need help building a new pc for a girl

[nickwu]

Hi, i need some help building a gaming pc for a female friend. i dont have any experience with building a pc. My friend wants a cool looking, mid-size case. 19-23 inch monitor. Budget is 2000 cad Plz help me 

[Crunchy Dragon]

Sit tight mate, I'll pull together a partlist for ya. Should take under 10 minutes.

[nickwu]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Sit tight mate, I'll pull together a partlist for ya. Should take under 10 minutes.

LOL u r the real OG

[Metal_Kitty]

PC part picker, - but whats the primary use of the PC- Gaming? Facebook and instagram for the likes and lols? or photo or video editing? or just useful work case scenario. 

I mean i would really consider the point of the PC before you splash out 2 grand on it? because a quarter of your budget could be gone on the graphics card straight off the bat with a gaming rig. 

but if all is needed is web browsing and browser games, then look for a high end (but not overpowered) laptop, if however video editing and photoshop is required, then perhaps look at something that built for that instead.


 

[FloRolf]

you better not f#ck it up m8. Feelin' ya.

[nickwu]

1 minute ago, Metal_Kitty said:

PC part picker, - but whats the primary use of the PC- Gaming? Facebook and instagram for the likes and lols? or photo or video editing? or just useful work case scenario. 

I mean i would really consider the point of the PC before you splash out 2 grand on it? because a quarter of your budget could be gone on the graphics card straight off the bat with a gaming rig. 

but if all is needed is web browsing and browser games, then look for a high end (but not overpowered) laptop, if however video editing and photoshop is required, then perhaps look at something that built for that instead.


 

I think i said gaming pc lol. but thx for ur suggestions 

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, Metal_Kitty said:

but whats the primary use of the PC

Just felt like pointing this out, OP mentioned it was a gaming PC in the post.

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Hi, i need some help building a gaming pc for a female friend

 

[seon123]

3 minutes ago, Metal_Kitty said:

whats the primary use of the PC- Gaming?

8 minutes ago, nickwu said:

Hi, i need some help building a gaming pc

Probably that

[Crunchy Dragon]

What color case does your friend want? There are a lot of really cool looking midsize cases that would fit the PC I have planned, but I have a few questions regarding case in particular.

• Tempered glass, yes or no?
• RGB or any kind of lighting at all?

[samcool55]

No experience, want to do it for a female friend.

 

I really hope your attempt will be more succesful than mine! Good luck dude

 

edit: also ask her if she cares about the loudness of the system, not that i have much experience but the few girls i met liked a quiet system and didn't really care about tempered glass and RGB...

[Metal_Kitty]

5 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Just felt like pointing this out, OP mentioned it was a gaming PC in the post.

 

yes, but my point was what type of gaming rig - casual and browser based, or AAA titles requiring a 1060 or higher? VR? is the person streaming and editing videos too, or is it primaraily going to be a bit of gaming and mostly school / collage / uni / work / with some gaming? 
 

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, Metal_Kitty said:

yes, but my point was what type of gaming rig - casual and browser based, or AAA titles requiring a 1060 or higher? VR? is the person streaming and editing videos too, or is it primaraily going to be a bit of gaming and mostly school / collage / uni / work / with some gaming?

Usually gaming PC means it will require a decent dGPU. Although I do see your point.

[AngryBeaver]

15 minutes ago, nickwu said:

Hi, i need some help building a gaming pc for a female friend. i dont have any experience with building a pc. My friend wants a cool looking, mid-size case. 19-23 inch monitor. Budget is 2000 cad Plz help me 

Should probably start off with a dinner at a nice restaurant. A PC is a little spendy for a "friend."

[nickwu]

13 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

What color case does your friend want? There are a lot of really cool looking midsize cases that would fit the PC I have planned, but I have a few questions regarding case in particular.

• Tempered glass, yes or no?
• RGB or any kind of lighting at all?

black case with RGB? what do u think

[GodAtum]

2 minutes ago, AngryBeaver said:

Should probably start off with a dinner at a nice restaurant. A PC is a little spendy for a "friend."

Yeah a PC wont get in her pants

[seon123]

After spending way too long trying to find a 1070/1070 Ti/1080 that's in stock at a somewhat reasonable price, I give up. Left $700 for a GPU. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Storage: Toshiba - 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($71.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition ATX Mid Tower Case  ($78.65 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Monitor: Dell - S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  ($473.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $1268.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-13 16:21 EDT-0400

 

Edit: For $10 more, this memory kit has less red on it. For colour matching, mostly. 

Edited March 13, 2018 by seon123
Something something

[Crunchy Dragon]

6 minutes ago, nickwu said:

black case with RGB? what do u think

Only if the black case has tempered glass, I think she'd like it.

 

In case you're going to customize the RGB yourself, blue LEDs look really nice on black and/or white.

(Blue/black and blue/white are my favorite color schemes in PCs haha).

[Ms Mercedes - Trijet Girl]

18 minutes ago, AngryBeaver said:

Should probably start off with a dinner at a nice restaurant. A PC is a little spendy for a "friend."

I dunno, if a guy bought me a $2k PC for the first date he'd probably have me hooked. 

 

Not entirely sure what that says about me.. lol

[AngryBeaver]

Just now, Ms Mercedes - Trijet Girl said:

I dunno, if a guy bought me a $2k PC for the first date he'd probably have me hooked. 

 

I'd say I'm a cheap date, but that ain't cheap! 

Could be the case of him being led along so she can get what she wants and then ghost him. Make sure you have a webcam on this thing and a backdoor setup to access it just incase.

[Crunchy Dragon]

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/KNkgLJ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/KNkgLJ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($202.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($112.25 @ shopRBC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($72.25 @ shopRBC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card  ($464.99 @ Memory Express)
Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($159.00 @ shopRBC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($113.95 @ Vuugo)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($44.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Case Fan: Corsair - HD120 RGB 3-Pack w/Controller 54.4 CFM  120mm Fans  ($95.43 @ Amazon Canada)
Monitor: AOC - i2267Fw 22.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($129.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Keyboard: Cooler Master - Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($34.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $1790.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-13 16:28 EDT-0400

 

Just wanted to mention this @seon123: at a $2000 budget, I wouldn't go any lower than 16Gb of RAM. 8Gb isn't capable of a whole lot, I can barely run anything other than Fortnite and Discord at the same time on 8Gb.

[Ms Mercedes - Trijet Girl]

Beautiful case @Crunchy Dragon! There's even a white version of it too that looks pretty cool to me. With this kind of a budget though, I'd ask her what colours she would want in her PC.

 

[nickwu]

4 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/KNkgLJ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/KNkgLJ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($202.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($112.25 @ shopRBC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($72.25 @ shopRBC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card  ($464.99 @ Memory Express)
Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($159.00 @ shopRBC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($113.95 @ Vuugo)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($44.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Case Fan: Corsair - HD120 RGB 3-Pack w/Controller 54.4 CFM  120mm Fans  ($95.43 @ Amazon Canada)
Monitor: AOC - i2267Fw 22.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($129.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Keyboard: Cooler Master - Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($34.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $1790.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-13 16:28 EDT-0400

 

Just wanted to mention this @seon123: at a $2000 budget, I wouldn't go any lower than 16Gb of RAM. 8Gb isn't capable of a whole lot, I can barely run anything other than Fortnite and Discord at the same time on 8Gb.

TY SO MUCH! let me have a look lol

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, Ms Mercedes - Trijet Girl said:

Beautiful case @Crunchy Dragon! There's even a white version of it too that looks pretty cool to me. With this kind of a budget though, I'd ask her what colours she would want in her PC.

Agreed, the white version however was the 570X, not the 460X.

 

I opted for the 460X since the OP specified a "midsize case"; the 570X is a full-tower ATX and this one's a mid-tower.

 

EDIT: I do plan on doing a blue/white mod in the white 570X at some point in the future. Corsair does an amazing job with their cases...

[nickwu]

11 minutes ago, seon123 said:

After spending way too long trying to find a 1070/1070 Ti/1080 that's in stock at a somewhat reasonable price, I give up. Left $700 for a GPU. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Storage: Toshiba - 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($71.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition ATX Mid Tower Case  ($78.65 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Monitor: Dell - S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  ($473.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Total: $1268.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-13 16:21 EDT-0400

 

Edit: For $10 more, this memory kit has less red on it. For colour matching, mostly. 

thank you! 

[Ms Mercedes - Trijet Girl]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

Agreed, the white version however was the 570X, not the 460X.

 

I opted for the 460X since the OP specified a "midsize case"; the 570X is a full-tower ATX and this one's a mid-tower.

Whoops! Good eye! I somehow missed that. I may have to take note for a future build, I love them!