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Friend of mine wants to build a $800 Gaming PC. It's okay if it goes a tad over. With the Radeon RX 480 coming soon I figured that would be a good card for this build. Below is a build I have came up with.  I'm unsure of the PSU in this price range. SO feel free to correct me on that. Or anything else. Notes: He would like to have wifi on the motherboard. He does not need an SSD I rather spend more money on the GPU. He will not need a Monitor or Keyboard or mouse. I would prefer for the items to be from Newegg and Amazon if possible. Also from the US.

 

I do realize that prices do change within a month. But he could start buying most of the parts now and wait for the GPU. Also trying to give him a rough idea of what he would be getting.. He knows nothing about the Hardware of PCs. Literally nothing...

 

EDIT: Let me know what you think and where I could do better.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/8Fydnn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/8Fydnn/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($28.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define Nano S Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($78.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($48.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($85.95 @ Amazon)
Other: AMD RADEON RX 480 ($200.00)
Total: $795.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-01 20:28 EDT-0400
 
 
Thanks for you help in advance!

 

My Gaming Rig (Build November 2014):

CPU: i7-4790K | CPU Cooler: H110 | Motherboard: MSI Z97s SLI Plus | RAM: Vengeance DDR3 1886 MHz 2 x 4GB |
GPU: GTX 970 G1 Gaming | SSD: 2 x 840 EVO 250GB and 2 x 850 EVO 250GB in RAID0 | PSU: HX750 | Case: Fractal Design XL R2 |

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2 minutes ago, rowanhazard said:

What is the question? The build looks good to me though.

Lol just want to know where I can do better. But if it looks good great! lol. Still unsure with the PSU though.

My Gaming Rig (Build November 2014):

CPU: i7-4790K | CPU Cooler: H110 | Motherboard: MSI Z97s SLI Plus | RAM: Vengeance DDR3 1886 MHz 2 x 4GB |
GPU: GTX 970 G1 Gaming | SSD: 2 x 840 EVO 250GB and 2 x 850 EVO 250GB in RAID0 | PSU: HX750 | Case: Fractal Design XL R2 |

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1 minute ago, xboxonthego3 said:

Lol just want to know where I can do better. But if it looks good great! lol. Still unsure with the PSU though.

OK cool lol. http://pcpartpicker.com/product/g63RsY/evga-power-supply-120g10650xr this one is 30 dollars more but more than twice as good. Would recommend.

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1 minute ago, rowanhazard said:

OK cool lol. http://pcpartpicker.com/product/g63RsY/evga-power-supply-120g10650xr this one is 30 dollars more but more than twice as good. Would recommend.

G1 series of PSUs are sub-par. If you´re going to get a PSU from evga, get a B2, G2, GQ, GS, or P2 psu.

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Build looks rock solid except the power supply.

Your wattage is enough, but the quality and performance of the PSU isn't all that great.

Here are a few lists to help you pick a good quality PSU:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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Alright sweet. I'll definitely take a look at getting a better PSU then. It will be worth spending another $30 to $50 more.

My Gaming Rig (Build November 2014):

CPU: i7-4790K | CPU Cooler: H110 | Motherboard: MSI Z97s SLI Plus | RAM: Vengeance DDR3 1886 MHz 2 x 4GB |
GPU: GTX 970 G1 Gaming | SSD: 2 x 840 EVO 250GB and 2 x 850 EVO 250GB in RAID0 | PSU: HX750 | Case: Fractal Design XL R2 |

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