1000-1200 budget

[braccianom]

Helping my friend with his computer. A pretty large budget but needs a new gpu, cpu, mb, ram. Has a 650 psu but I think we should upgrade that so for the future he won't have to. He also wants liquid cooling but he wants the H100i so that 100 from the budget right there. What should I get him?

[Clear17Mud]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($259.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($104.20 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($102.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Tri-X Video Card  ($511.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1054.11

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-04 01:15 EST-0500

 

what brand\model is the psu, and so he has all the stuff you didnt list.

[HKZeroFive]

It depends on the model of the PSU if he should upgrade it. This will suffice:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($259.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($104.20 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($111.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($599.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $1121.12

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-04 01:28 EST-0500

 

If your friend doesn't have a SSD, he should probably get one.

[braccianom]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($259.95 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($104.20 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($102.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($511.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $1054.11

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-04 01:15 EST-0500

what brand\model is the psu, and so he has all the stuff you didnt list.

Yes he has a case and hard drives I don't know what his psu is but I figured we should upgrade it to the corsair 860 I have it and it's amazing works great. Now why did you go with the 6600k over the 4790k?

[HKZeroFive]

Yes he has a case and hard drives I don't know what his psu is but I figured we should upgrade it to the corsair 860 I have it and it's amazing works great. Now why did you go with the 6600k over the 4790k?

 

The reason he didn't pick one is because the 4790K will just eat the budget up for a better GPU. The i5 6600K will do better in gaming with something like 980Ti rather than having a i7 4790K with a Fury or 390 to keep within the budget. Also, the difference is very minimal unless you're playing a CPU reliant game like ARMA III.

 

The 860 is overkill unless you're planning to SLI. Just grab a 650W PSU instead or try to find out what model his PSU is and he can save money if it's decent.

[Clear17Mud]

Yes he has a case and hard drives I don't know what his psu is but I figured we should upgrade it to the corsair 860 I have it and it's amazing works great. Now why did you go with the 6600k over the 4790k?

Because you dont need an i7 for gaming, and skylake CPUs use ddr4 for upgrade ability. I picked the r9 fury(non x), because its better then a 980, and a 980ti would just cost more and I don't even know the resolution your playing at, so I gave you the cheapest option that would perform extremely well, and gave left over budget for a case, storage, PSU, monitor, mechanical keyboard, mouse, or anything else that would be nice to have.