Building for a friend

[JoeJoeBear]

I'm doing a full build for my B-I-L and I'm not sure what to get him. I was thinking a 6600-k but idk if that is too much card for him. His budget is around $1000 +or- and he wants to be able to play titles such as Far Cry and Tomb Raider. The whole build revolves around the CPU and GPU. Seeing as I already got him a GTX980sc second hand where should I start?

[DarkBlade2117]

$1,000 in what? USD? CND? AUD? Probably won't need to spend near $1,000. Do you have any other parts other than the GTX 980?

[hconverse02]

Seeing as you already have a 980, it will probably cost less than $1000 (if you are in usd)

[Kris_Kid]

I would go with a i5 6500 16gb of ddr4 memory a 600w power supply 500gb ssd and a 1tb hdd a case that you like and as for your mobo find the cheapest one you can in the form factor you like I would ask consider a decent cooler like the cryorig c1

[Morgan MLGman]

7 minutes ago, Kris_Kid said:

I would go with a i5 6500 16gb of ddr4 memory a 600w power supply 500gb ssd and a 1tb hdd a case that you like and as for your mobo find the cheapest one you can in the form factor you like I would ask consider a decent cooler like the cryorig c1

i5-6500 will not even let him upgrade his GPU, 980 is at 1060's performance level and a 1070 will already be bottlenecked in some games, let alone a 1080 and GPUs get more and more powerful with every generation, I'd go for an i7 with such budget.

[JoeJoeBear]

My apologies, and thank you for the speedy response! It is $1000 USD but the 980 will be costing $200usd but that being said his budget is flexible. It is his first pc though so he will be needing peripherals

[Kris_Kid]

19 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

i5-6500 will not even let him upgrade his GPU, 980 is at 1060's performance level and a 1070 will already be bottlenecked in some games, let alone a 1080 and GPUs get more and more powerful with every generation, I'd go for an i7 with such budget.

In most games an i5 Will not bottleneck a 1070 only in the most cpu intensive games will it bottleneck a 1070 plus an i7 isn't nessasary for gaming

[Morgan MLGman]

2 minutes ago, Kris_Kid said:

In most games an i5 Will not bottleneck a 1070 only in the most cpu intensive games will it bottleneck a 1070 plus an i7 isn't nessasary for gaming

You need to understand that yeah, while it will be "enough" for a 1070 in most games, his next GPU upgrade after a 980 will inevitably be faster than a 1070 if he upgrades in let's say two years, if he does that then he'll have to upgrade the CPU as well cause it won't be able to keep up with the GPU. I still stand by an i7 cause it will last longer than just 1 GPU upgrade.

[JoeJoeBear]

1 minute ago, Morgan MLGman said:

You need to understand that yeah, while it will be "enough" for a 1070 in most games, his next GPU upgrade after a 980 will inevitably be faster than a 1070 if he upgrades in let's say two years, if he does that then he'll have to upgrade the CPU as well cause it won't be able to keep up with the GPU. I still stand by an i7 cause it will last longer than just 1 GPU upgrade.

I like this point you make, if I do upgrade from the 980 I will go to a 1080 or above.

[Morgan MLGman]

4 minutes ago, JoeJoeBear said:

I like this point you make, if I do upgrade from the 980 I will go to a 1080 or above.

This should fit your 1000$ budget assuming that the 980 costs 200$ as you said:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($96.99 @ Jet)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($84.97 @ Jet)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($45.49 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.75 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.89 @ B&H)
Total: $821.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-09 10:05 EST-0500

[JoeJoeBear]

11 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

This should fit your 1000$ budget assuming that the 980 costs 200$ as you said:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($96.99 @ Jet)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($84.97 @ Jet)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($45.49 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.75 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.89 @ B&H)
Total: $821.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-09 10:05 EST-0500

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