PC for uncle

[SuspiciousBadger]

Hi LTT,

 

It's been a long time since ive looked up PC parts and shit, but since ive built 3 PC's my uncle who loves MMORPG's asked me to help him build a mac crashing Windows PC.

 

He is looking for a build that can run practically anything the main game he wants to play now is FFXIV which recommends a GTX 660. I told him building a PC with a 660 won't work with modern titles he also sometimes plays.

 

Conclusion: Help me build a PC

Budget: between 800 and 1000 pounds (No more) 

Other details: He would like an SSD for fast boots and shit so I was thinking 120 gb ssd + 500 GB hdd, best of both worlds and bang for buck. 

He doesnt feel the need to admire the insides so fancy case doesnt matter.

He would also like good cooling aka an aftermarketcooler (Just the 212 evo or whatever its called is fine).

 

Thanks alot!

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, Xenofen said:

Hi LTT,

 

It's been a long time since ive looked up PC parts and shit, but since ive built 3 PC's my uncle who loves MMORPG's asked me to help him build a mac crashing Windows PC.

 

He is looking for a build that can run practically anything the main game he wants to play now is FFXIV which recommends a GTX 660. I told him building a PC with a 660 won't work with modern titles he also sometimes plays.

 

Conclusion: Help me build a PC

Budget: between 800 and 1000 pounds (No more) 

Other details: He would like an SSD for fast boots and shit so I was thinking 120 gb ssd + 500 GB hdd, best of both worlds and bang for buck. 

He doesnt feel the need to admire the insides so fancy case doesnt matter.

He would also like good cooling aka an aftermarketcooler (Just the 212 evo or whatever its called is fine).

 

Thanks alot!

Xenofen

Pounds? So UK? Can you order from UK?

[psycoUSA]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ytkxyc

hope its good enough

[BallOfPanda]

Just now, psycoUSA said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ytkxyc

Windows 10? No. Never.

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, psycoUSA said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ytkxyc

hope its good enough

 

11 minutes ago, Xenofen said:

 

 

Conclusion: Help me build a PC

Budget: between 800 and 1000 pounds (No more) 

 

USD = Pounds.

[BurstSMG]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/rZ3gRB

 

If you're in the UK, check this out.

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, BallOfPanda said:

Windows 10? No. Never.

It´s actually not bad.

 

Just now, ZillaGames said:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/rZ3gRB

 

If you're in the UK, check this out.

3 parts are missing prices.

[BallOfPanda]

1 minute ago, Starelementpoke said:

It´s actually not bad.

Yeah. Sure. I tested it on my secondary PC first and it made it almost unusable.

[psycoUSA]

hey you can always choose your own OS i just wanted it to be included

[BurstSMG]

1 minute ago, valdyrgramr said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£181.11 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£99.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£79.92 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£35.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£64.80 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.82 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  (£298.77 @ PC World Business) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£46.58 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£74.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £923.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-09 23:28 GMT+0000

 

Would last him longer as for an OS let him get one from like Reddit SW swap as that's going to be cheap.

That one looks pretty great

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, BallOfPanda said:

Yeah. Sure.

It is. I´m using it myself. Have you even used it?

[BurstSMG]

1 minute ago, Starelementpoke said:

It´s actually not bad.

 

3 parts are missing prices.

._. oh no

[BallOfPanda]

1 minute ago, Starelementpoke said:

It isn´t. I´m using it myself. Have you even used it?

Read my edit. I have and it made the machine practically unusable, not to mention the security problems and all that. Linus and Luke too have stated that they are almost done with Windows 10.

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, BallOfPanda said:

Read my edit. I have and it made the machine practically unusable, not to mention the security problems and all that. Linus and Luke too have stated that they are almost done with Windows 10.

How did it make it almost unusable? Perfectly usable on my computer. 

[BurstSMG]

Just now, Starelementpoke said:

How did it make it almost unusable? Perfectly usable on my computer. 

Yeah, W10 is fine for me

[BurstSMG]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/MZqGWZ | Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/MZqGWZ/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£218.58 @ Dabs) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  (£19.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste  (£8.27 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Motherboard: Asus H81-GAMER ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£68.10 @ More Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£66.75 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£35.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£54.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£269.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£95.28 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £908.89

Edited March 9, 2016 by ZillaGames
UGH, how do I format a PCPP link!

[BallOfPanda]

4 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

How did it make it almost unusable? Perfectly usable on my computer. 

Made it incredibly laggy, could barely do anything. Windows 8 had run fine, and Ubuntu runs well on it too.

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, BallOfPanda said:

Made it incredibly laggy, could barely do anything.

If my E1 all in one computer can run it fine, any computer can run it. If my Dad´s A4 laptop can run it fine, you´d need a pentium 3 computer for you to have issues.

[BallOfPanda]

10 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

If my E1 all in one computer can run it fine, any computer can run it. If my Dad´s A4 laptop can run it fine, you´d need a pentium 3 computer for you to have issues.

It actually had a very recent Pentium.

[BallOfPanda]

8 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

I am running it with a 4790k rig, a phenom II 925 rig, and also an i5-3360m rig.  I have had no issues on any of them.  Windows 8 had issues, windows 7 had issues, and so on for different people.  Sure, it isn't perfect, but it just came out.

Its a public release from one of the most highly-regarded companies ever, it better not have any fricking issues.

[BallOfPanda]

Just now, valdyrgramr said:

So, when Linux and Apple do it it is cool, but when MS doesn't have utter perfection then damn them?

 

1. I never said that, did I?

2. Linus isn't nearly as big.

3. Damn Apple anyway.

[BallOfPanda]

6 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

My point was that you should expect issues, not for everyone, when SW releases to the public.  Windows 8, 8.1, and 7 to every previous version were never utter perfection when they first launched.  There's still issues with them, but you still jump back to them because they have less issues for you?  Okay, no wonder they have less issues, now!  They have been patched and updated for years!  Windows 10 hasn't even been out for a full year.  It will be fixed with updates too.  Whining about how it isn't utter perfection, at first, is rather childish.  There's no such thing as perfect software.

Not all issues are bugs. Address privacy concerns, terrible search, etc. Just look around and you'll see many problems that aren't bugs.

[BallOfPanda]

1 hour ago, valdyrgramr said:

Well, you only brought up lag.  So, I didn't really feel the need to cover that.  However, have fun being stuck to DX11 at most.

I will. Have fun with the worst piece of software written since Windows Vista.

[BallOfPanda]

30 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Vista wasn't that bad.  Just a lot of people ran machines that couldn't handle vista.  I love how you forget that I'm a game dev major, and I have to work with dx12 even if I didn't want to then I'd lose money.  But, if you want to tinfoil hat over every little aspect of windows 10 then be my guest.

I wouldn't be the only one with a tinfoil hat. Maybe a lot of people run machines that can't run Windows 10. Perfectly acceptable machines otherwise. Anyway, you have your fun with DX12 and Win 10, meanwhile I'll avoid it until an upgrade is necessary.