750 dollar gaming PC!

[Abel225]

Hey guys!

 

I'm helping a friend building his gaming pc. One of his other friends has said that he should use an FX processor so that can not be changed! Any other suggestion for this build?

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WZC4RB

 

Thanks a lot!!

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Abel225 said:

 

Really no reason to go AMD for that budget

 

just throw the rest of the money towards a new display

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WfcGsY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WfcGsY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($196.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2HP Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($71.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card  ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $722.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-18 04:21 EDT-0400

[Abel225]

Ohh we're in Hungary. So prices are really high for Intel stuff!! I'll check out you're suggestion!!

[かあびぃ]

Just now, Streetguru said:

Really no reason to go AMD for that budget

 

just throw the rest of the money towards a new display

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WfcGsY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WfcGsY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($196.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2HP Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($71.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card  ($229.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $722.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-18 04:21 EDT-0400

 

Whoever told him that he "needed" to use a FX chip is a moron.

 

This build is far superior IMO as you are not on a completely dead socket or chipset. You can do some amazing futureproofing on the skylake platform, and its performance is almost as well in CPU heavy tasks as the 8 core.

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Abel225 said:

Ohh we're in Hungary. So prices are really high for Intel stuff!! I'll check out you're suggestion!!

So then what's your budget in euros?

[Abel225]

Forints! We don't have euros here. Not yet atleast!

[Streetguru]

Just now, Abel225 said:

Forints! We don't have euros here. Not yet atleast!

Well what's the equivalent in Euros? are you able to order from the UK, or Germany, or Italy?

 

if AMD is the best you can do in your area you're going to want a 990FX board, probably from ASUS like this one

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99xevor20
 

 

Don't buy WD green drives, they'll probably die if used in a daily driver system, go for Blues/Reds/Blacks depending on which of those is cheapest

Maybe look for Sandisk SSDs at around that same price

 

and you're going to want a better PSU, something from Seasonic, XFX, Super Flower, or the G series from EVGA are going to be better

[Abel225]

I checked. If I go with the intel than from an r9 380x it goes to a r9 380. I think that is a good tradeoff!! I just figured it out!! It is already quite hard to fit in this psu.... The green drive will only be used for big games. I have a green drive and it worked for the past 3 years without a hitch! Is the OCZ drive not good? I can change it to a few others! I just  don't know what is the best for this price!

[Noyu]

3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Don't buy WD green drives, they'll probably die if used in a daily driver system, go for Blues/Reds/Blacks depending on which of those is cheapest

Actually, AFAIK, green and blue are the same now. They merged like a few years ago (or just 1 year ago).

Some dudes would probably suggest a Black since they're just a few more bucks against blues.

[Abel225]

it is like 30 bucks more expensive here  so that sucks for us!

[Streetguru]

Just now, Noyu said:

Actually, AFAIK, green and blue are the same now. They merged like a few years ago (or just 1 year ago).

Some dudes would probably suggest a Black since they're just a few more bucks against blues.

Isn't the green drive still made with less rare earth metal or something

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, Abel225 said:

I checked. If I go with the intel than from an r9 380x it goes to a r9 380. I think that is a good tradeoff!! I just figured it out!! It is already quite hard to fit in this psu.... The

an i5 +380 would be better ya

 

it's not that OCZ is too bad or anything, it's just that san disk has some decent budget drives

[Abel225]

And my friend is listening to his other friend... Well whatever. He gets a toshiba 2tb harddrive and some Zalman psu... I don't trust either of those... But he trust his friend who is supposedly makes pcs for a living. 

[Noyu]

14 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Isn't the green drive still made with less rare earth metal or something

Not sure about that. But here's a link to explain what I'm saying:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/28/wds_spectrum_shift_as_green_becomes_blue/

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Noyu said:

Not sure about that. But here's a link to explain what I'm saying:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/28/wds_spectrum_shift_as_green_becomes_blue/

Right, but current Green drives are still the old slow green drives