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Christmas PC for brother

kotekking2
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Hey, my brother has an old PC. He mostly plays LoL. He wants to play other new games, but his PC isn't good enough. HDD is kinda crap as well. So I decided I will build him a PC. Anyway, this is what I came up with:

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 - 105€

GPU: AMD HD 7870 - 172€

MB: ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 - 97€

SSD: ADATA SP600 128GB - 78€

HDD: WD Blue 1TB - 56€

PSU: Enermax Triathlor FC ETA550AWT-M 550W - 83€

Cooler: CM Hyper 212 EVO - 31€

RAM: ADATA XPG 2x4GB 1600MHz CL11 - 69€

CASE: Fractal Core 3000 - 67€

Monitor: Acer G246HYLB - 165€

+ some networking sh*t

 

Questions:

1. Will the MB work with the CPU out of the box?

2. Suggestions for PSU around the same price?

3. What do you think about the Acer monitor?

 

Feel free to suggest anything :). (except consoles)

Thanks in advance.

 

 

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Is it not possible to throw a higher end GPU in there?

[spoiler= Dream machine (There is also a buildlog)]

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe - CPU: I7 5820k @4.4 ghz 1.225vcore - GPU: 2x Asus GTX 970 Strix edition - Mainboard: Asus X99-S - RAM: HyperX predator 4x4 2133 mhz - HDD: Seagate barracuda 2 TB 7200 rpm - SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB SSD - PSU: Corsair HX1000i - Case fans: 3x Noctua PPC 140mm - Radiator fans: 3x Noctua PPC 120 mm - CPU cooler: Fractal design Kelvin S36 together with Noctua PPCs - Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Cherry gaming keyboard - mouse: Steelseries sensei raw - Headset: Kingston HyperX Cloud - Build Log

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I suggest my parents adopt you so you can buy me a R290 X :)

i5 4670k | Sapphire 7950 | Kingston 120GB SSD | Seagate 1TB | G.Skill Ripjaw X Series 8GB

PB238Q | Steelseries Sensei | Ducky DK9087 | Qck Heavy

Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/44902-from-imac-to-my-own-creation/

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I've had too many issues with my 7850. So unless you recieve a card that doesn't like to crash your PC then I'd recommend something like the 7870 or higher instead. (That is if you want to go with AMD)

I meant to write 7870 and I have no idea why I wrote 7850... I guess I'm just tired.

 

 

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about 950€ with monitor

Can you order from these places?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (€131.90 @ Caseking)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€33.30 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (€77.32 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (€66.83 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€74.95 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card (€157.13 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Case: BitFenix Shinobi ATX Mid Tower Case (€11.90 @ Caseking)

Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€89.98 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Monitor: ViewSonic VA2246M-LED 60Hz 22.0" Monitor (€131.86 @ Hardwareversand)

Total: €775.17

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-08 23:04 CET+0100)

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I'm not buying it... I'm just building it. :D I'm saving money for a new PC for me. :D

Ahh. I wanted to build my brother a pc to convert him to the PC master race, but he's going to stick with consoles. It's sad. He has a macbook and he plays emulators and other games on there. He could play so many more emulators and other games in better graphics if he just let me. Oh well, I don't have a considerable amount of money to spend on him.

i5 4670k | Sapphire 7950 | Kingston 120GB SSD | Seagate 1TB | G.Skill Ripjaw X Series 8GB

PB238Q | Steelseries Sensei | Ducky DK9087 | Qck Heavy

Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/44902-from-imac-to-my-own-creation/

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Ahh. I wanted to build my brother a pc to convert him to the PC master race, but he's going to stick with consoles. It's sad. He has a macbook and he plays emulators and other games on there. He could play so many more emulators and other games in better graphics if he just let me. Oh well, I don't have a considerable amount of money to spend on him.

yeah... pc is the best.

 

 

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about 950€ with monitor

Where are you shopping?

I've had too many issues with my 7850. So unless you recieve a card that doesn't like to crash your PC then I'd recommend something like the 7870 or higher instead. (That is if you want to go with AMD)

I've worked with many 7850's and haven't had a problem. You were probably just unlucky. 

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