Hey all,
I've been trying to help my brother build his first PC but I'm having trouble picking out parts. I built one a year and a half ago and spent about $1.1k, but he only wants to spend $800 max and every build I come up with ends up in the $8-900 range.
Sadly, he's against using his HDTV as a temporary monitor so he'll need to factor in one as well (he said it doesn't need to be big, so 18" range is probably fine). He'll also need an OS and disk drive (his internet is somewhat slow so I don't want to stick him with downloading every game he wants to play).
He also said that he doesn't care too much about graphics, but I want to make sure whatever GPU he gets will last a little while. I had originally thought the GTX 760, but that's going to be way over budget.
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Approximate Purchase Date: This week/next week
Budget Range: $800 after rebates, I don't think tax matters
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming/Movies
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade:
- CPU
- MOBO
- GPU
- PSU
- RAM
- HDD (500gb minimum)
- Case
Peripherals needed:
- Optical drive (doesn't need to be Blu Ray)
- Monitor
- OS (I was thinking Win7 OEM)
- Keyboard
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: US stores (newegg, tiger direct, etc)
Location: Florida
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Maybe (unlikely)
SLI or Crossfire: No
Thanks for the help.
I've been trying to help my brother build his first PC but I'm having trouble picking out parts. I built one a year and a half ago and spent about $1.1k, but he only wants to spend $800 max and every build I come up with ends up in the $8-900 range.
Sadly, he's against using his HDTV as a temporary monitor so he'll need to factor in one as well (he said it doesn't need to be big, so 18" range is probably fine). He'll also need an OS and disk drive (his internet is somewhat slow so I don't want to stick him with downloading every game he wants to play).
He also said that he doesn't care too much about graphics, but I want to make sure whatever GPU he gets will last a little while. I had originally thought the GTX 760, but that's going to be way over budget.
---
Approximate Purchase Date: This week/next week
Budget Range: $800 after rebates, I don't think tax matters
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming/Movies
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade:
- CPU
- MOBO
- GPU
- PSU
- RAM
- HDD (500gb minimum)
- Case
Peripherals needed:
- Optical drive (doesn't need to be Blu Ray)
- Monitor
- OS (I was thinking Win7 OEM)
- Keyboard
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: US stores (newegg, tiger direct, etc)
Location: Florida
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Maybe (unlikely)
SLI or Crossfire: No
Thanks for the help.
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