1. #1

    X-mas build help

    Hello friends, I have come looking for help. I am trying to build my friend a pc that would mainly play fallout 4 and games of equal or less graphical strain on hopefully at least good setting. I am hoping to get as much as I can on black friday but since there is no way to know what will be on sale for how much some alternative/equivalent parts would help when throwing the build together. So without further typing of words,

    Budget: $750 max Hoping to get some parts on cyber monday.
    Resolution: If I reuse a monitor it would be 1400x900 But hoping to either get a 1920 x 1080 or at the least upgrade to that later.
    Games / Settings Desired: Fallout 4 on good/normal
    Any other intensive software or special things you do: Doubt it is intensive but InDesign and Illistrator for his work. This is a last priority.
    Country: 'Murica
    Parts that can be reused: I have a case actually, cooler master haf xm mid tower and I can just use his current HD right? Or would that be problematic?
    Do you need an OS? No
    Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)? Just a monitor upgrade if there is room. I think I can just check the deals and make a call here on my own from the pcpartpicker site but since it is for gaming do I need to worry about response time or any of that?


    Thanks guys I will check out any suggestions you have for me.

  2. #2
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    Ok so here's the deal. You can't fit everything inside those 750$ without performance compromises. In order to avoid that as much as possible you got 3-4 solutions:

    1) Extend your budget by another 50$, re-use that old case and hdd for storage and fit a monitor along with an ssd:

    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

    CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
    Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($48.65 @ OutletPC)
    Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
    Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
    Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
    Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($119.99 @ Best Buy)
    Total: $798.49
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-24 01:59 EST-0500


    2) Get a nice new case so you got a fully new case/rig and leave monitor for sometime later maybe with more budget for an even better one, while keeping the ssd

    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

    CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
    Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($48.65 @ OutletPC)
    Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
    Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
    Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
    Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
    Total: $738.49
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-24 02:01 EST-0500


    3) Ditching the ssd, meaning new hdd tho, extending another 50% and try to fit both case/monitor in the build:

    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

    CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
    Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($48.65 @ OutletPC)
    Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Newegg)
    Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
    Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ Micro Center)
    Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
    Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($119.99 @ Best Buy)
    Total: $806.48
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-24 02:04 EST-0500


    4) Drop ssd, cheaper case, go for a little faster cpu, unlocked with overclocking potential tho "k" cpu's come without cooler so you need that too:

    PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

    CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($273.98 @ Newegg)
    CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.4 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.90 @ Newegg)
    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
    Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($48.65 @ OutletPC)
    Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Newegg)
    Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
    Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ Micro Center)
    Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
    Total: $775.38
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-24 02:09 EST-0500


    Personally I'd go for option 2, have the nice case and its guts done and leave the monitor for later with a decent budget.

  3. #3
    Sweet I will probably do the #2. The case I mentioned I have is actually still in the box and never opened, a friend was building hers and before it arrived she decided she wanted a different one with more lights. Also she could not be bothered to return it for money back so I offered to take her "trash" off her hands. But the idea of waiting on the monitor is a sound strat. I may yet have enough coin left over from my other shoppings to get him one still before Christmas.

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