Is this build the best I can get for my price($700)?

themlglaw · Dec 15, 2015

My little brother is getting a gaming PC for christmas and the budget is around $700, this is what my friend suggested to me;

Mobo ($70.99 + $3.99 S&H): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132513

CPU ($129.99 + $0.99 S&H): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113327

RAM ($62.99): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231609

GPU ($149.99): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500385

PSU ($49.99 + $3.99 S&H): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153232

HDD ($49.99): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236070

Case ($32.99): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147159

Disc drive ($12.99): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106393

Monitor ($129.99 + $1.99 S&H): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824116656

Windows ($99.99 + $2.99 S&H): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416892

Total: $803.85

Excluding the OS, is this the best possible set up he can get for the price range? Also, how well do you reckon this build can handle games out now? He mainly plays CS:GO, but I'm sure with a PC that can play games he will want other games like GTA 5 or The Witcher 3 and such.

bliq · Dec 15, 2015

I'd cut some corners to get a better GPU to play games. Let me mess around with pcpartpicker.com

ps, I'd also dump the optical drive. And probably stick to 8GB of RAM for now.

how about this
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7F6x8d

IRONBATMAN · Dec 15, 2015

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($86.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($172.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VS228NL-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $756.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-15 03:12 EST-0500

I found some cheaper alternatives and got a better CPU + GPU + PSU

You can try borrowing ur friend's Windows disk if he has one and install it on ur PC

RCFProd · Dec 15, 2015

Intel i5-4460 + R9 380 is possibly the best build in this budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-GAMING 3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($57.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($172.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: LG 22MC57HQ-P 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $701.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-15 03:14 EST-0500

Or this modified Skylake i5 build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dfLHP6

IRONBATMAN · Dec 15, 2015

I've assembled PCs for my friends and I've come to the conclusion that paying that extra $20 for a modular PSU will save you A LOT of time and effort into tucking away ur cables so that they don't restrict airflow in ur case

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