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My friend is planning to build a PC and has $800 to spend (-$100 on Windows). Is this a good build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rRcp4D

If anyone has a better build feel free to post it below. Thanks!

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more than i5 4460 is unnecessary, but yea its a good build, besides the cheapo Corsair PSU

 

All looks good, PSU really makes me cringe a bit though.

Mobo: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P CPU: AMD FX 8350 RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 8gb (2x4gb@1600Mhz) GPU: Gigabyte R9 280x (factory oc) PSU: Thermaltake SmartSE 730w Case: Corsair 200R

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I would spend a few dollars more to get this. The CPU is unlocked, though I took out the cooler. I replaced the motherboard with one I think is a slightly better value. I also replaced the PSU with a nicer one.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($231.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.64 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Video Card  ($213.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($87.79 @ OutletPC)
Total: $817.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Get the EVGA 600B instead, tell your friend he can get a Windows OEM key, rather than paying $100 for a retail... (https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/comments/2wpyp7/ehwindows_788181_noffice_20102013all_other/)

 

And the motherboard is a bit unnecessary, if he isn't planning on getting an unlocked processor and overclocking. 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz) 


Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Video Card  ($233.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($37.99 @ NCIX US) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($87.79 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $850.60

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Basically the same build with an SSD for the same price :P

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($91.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($239.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ NCIX US) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($87.79 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $783.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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If you're not overclocking then the stock CPU cooler should do just fine.He could get just a simple H mobo as well and end up with this :
 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($295.00 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ NCIX US) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($87.79 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $817.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-26 16:16 EDT-0400
 
Nvidia 970 <3 .

i5 4670k @ 4.2GHz (Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo); ASrock Z87 EXTREME4; 8GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 RAM @ 2133MHz; Asus DirectCU GTX 560; Super Flower Golden King 550 Platinum PSU;1TB Seagate Barracuda;Corsair 200r case. 

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I would spend a few dollars more to get this. The CPU is unlocked, though I took out the cooler. I replaced the motherboard with one I think is a slightly better value. I also replaced the PSU with a nicer one.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($231.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($82.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.64 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Video Card  ($213.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($61.98 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($87.79 @ OutletPC)

Total: $817.34

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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this is nice. The reason why i had a 212 is because i don't want that crappy Intel stock cooler.

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AMD CPU's. [spoiler=] thats right m8 get 420 no scoped 
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this is nice. The reason why i had a 212 is because i don't want that crappy AMD stock cooler.

AMD?

You mean Intel,right?

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AMD?

You mean Intel,right?

My bad. I meant Intel.

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AMD CPU's. [spoiler=] thats right m8 get 420 no scoped 
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