He was considering going pre-built
without telling me but now that I've found out, I'll be assembling him a system for his bday/xmas. That said, the last system I built was in April.. stuff's changed since then and I haven't been keeping up.
So yeah suggestions within these parameters please:
1) It'll be tower only and he already has a 250gb 850 evo and 3TB HDD from his old system so no need for those.
2) He has a 500W Seasonic ss-500es that's been going strong for a couple years... not sure if that's good enough to use for this build?
3) Probably going to reserve $100 for the case.
4) He'll be on a 1080p monitor and doesn't really have plans to get a higher res. Don't think that should detract from getting the best video card possible within the budget though.
Please make suggestions via pcpartpicker.com as that'll make things easier to keep track of. Truth be told, I'll probably use the same motherboard/cpu/memory for a new build for myself and moving my current rig into the secondary gaming system.
Thanks in advance, guys!
So yeah suggestions within these parameters please:
1) It'll be tower only and he already has a 250gb 850 evo and 3TB HDD from his old system so no need for those.
2) He has a 500W Seasonic ss-500es that's been going strong for a couple years... not sure if that's good enough to use for this build?
3) Probably going to reserve $100 for the case.
4) He'll be on a 1080p monitor and doesn't really have plans to get a higher res. Don't think that should detract from getting the best video card possible within the budget though.
Please make suggestions via pcpartpicker.com as that'll make things easier to keep track of. Truth be told, I'll probably use the same motherboard/cpu/memory for a new build for myself and moving my current rig into the secondary gaming system.
Thanks in advance, guys!