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6 minutes ago, Presmo said:

He really wants one, I don't know why.

Just tell him that most if not all games are installed from Steam and you can install the OS off of a USB

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€123.81 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€52.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€33.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€50.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (€216.31 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (€55.27 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€69.90 @ Caseking) 
Monitor: Acer S230HLAbii 23.0" Monitor 
Monitor: BenQ GL2250HM 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (€119.95 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €723.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Hello,

My brother wants a gaming pc and asked me to build him one. His budget is 700€ and this includes a monitor but no OS. Here's what i have planned so far:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (€105.00)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (€90.00)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€44.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€54.00)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked Video Card  (€170.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€66.00)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer  (€20.00)
Monitor: Acer S230HLAbii 23.0" Monitor  (€130.00)
Other: Bitfenix Nova (€40.00)
Total: €719.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[CPU] i5-650 [GPU] MSI GTX 750 OC [RAM] Generic 6GB [MOBO] MS-7613 [HDD] WD Blue 1TB [PSU] Silverstone Strider Essential 500W [Next build Q1 2016 http://de.pcpartpicker.com/user/Presmo/saved/ ]

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Just now, Mullen_S said:

Do you really need an optical drive?

He really wants one, I don't know why.

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How about this instead?

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€185.88 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€52.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€33.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€50.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (€216.31 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (€55.27 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€69.90 @ Caseking) 
Monitor: Acer S230HLAbii 23.0" Monitor 
Total: €665.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Just now, Presmo said:

He really wants one, I don't know why.

Ok, just ask him why he wants one because an optical drive is rarely used anymore and it could save money in the budget. If he doesn't know a lot about computers he may think it's still necessary for games so it's best just to ask him

I'm a beast

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6 minutes ago, Presmo said:

He really wants one, I don't know why.

Just tell him that most if not all games are installed from Steam and you can install the OS off of a USB

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€123.81 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€52.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€33.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€50.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (€216.31 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (€55.27 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€69.90 @ Caseking) 
Monitor: Acer S230HLAbii 23.0" Monitor 
Monitor: BenQ GL2250HM 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (€119.95 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €723.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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8 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Just tell him that most if not all games are installed from Steam and you can install the OS off of a USB

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€123.81 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€52.89 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€33.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€50.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (€216.31 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (€55.27 @ Mindfactory) 
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (€69.90 @ Caseking) 
Monitor: Acer S230HLAbii 23.0" Monitor 
Monitor: BenQ GL2250HM 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  (€119.95 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €723.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-31 17:27 CET+0100

I can't get that exact build here in Finland, I would have to change the CPU to a i3-4160, MOBO to either an asus h81m-k or msi h81m-p33 and PSU to the original one. Would that still be good?

[CPU] i5-650 [GPU] MSI GTX 750 OC [RAM] Generic 6GB [MOBO] MS-7613 [HDD] WD Blue 1TB [PSU] Silverstone Strider Essential 500W [Next build Q1 2016 http://de.pcpartpicker.com/user/Presmo/saved/ ]

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3 minutes ago, Presmo said:

I can't get that exact build here in Finland, I would have to change the CPU to a i3-4160, MOBO to either an asus h81m-k or msi h81m-p33 and PSU to the original one. Would that still be good?

Those changes would be perfectly fine :D

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6 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

Those changes would be perfectly fine :D

How important is the vram amount on the r9 380 because the 2gb version is 20 € cheaper.

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1 minute ago, Presmo said:

How important is the vram amount on the r9 380 because the 2gb version is 20 € cheaper.

Try get 4GB if you can, 4GB is becoming the standard for 1080p gaming.

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Just now, Redicat said:

Hold on lol why not the Skylake I3?...

Then I would have to downgrade the GPU to a gtx 750 ti

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33 minutes ago, Presmo said:

Then I would have to downgrade the GPU to a gtx 750 ti

Well uh this would be better because you have more upgrades WAYY more upgrades...

And you can NON K OC if you want to do that :D and upgrade to I5/I7 Skylake.

Sell Assasin's Creed Syndicate or wait until you have enough for a 1080P monitor.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  (€127.07 @ Mindfactory) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (€37.99 @ Mindfactory) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (€112.06 @ Mindfactory) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (€45.20 @ Mindfactory) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€50.99 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  (€216.31 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€58.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Corsair VS 550W ATX Power Supply  (€52.55 @ Mindfactory) 
Other: Assasins Creed Syndicate Voucher (Asrock Z170M Pro4S) (€0.00)
Total: €701.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Note that shipping will be lower than 7.50 each time you add a product to Mindfactory...

 

 
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