Friend's build

[Elardoven]

This is the build my friend wants, and wanted me to run it by you all before he buys it. He'd like it too be lower on the price if possible, if there is any good way to cut the price a bit.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

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

Motherboard: Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($115.99 @ NCIX US) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.88 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($150.88 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT Phantom 240 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit)  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 

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

Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($259.99 @ Amazon) 

Keyboard: SteelSeries APEX Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($73.96 @ Amazon) 

Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($49.99 @ Best Buy) 

Total: $1459.43

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 21:41 EST-0500

[desertcomputer]

The ssd? replace it with lower 120gbs to go with HHD. You can buy Microsoft key off reddit (Microsoftsoftwareswap) to save a 50 dollars. 

[Chasem121]

He either needs to upgrade the 4460 to a 4690k or get a cheaper motherboard as having a z97 board with a locked cpu is pointless, also tell him to get windows at the subreddit that I put in the build.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($150.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Phantom 240 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($81.99 @ NCIX US)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($29.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: SteelSeries APEX Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($73.96 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($49.99 @ Best Buy)
Other: Windows license ($20.00)
Total: $1320.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 21:46 EST-0500

[Streetguru]

 

This is the build my friend wants, and wanted me to run it by you all before he buys it. He'd like it too be lower on the price if possible, if there is any good way to cut the price a bit.

Don't need the Z97 board, should get a single stick of 8GBs of RAM

And otherwise add whatever else you were going to get, but you should get a free-sync display

 

the wireless adapter you have is fine, probably best in class right now 

I'd maybe just stick to cheap Chinese keyboards and mice, they honestly work pretty well for the money. Utech Saturn and Redragon M601 to be exact, under $50 for the both

 

the display I included has the same specs, but with free-sync for smoother gameplay at the same price even

 

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

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

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

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

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ Adorama)

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($133.99 @ Amazon)

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

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

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

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

Monitor: AOC G2460PF 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Best Buy)

Total: $1095.60

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-25 21:48 EST-0500