Building a new PC for a friend

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Unbreakable1

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Nov 3, 2013
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Approximate Purchase Date: Within 2-3 months

Budget Range: $800 after rebates/shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and Streaming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: New Build

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Any reputable websites.

Location: Orlando, FL United States

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU/Nvidia GPU

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1280x1024

Additional Comments: Planning on playing current game and many games that will be coming out at the end of the year such as Star Wars: Battlefront and Fallout 4.

Why Are You Upgrading: My friend is currently playing on a rather dated laptop and wishes to build a new PC rather than buying a store built one. I'm looking for help finding the right parts for his budget so I can put it together for/with him.

Thanks in advance for everybody who helps!
 
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Outlander_04

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Nov 18, 2008
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($238.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: Rosewill 500W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive ($13.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $798.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-13 22:21 EDT-0400


Uses a smaller m-ATX case but that just means it takes upo less space .
The only real issue is that the monitor resolution is so low that its almost too powerful and you might be better swapping out the GTX 960 for a 750 ti [which is also a bit too powerful for that resolution ]
 
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CTurbo

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX Core Edition 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $755.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-13 23:17 EDT-0400


I agree about the monitor but assume a better monitor in the future
 
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Outlander_04

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Normally I would trade the SSD for a better graphics card every time . But with out knowing that there is a higher resolution monitor in the future its a marginal call
 
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