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    Son wants top shelf gaming PC, Dad wants to reduce cost

    Thank you all for the feedback. I'm sitting down this afternoon to update a lot of the parts in the original build. I will post an update with round 2 that I'm sure will be saving money based on the feedback provided.
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    Son wants top shelf gaming PC, Dad wants to reduce cost

    I appreciate all the feedback so far. This is very helpful and will be updating the build with my son
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    Son wants top shelf gaming PC, Dad wants to reduce cost

    ND40oz Yes the GPU is a RX 580
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    Son wants top shelf gaming PC, Dad wants to reduce cost

    mda The current machine is listed in this thread Building my sons first "new" computer | [H]ard|Forum The reason to bypass upgrading his current computer is that I will be replacing my old computer (nine years) with his. Possible my daughter might claim it because she suddenly developed an...
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    Son wants top shelf gaming PC, Dad wants to reduce cost

    MrGuvernment This was his first attempt at building a computer. I suspect so far the parts come from listening to YouTube videos explaining why "he needs the top of the line" gaming PC. The goal here is to show him how he can start with that dream build but he can save his dad money by going...
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    Son wants top shelf gaming PC, Dad wants to reduce cost

    Just over two years ago I requested help building a computer for my son. He uses the computer every day and now he wants to start the process of building out a new gaming computer. The new build is centered around top of line GPU and the list below is my son's version of what he wants. What I'm...
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    Building my sons first "new" computer

    So from the original build I updated the CPU to go with the 8400 instead of 8600K. Replaced the CPU Cooler with the EVO 212 because my son really wanted LED fans. The case has good air flow and I could probably get by with the stock fan but he wants LED lights so why not. I did change the memory...
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    Building my sons first "new" computer

    No store within hundreds of miles from me :(
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    Building my sons first "new" computer

    Good catch on that.
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    Building my sons first "new" computer

    Appreciate the feedback. Getting close to pulling the trigger on this build but not soon enough according to my son
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    Building my sons first "new" computer

    Further updated the build to use the i5-8400 CPU but I'm trying to decide between two different chips. The i5+ or just the i5. The plus model gives you better caching which should improve some loading times from what I understand but overall I don't think my son will notice. The difference in...
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    Building my sons first "new" computer

    Updated the power supply to the Seasonic. Agree about the headset and forgot to list that he has one already. I'm updating the build to change the CPU cooler to either the Coolermaster 212 or Hyper 212 EVO. Appreciate the input so far!!
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    Building my sons first "new" computer

    When I used pchound to look for CPUs in the i5-8400 series I didn't find anything. I might need to use the old fashioned method and look directly on NewEgg/Amazon/PriceWatch for the CPU. Agree about the keyboard and mouse. Using that as a placeholder for now.
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    Building my sons first "new" computer

    My son has a good interest in computers and actually took a couple programming/digital art classes at a local college. Part of his birthday present this year is brand new computer (the last couple were left over laptops) with the understanding that the video card might come after we make sure he...
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    Time for new computer between $500 to $1000

    The video editing part right now is me just going through GoPro videos from mountain biking and putting together some clips. I usually start with one hour continuous footage and splice it down to a couple minutes. In the future I want to just turn on the GoPro device and leave it recording the...
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