friend budget build

[Cactu]

so my friend is trying to get an absolutely barebones build:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8jKsCJ

while still giving enough growing room for a gtx 970 or two, and also upgrading almost all of the bottlenecks in the system

is there anywhere that he could skimp on price to get it even lower

[WoodenMarker]

The 4690k on a h97 board is awkward.

 

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[Arty]

budget?

 

up it to 8gbs of ram

you can get pentuim aniversery to lower price

[Mattrixx]

so my friend is trying to get an absolutely barebones build:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8jKsCJ

while still giving enough growing room for a gtx 970 or two, and also upgrading almost all of the bottlenecks in the system

is there anywhere that he could skimp on price to get it even lower

As WoodenMarker said, the H97 is awkward. May i  suggest http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97anniversary? Still ASRock, still blue/black color scheme, ATX board like the H97 Anniversary, and only $11 more. I know it's not bringing price down, but it might be something to consider if the price drops a bit more.

[Mattrixx]

so my friend is trying to get an absolutely barebones build:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8jKsCJ

while still giving enough growing room for a gtx 970 or two, and also upgrading almost all of the bottlenecks in the system

is there anywhere that he could skimp on price to get it even lower

According to http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html, the CS series has: "CS series (High inrush current and +12V ripple levels, only on high levels of load)."I In that case, you could maybe go for the CX series. Not "top of the line", but it'll get him by for $34 while the $25 rebate still lasts http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx500m.

 

If you don't mind saving "just" $5 instead of 36, the http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-120g10650xr is a good choice. $65 after $20 rebate; and 650w. Definitely more than he'll need.