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My friend ask me to build him a Gaming PC that can run minecraft oh high settings with shaders?

Budget: $700-800 AUD inc Monitor and Windows key (I found one for $70 AUD, so just add $70 to the build

Location Australia

Thanks

You can get that windows for 20 U$D on reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap

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CPU: i7-5820k @ 4.4GHz Motherboard: Asus X99 Strix  Graphics Card: Gigabyte 980Ti G1 Gaming Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 24GB (3x 8GB) Hard Drive: 1TB WD Green SSD: Samsung 950 Pro 250GB CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i Power Supply: EVGA G2 850W Case: Corsair 400c Mouse: Logitech G502 Keyboard: Asus Strix (mx reds)  Monitor: BenQ XL2730Z 1440p@144hz OS: Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit Laptops: Lenovo Y50-70: i7-4720HQ - 16GB RAM - 256GB SSD - GTX 960m 4GB - MacBook Pro (Early 2016) 2,0GHz i5 - 8GB Ram - 256GB SSD Phone: iPhone 7+

 

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shoehorning a monitor in is going to be tricky, I'll give it a go.

 

EDIT. welp cant fit an i3 and 750Ti in there, looks like we're going APU

Aftermarket 980Ti >= Fury X >= Reference 980Ti > Fury > 980 > 390X > 390 >= 970 380X > 380 >= 960 > 950 >= 370 > 750Ti = 360

"The Orange Box" || CPU: i5 4690k || RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury 16GB || Case: Aerocool DS200 (Orange) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate || Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB + WD Black 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM750 || Mobo: ASUS Z97-A || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

"Unnamed Form Factor Switch" || CPU: i7 6700K || RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB || Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Mini ITX (White) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate (Green Cover) || Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB || PSU: XFX XTR 550W || Mobo: ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

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I've you would have read it clearly I say my prices are in AUD meaning I'm Australian.

Well 20 usd = ~ 30AUD there you go

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CPU: i7-5820k @ 4.4GHz Motherboard: Asus X99 Strix  Graphics Card: Gigabyte 980Ti G1 Gaming Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 24GB (3x 8GB) Hard Drive: 1TB WD Green SSD: Samsung 950 Pro 250GB CPU Cooling: Corsair H100i Power Supply: EVGA G2 850W Case: Corsair 400c Mouse: Logitech G502 Keyboard: Asus Strix (mx reds)  Monitor: BenQ XL2730Z 1440p@144hz OS: Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit Laptops: Lenovo Y50-70: i7-4720HQ - 16GB RAM - 256GB SSD - GTX 960m 4GB - MacBook Pro (Early 2016) 2,0GHz i5 - 8GB Ram - 256GB SSD Phone: iPhone 7+

 

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Link: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/9v3b3C

 

Case: BitFenix Neos Black
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Fatal1ty
Processor: Intel Core i3 4170
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury Black (2x4GB)
GPU: EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 SuperClocked
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200RPM
PSU: EVGA 430W

 

EDIT: As @Samppa221 already said, you can buy Windows keys for like $20/$30 dollars from: reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap

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Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TW4qt6

 

Case: BitFenix Neos Black

Motherboard: MSI H97 PC Mate

Processor: Intel Core i5 4690

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury Black (2x4GB)

GPU: MSI AMD Radeon R9 380

SSD: Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM

PSU: EVGA 500B (500 Watt)

now try it in AUD (Australian dollars)

Aftermarket 980Ti >= Fury X >= Reference 980Ti > Fury > 980 > 390X > 390 >= 970 380X > 380 >= 960 > 950 >= 370 > 750Ti = 360

"The Orange Box" || CPU: i5 4690k || RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury 16GB || Case: Aerocool DS200 (Orange) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate || Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB + WD Black 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM750 || Mobo: ASUS Z97-A || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

"Unnamed Form Factor Switch" || CPU: i7 6700K || RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB || Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Mini ITX (White) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate (Green Cover) || Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB || PSU: XFX XTR 550W || Mobo: ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

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My friend ask me to build him a Gaming PC that can run minecraft oh high settings with shaders?

Budget: $700-800 AUD inc Monitor and Windows key (I found one for $70 AUD, so just add $70 to the build

Location Australia

Thanks

best I could come up with (The CPU cooler would be worth it it the budget can stretch to accommodate it, if it must be around 800, drop it.)

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($185.00 @ Umart) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($55.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Motherboard: Asus A88XM-Plus Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($111.00 @ Umart) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($87.98 @ Mwave Australia) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($70.00) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($129.00 @ IJK) 
Total: $862.98

Aftermarket 980Ti >= Fury X >= Reference 980Ti > Fury > 980 > 390X > 390 >= 970 380X > 380 >= 960 > 950 >= 370 > 750Ti = 360

"The Orange Box" || CPU: i5 4690k || RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury 16GB || Case: Aerocool DS200 (Orange) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate || Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB + WD Black 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM750 || Mobo: ASUS Z97-A || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

"Unnamed Form Factor Switch" || CPU: i7 6700K || RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB || Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Mini ITX (White) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate (Green Cover) || Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB || PSU: XFX XTR 550W || Mobo: ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

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Case: BitFenix Neos Black

Motherboard: ASRock H97 Fatal1ty

Processor: Intel Core i3 4170

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury Black (2x4GB)

GPU: EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 SuperClocked

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200RPM

PSU: EVGA 430W

 

EDIT: As @Samppa221 already said, you can buy Windows keys for like $20/$30 dollars from: reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap

 

Changed the parts in Australian dollars, ($90 over budget)

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Changed the parts in Australian dollars, ($90 over budget)

it still links to the same build, you gotta retype the link or it retains the old one.

Oh and one other quick tip disable "CPL Online" most of the parts are "End of Life" ie "out of stock and not coming back"

oh and you forgot the monitor, the real challenge.

Aftermarket 980Ti >= Fury X >= Reference 980Ti > Fury > 980 > 390X > 390 >= 970 380X > 380 >= 960 > 950 >= 370 > 750Ti = 360

"The Orange Box" || CPU: i5 4690k || RAM: Kingston Hyper X Fury 16GB || Case: Aerocool DS200 (Orange) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate || Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB + WD Black 1TB || PSU: Corsair RM750 || Mobo: ASUS Z97-A || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

"Unnamed Form Factor Switch" || CPU: i7 6700K || RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB || Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Mini ITX (White) || Cooler: Cryorig R1 Ultimate (Green Cover) || Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 1TB || PSU: XFX XTR 550W || Mobo: ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming || GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW+

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it still links to the same build, you gotta retype the link or it retains the old one.

Oh and one other quick tip disable "CPL Online" most of the parts are "End of Life" ie "out of stock and not coming back"

oh and you forgot the monitor, the real challenge.

Done! 

 

 New Link: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/9v3b3C

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