New Build plans

[SirWendall]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($180.00)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($104.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($0.00)
Storage: Seagate FireCuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($99.99 @ Jet)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($0.00)
Case: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case  ($0.00)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($0.00)
Total: $384.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-27 08:33 EST-0500

I ended up having most of the parts besides the HDD/SSD,mobo, and CPU. I don't think the price is too bad considering I have most of the parts

[Droidbot]

Why 4670K? Used I'm guessing. Not a bad price but you have to buy mobo and I absolutely despise ASRock boards (they're unreliable and their support sucks).

It'll game at 1080p med-high fine. 

[SirWendall]

@Droidbot The build is for my wife. She'd be using it for school and light gaming. An i5 would be perfect and if for whatever reason, we could upgrade for an i7 later. Also looked at the ASUS and Gigabyte boards too.

[Droidbot]

2 minutes ago, GamerMan said:

@Droidbot The build is for my wife. She'd be using it for school and light gaming. An i5 would be perfect and if for whatever reason, we could upgrade for an i7 later. Also looked at the ASUS and Gigabyte boards too.

and hey, it's still faster than a console! or a comparatively priced desktop-replacement laptop.

The i5 would kick total ass for that, and the PSU's good. Overkill, but tier 2.

 

[SirWendall]

@Droidbot I also got a good OC on that 660ti before I took it out of my rig. Got 100+MHz on the core and 90+MHz on the memory

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, GamerMan said:

@Droidbot I also got a good OC on that 660ti before I took it out of my rig. Got 100+MHz on the core and 90+MHz on the memory

heh, not as good as 660OEM, it's amazing. 3GB DDR5 and same sillicon under the hood as 760 and with some OC you can hit 760 tier speeds for 660 prices

[be_x]

15 minutes ago, GamerMan said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($180.00)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($104.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($0.00)
Storage: Seagate FireCuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($99.99 @ Jet)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($0.00)
Case: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case  ($0.00)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($0.00)
Total: $384.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-27 08:33 EST-0500

I ended up having most of the parts besides the HDD/SSD,mobo, and CPU. I don't think the price is too bad considering I have most of the parts

If you are trying to save money, go with 8 gb of ram.

[SirWendall]

@be_x Got the 16GB RAM free with my 1070. I traded my Xbox One for the 1070. The guy didn't get into PC gaming and he threw in the DDR3 RAM free

[SirWendall]

@Droidbot Better than no overclock The ASIC is at 75% on my 660ti