Building a PC for my friend

[mayonnaiseblackhole]

So I just built my first pc and my friend got interested in one as well. He has a budget of about $1200 bucks and wants intel/Nvidia. What would be some good parts that are future proof?

[ArcticSalad]

What will the system be used for?

Need Windows/monitor/peripherals?

Will he be using Wifi or Ethernet?

I assume currency is in USD?

[mayonnaiseblackhole]

On 9/4/2018 at 6:43 PM, Shadow6767 said:

What will the system be used for?   gaming, schoolwork, and maybe a little of photo editing/video editting

Need Windows/monitor/peripherals? Probably not

Will he be using Wifi or Ethernet? Likely wifi

I assume currency is in USD? yes

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[dgsddfgdfhgs]

Size of pc case M-atx or Atx? roughly picked some core parts, no case yet let him choose

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/n7ZfV6

plenty horse power and future proof enough for his needs

[bleedblue]

2 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

Size of pc case M-atx or Atx? roughly picked some core parts, no case yet let him choose

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/n7ZfV6

plenty horse power and future proof enough for his needs

Pls no ryzen x cpu, that's like throwing your money away.

 

Get regular 2700.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK - AIDOS BLACK 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($18.89 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus - TUF H370-Pro Gaming (WI-FI) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($127.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Patriot - Burst 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($66.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.49 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB D5X Video Card  ($429.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1195.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-04 22:50 EDT-0400