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Hey all,

 

My friend wants a pc for star citizen and some other graphically intensive games (BF4, etc.) for 900 give or take. I told him to wait a week or two as all of the new gpus are coming out right now but since its only the gpu that will probably change, I put together a parts list for him now. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8XWct6

There it is, tell me if you have any critiques. I dont think he wants a monitor or a keyboard or a mouse, but i need to get in touch with him for that. So for right now its 900$ without that. Another question I have is do I need to get an OS for him or will windows 10 be free?

 

If you have a better build please make a suggestion and the 290x is the gpu he would be getting if the new ones are to expensive or not worth the money.

 

Regards,

Jackson

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I'd go for the i5-4690 CPU, excellent one for gaming. Will put your total price at $880 ( http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/ )

CPU: I5 4690K@4.3GHz - Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97 Gaming 5 - GPU: Gigabyte G1 GTX 960 4GB - RAM: 16GB HyperX Fury@1600Mhz - PSU: Cooler Master G750M (750W) - Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-01 - SSD: Kingston HyperX 120GB - Hard drive: 500GB Western Digital

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I'd go for the i5-4690 CPU, excellent one for gaming. Will put your total price at $880 ( http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/ )

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6xKq23All I did was change the PSU. Any i5 that isn't a "K" variant is the same just different clock speeds.

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6xKq23All I did was change the PSU. Any i5 that isn't a "K" variant is the same just different clock speeds.

Why do you recommend the EVGA over the corsair. Don't get me wrong I have an EVGA psu and its great, but i dont really see a benefit over the corsair.

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Why do you recommend the EVGA over the corsair. Don't get me wrong I have an EVGA psu and its great, but i dont really see a benefit over the corsair.

it's who makes the internals. EVGA just slaps the logo on same with corsair, SeaSonic, Super Flower, and EVGA are just my go to ones. In my opinion corsair cheapo out on PSUS. Like the one I picked out SeaSonic makes it. The one you picked CWT makes, now nothing against them but SeaSonic and Super Flower tend to have less failure rates.

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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