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thedragon0000
By thedragon0000
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PC specs for my friend's sister:

Mainboard ASROCK B85M-pro $50

Gigabye GTX 950 Windforce 2GB $170

1TB HDD 7200 rpm $50

8gb ram 1600MHz HyperX $50

CPU i5 4570 $ 160

COOLER MASTER Elite Power 500W $40

$20 case

Total damage: -$540 to his wallet.

(P.S: will The PSU is enough for the system or it would be "barely enough" )

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Good choice overall, but I'd go with a cheaper version of the 950 card. The MSI version should be more than enough for overclocking headrooom. Use the extra money to buy a better case, usually with cases 45 and up is good, anything else is usually bad, unless it's on sale.

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PSU is enough.

 

If he has another hdd i would put an ssd and use it as the OS and main programs, this includes games, and the hdd for storage

A water-cooled mid-tier gaming PC.

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This is actually a good build. 500 w is totally fine

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Good choice overall, but I'd go with a cheaper version of the 950 card. The MSI version should be more than enough for overclocking headrooom. Use the extra money to buy a better case, usually with cases 45 and up is good, anything else is usually bad, unless it's on sale.

http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Thermaltake-Level-10-GTS-Case-Goes-Snow-White-2.jpg he bought this case from his friend, is this good ?

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I don't know what it would be used for, but overall, I'd say its a good build. Since that CPU isn't overclockable and that GPU has relatively low power consumption, the PSU is fine. If you were to upgrade to something like a GTX 970 in the future you may need to get a new PSU, but for this build its good.

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Actually, that is a good case. Stick with it.

 

I don't know what it would be used for, but overall, I'd say its a good build. Since that CPU isn't overclockable and that GPU has relatively low power consumption, the PSU is fine. If you were to upgrade to something like a GTX 970 in the future you may need to get a new PSU, but for this build its good.

 

This is actually a good build. 500 w is totally fine

 

PSU is enough.

 

If he has another hdd i would put an ssd and use it as the OS and main programs, this includes games, and the hdd for storage

Thanks you all for you help!!

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