Build for my PAB Bro (-$600 Budget)

[GeekJump]

While I was fiddling with my PC my brother came up to me and told me the words many of us here would love to here "can you build me a computer?" *cue the angelic chorus*

 

Now, his only requirement....it must run Guild Wars 2 on highest settings.........>_> yup'. But I know that down the line if he wants to play a modern title and it can't run it he will be pissed and consider it a loss of money. So with $600 budget best bang for the buck! - preferably lower since that budget, while not directly connected, is tied to peripherals budget.

 

This is what I quickly threw together, please feel free to destroy it and recommend changes. I originally had a 960 in there but swapped it out for 380x. I also think my mind is clouded and I keep trying to aim for something extreme when it's not needed. Just 1080p/60fps/high settings on most games will do.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GxPJFT

 

PS - PAB = Punk Ass Bitch for the people wondering.

[Aytex]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Crucial BX100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.87 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380X 4GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card  ($223.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $659.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-04 14:26 EDT-0400

 

 

Changed SSD and PSU and mobo

[Becausei'mBatman]

overkill on the mobo, you could get a cheaper mobo and get a r9 390 instead. or do you want a super small pc?

[GeekJump]

2 minutes ago, Aytex said:

Total: $701.48

 

5 minutes ago, GeekJump said:

So with $600 budget best bang for the buck! - preferably lower since that budget, while not directly connected, is tied to peripherals budget.

I was looking for better specs for same price or lower price. Maybe my post was a tldr lol

[RedWulf]

Kick the ssd its not worth it in this build, hee'll be fine on hdd 

[Aytex]

1 minute ago, GeekJump said:

 

I was looking for better specs for same price or lower price. Maybe my post was a tldr lol

changed to 380 then

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Crucial BX100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.87 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $605.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-04 14:28 EDT-0400

[GeekJump]

2 minutes ago, Becausei'mBatman said:

overkill on the mobo, you could get a cheaper mobo and get a r9 390 instead. or do you want a super small pc?

Yea, he has a small apartment w/ a dog so it needs to be small to fit somewhere up high. I had to constantly clean out his last pc (cheap prebuild pc on the floor) XO

2 minutes ago, RedWulf said:

Kick the ssd its not worth it in this build, hee'll be fine on hdd 

That's what I was thinking but I wanted to see if I can get it in there with the budget.

[Becausei'mBatman]

1 hour ago, GeekJump said:

Yea, he has a small apartment w/ a dog so it needs to be small to fit somewhere up high. I had to constantly clean out his last pc (cheap prebuild pc on the floor) XO

That's what I was thinking but I wanted to see if I can get it in there with the budget.

Might wanna consider one of those small, i mean console like small cases. 

[GeekJump]

5 minutes ago, Becausei'mBatman said:

Might wanna consider one of those small, i mean console like small cases. 

If I go full htpc/console size the prices start going up. That cooler master case size is the smallest I found before the prices increase. Maybe if one came with a decent psu to offset the cost but haven't found one yet.