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davehvos

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Hi! Looking for some advice in building a new PC for a friend for medium level gaming on a budget. Specifically the Sims 4 as the highest priority!

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Approximate Purchase Date: 1 week from now

Budget Range: ~$700-800 Australian, including monitor, though the cheaper the better!

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (being built for sims 4 release) , surfing the net, watching movies

Are you buying a monitor: Yes


Parts to Upgrade: Completely new build

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf

Location: Sydney, Australia

Parts Preferences: Not too bothered, slight preference for intel CPU

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: Would like to get 1920x1080

Additional Comments: This is being built to coincide with the release of The Sims 4, just looking for something as cheap as possible that will run the game well on medium-high settings. I own a AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB that i'm happy to sell to my friend if it is sufficient to play the sims 4 as I plan to upgrade to a GTX760 or similar sometime soon.

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I've had a go at selecting some parts already, but i'm not sure if what i've picked is overkill / decent stuff! Here's what i'm looking at at the moment:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($127.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($87.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($58.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($295.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($45.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($57.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($20.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($129.00 @ CPL Online)
Keyboard: Gigabyte GK-KM6150 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($12.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $951.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-28 15:50 EST+1000
 
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6850 is equivelant to a 7770 or r7-250x(i think)
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lightcloud

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Try this did a few changes to make it slightly better.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($213.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($102.00 @ Centre Com)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 60GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270X 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($219.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($45.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Corsair VS 550W ATX Power Supply ($65.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($129.00 @ CPL Online)
Keyboard: Gigabyte GK-KM6150 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($12.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $1006.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-28 16:08 EST+1000
 
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i7Baby

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$700 or $1000? You shouldn't spend any on a SSD. Get a better PSU.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($238.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Performance ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($99.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($245.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Orange ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($98.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer
Total: $971.00

 
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I would want an i5 rather then an i3, dont know the specs on the Sims but i would expect them to use 4 cores, to make that change i dropped the SSD, for this price its hard to get everything, changed the 760 for a 280, save 20 and same performance (280 might be a little better http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-4.html)

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/qnWpQ7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/qnWpQ7/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($201.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($249.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($45.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($57.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($20.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($129.00 @ CPL Online)
Keyboard: Gigabyte GK-KM6150 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($12.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $923.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-28 16:10 EST+1000
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZjP4ZL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZjP4ZL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($127.00 @ Centre Com)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($87.00 @ CPL Online)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.00 @ Centre Com)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($249.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Cooler Master Force 500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.00 @ CPL Online)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($57.00 @ CPL Online)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($20.00 @ Mwave Australia)
Monitor: AOC E2460SD 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($169.00 @ CPL Online)
Keyboard: Gigabyte GK-KM6150 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($12.00 @ CPL Online)
Total: $891.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-28 16:23 EST+1000
That gives a bigger monitor so you can see your little sims, and keeps you under $900. Did you want to spend less?
 
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davehvos

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Thanks for the replies guys,

Ill take out the SSD if its not really worth it. With the graphics card, what sort of value would you put on a used amd HD6850? If it wasn't clear in the original post I was planning on buying a new card for myself and giving my friend my old 6850 and paying the difference, if its going to be good enough to play the sims.

As for the monitor, she's used to a MacBook screen size so I think a 21-22 inch monitor will be fine
 
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Yes you can remove th SSD as it is useless when you an OS will take up about 30GB. The used card is worth about $90.
 
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6850 is equivelant to a 7770 or r7-250x(i think)
 
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