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Putting together a parts list for my friend he wants it mainly for video editing and light gaming (minecraft, csgo, LoL,). So is this a good one? Also what else would you change out for better performance? :wub:

 

 

 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($188.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.34 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($104.80 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $663.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Change the psu...

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Putting together a parts list for my friend he wants it mainly for video editing and light gaming (minecraft, csgo, LoL,). So is this a good one? Also what else would you change out for better performance? :wub:

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($188.75 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.34 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($104.80 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($56.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $663.62

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Why are you trying to blast yourself to the moon with that PSU?

It's OK for office builds, but not for that.Other than that it's a good build.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 


Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($279.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $671.62

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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This will absolutely kill what you have!

i5-4690k@4.5GHz || MSI GTX 970 || MSI z97 Gaming 5 || NZXT Kraken x61 || WD Black 1TB || Crucial MX100 || 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro || Corsair RM750 || NZXT H440 || Corsair k70 RGB mx browns || Acer H236HL || ViewSonic VX2255wm-4

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($279.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $671.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 14:07 EST-0500
 
This will absolutely kill what you have!

 

Honestly, for the games that OP's friend is playing, that GPU is stupid amounts of overkill lol.

 

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If you friend needs CUDA:

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $704.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 14:08 EST-0500
 
Or OpenCL:
 
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($188.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $713.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 14:10 EST-0500
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Honestly, for the games that OP's friend is playing, that GPU is stupid amounts of overkill lol.

 

@tgxdirty

If you friend needs CUDA:

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $704.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 14:08 EST-0500
 
Or OpenCL:
 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($188.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $713.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 14:10 EST-0500

 

 
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($188.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $648.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 14:13 EST-0500
 
I missed the video editing part. Ooops..... The Xeon will kill the i5 in rendering.

i5-4690k@4.5GHz || MSI GTX 970 || MSI z97 Gaming 5 || NZXT Kraken x61 || WD Black 1TB || Crucial MX100 || 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro || Corsair RM750 || NZXT H440 || Corsair k70 RGB mx browns || Acer H236HL || ViewSonic VX2255wm-4

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Why are you trying to blast yourself to the moon with that PSU?

It's OK for office builds, but not for that.Other than that it's a good build.

 

 

Change the psu...

for the record I didnt pick the psu lmao know corsair is shit. I have a seasonic in my rig

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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($188.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $648.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 14:13 EST-0500
 
I missed the video editing part. Ooops..... The Xeon will kill the i5 in rendering.

 

thanks daddy

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Alternatively.. little over but I'm sure a sale would solve that.. (Though the xeon is damn good option too, though you want faster storage)

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($216.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($55.38 @ Newegg) 
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($70.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 2GB OC Edition Video Card  ($144.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H34 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $697.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 14:41 EST-0500
 
Or go i7 on skylake..
 
 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($70.33 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H34 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $667.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 14:49 EST-0500
 
Granted no GPU but the igpu should suffice for the games you listed, at least in the short term.

I don'T PreSS caPs.. I juST Hit THe keYboARd so HarD iT CriTs :P

 

Quote or @dzzope to get my attention..

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