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Swordkd

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Helping a friend with his wife's pc upgrade. The max budget is $750 for initial out of pocket expense.

My thoughts, are;

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H230 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($86.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $709.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-03 02:50 EDT-0400

Needs are: Case, Cpu, Motherboard, Gpu, SSD(luxury item, but needed), OS, Psu

She has 16gb's of Ram already, and a HDD as well.

Needs: Good case filtration due to cats in the home, and lack of top exhaust because they like to lie on top of the case(thus restricting air flow).

Uses would include basic internet, and WoW. Also, possible Diablo 3, and any other duo-centric gaming that she and her husband would like to enjoy. Screen resolution, lets assume 1080p.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.89 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: ARCTIC MX4 4g Thermal Paste ($6.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($61.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380X 4GB Video Card ($229.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $760.71

Switched case to Coolermaster Silencio 352 as it has good filtration and significant sound dampening. The only top fan slot has a cover so you don't need to worry about it.

PSU wasn't particularly good so I swapped it to a better quality one.

Switched GPU to Asus Strix 380X as it has better performance and the Strix cooler's fans turn off at idle.

Although you don't actually need it, the aftermarket cooler will lower noise quite a bit since you'll barely ever have to ramp up the fan on it.

Don't know why you want Windows 8.1 though :p

UPDATE: Woops, forgot the SSD, removed the aftermarket cooler and added an OCZ Trion 150.
 
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what u have listed looks good.
my question is. why buy older cpu and mobo?
i considered buying a used setup last week but getting up to date hardware out weighed buying 2-3yrs older hardware to save.. meh not so much.
ram is not that expensive compared to other parts so if ur considering a build around ur ram i wouldnt.
i recommend the 1151 cpus and mobo.
sata 6 ssd is pretty wicked but theres new gen pcie ssd and much more other goodies that arent on the shelf yet but to have an up to date motherboard means ur more likely to be compatible with these new tech.

get the i5 6400 or the i5 6600k (i5 6600 non k is not a whole lot cheaper)
and for the mobo it depends whether u oc or not.//. and pcie/crossfire capabilities.
as for ur budget u might have to drop the gfx card to a 2gb. given the info that u wont be doing serious gaming.. the r380 is overkill for diablo * this is a first hand opinion as i am a hard core diablo player.

im curious why ur buying os?

 
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I like it as well,stopped the update to W10 to keep it,but in the end it's personal.



I'm curious about this question.What do you do? Use a pirated version? Not something we recommend here.

Some small things i would change,
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dr7Rf7
the psu is still efficient at lower loads so 750watt is way more than necesary,but it will still be a fine choice for the price.I would like the extra cpu cooler as wel.
You could even get this motherboard in if the better soundchip justifies the higher price.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-fatal1tyz97killer
 
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eh.. so what os are u running now?
i bought my windows 7 a long time ago and still using it now and upgraded to win10 for free.
also,u can install windows on more than one computer with the same key no?
 
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This is an upgrade. Already have 16gb's of DDR3, so that's a cost I can save on. The Psu I listed is actually tier 2, it's one of the earlier ones, not the "s" crap version.

There is a price premium for going with Skylake, so Haswell refresh is good enough. My thought is if they buy win8.1, they can upgrade to 10 if they want to. If they buy 10, that's what they are stuck with. Two Os's for the price of one essentially.
 
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I have to have the initial out of pocket under 750 dollars. The Psu i have listed is tier 2 actually, not one of the crap "s" versions that came later. I'll take a look at that case and run it by them. Flashy is bad, but silence and filtration is good. Also I'm not familiar with that SSD, I'll check it out as well.

 
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Since the PC won't need an upgrade for quite a few years with this use case, I don't think 10$ extra initial cost is too much. Also, I forgot to remove the aftermarket thermal paste from the list so you can take another 7$ off the price :p

The Tom's Hardware PSU list, while a good general guide, is not entirely accurate. The Rosewill Hives are actually pretty mid-range as far as quality goes, while XFX units range from good (their lower end models) to top quality (their high end models).

I picked the case exactly with these circumstances in mind. The CM Silencio cases are quiet, low profile, relatively cheap and have good intake filtration for both the chassis at the front and the PSU at the bottom with easily removable filters. I actually have a CM Cosmos 1000 case and I can personally tell you their filters catch even the tiniest speck of dust, hair will never get through any filtered opening.

As for the SSD, not much to look into. All brand SSDs are relatively the same quality with very minor differences, mainly slight difference in lifespan and transfer speed stability. OCZ Trions are very high quality as far as SSD quality goes.
 
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