Need help with helping a friend build a computer.

[pung9]

Budget: Around 600$

Resolution: 1080

Games / Settings Desired Mainly survival games like miscreated, dayz, the forest, arma 3 etc on atleast medium.

Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc)
: No
Country
: US
Parts that can be reused: None

Do you need an OS?: yes

Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)?: No

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($119.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($41.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB OCV1 Video Card ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Neos ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ B&H)
Other: Windows 10 ($31.33)
Total: $554.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-31 00:21 EST-0500

Thats what id do, if he could save up a bit more the same build with a good i5 would come to ~635.00, probably worth it if he can swing it.

[Roetorooter]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($119.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($41.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB OCV1 Video Card ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Neos ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ B&H)
Other: Windows 10 ($31.33)
Total: $554.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-31 00:21 EST-0500

Thats what id do, if he could save up a bit more the same build with a good i5 would come to ~635.00, probably worth it if he can swing it.

Where in the world did you find Windows 10 for $31?

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Where in the world did you find Windows 10 for $31?

Its in the link on pcpartpicker, i use kinguin but there are a bunch of sites.

[pung9]

Where in the world did you find Windows 10 for $31?

you can get it for 30 at grey market sites like kinguin and g2a.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($119.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($41.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB OCV1 Video Card ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Neos ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ B&H)
Other: Windows 10 ($31.33)
Total: $554.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-31 00:21 EST-0500

Thats what id do, if he could save up a bit more the same build with a good i5 would come to ~635.00, probably worth it if he can swing it.

Which i5 should he go with if hes able to swing it?

[Fascinate]

you can get it for 30 at grey market sites like kinguin and g2a.

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Which i5 should he go with if hes able to swing it?

i5-6500. Puts the build at 634 and change. Worth it imo, games are finally starting to use more and more cores, and having a true quad core does help quite a lot in select games. But if 600 is strict budget, i3 is still a fine chip.

[Roetorooter]

you can get it for 30 at grey market sites like kinguin and g2a.

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Which i5 should he go with if hes able to swing it?

Getting the 6600k will future-proof his rig, but doing that, he'd need to shell out a bit more for a mobo (socket 1151) and DDR4 ram (DDR3 won't fit into those slots)

However, the 4690k is still a decent CPU and will work for most newer games

[Fascinate]

Intel does not drop CPU prices when new ones come out, most times they raise prices actually. He doesnt have the budget for a unlocked mobo and i5, but thats fine a standard i5 or i3 will last for many years.

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470 is an option, but if he plays any blizzard games id steer clear of AMD altogether. Talking ~40% or more gains going to nvidia side, sometimes up to 60%.

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That's straight up nonsense and the World of Warcraft benchmarks are meaningless. In WoW it doesn't matter if your video card could technically to 140+ fps if the CPU wasn't being pushed at all because the CPU being pushed is the reason why fps takes dips in WoW.

There isn't a huge difference between the two in Overwatch and Diablo 3 runs just fine on AMD. Stop acting like Blizzard games perform poorly with AMD cards because it's completely false.

Agree to disagree, just letting the OP know if he plays blizzard titles they have a real affinity for nvidia cards for some reason. I can agree to an extent WoW is hard to benchmark, but overwatch there are real gains to be had going with nvidia:
http://www.techspot.com/review/1209-...060/page2.html

Couldnt find 470 vs 3gb 1060, but that is a huge difference between 8gb 480 and 6gb 1060. 3gb 1060 is only 6% slower on average than the 6gb model and im not sure how much slower the 470 is than a 8gb 480, but you can bet your bottom dollar a 3gb 1060 will have a pretty massive FPS lead.

WoW benchmarks show even larger differences if i am honest, and can make a real difference if someone is using a high hertz monitor, but that probably does not apply to this guys friend.

But really he didn't list any blizz titles, i would suggest he look up benchmarks for the games he does play the most and make his decision that way.