So I’m looking to build my son a PC. He’s 12, so his gaming needs are kind of all over the place. He will primarily play Minecraft with mods and older emulators, though some of them are pretty CPU intensive. We have a budget of about $650-700. No OS or monitor needed. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far, but I need to add a strong wireless networking card as his computer will be a good distance from the router. I know this build is overkill for Minecraft, but he’s starting to get into the more mature games like Batman and I’m sure that’s going to continue. My goal with the PC is to make it so we can basically get him a new GPU or crossfire in 2 years and maybe add upgrade the processor, but otherwise keep what we have. I would definitely like to keep it an Intel build as I know they do better than AMD emulator wise and that is really important to him. That motherboard may be overkill so if there is something cheaper that will do the trick and allow crossfire down the road I’m all ears. Also should I be locking at Z97 instead of Z87 to future proof a bit more with the new Hasewells?
I don’t anticipate overclocking at all. As such do I need a CPU cooler or will the stock one work?
One thing I did note was PC parts picker keeps telling me with every case I pick that my motherboard has an onboard USB3/0 header but the case doesn’t have front USB 3.0 ports. Maybe there is a better case you can recommend. I was looking at the HAF 912 but it seems to have the same issue. I’m not concerned about size, in fact I like the bigger cases and he has plenty of room for it.
If there is anything else I need like cables if you could let me know that would be great. I’m somewhat of a novice to this but I think I can tackle it.
Thanks in advance for the help, if there is anything else I can answer let me know. I’m ready to buy today.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/johnnyblaze26/saved/4G3M
I don’t anticipate overclocking at all. As such do I need a CPU cooler or will the stock one work?
One thing I did note was PC parts picker keeps telling me with every case I pick that my motherboard has an onboard USB3/0 header but the case doesn’t have front USB 3.0 ports. Maybe there is a better case you can recommend. I was looking at the HAF 912 but it seems to have the same issue. I’m not concerned about size, in fact I like the bigger cases and he has plenty of room for it.
If there is anything else I need like cables if you could let me know that would be great. I’m somewhat of a novice to this but I think I can tackle it.
Thanks in advance for the help, if there is anything else I can answer let me know. I’m ready to buy today.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/johnnyblaze26/saved/4G3M
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