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July 27, 2014 12:58:44 PM

hello, my friend needs a good gaming pc to run everquest next/everquest landmark, black desert and such online mmo next gen games, he cant efford a standalone/premade pc so he was hoping to build one from scratch, we could tell our store what components we want it with and they should make it for us, we search for the lower price-best suited pc for these kind of games, he is not hardcore gamer so he wont play any games like the ones that will come out for pc on the ultra and such, he wants (60) good fps on next gen online games and such, could anyone build a good pc suited for him?
thanks.

we are talking about i7 cuad core 3,6ghz or higher, 8gb ram or higher, gtx 770 or higher kind of pc. he intends to keep it for some years but he is not hardcore and demanding.

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July 27, 2014 1:12:57 PM

What's the budget? And is he doing any video editing/render? If not no need for an i7 and an i5 would be better if it is for mostly gaming, websurfing, etc.
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July 27, 2014 1:21:39 PM

just gaming and some simple school projects, he studies to become an geologist, so he is a student.
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July 27, 2014 1:22:05 PM

focus on the specific games I posted, they will have high requirements. check them out.
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July 27, 2014 1:22:52 PM

Ok so an i5 would be what he needs, also I would like a budget, so that I can make the build to the best of my ability.
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July 27, 2014 1:26:31 PM

This is an expensive High-End build. The i5 4690k is the best you can get imo, i7 isn't needed. The 4690k also allows you to overclock if you would like to do so. This mobo and GPU are high end, and can sustain more voltage if you would like to OC like I said. Corsair 750w is a great psu and should be more than enough. 8gb of very fast RAM. A sexy black case (One of my favorite) from corsair. A samsung EVO SSD; it is extremely fast and realiable, I own one myself. If you feel you need more disk space, buy a WD BLACK 1TB for about 90$ as well. The Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler will keep everything cool for its amazing price, and will also allow you to keep cool at overclocks of about 4.4ghz on the i5 (If you can remain stable that is).

Expensive build, but will crush anything you throw at it.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Tempur/saved/jhfFf7
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July 27, 2014 1:36:23 PM

lets say 500, he still says they are too much but still
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July 27, 2014 1:38:49 PM

TwinDenis said:
lets say 500, he still says they are too much but still


If you are saying a budget of $500, you would be lucky if you could afford an i5 with any half decent GPU on the market. You can't build a rig that can get 60fps on most new gen games (BF4, DAYZ, ARMA, COD, etc) with only 500$. The i5 and GTX 770 that you want is your entire budget right there.

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July 27, 2014 1:39:34 PM

TwinDenis said:
lets say 500, he still says they are too much but still


You won't be able to get an gtx 770 with a $500 budget, unless you get a crappy psu, mobo, and already have a OS.
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July 27, 2014 1:57:09 PM
July 27, 2014 1:57:51 PM

With a $500 build I would recommend an i3 and a gtx 750ti, if you want a more detailed build, just ask. :) 
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July 27, 2014 1:59:02 PM



No need to 16GB of ram.. and an SSD at this budget wouldn't work and you could get a better CPU or GPU.
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July 27, 2014 2:00:06 PM

gpu could be a bit better but the cpu is great i dont know wtf are you talking about
amd cpu is more budget friendly unlike those intel cpus that cost all your money with the wallet

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and if you want a better gpu chose
MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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July 27, 2014 2:02:37 PM

JAYnine said:
gpu could be a bit better but the cpu is great i dont know wtf are you talking about
amd cpu is more budget friendly unlike those intel cpus that cost all your money with the wallet


I wasn't hating on the CPU, it would be easier at a later date to get an i3 with an H97 mobo, so you can upgrade your cpu later which would be the bottleneck later on. And I'm not making the discussion a intel vs amd discussion. No hate on AMD or intel.
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July 27, 2014 2:06:41 PM

TryHardVermin said:
JAYnine said:
gpu could be a bit better but the cpu is great i dont know wtf are you talking about
amd cpu is more budget friendly unlike those intel cpus that cost all your money with the wallet


I wasn't hating on the CPU, it would be easier at a later date to get an i3 with an H97 mobo, so you can upgrade your cpu later which would be the bottleneck later on. And I'm not making the discussion a intel vs amd discussion. No hate on AMD or intel.


ye well am just saying cause amd is cheaper and still good
because if you want intel cpu as good as that it will cost you really big money!
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July 27, 2014 2:07:28 PM

JAYnine said:
TryHardVermin said:
JAYnine said:
gpu could be a bit better but the cpu is great i dont know wtf are you talking about
amd cpu is more budget friendly unlike those intel cpus that cost all your money with the wallet


I wasn't hating on the CPU, it would be easier at a later date to get an i3 with an H97 mobo, so you can upgrade your cpu later which would be the bottleneck later on. And I'm not making the discussion a intel vs amd discussion. No hate on AMD or intel.


ye well am just saying cause amd is cheaper and still good


I agree and for this budget an AMD cpu would be good.
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July 27, 2014 2:21:08 PM

Here is my build, I'm not familiar very well with AMD CPUs, so I went with the intel, This build is barely above $550, but is better than a "next gen" console.
[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dp3YmG) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dp3YmG/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646g3258) | $69.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Asus H81M-K Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-h81mk) | $55.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/a-data-memory-ax3u1600w4g9...) | $78.82 @ NCIX US
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-driv...) | $50.40 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43753k...) | $139.99 @ Amazon
**Case** | [NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-s210002) | $34.78 @ Amazon
**Power Supply** | [Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx500) | $49.98 @ OutletPC
**Optical Drive** | [LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-optical-drive-gh24nsb0) | $13.99 @ Newegg
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-wn700404) | $97.98 @ OutletPC
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $581.92
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-27 17:19 EDT-0400 |
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July 27, 2014 2:21:57 PM

ye well your right EVGA gtx 750 Ti is 10$ cheaper aswell


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GTFO with your s**** dual core intel pentium cpu its f****** crap cause dual core! AMD fits 500$ build better cause its cheaper and better performance for less price . And who the hell needs optical drives these days?
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July 27, 2014 2:22:57 PM

JAYnine said:
ye well your right EVGA gtx 750 Ti is 10$ cheaper aswell


Also it is more power friendly :) 
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July 27, 2014 2:24:52 PM

If you have to be right at $500 I can do it, so just tell me.
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July 27, 2014 2:27:53 PM

sorry for hursh words but intel pentium is bad its only 2 cores
and you can take a cpu that doesn't have integrated gpu so it would be cheaper athlon would be great here why isn't athlon here someone (insert AMD Athlon here)AMD Athlon X4 750K http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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July 27, 2014 2:32:38 PM

JAYnine said:
sorry for hursh words but intel pentium is bad its only 2 cores
and you can take a cpu that doesn't have integrated gpu so it would be cheaper athlon would be great here why isn't athlon here someone (insert AMD Athlon here)AMD Athlon X4 750K http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


I do agree with that, but the AMD mobo's. I have no clue how to chose and what socket.
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July 27, 2014 2:35:39 PM

Fm2 and fm2+ are the newest socket types.
If you want descent amd cpu for cheap price get something that doesnt have integrated gpu and it has 4 cores
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July 27, 2014 2:37:43 PM

i dont know about intel know but i remember i brought a really cheap intel celeron e3300 for 40$ and it was really good in 2010 dual core 2.5ghz overclockable to 3.6
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July 27, 2014 3:27:19 PM

Here is the build I came up with, I got it under $550 now.
[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YfVvdC) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YfVvdC/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD Athlon X2 340 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-ad340xokhjbox) | $44.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-fm2a55m...) | $45.99 @ Mwave
**Memory** | [Kingston Blu 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-khx13c9b18) | $70.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-driv...) | $50.40 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp43751k...) | $129.99 @ NCIX US
**Case** | [NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-s210002) | $34.78 @ Amazon
**Power Supply** | [Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx500) | $49.98 @ OutletPC
**Optical Drive** | [LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-optical-drive-gh24nsb0) | $13.99 @ Newegg
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-wn700404) | $97.98 @ OutletPC
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $531.09
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-27 18:26 EDT-0400 |
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July 28, 2014 1:34:33 AM

ok lets say the cheapest and effective rig price and components?
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July 28, 2014 9:30:55 AM

TwinDenis said:
ok lets say the cheapest and effective rig price and components?


The most recent AMD build works well, and the case is up to your friend on what your friend wants.
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