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Hey guys,

 

My brother wants me to build him his first pc. He wants it to play bf4 at 1080p at high settings with a budget of about $1000. I will be selling him my 680 that I have laying around for $300, so the rest of the build should be around $700. He prefers it to be on the smaller and quieter side. Here is what I came up with. Would like to know what you guys think.

 

Thanks for your opinions.

 

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Hey guys,

 

My brother wants me to build him his first pc. He wants it to play bf4 at 1080p at high settings with a budget of about $1000. I will be selling him my 680 that I have laying around for $300, so the rest of the build should be around $700. He prefers it to be on the smaller and quieter side. Here is what I came up with. Would like to know what you guys think.

 

Thanks for your opinions.

 

Change the case to Define R4. Get NF-F12s for silence.

I think the stock fans on the r4 series are quiet enough. I need to stay in budget, and noctua fans are not budget fans.

CPU: Intel i7-3770k at 4.8Ghz  CPU Cooling: 320mm UT60  Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD55  RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB 2133Mhz (2x8GB)  SSD: Intel 330 Series 120GB  HDD: WD 1TB Caviar Green  GPU: EVGA GTX 780 x2  Sound Card: Creative Recon3D  PSU: Raidmax RX-1000AE 1000W  Case: Arc Midi R2  Monitor: Benq XL2420T at 129Hz  OS: W8 64Bit  Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2013 Ultimate  Mouse: Logitech MX518  Mousepad: Steelseries QCK+  Headset: Turtlebeach X12 (Temp.)

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Change the case to Define R4. Get NF-F12s for silence.

Also, make a PCPartPicker List to see the cheapest prices.

Cases are subjective, so recommendations for those are generally moot points, unless it's a HAF 912 they want. And at this budget, I wouldn't pay $20/fan.

 

Everything seems fine. The higher clocked RAM would benefit Battlefield, but it may require OCing.

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WHERE IS THE GPU?!!1111!

 

I didn't read...

 

AGAIN.

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Change the case to Define R4. Get NF-F12s for silence.

Also, make a PCPartPicker List to see the cheapest prices.

The problem with PCpartpicker is that it's sometimes cheaper to get it in all one place because of shipping and the prices change like every 3 seconds so I would suggest not to. 

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WHERE IS THE GPU?

Dude read the post, it's not that long.

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The problem with PCpartpicker is that it's sometimes cheaper to get it in all one place because of shipping and the prices change like every 3 seconds so I would suggest not to. 

I agree

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Read the OP.

You caught me. I actually fixed it before I saw your comment.

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Dude read the post, it's not that long.

NINJAS EVERYWHERE.

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Cases are subjective, so recommendations for those are generally moot points, unless it's a HAF 912 they want. And at this budget, I wouldn't pay $20/fan.

 

Everything seems fine. The higher clocked RAM would benefit Battlefield, but it may require OCing.

Ill just enable the xmp...

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Are you limited to newegg or are you open to other US shops like amazon?

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Are you limited to newegg or are you open to other US shops like amazon?

I prefer newegg, unless everything I want is amazon prime eligible and better price.

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I prefer newegg, unless everything I want is amazon prime eligible and better price.

How's this look? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/23qq0

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$300 for a 680??? damn....

 

also im unsure if one 680 could ultra BF4

I paid $600 for it new, I think that's fair.

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That looks good. The only reason I have an expensive seasonic psu is because I don't like to skimp out on psus. And that case doesn't look very attractive lol.

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Well I'll go ahead and order since nothing was severely out of place. Thanks guys...

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Is that a good SSD I was looking at the 256GB ssd and it looks like a good price.

It's great.

That looks good. The only reason I have an expensive seasonic psu is because I don't like to skimp out on psus. And that case doesn't look very attractive lol.

The capstone is a great psu. It's not skimping out at all. 

The case was just a suggestion . Of course it's up to you. I've used the PS08 and it was pretty nice. 

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It has the lowest price for a 250ish GB SSD in PCPartPicker.

Exactly. 

This is always subject to sale changes though. 

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