My 20 year old brother wants me to build him a pc. He doesn't really play that many games anymore, mind you he does play TF2 and stuff like that, i already have a r9 280x i can give him. http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/wz4mTW cold anyone help me improve this build?
So what's he using it for then?
Answers to the questions here'd be a help, otherwise someone might end up recommending you a jackhammer when you're trying to fell a tree: HYPERLINK
i went with the i3 since the price differences between the i3 and the i5 is stupid here mate. since he seems to be playing casual games i went with this cause it seem more suited to him. http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/q7Kb99
@MrChumps It's $1100 AUD. $750 USD.
Assuming it's just going to be a general use PC, this has enough storage and a nice big SSD, has a noctua cooler and a soundproofed case (which is also very well dustproofed) to keep it quiet, and a silverstone fully modular PSU to keep things tidy.
http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/WjPLRB
Motherboard's just a decent reliable H97 one because the CPU's not unlocked. One of the questions in that topic I linked earlier is if you're into overclocking, and if he was, I'd have switched it for a 4690k and a Z97 mobo... unless he was going to be doing more demanding things like video editing and 3D modelling, in which case I'd go with the xeon E3-1231, which is pretty much a 4790 without the iGPU. There's a kabillion other changes I'd make depending upon specifics mentioned in that topic I linked earlier that still you haven't supplied!
try this:
http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/hDrhcf
MB supports Similar functions and has onboard Ghraphics just in-case its needed later on
its got a newer i5 (you may need a bios update to make it work)
and same ram capacity on two sticks instead of 4 giving you cheaper cost and upgradability.
No, you've got the 4790 in there. Wrong partpicker link maybe?
If that's what you're going for get the E3-1231 instead, it's the same as the 4790 but like $100 less because it's not got an iGPU.
I think i clicked the wrong CPU TBH but the rest applies
Nope, you'd have to change the motherboard and RAM for that newer CPU, both of which are more costly than their (in the case of the mobo) socket 1150 and (in the case of the RAM) DDR3 counterparts.
The mobo being MUCH more expensive than that B85 one.
You could get the 1231 for the same price as the 6400 (lowest end skylake chip atm), not even thinking about the mobo and RAM price drops, and then you might as well go for a haswell i5 if you're not going to be needing the extra threads.
There's loads of info that'd make the decision of what to go for much more definite that the OP hasn't supplied. They've essentially come to a hardware store looking for a tool without telling us what they need to do with it.
"I'd like a tool please"
"Uh, here, have this..."
2 days later
"How am I supposed to chop down a tree with a crowbar?! Give me my money back!"
well clearly i have no idea what i was thinking on the CPU,
but the SSD and the ram should see some better value for money. Altho depending on where the original poster is the PC part picker site is over pricing some of those components.
Ye, that SSD and the RAM's decent. Within this budget considering he doesn't need a GPU or anything crazy CPU wise if it's just a general browsing and microsoft office PC then you could just get away with having a single 500GB SSD.
I always say when you can get two ram sticks instead of 4 with the same capacity and specs Do so. makes upgrading in the future.
Aye, never fill greater than 50% of your DIMM slots when you first build, I wouldn't.
Ok cheers everyone, i think ill go with the i5 build but with 16gb ram, we are both quite ram hogging / tab fiends so yeah. cheers.
Would just like to reiterate, though, that if you could answer some of the stuff here I'd be able to give better advice, a lot of stuff'd be changed depending upon the answers to them: HYPERLINK