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my friend has the money like seriously right now. he's looking for a gaming pc for about 600 dollars. live in the us, gonna use a 108p monitor. hes playing games like cs;go, dayz (yes i know its poorly optimized), and other games.

 

i want the base price (no rebates) to be in the 600's too just to make it easier for him because MIR are a hassle. 

 

only need the tower, no windows or anything. 

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For just the tower I'd go with this, you can also drop to an i3 and upgrade to a 290 but I'd rather stick with four physical cores personally.
 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($173.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.97 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $640.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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For 108p gaming you can get a potato and connect it to a ti 84 and it will play fine.

 

For 1080p gaming this is fine:

edit: changed processor

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB DUAL-X Video Card  ($172.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $613.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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this one: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RQ47Hx

 

but I wouldnt cheap out that much on a PSU, bronze psus tend to have fan rattling and they usually die very fast, but i hope thats good enough

 

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For just the tower I'd go with this, you can also drop to an i3 and upgrade to a 290 but I'd rather stick with four physical cores personally.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($173.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.97 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $640.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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at that price range...no ssd a wd blue fast enough and you can still get a 250gb ssd later, 120gb ones arent worth it

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Dunno how DayZ runs on an i5 tho

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($178.49 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($24.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $599.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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With 108p you don't need 600€, for 108p 100€ is enough.

 

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at that price range...no ssd a wd blue fast enough and you can still get a 250gb ssd later, 120gb ones arent worth it

With all my main programs installed and 70GB of games I'm only using around 125GB, 128 is fine as long as you're not installing huge games and makes a big difference to general use.

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With all my main programs installed and 70GB of games I'm only using around 125GB, 128 is fine as long as you're not installing huge games and makes a big difference to general use.

its still not worth at that price range, who knows if he isnt gonna buy more demanding games like BF4 where you wanna have a decent loading time, and i mean the wd blue that I use in my desktop is 2x as fast as a laptop HDD with its 170MB/s sequ. so totally fine

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