I'm suggesting a build to a friend who has never built a PC before. His budget is not bad, but we of course don't want to throw away money on parts that have cheaper, well-fitting alternatives.
We settled on a mid tower for reasons known only to him, since I'm pretty sure this could fit in a mini-atx build. Maybe he wants just the right height for resting his feet.
Small issue with the build: He lives in Iceland, which means amazon discounts and such can't really factor into the price. This is a call of price optimization through use of different/similar parts.
The pc will be used exclusively for 1920x1080 gaming. Poor guy's been gaming on a notebook from 6 years ago that can hardly run something like Rocket League on more than 14 fps, and everything else must be turned down to loooow settings.
GPU
GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G
Case
Carbide 100R
SSD/HDD
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SSD
Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA3 7200RPM 64MB
CPU
Core i5 4690K 3.5GHz S1150 22nm 6MB
MB
Z97-PC Mate 1150 ATX 4xDDR3, 2x PCIe 2/3, 6x SATA USB3 HDMI
RAM
8GB 2x4GB 2400MHz CL11 Pro Vengeance
PSU
RM550 Modular 80P Gold
Please let me know if any more information is required.
Thank you
We settled on a mid tower for reasons known only to him, since I'm pretty sure this could fit in a mini-atx build. Maybe he wants just the right height for resting his feet.
Small issue with the build: He lives in Iceland, which means amazon discounts and such can't really factor into the price. This is a call of price optimization through use of different/similar parts.
The pc will be used exclusively for 1920x1080 gaming. Poor guy's been gaming on a notebook from 6 years ago that can hardly run something like Rocket League on more than 14 fps, and everything else must be turned down to loooow settings.
GPU
GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G
Case
Carbide 100R
SSD/HDD
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SSD
Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA3 7200RPM 64MB
CPU
Core i5 4690K 3.5GHz S1150 22nm 6MB
MB
Z97-PC Mate 1150 ATX 4xDDR3, 2x PCIe 2/3, 6x SATA USB3 HDMI
RAM
8GB 2x4GB 2400MHz CL11 Pro Vengeance
PSU
RM550 Modular 80P Gold
Please let me know if any more information is required.
Thank you