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I am going to be building a computer for some friends and I need two of them I have a budget 1400$ for both of them individually. I only need the hardware and that is pretty much it. Can you guys help me I honestly have no clue on what to get them so if you guys have any ideas or any plans that you have made and would like to share that would be awesome.

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1 minute ago, Marcus Torre DeProspero said:

I am going to be building a computer for some friends and I need two of them I have a budget 1400$ for both of them individually. I only need the hardware and that is pretty much it. Can you guys help me I honestly have no clue on what to get them so if you guys have any ideas or any plans that you have made and would like to share that would be awesome.

can they wait 2 months? The gtx 1070 would be perfect in their budget. 

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can they wait 2 months? The gtx 1070 would be perfect in their budget. 

I am not looking to get them that intensive hardware I just want to start them off and they can take it from there. Then again they don't have any money to upgrade anyways

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Just now, Marcus Torre DeProspero said:

I am not looking to get them that intensive hardware I just want to start them off and they can take it from there. Then again they don't have any money to upgrade anyways

1400 can get you an insane rig, you know that right? theres no point in not getting good parts if you can afford it. 

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what will they do with the pcs? gaming, video editing, etc?

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1400 can get you an insane rig, you know that right? theres no point in not getting good parts if you can afford it. 

well the point is I am trying to get it to them now. They are twins and it's their birthday either way I honestly could not give two hefty craps about the 6950x, the gtx 1000 series, AMD zen cpus, or AMD's Polaris GPUs. They will be the same in the next few months anyways. They aren't going anywhere.

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Well if it's gaming you can do pretty good for PC only. Though if mouse, keyboard, monitor, etc. are needed to be in that $1,400 budget it might be a little harder.

Video Editing might be a bit harder at that budget but still possible...

Basic web browsing and whatnot $1400 is more than enough...

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2 minutes ago, DrM said:

what will they do with the pcs? gaming, video editing, etc?

They both want to do some slightly heavy gaming, and some intensive video editing. like unedited videos because they have yet to learn how to use any video editing programs other than imovie

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They both want to do some slightly heavy gaming, and some intensive video editing. like unedited videos because they have yet to learn how to use any video editing programs other than imovie

Make a setup with intel integrated graphics (Later you can put a GTX 1080). 

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from what i can tell, they will be doing cpu heavy tasks, so 5820k. you can swap the 390x for a 1070 if you want.

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Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wHyCpg/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($375.56 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($56.60 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI X99A Raider ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
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: XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1372.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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6 minutes ago, DrM said:

from what i can tell, they will be doing cpu heavy tasks, so 5820k. you can swap the 390x for a 1070 if you want.

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($375.56 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($56.60 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI X99A Raider ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
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: XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1372.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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That looks good, maybe if you can wait for the R9 480X or R9 490 and the GTX 1070, those cards might be have a better price/performance than the 390X... Or at least perform better than the 390X.
Otherwise looks good.

 

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10 minutes ago, Marcus Torre DeProspero said:

 

Here you go, square on $400.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($77.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($148.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($98.68 @ Amazon)
Total: $1398.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-18 00:38 EDT-0400

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