Helping out a friend with a build, suggestions.

[Firefox365]

I am trying to help a friend out with choosing the best parts for his PC. He is getting $700 to use towards a PC and currently this PC Part Picker list seems to be what I would say is good for him.

Only issue is the price is 697 and that before shipping and tax. Is there any suggestion as to what can be changed or downgraded? I assume he would need about $60-$70 to account for shipping and tax.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/rJgwgL

 

PC will be used for gaming at 1080p and he is looking to get a stable 60fps or higher on max or decent setting on most games. I had originally had a Intel i3 6100 but it seems that processor will bottleneck the 1060's performance. Downgrading the GPU seems to not be a valid options as  even a 970 is the same price if not more. AMD might be an option, but I have little knowledge of that. I was thinking the RX 480 but I am not sure which would be a good one to go with.

 

Thanks!

[aries757]

12 hours ago, Firefox365 said:

I am trying to help a friend out with choosing the best parts for his PC. He is getting $700 to use towards a PC and currently this PC Part Picker list seems to be what I would say is good for him.

Only issue is the price is 697 and that before shipping and tax. Is there any suggestion as to what can be changed or downgraded? I assume he would need about $60-$70 to account for shipping and tax.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/rJgwgL

 

PC will be used for gaming at 1080p and he is looking to get a stable 60fps or higher on max or decent setting on most games. I had originally had a Intel i3 6100 but it seems that processor will bottleneck the 1060's performance. Downgrading the GPU seems to not be a valid options as  even a 970 is the same price if not more. AMD might be an option, but I have little knowledge of that. I was thinking the RX 480 but I am not sure which would be a good one to go with.

 

Thanks!

gimme a sec to look at it. so hold

[aries757]

12 hours ago, Firefox365 said:

I am trying to help a friend out with choosing the best parts for his PC. He is getting $700 to use towards a PC and currently this PC Part Picker list seems to be what I would say is good for him.

Only issue is the price is 697 and that before shipping and tax. Is there any suggestion as to what can be changed or downgraded? I assume he would need about $60-$70 to account for shipping and tax.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/rJgwgL

 

PC will be used for gaming at 1080p and he is looking to get a stable 60fps or higher on max or decent setting on most games. I had originally had a Intel i3 6100 but it seems that processor will bottleneck the 1060's performance. Downgrading the GPU seems to not be a valid options as  even a 970 is the same price if not more. AMD might be an option, but I have little knowledge of that. I was thinking the RX 480 but I am not sure which would be a good one to go with.

 

Thanks!

build is good, dont do amd cpus till they come out with the zen next year.  try to do rx 480, and  if budget for that is issue. look on ebay, idk if u got problem with used parts, but u can get this way upgrasded if u get used ebay parts

[Firefox365]

Just now, aries757 said:

build is good, dont do amd cpus till they come out with the zen next year.  try to do rx 480, and  if budget for that is issue. look on ebay, idk if u got problem with used parts, but u can get this way upgrasded if u get used ebay parts

Thanks, I am going to talk to him and let him know. that he might need to find a way to come up with the extra $. I'd want him to a get a 1060 if he can because it typically out preforms the the RX480.

[aries757]

11 hours ago, Firefox365 said:

Thanks, I am going to talk to him and let him know. that he might need to find a way to come up with the extra $. I'd want him to a get a 1060 if he can because it typically out preforms the the RX480.

maybe get an 1070, it will live on for games new and with an i5, unstoppable

[Jack Dvorak]

if you want to make the price go down, then go with a cheaper 1060, the zotac mini and evga gaming are great cards. Even with one fan they stay cool.

[Jack Dvorak]

Also, depending on where you live, some retailers don't charge tax, newegg and many others only charge new york and some other places I think.

[NumLock21]

Newegg don't charge tax for some States.

His only option is to drop to a Core i3 or get a cheaper GTX 1060

 

 

[Firefox365]

52 minutes ago, aries757 said:

maybe get an 1070, it will live on for games new and with an i5, unstoppable

Thats a bit out of his price range so, but thanks for the suggestion.

[Firefox365]

42 minutes ago, Jack Dvorak said:

Also, depending on where you live, some retailers don't charge tax, newegg and many others only charge new york and some other places I think.

 

38 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Newegg don't charge tax for some States.

His only option is to drop to a Core i3 or get a cheaper GTX 1060

 

 

True, I forgot about that. I know for a fact there is no sales tax from newegg where he lives so that should solve the issue.

[Firefox365]

45 minutes ago, Jack Dvorak said:

if you want to make the price go down, then go with a cheaper 1060, the zotac mini and evga gaming are great cards. Even with one fan they stay cool.

Ok I will look at those cards