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Gaming Build for Friend

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Klynt

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Hello,

Helping a friend of mine scour the internet for a good gaming PC and was wondering if anyone here had any recommendations. He wants a desktop that's pre-built or a mostly complete barebones in the $700-800 range. I found this one what do you think?

Thanks,

Clint
 
The guys who frequent this are going to want you to answer these questions. Also if one is specced out that is superior to the above build would you guys be willing to purchase it that way?


1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
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?
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
 
The barebones kit is a very inefficient way of spending within budget. The PSU is noname, the case only comes with one rear fan, no HSF included so the airflow of the package REALLY sucks, mobo can be cheaper, RAM is loose, and no SSD.

Please have your friend answer the questions in the sticky so a better list of parts can be put together.
 
Krazy925 said:
The guys who frequent this are going to want you to answer these questions. Also if one is specced out that is superior to the above build would you guys be willing to purchase it that way?


1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
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?
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
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1. Gaming
2. $1000 with shipping
3. United States - Texas
4. CPU, MB, RAM, hard drive, optical drive, video card, case, PSU, cooling
5. No parts to be reused
6. No
7. 1920 x 1080 24"
8. In about a month
9. USB 3.0 would be nice as well as STATA 6Gb/s
10. Yes, Windows 7 x64
 
Klynt said:
Helping a friend of mine scour the internet for a good gaming PC and was wondering if anyone here had any recommendations. He wants a desktop that's pre-built or a mostly complete barebones in the $700-800 range.
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Does it have to be a barebones or prebuilt? I ask because I've never seen a barebones build that was actually worth the purchase cost as they were often paired with spectacularly shitty power supplies and poor cases. Whatever savings gained from those prebuilts were completely negated by the need to buy a new PSU and case.

As for prebuilt, in general, it's going to cost roughly $1400 to $1600 to get a good prebuilt gaming PC that's as good as a $900 gaming PC. Yes the markup is that high.

In other words, are either of you two willing to build a PC if he wants to keep to that $1000 budget? If he wants to do prebuilt, nothing wrong with that as long as he's willing to increase his budget by quite a large margin.
Klynt said:
I found this one what do you think?
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Yeah not a good setup at all. The included PSU is a total piece of shit, the case is limited in cooling to other similarily priced cases out there, and the CPU and mobo are complete overkill for someone is not overclocking.
Klynt said:
3. United States - Texas
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How far is he from these Microcenter locations?:
http://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/houston.aspx
http://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/richardson.aspx

Klynt said:
8. In about a month
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I would highly recommend that your or him bump up this thread when you're 1-2 weeks away from buying as our recommendations do change quite often based on the pricing and availability of certain computer hardware. There have been times where we've had to change recommendations after a week.
 
OP -As the poster above me mentioned, check if you have micro center near you. If so, they offer killer pricing on CPU+ Motherboard combos. You can get a great deal on an i5 or a FX cpu snd start from there. Also, are you comfortable with building the pc yourself, or are you looking for a complete system off the bat?
 
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