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New 600-700$ Build PC- Need advise

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September 29, 2014 5:44:33 PM

I'm building a PC for a friend and his budget is around 600-700$ including the monitor. How could I make this little cheaper and does this build make sense? What could I change to make it better or get more bang for the buck? Do these parts seem good? He is planning to play games like Skyrim and Middle Earth: Shadow of Morder. I was thinking to get a second stick of the same ram to increase it to 8gb later on. The cpu will run off the stock cooler with no oc's. Thanks for the help.

Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/nicosev/saved/L6ZXsY

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October 1, 2014 11:24:10 AM

Here's soem changes I've made, I'll explain them below the parts list.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($67.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card ($144.50 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $754.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-01 14:16 EDT-0400

1: Changed motherboard to something cheaper, yet with decent ratings by others.
2: Used some of that saved money to afford 2x4GB of G.Skill ram.
3: Changed storage to Western Digital, $1 more and a little better according to others recommendations.
4: Changed the GPU to R9 270, this is only $5 more and better performing than the 750ti.
5: Changed case to something that didn't take as big a chunk of the budget, the source 210 is pretty much NZXT's own cheapo case like the Corsair 200R is, pretty much same design.
6: Changed the power supply, this competes with psu's in much more expensive builds when it comes to quality, and yet it's $5 more affordable compared to the 500w you've chosen, which is btw medicore quality even though it's Corsair.

In total it's about $10 cheaper than your build at the time i write this.

Hope this helped you and your friend! :) 


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