Gaming Build for brother-in-law - $1200.00

welledge

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Hello, so after all the help I've received with my recent build, my brother-in-law has asked me to help him build a pc. Below listed are his wants and wishes! If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to ask! Thank you all!!!


Approximate Purchase Date: 6/24/2016

Budget Range: MAX - $1200.00 USD PREFERRED $1000.00

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, bluray movies, streaming, youtube

Are you buying a monitor: Yes

Parts to Upgrade: New build

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg is preferred but any website listed by pcpartpicker will be ok.

Location: Missouri, US

Parts Preferences: NZXT s340 case, Intel chipset

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Additional Comments: Only requirements are quiet, quick, and low temperature

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: His 5 year old bargain bin laptop from Black Friday at Walmart is awful and super outdated.
 
Maybe something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk X400 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($74.99 @ Directron)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor ($147.58 @ Newegg)
Other: GTX 1070 ($400.00)
Total: $1206.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-07 20:26 EDT-0400

Nice MB with 1150 codec for upgraded sound and a PCIe x4 slot for expansion. Nice SSD plus additional storage. Nice IPS monitor. GTX 1070 GPU. For a $1000 build change the GTX 1070 to an AMD RX 480.
 
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