New build for friend

[UnjoGratis]

My friend said he wanted to build a new pc and I decided to come here for help. He wants a white build and has a budget of 1200$. He said he is only going to be gaming so no need for an i7. Dont include peripherals, monitor and os.

[Vercii]

3 minutes ago, UnjoGratis said:

My friend said he wanted to build a new pc and I decided to come here for help. He wants a white build and has a budget of 1200$. He said he is only going to be gaming so no need for an i7. Dont include peripherals, monitor and os.

 

Here's a build but your friend should wait for the 1070. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($339.99 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.49 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($150.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.00 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1174.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-17 17:05 EDT-0400

[UnjoGratis]

2 minutes ago, Vercii said:

Here's a build but your friend should wait for the 1070. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($339.99 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.49 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($150.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.97 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.00 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1174.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-17 17:05 EDT-0400

CAD currency. sorry forgot to state that earlier

[Manage My Cables]

5 minutes ago, UnjoGratis said:

My friend said he wanted to build a new pc and I decided to come here for help. He wants a white build and has a budget of 1200$. He said he is only going to be gaming so no need for an i7. Dont include peripherals, monitor and os.

Gaming on a i7? Stick with a i5! Spent the money you saved on a gpu.

[UnjoGratis]

Just now, Manage My Cables said:

Gaming on a i7? Stick with a i5! Spent the money you saved on a gpu.

I know that. i stated so earlier

[TheRandomness]

3 minutes ago, UnjoGratis said:

CAD currency. sorry forgot to state that earlier

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($305.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($124.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ NCIX) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($46.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($47.99 @ NCIX) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($94.50 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $899.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-17 17:11 EDT-0400

 

Hopefully enough space for a 1070/80 when they come out. If he cannot wait at all; http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/YG4LCJ

[pinksnowmanshandle]

@UnjoGratis hmmm didn't you have a different username?

Regardless, what resolution is your friend playing at?

 

I question the reliability of the SSDs that the others are including.

[pinksnowmanshandle]

@UnjoGratis 

This still leaves about CA$475.47 for a GPU, you might be able to get a cheaper mobo to make more room for GPU space but if your friend is just gaming at 1440p or below the GTX 1070 or R9 480X will be plenty...

If you're not waiting until those cards are out, then I think the R9 380X or R9 390 are fine options, though people seem to like to recommend at least 650W PSUs for the R9 390 and above sometimes even for the R9 380X...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($252.25 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: MSI H170A PC Mate ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($135.36 @ shopRBC) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($47.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($105.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($68.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $724.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-17 17:34 EDT-0400

[UnjoGratis]

3 hours ago, wcreek said:

@UnjoGratis hmmm didn't you have a different username?

Regardless, what resolution is your friend playing at?

 

I question the reliability of the SSDs that the others are including.

Yes I used to be CrustyForeskin but I got messaged by some mods and they forced me to change it

[pinksnowmanshandle]

10 minutes ago, UnjoGratis said:

Yes I used to be CrustyForeskin but I got messaged by some mods and they forced me to change it

That's what I thought... Kinda an odd username. Some might consider it unsavoury... To which I don't think I'd disagree.

 

Anyways, this is what I think would be a better option. As the 6500 is good if you're not going to overclock. It leaves more money in the budget for the GPU, also I'm not sure of the reliability the A-Data SSD. I mean for all I know the A-Data SSD that @TheRandomness put in their suggestion is more reliable than the Trion 150. I just know that the Trion 150 is much better than the Trion 100. It's also got a better good bang for the buck though I don't think that A-Data SSD was much cheaper...

 

Poor Canada having an economy that relied on the value of oil being high.

 

Just as a bit of a clarification, the NZXT Source 210 Elite the only real difference from what I could tell is that it had a USB3.0 port on the front of the case. Otherwise there was technically no real difference between the elite and non elite case. So you could probably save a little bit by going with the non Elite variant.

3 hours ago, wcreek said:

@UnjoGratis 

This still leaves about CA$475.47 for a GPU, you might be able to get a cheaper mobo to make more room for GPU space but if your friend is just gaming at 1440p or below the GTX 1070 or R9 480X will be plenty...

If you're not waiting until those cards are out, then I think the R9 380X or R9 390 are fine options, though people seem to like to recommend at least 650W PSUs for the R9 390 and above sometimes even for the R9 380X...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($252.25 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: MSI H170A PC Mate ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($135.36 @ shopRBC) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($47.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($105.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($68.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $724.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-17 17:34 EDT-0400

 

[UnjoGratis]

2 minutes ago, wcreek said:

That's what I thought... Kinda an odd username. Some might consider it unsavoury... To which I don't think I'd disagree.

 

Anyways, this is what I think would be a better option. As the 6500 is good if you're not going to overclock. It leaves more money in the budget for the GPU, also I'm not sure of the reliability the A-Data SSD. I mean for all I know the A-Data SSD that @TheRandomness put in their suggestion is more reliable than the Trion 150. I just know that the Trion 150 is much better than the Trion 100. It's also got a better good bang for the buck though I don't think that A-Data SSD was much cheaper...

Poor Canada having an economy that relied on the value of oil being high.

 

Thanks for the help. I'll send this to my friend

[pinksnowmanshandle]

Just now, UnjoGratis said:

Thanks for the help. I'll send this to my friend

I just added a clarification about the case. Because there's a small difference between it and the non elite variant. Otherwise, yeah...