Budget gaming/school build for a friend? - Page 3

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Originally Posted by ADHDadditiv 

Well, I could only get one withing your budget, its only $600 without tax or shipping so should equal out to about $700 or less
Note with this build, you will still need to buy a monitor. Since black friday is comming up, you can probably find a decent monitor for under $100
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1EKQCH
I will make you another one from newegg, but I dont know if you can build it yourself, so we will see... (I will just edit this post, so refresh it after a little bit)
*Edit*
Just found this on newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227436
*Edit*
Ok so if your feeling ambitious or know someone who can build this for you here is a do it yourself that will be fast as hell
Case: Thermaltake V3 $44.99
Processor:i5-3570k (completely overkill and overclockable for when he gets into it, which he will eventually) $219.99
Motherboard: ASRock Z75 Pro3 It has lots of USB3 ports and 2 PCI ports for video cards. $79.99
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) $47.99
Power Supply: Silverstone ST50F-ES 500W Power Supply Has 80+ certification which is important! $54.99
Hard Drive: Western Digital Blue 500GB $69.99
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz $119.99
Keyboard and Mouse: Generic Logitech Keyboard/Mouse combo $17.99
Speakers: Generic Logitech Satalite Speakers $12.99
Total: about $750 with windows 7
Also note that with the Video Card you get Far Cry 3 and NEXUiZ for FREE!!
*Edit* Woops forgot windows, teehee http://www.tsonlinesoftware.com/Microsoft-Windows-7-Professional--64-BIT--License-And-Media--1-PC-_p_171.html

I can't approve the useless and horrible imbalance of a $200+ i5 CPU into a $750 budget, with quality sacrifices everywhere. An FX-6300 paired with a 7870 or better card would wipe the floor with your config. In most cases, I consider a minimum $1000 budget to constitute the worth of a $200+ i5 processor with balance in mind. If the higher-end GPU is not necessary (as with this case), then the higher-end CPU is probably not either. Forget about the i5, save money, move the balance and get this guy an SSD. An SSD will make far more of an all around difference than the ability to claim you have an i5.

And the Cyberpower PC is not impressive. It could be far better.

Re the second suggestion: that "high latency RAM" is a 30nm IC kit that will wipe the floor with the Corsair and G.Skill stuff in performance with overclocking. I could concur with an FM2 APU build at this budget, actually, for the performance and power efficiency - but it should at least have the 6670 included in the price (adjust the balance?).

To whoever was saying that IGPs are incapable, the APU is different as it has redefined the iGP by providing the world's most powerful iGP two generations in a row. The A10-5700 and 5800k could match the power of a desktop 6670 or the previous GeForce 9800GTX.

Random, since I love the A10 5700's price-performance and power efficiency:

AMD A10-5700 - $125 shipped [NCIX]

ASRock FM2A75-Pro4M - $68 shipped [Newegg]

MagicRAM - $39 shipped [Newegg]
Antec Neo ECO 450C - $25 shipped [NCIX]

Antec One - $42 shipped [NCIX]

DVD-RW drive - $17 shipped [NCIX]

Vertex 4 256GB SSD - $190 shipped [NCIX]

Windows 8 Pro - $120 shipped [NCIX]

$626 shipped or so, leaving plenty of room for peripherals and speakers and whatever else you want.
I suggest Windows 8 optimized peripherals like any of the logitech touch mice that were recently outed.

Your friend will like the megamassive SSD, power efficiency, and Windows 8 optimization.