Need help on a PC build ASAP

I'm currently trying to build a gaming pc for a friend to play mostly MMO's and Maybe Star Citizen. Here are the current parts we have is this an optimal build?


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487077 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182262

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132125

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369



She has the harddrives, optical drives, OS, and 16gb ram sticks. Can someone check this build and see if we can cut corners. Plz and thank you.

well the build looks good in the first place.

you could cut some costs offcourse if you go with a cheaper motherbord.

Right, i tried this one. 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132118

Saved a few dollars. 

I'm still debating with her if the CPU is an overkill or not. :/ She likes to stream videos so i thought it might help.

Yea a cheaper motherboard & CPU would start it out quite nicely. Also try using pc parts picker or newegg wishlist option.

Does she stream a lot? And how demanding is star citizen?

The Z97 A is a good board. I noticed though you haven't bought any CPU cooling. You won't be doing much OCing without a CPU cooler. If you aren't overclocking then you don't need a Z97 motherboard. 

What do you mean by stream? Like stream gameplay to Twitch? Or watch Netflix? If she is just watching Netflix or doing the occasional Twitch stream the i5 4690k will be fine. If she isn't gonna be OCing get a Xeon 1231V3. It is essentially an i7-4770 without the iGPU but it is about the same price as the i5 

well im not completely sure, because i personaly dont play games like star citism, but i have heard that this game might be very CPU intesive, so i suppose that an i7 is not a bad choice. also if you are going to stream aswell, then an i7 is the better choice imo.

About the Motherboard, the Asus Z97-AR is indeed a nice board.

You could also look at the Msi Gaming 7 mobo, also a nice board aswell, if you like red/black theme's. or Msi Z97 Mpower yellow / black. also a very nice board.

Basicly any decent Z97 board will be fine.

Great build and looks fine.

if you want to save couple bucks the Asus Z97-A is awesome.

if you want something cheaper than the Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO but with the same value, i suggest you check MSI Z97-Gaming 5.

  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130770

 

Edit : could you please tell us more about the streaming part "is there a capture card .. stream a lot? .. edit videos?"

She just streams on Twitch for fun. i don't think she captures.

Get a i5 save 90 bucks. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372&cm_re=4690k-_-19-117-372-_-Product 

For streaming i would personaly stay with the i7 to be honnest.

i have also heard rumors that star citism might be very cpu intensive. But i dont know if this is true. Because the game is not out yet.

she streams twitch meaning she views, i believe not an active streamer. This is old but here's what the benchies look like back in June. I think on the Start Citizen forums they even have their i7 Disabled HT.

source (old): http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Star-Citizen-Benchmark-Arena-Commander-v0-8-571/page6