social networks and gaming, with a bit of Photoshop (no hard rendering). I would appreciate any ideas that you guys come up with. 

I like the one from ZetZet it's got a really powerful (grapghics)

[AlmondNoTitties]

I like the one from ZetZet it's got a really powerful (grapghics)

That's what i thought as well, but the other build is good as well.

[Guest Haduvokone]

That's what i thought as well, but the other build is good as well.

yes true 

[AlmondNoTitties]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.88 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.75 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($116.75 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Kingston Predator Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  ($268.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.50 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Monitor: Dell S2340L 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($155.48 @ Amazon) 

Total: $1012.20

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-10 13:54 EST-0500

 

Thank you for the build, i will make my friend decide whether he wants Radeon or Nvidia.

[AlmondNoTitties]

Are there any other options?

[Guest Haduvokone]

Are there any other options?

not much but the nvidea card is much faster 

[AlmondNoTitties]

not much but the nvidea card is much faster 

I own a MSI gtx 970 myself, and they are really great.

[AlmondNoTitties]

Alright, thank you for the input guys, appreciate it