Help my friend build a powerful $800 gaming rig

[WILDLEGHORN]

Hi,

Plz help out my friend 2hottie

He needs a gaming rig for $800 shipped, use newegg

Parts not needed - keyboard/mouse, monitor, operating system

Everything else is needed & he wants a blue ray drive as well.

He'll be connecting a separate dual tuner pvr card, a separate sound card so make sure power supply is a good one. SSD drive is not essential, so u can skip that


This will be mainly a gaming rig so make it as much powerful as you can & suggest the powerful GPU possible for this build.

 

[bigcyco1]

Here you go http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DflR

 

[stickmansam]

last but not least
i5 3470 on z75 can OC to 4ghz using turbo and mb is about the same as h77 ones
cooler to oc with
7870xt, one of the best price/perf gpus right now, performs better than 7870ghz
500gb hdd, 500w psu and usb3 case
its a blue ray+dvd+cd writable drive, combo reader is $25 cheaper, best to spend on higher end Mb or graphics or larger hdd or better case
I tried to sacrificre as much as possible to get the best performance without conpromising quality

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($84.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($244.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z5 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $800.47
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-13 04:11 EST-0500)

 

[bigcyco1]

last but not least
i5 3470 on z75 can OC to 4ghz using turbo
cooler to oc with
7870xt, one of the best price/perf gpus right now
500gb hdd, 500w psu and usb3 case

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($84.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($244.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman Z5 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $800.47
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-13 04:11 EST-0500)

:lol: he wins stronger gpu and i forgot the Blu-Ray