2k budget build for friend

[Corban227]

So basically, my friend is looking for a build. he wont be building it till about summer but he wants suggestions now so he is up to date with the market and wont have to do so much looking and leaning in 6 months.

Things he wants:

Intel Core
1 SSD
USB 3.0 (if its a good investment)
Sata 3.0


answers the questions *edit*

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Web Browsing, music editing, light photoshop, and gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
about 2000 (varies)]
3) Where do you live?
Fullerton California
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Everything but mouse keyboard and monitor
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.

6) Will you be overclocking?
no but might consider it down the line
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Use my TV as my monitor
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
unsure
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
everything!! RAID eSata crossfire or SLI
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Will be getting win 7 64 bit but dont include in budget

 

[Daemas]

something like this

 

[stateofjermaine]

That's actually a pretty nice build, in my opinion.

 

[Dangman]

So basically, my friend is looking for a build. he wont be building it till about summer but he wants suggestions now so he is up to date with the market and wont have to do so much looking and leaning in 6 months.

Actually, he's still gonna have to do much looking and learning in 6 months since many things can change in six months. In fact, I'm willing to bet that 90% of the build Daemas posted will be completely outdated/outperformed/overpriced/out of place in six months.

So in other words, I recommend waiting about two weeks before he starts building to ask for build help or move up the build time to within 1 month from now.

 

[Daemas]

Actually, he's still gonna have to do much looking and learning in 6 months since many things can change in six months. In fact, I'm willing to bet that 90% of the build Daemas posted will be completely outdated/outperformed/overpriced/out of place in six months.

So in other words, I recommend waiting about two weeks before he starts building to ask for build help or move up the build time to within 1 month from now.

definitely agree with you there.

 

[stateofjermaine]

Ah, didn't see the six-month delay, there. I would imagine not more than one component would be the same in six months.

 

[Corban227]

Ah, didn't see the six-month delay, there. I would imagine not more than one component would be the same in six months.

no he wants to see parts that are combined well currently so in 6 months he'll know what is new. this is just to get him looking at the market for estimated prices and performance currently

 

[engiNURD]

All he has to do is look at all the other build threads to see which parts "combine well" right now. When its time for his build, he should really start a new thread or revive this one, since what "combines well" now, may not "combine well" later.

 

[Corban227]

ok lets revive it!! lol

what parts combine well right now?

 

[Dangman]

ok lets revive it!! lol

Huh?

As enginurd said, just look through the other threads. We don't recommend entire build lists if it's just gonna be incompatible. So whatever parts list you see, at least the ones by HardwareGuru, Enginurd, lt_shiro, gwarren007, tiraides, or myself, should be entirely compatible.

 

[Concentric]

Actually, he's still gonna have to do much looking and learning in 6 months since many things can change in six months. In fact, I'm willing to bet that 90% of the build Daemas posted will be completely outdated/outperformed/overpriced/out of place in six months.

So in other words, I recommend waiting about two weeks before he starts building to ask for build help or move up the build time to within 1 month from now.

This. There may well be new CPUs and GPUs out by the summer, so probably best to wait until closer to the time. If you want to know what's popular/compatible at the moment check out the dozens of other build threads.