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Moondrelor
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My uncle is needing a computer, he is going to hook it up to his TV downstairs. He said he wants plenty of storage and he wants it to be as cheap as possible, he also said he wants it to be able to play Might & Magic Heroes VII. How does this build suit?
 

 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($40.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($43.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $433.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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throw in the extra 150 to get this:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HyK3Lk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HyK3Lk/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($74.70 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($193.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $593.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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its wayyy better performance

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10 minutes ago, Stardar1 said:

Well, with an i7, GTX 1080, Full tower and flashy lights, it can obviously only be for one thing:

Solitaire. 

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i would get a 750 ti just because itll do the job and the power consumption is real low and it will be quite. and maybe get an 860k instead for quad core performance 

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Laptop |CPU - i7 4720hq|GPU - 960m 2gb|Ram - 8gb 2x4|Model - y50-70 Touch|SSD - 240gb Patriot drive|Display - 1920x1080 IPS touch

 

 

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throw in the extra 150 to get this:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HyK3Lk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HyK3Lk/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($74.70 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($193.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $593.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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its wayyy better performance

 

 

Yeah, I wanted to go this route, but he told me "AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE" so I want to try to find the sweet point for him..

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Yeah, I wanted to go this route, but he told me "AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE" so I want to try to find the sweet point for him..

Sweetspot would be 860k imo

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($47.98 @ Newegg) 



Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($173.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $439.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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The RAM you chose didn't have a price so I switched it for something else. 3tb of storage is stupid, especially when the drive is 5200rpm. Better to get a 1tb 7200rpm drive and just delete some stuff you don't need every once in a while

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I'd love to get him a SSD :P he has me on the "cheap as possible" line though. +i cri ery time

Precisely - you save about $55 from getting a Core 2 Quad over a G3258, and spend about the same $40 on the motherboard - $55 is more than enough to get a decent SSD like an SP900. :D

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i'm gonna suggest one change, and one thing to pitch to the old man:

 

- first: i'm not sure how the performance and noise on the r9 270 is, but you could consider a low end nvidia card (GT740 for example) and they'll be basicly silent even under load, and play the game he mentioned just fine.

 

- pitch to the guy he could add an SSD for a bit extra, and have the machine be much snappier, while also keeping the hard drive for mass storage.

if he refuses, please get at least a 7200rpm drive, they're pennies more expensive for such a smoother experience.

 

 

throw in the extra 150 to get this:

wants it to be as cheap as possible

hard to understand, isnt it?

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Precisely - you save about $55 from getting a Core 2 Quad over a G3258, and spend about the same $40 on the motherboard - $55 is more than enough to get a decent SSD like an SP900. :D

 

So far the cheapest mobo for the Q6600 is a 70 dollar mobo ;-; i cri

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gZcTGX

 

here's something i pitched, (but what @KemoKa just said is something you could consider as well.)

 

- i3 over the pentium. if the game recommends a quad core, i expect this to be better enough to consider

- cheapest mobo

- cheapest 8GB ram i trusted

- toshiba 3TB 7200 rpm drive. i've had good luck with toshiba drives myself, and they're cheaper than 5400RPM WD blues.

- 750ti because they're a low power, quiet card that works with any old shit power supply.

- a small, simple, elegant case. thats also cheap

- bottom of the barrel, but quality seasonic power supply.

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So, based on the advice. How would this be?
And of course if he decides that 4TB is too much we can cut the price down by like 70 bucks and go for a 1TB.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($119.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($47.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Toshiba  4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($107.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 400W ATX Power Supply  ($27.99 @ Amazon) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $552.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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