- Oct 22, 2013
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My friend wants to record some YouTube videos and play games at decently High settings at 1080P or 720P, since he doesn't need to have "Super High Quality video that takes up the whole freaking hard drive". He can live with Medium he said, and wants 30 FPS or more. Honestly, Medium isn't good enough for me. I want him to get the best for the money he wants to spend, which is not too much more than $600 USD. I put something together in PCPartPicker, and according to Benchmarks these parts should even play some games at Ultra settings (The 250X/HD 7770 is pretty much the best card for just getting into 1080P gaming, in my honest opinion. It's such a great value). Anyway, what would you guys change? I'm giving him my old monitor so the only thing he needs that's "extra" would be the OS (He doesn't want Win8) and mouse and keyboard.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.18 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($18.15 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($52.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.43 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $583.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-09 12:45 EDT-0400)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 750K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($79.18 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($18.15 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($52.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.43 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $583.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-09 12:45 EDT-0400)
the stock cpu cooler should be fine for none-mild overclocking.
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