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Need Help Determining Computer Build for a Friend

Ethari

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
High-End Gaming

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$1500-$2000

3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Cleveland, OH

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.

Case
12+ GB RAM
Intel Quad Core
1200 W Modular PSU
Graphics Card
Motherboard
Wireless Card
1 TB worth of storage
1 SSD
~22' IPS Monitor

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
N/A.

6) Will you be overclocking?
No

7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Don’t currently have one, but usually set it at 1920x1080.

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
A.S.A.P.

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video? etc.
Several USB Ports
SATA 6GB
Capacity for upgrade
Crossfire/SLI

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Windows 7 64-bit

Looking for some help for determining a build for my friend. He’s recently started into pc gaming and is looking at building a rig that will play most games with high fps (Specifically FFXIV, and most likely some FPS). Looking to build ASAP. As always, I appreciate all of your guys’ help and thank you in advance.
 
Here's what I recommend:
$190 - Intel Core i5-2400 CPU
$140 - MSI Z77A-G45 INtel Z77 ATX Motherboard
$96 - 2 x G.Skill Sniper F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR 2 x 4GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$488 - Gigabyte GV-R797D5-3GD-B Radeon HD 7970 3GB PCI-E Video Card
$160 - Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SSD
$110 - Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$181 - Corsair HX850 850W Modular PSU
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Total: $1365 plus tax and shopping.

You're on your own for the monitor and wireless card. As for the case, I recommend the following cases:
$100 - Corsair Carbide Series 400R ATX Case
$100 - Lian Li PC-7B Plus II ATX Case
$118 - Corsair Carbide Series 500R ATX Case
$120 - Fractal Design Define R3 Arctic White ATX Case
$120 - Fractal Design Define R3 Silver Arrow ATX Case
$125 - Fractal Design Define R3 Black Pearl ATX Case
$120 - Lian Li PC-9F ATX Case
$120 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Full Tower ATX Case
$130 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-001BK Black Full Tower ATX Case
$130 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-002OR Black Finish w/Orange Trim Full Tower ATX Case
$140 - Antec P280 ATX Case
$140 - Antec Performance One Series P183 V3 ATX Case
$140 - Corsair Obsidian Series 550D ATX Case
$144 - Silverstone RV03B-WA ATX case
$150 - Silverstone TJ04B-EW ATX Case
$160 - Corsair Graphite Series 600TM ATX Case
$160 - Silverstone RV02B-W ATX case
$164 - Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T ATX Case
$178 - Silverstone RV02B-EW ATX case
$170 - Corsair Obsidian Series 650D ATX Case
$220 - Silverstone FT02S-W ATX Case
$230 - Silverstone FT02B ATX Case
$270 - Corsair Obsidian Series 800D CC800DW Full Tower ATX Case
 
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