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Alexcalibur
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As the title says, I am creating a PC for a friend, and I would like your guys' opinion. I am fairly confident in PC building myself, I just wanted a second opinion, maybe something I overlooked. The tasks that he will be preforming is video editing/rendering, casual to mid tier gaming CSGO BF4 etc., and daily internet browser. He also requested for my to try to fit in 3 monitors in the budget. Fun. Lastly he requested a green and black theme.  Anyway, let me breakdown my parts that I had chosen. (BTW BUDGET $1000) (If I don't make sense somewhere or I forgot something comment please)

 

CPU - i7-6700 - $297.99

I chose this CPU because he was insistent on an i7 over an i5, although he probably doesn't know what the difference is. I decided if we are doing it, we will go all out. So I got him this non-overclock able piece of fun. This should be able to handle all of the video encoding and whatnot that he will be doing, however if there is a cheaper option that will preform just as well, please let me know.

 

CPU Cooler - be quiet! PURE ROCK - $34.99

I really like the look of most be quiet!'s CPU coolers, however I have never used one personally. I wanted to use the Pro 3, but that would have put us way over budget. Is there a good CPU cooler that will preform well and also look sexy?

 

Motherboard - Gigabyte G1.Sniper B7 - $99.99

TBH I sorted by black and green motherboards on PCPartPicker and found this. I am pretty disappointed in the rear IO, and would really like to see a better one. If it is necessary, I will sacrifice the green and black scheme for something that is plain black, but I want to keep it as close to the color scheme as possible.

 

RAM - Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8Gb - $36.99

This is some of the cheapest DDR4 memory that isn't just a plain PCB. I guess I could spend a few extra $ on some faster RAM but I don't think that there is a problem with this stuff. Btw the speed is 2133

 

Storage - WD 1TB Caviar Black - $54.01

I am not an expert when it comes to storage, so I would really appreciate the help on this part. I wanted something fast, and something that I could do mass storage on. Help?

 

GPU - MSI GTX 960 2Gb - $196.99

I know I know "get the 480" or "get the 1070". But the thing is I am not going to show this guy something that he might be able to get his hands on when it comes out, if it isn't sold out already. If the 480 or the 1070 become pretty widely available, then I will use those. Until then, the 960 works. Something I was also considering was something from the red team, but I don't have much experience from them either, as I have always used the green team. 

 

Case - NZXT H440 (Green/Black) - $129.99

So this part of the build was a tough choice, which I am still a little on the fence about. This case looks like it was made just for my build, but it is rather tough in the $$$. If you guys know anything that would look and preform just as well as this one, please let me know.

 

PSU  - Thermaltake 450W 80+ Bronze - $44.99

With the PSU, there really isn't much for me to do other than choose the wattage and the certification. I know some might have better longevity than others, that is why I am open to suggestions. Only thing is no Corsair PSUs. I have already had one blow up on me...

 

Monitors  - Acer G227HQLbi 21.5" 60Hz - $89.99 x 3

This is the department that I really need help in, as I have no experience buying monitors at all. I choose these because I liked the lack of bezels for the price. But I really need suggestions here.

 

PCP List

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/JZ4xr7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/JZ4xr7/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($297.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($92.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($58.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($196.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT H440 (Green/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Thermaltake 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer G227HQLbi 21.5" 60Hz Monitor  ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer G227HQLbi 21.5" 60Hz Monitor  ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer G227HQLbi 21.5" 60Hz Monitor  ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1141.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-20 14:17 EDT-0400

 

THANKS!

 

 

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http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Ctpf7h that is what I would do.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

PSU Tier List      Motherboard Tier List     SSD Tier List     How to get PC parts cheap    HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs

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4 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Ctpf7h that is what I would do.

He would need more storasge than that if he is editing AND playing games

Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 3.00GHz ✦  8GB Corsair RAM ✦Asus P5G41Tm - Lx3 ✦ Sapphire R9 270 Dual-X ✦ WD Caviar Green 640 GB ✦ Seagate Barracuda 160GB ✦ Fractal Design Define R5 ✦ 1Life ps:jet 700W ✦  

 

Lenovo Y520 - GTX1050Ti - i77700k - 250GB Samsung M.2 NVME SSD  :D 

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1 minute ago, Fatelinha said:

He would need more storasge than that if he is editing AND playing games

true was trying to stay near his budget. 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

PSU Tier List      Motherboard Tier List     SSD Tier List     How to get PC parts cheap    HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs

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http://pcpartpicker.com/list/DGqTWX changed it and went for a xeon to be cheaper than an I7 but perform the same. also went with more storage.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

PSU Tier List      Motherboard Tier List     SSD Tier List     How to get PC parts cheap    HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs

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2 minutes ago, IskanderEXC said:

Also, the 250Gb Samsung drive is small and overpriced :/ 

no It is only 10$ more than the cheepest 250gb SDD on PCpartpicker.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

PSU Tier List      Motherboard Tier List     SSD Tier List     How to get PC parts cheap    HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs

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1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

no It is only 10$ more than the cheepest 250gb SDD on PCpartpicker.

Using this quote to reply to both, but I will definitely try using the build you put in, and yes you are right about the SSD I thought it was the 950 series not the 850

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1 minute ago, IskanderEXC said:

Using this quote to reply to both, but I will definitely try using the build you put in, and yes you are right about the SSD I thought it was the 950 series not the 850

the xeon should do well. was looking for a mobo that support ECC but were an extra 50$ and no crossfire.

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

PSU Tier List      Motherboard Tier List     SSD Tier List     How to get PC parts cheap    HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs

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36 minutes ago, IskanderEXC said:

 

Get this power supply

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/kz7CmG/evga-power-supply-210gq0650

We have a NEW and GLORIOUSER-ER-ER PSU Tier List Now. (dammit @LukeSavenije stop coming up with new ones)

You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here

 

Computer having a hard time powering on? Troubleshoot it with this guide. (Currently looking for suggestions to update it into the context of <current year> and make it its own thread)

Computer Specs:

Spoiler

Mathresolvermajig: Intel Xeon E3 1240 (Sandy Bridge i7 equivalent)

Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S
Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid

Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3

Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333

Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike"

Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500

AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550)

Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

Buttonrodent: Razer Viper Mini + Huion H430P drawing Tablet

Auralnterface: Sennheiser HD 6xx

Liquidrectangles: LG 27UK850-W 4K HDR

 

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