My friend wants a $400 gaming rig

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Thefirstbuild

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For his birthday, my friend wants a computer to play Minecraft and league of legends on. Yah I know easy right... Anyways I want to know if you guys could make a PC part picker link with a computer for him.
It needs
wifi
to be small
look cool
be powerful

This is what I thought of making.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MYLBXL
 
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photonboy

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Don't forget Windows 10 64-bit is about $80 or so.

*Benchmark: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_750_Ti/25.html

The R7-360 sits between the HD7770 and HD7790.

The Asus 750Ti can be found for $107 after rebate. Yes, more expensive but also much faster. It probably overclocks better as well, but using stock values it's averaging about 40% faster.

Other than that, my only issue would be if the MSI motherboard is reliable enough (and supports light overclock of G3258) but I don't have time to look into that.
 
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lunyone

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Here ya go:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($63.56 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A88M PRO3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($52.38 @ 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 ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 370 2GB Double Dissipation Black Edition Video Card ($128.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN722N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($11.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $399.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-16 00:39 EST-0500

* CPU - you get a Quad core CPU, which will be beneficial in games that require Quad cores (looking at FarCry 4)
* Mobo - has what you would need.
* RAM - Plenty for gaming and runs at 1.5v stock voltage too :)
* GPU - Best GPU you can get for your budget.
* HD - Better to have more room than not enough that you had in your build (120 gb's isn't going to allow bu maybe 50-70 gb's of free space)
* Case - Is a nice case and not too expensive. It also allows more room for upgrades :)
* PSU - Plenty for this build and should last for a few upgrades.
 
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photonboy

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hLp4Hx

Pretty self explanatory I guess.
- no dvd
- no Windows OS (W10 64-bit Home recommended)

I chose almost the same USB wi-fi adapter, though for the highest bandwidth you need an "AC" router and it should be plugged into a rear USB3 slot.

You could save $10 and get something that probably works about the same for basic gaming/streaming.

Other:
- would have got a Cooler Master "EVO" CPU cooler with a bit more budget
- can light overclock
http://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/overclocking-pentium-g3258-on-h81-b75-h87-h97-chipsets-a-60.html
- motherboard I chose was used in the above article (but it didn't use a STOCK cooler so your temps will be higher)
 
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okcnaline

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All of you guys, prepare to be trumped and in shock.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i5-3570K-3-4-GHz-Asus-P8Z77-V-16GB-DDR3-ASUS-XONAR-DG-/172028006403?hash=item280dab1003:g:uFIAAOSwfZ1WbJMi

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sapphire-AMD-Radeon-HD-7950-3GB-GDDR5-Dual-X-Gaming-Graphics-Card-w-Box-/321949153897?hash=item4af5aa3a69:g:cDAAAOSwCQNWbzpS

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec HCG M 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $93.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-16 01:45 EST-0500
 
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"I have had some problems getting the motherboard's onboard audio to work in modern OSes. I have also been unable to get the front panel USB 3 motherboard connector to work with my case. I am unable to troubleshoot either of these issues, so you may not experience these problems, but either way they do not impede the basic functionality of the parts. "

No thanks.
 
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okcnaline

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Oops... xD

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSI-785GM-E51-mATX-Board-AMD-Phenom-II-X6-1045T-2-7GHz-AM3-16GB-DDR3-Win-10-/172012156020?hash=item280cb93474:g:VewAAOSwf-VWWLN~

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Saphire-Radeon-1-GB-HD-7850-Video-Graphics-Card-/231179831013?hash=item35d36446e5:g:LnwAAOxyoVZTIhcw

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.50 @ Amazon)
Case: Zalman Z5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec HCG M 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($9.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $148.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-16 02:01 EST-0500

Total: $403.36

Crap... Over by a bit. Oh well, you're getting OC, and performance trumps anything others posted.
 
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