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DarrenP
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Hey guys, 

 

A buddy of mine wants to get back into PC gaming. I've offered to help him, however it's been a while since I've planned a build, just wanted a second opinion on what i was thinking he should get. He has a 1000$ budget for the CPU, GPU, Storage, and Motherboard. The rest of the parts I have extra's and i'm going to be giving them to him free of charge. So for 1080p 60hz.

 

I figured he should get something like this:

 

 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($164.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.94 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($379.99 @ Memory Express) 
Total: $1018.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-29 19:54 EDT-0400
 
What do you guys think?

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look into a MSI R9 390 

it preforms the same, if not better for 20 dollars less (give or take)

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look into a MSI R9 390 

it preforms the same, if not better for 20 dollars less (give or take)

That's what I was wondering about. I wasn't sure about this generation of AMD Cards. Wasn't sure if AMD would be better.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($175.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($71.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($503.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $868.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-29 19:58 EDT-0400
 
I could even put in a 980ti for the same budget xD. 
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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($175.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($116.91 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($654.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1019.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-29 20:00 EDT-0400

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That's better, however you can fit a 390X or a 980 as proven above within that budget with a worse CPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($339.98 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Performance ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($128.00 @ Vuugo)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.97 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.49 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card  ($409.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $1033.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-29 20:01 EDT-0400
 

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That's what I was wondering about. I wasn't sure about this generation of AMD Cards. Wasn't sure if AMD would be better.

390 keeps up fairly well.

I would go with what @Brynjar said and upgrade to a higher tiered i5 or i7 later

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($175.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($71.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($503.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $868.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-29 19:58 EDT-0400
 
I could even put in a 980ti for the same budget xD. 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($175.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($116.91 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($654.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $1019.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-29 20:00 EDT-0400

 

SSD's in my opinion are mandatory. Plus he wants one anyway. 

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SSD's in my opinion are mandatory. Plus he wants one anyway. 

 

$20 cheaper than your original (just comparative):

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($308.50 @ shopRBC)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($82.99 @ NCIX)

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($108.39 @ Vuugo)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.99 @ Canada Computers)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($445.49 @ Newegg Canada)

Total: $1003.36

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-29 20:12 EDT-0400

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$20 cheaper than your original (just comparative):

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($308.50 @ shopRBC)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($82.99 @ NCIX)

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($108.39 @ Vuugo)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.99 @ Canada Computers)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($445.49 @ Newegg Canada)

Total: $1003.36

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-29 20:12 EDT-0400

I want him to get a half decent motherboard. 

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