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Hey guys,

 

im building a new computer for my mom, and I think I have done ok on this one at this point in time.

 

Her requirements were, the ability to play a game(Diablo/II and other games, Facebook games, ect) and watch YouTube or watch movies on dvd using the cd/dvd-drive) and it needed to be fast.

 

Her Build is:

 

intel Core i7-4770S Haswell Quad-Core 3.1


 

MSI Z87-G41


 

HyperX Fury White Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM


 

EVGA 210-GQ-0650-V1 650W 


 

MSI GeForce GTX 950


 

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 


 

LG Internal 24x Super Multi with M-DISC Support 


 

Rosewill RNX-N150PCe - Wireless N150 Wi-Fi Adapter


 

 

so bottom line, how did I do guys??

 

if anyone here sees something i missed or a better product at a better/same price please speak up, i am tring to stay away from the top of my budget of 700.(honestly if at all possible i would like it better if it were in the lower 6's, but i will take what i can get.

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A cheap AMD with an APU will more than satisfy those requirements for much cheaper. Since Diablo 2 is the most graphically intensive thing I see there and that's quite old.

 

Also get a BluRay read/writer. She'll probably use that if she buys newer movies.

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she said she wanted something fast, so i went with the i7

 

Get an i3/i5 then, i7 is overkill

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WTF, why do you need such high end components?

My Rig:

Xeon E5 1680 V2 @ 4.5GHz - Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79 Mobo - 64GB DDR3 1600MHz - 8 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Low Profile - CAS 10-10-10-27 - AMD Radeon RX 6700XT Sapphire Pulse 12GB - DeepCool E-Shield E-ATX Tempered Glass Case - 1 x 1TB Crucial P1 NVMe SSD - BeQuiet Straight Power 11 850W Gold+ Quad rail - Fractal Design Celsius S36 & 6 x 120mm silent fans - Lenovo KBBH21 - Corsair Glaive RGB Pro - Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

 

Monitors - 3 x Acer Nitro 23.8" 1080p 75Hz IPS 1ms Freesync Panels = AMD Eyefinity @ 75Hz

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If you want something fast, get an ssd instead of an hdd. The prices are quite low now and that is probably the single most noticeable upgrade you can make to a PC. I7 will not be noticeable.... Heck, she wouldn't notice if you had an i3 and told her she had an i7!

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Desktop:

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CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync)

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CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter?

Laptop (I use it for school):

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Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050

And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KwRgVn

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KwRgVn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.88 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: MSI B150 PC Mate ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.99 @ B&H)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($58.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($81.49 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 2GB Video Card ($119.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($43.99 @ NCIX US)

Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.89 @ OutletPC)

Total: $694.21

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-28 18:25 EST-h0500

Yo here's a decent build. I know it's cutting close but this will feel a lot faster than yours. I know it doesn't have a did writer, but pcpartpicker wouldn't let me pick one for some reason. You can just add one on anyways. I know the psu is overkill, but it really is a good deal and I couldn't find any other semi modular psus around the same price that were decent.

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Compooters:

Spoiler

Desktop:

Spoiler

CPU: i7 6700k, CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Motherboard: MSI Z170a KRAIT GAMING, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 4x4gb DDR4-2666 MHz, Storage: SanDisk SSD Plus 240gb + OCZ Vertex 180 480 GB + Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 7200 RPM, Video Card: EVGA GTX 970 SSC, Case: Fractal Design Define S, Power Supply: Seasonic Focus+ Gold 650w Yay, Keyboard: Logitech G710+, Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum, Headphones: B&O H9i, Monitor: LG 29um67 (2560x1080 75hz freesync)

Home Server:

Spoiler

CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter?

Laptop (I use it for school):

Spoiler

Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050

And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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