Building Son's Computer

Tim Humphreys · Nov 6, 2015

I was going to step up to the Skylake Processors for him, but he already has RAM purchased that he found a deal on. Video Card is not set in stone as I will be grabbing one on Black Friday. How does this look for a build?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FKp7xr

TechyInAZ · Nov 6, 2015

Hi again.

What's your budget?

PSU is not good: Get something like this (like I said before, never cheap out on a PSU): http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220gs0650v1

toddybody · Nov 6, 2015

Tim Humphreys :

Hey Tim...cool build, very neat that youre doing all this for your son.

There are a few places to improve things, but overall looks good.

My personal preference would be to get a more robust PSU (in case he wants to update graphics/new build in the future)...and as you noted more cost effective 960 (though I buy EVGA cards myself, this one is a great deal now): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121928&cm_re=gtx_960-_-14-121-928-_-Product

Tim Humphreys · Nov 6, 2015

We are also in Arizona! Hes 14 and I want him to do this with me, but I want to get a good idea of our direction so we dont fall off path. His budget is $500. No monitor or OS needed. I am pretty sure I can snag a nice GPU on Black Friday for $170. RAM is purchased for $36. So that leaves about $300. He is set in stone that he wants a massive amount of storage so I just dont think an SSD is gonna fit. ( I only use SSDs now.)

TechyInAZ :

toddybody · Nov 6, 2015

Tim Humphreys :

IMO, SSDs are misplaced when referenced in budget builds...that extra 60-100 is MUCH better spent towards improved graphics, or in your case a better PSU.

TechyInAZ · Nov 6, 2015

Tim Humphreys :

Cool! Hello fellow Arizonan!

$500 ok.

BTW...Another thing to look out for on black friday is a case, their might be the SPEC-03 for sale which will be way better than that case you have...

xxHAPPYxx · Nov 6, 2015

Im 14 myself and belive that you should go with an I5 4460 for gaming fun. $170 alot faster. That 960 will do great however you might want to go with an AMD build getting more Vram

xxHAPPYxx · Nov 6, 2015

guys check this out see what you think:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ywk2dC

I think a 750Ti should do for gaming like a Xbox One if not better

Tim Humphreys · Nov 6, 2015

Will that run ARK maxed out? I was going to put the bulk of his money into the GPU.

xxHAPPYxx :

xxHAPPYxx · Nov 7, 2015

You say ARK. WOW thats one of the hardest games to run ever. With that GTX 960 you will only get around 20FPS maxed out. The GTX960 will play almost all games 1080p high 60FPS however arc is known as a game that is really hard to run. You will need alot more GPU power to play that. However if you use the GTX960 and turn the settings down it will play it alright.

Your build had a better GPU and plays games better however it's CPU is an i3. The base for gaming is an i5 and that i3 might bottleneck the GPU making it run slower. For $500 your getting somthing that will beat an xbox or PS4 however will not play all games maxed out 1080p

xxHAPPYxx · Nov 7, 2015

for $600 Go for a GTX 970 Gaming and an i5 4460 and that will play games really well. All games 60FPS Ultra... I think. need an expert to cheack that part i dont want to be wrong

xxHAPPYxx · Nov 7, 2015

This is GTA 5 one of the most graphical instensive games of 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUme2fAMYo

xxHAPPYxx · Nov 7, 2015

this is arc on the gtx 970 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGE8mZjlPTY

Tim Humphreys · Nov 11, 2015

Ive heard rumors that this one is going to be on Black Friday sale at Newegg. If it gets down close to $250, ill grab it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127874

xxHAPPYxx · Nov 11, 2015

If it does that ill get it too

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