Looking to throw together a decent build for a friend this Christmas.
I put this together quick as a starting point.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wNzWFT
Any feedback? Feel free for any suggestions. I'd like to keep similar performance to what I have here but if you could see any way to get the cost down (Around $850 or under) please let me know. No huge OCing plans.
I'll just copy/paste the Lounge post about motherboards:
https://forum.teksyndicate.com/t/the-lounge-2015-11-november-gobble-gobble-edition/90487/25418?u=wiemerimer
Anyways, http://pcpartpicker.com/p/btssD3 maybe?
That's about as low as I'd want to go for similar-ish performance. If the user didn't mind using Linux or Windows from the grey market or whatever that would free up so much more money to play with. If not I'd even recommend looking into used parts or previous gen stuff where possible to save some cash. Jumping to Red Team would pinch a few pennies, but I'm not sure if a processor that is now over three years old would be desired for a newbie (assuming said friend is a newbie).
Well OCing isn't worth it, but why did you guys hardware for OCing?
Otherwise, maybe start here, do you a display? Because you could easily fit in a free-sync display
and that SSD really isn't worth it over a larger one from another company
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Gsxtzy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Gsxtzy/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($51.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($31.45 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card ($293.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $734.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-29 14:33 EST-0500
I'd do that build. though I would stay far away from ASUS's AMD cards. they clearly haven't shown their Care for AMD cards. whether it's their lack of cooling of VRMs. or the actual GPU temps itself.
I would consider the R9-390 Nitro or maybe the XFX model. (though alittle nudge on the Nitro Card).
Heard anything about that GPU in particular? I was under the assumption the STRIX was pretty good. Haven't heard any horror stories. Even my R9 290s are fine TBH.
from what i've heard from many ASUS reused old GTX 780 coolers for the 290 series. because of this the card wasn't properly cooled and the VRM temps were fairly high. on a similar note, with the ASUS STRIX cards, none of the cards properly cool the VRMs as well. this was the first time ASUS threw on a STRIX cooler for the high end Radeon cards.
You could add another 4 gigs of ram just for spare room. Just a thought. Looks good all around though.
I went with your build. I decided to spend about $100 more which gave me room to bump the GPU to the Sapphire Nitro R9 390 and to throw in an SSD. I also grabbed a different PSU.
Thanks for the help guys.