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Armi
A friend is asking me to build a computer for his son. His budget excluding Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse is 1000K.

What he must have on his son's rig:
- Blu-Ray
- 1TB HD

His son codes with Dreamweaver, uses Photoshop, watches Blu-Ray movies, school work, and plays games like Sims 3, Civilization, Supreme Commander, COD:MW, TF2... etc.

He's trying to be very conservant with his 1k cause obviously he doesn't want to buy an overkill computer for his son. His son is going to be getting a new computer in two to three years because he's going to university with me.

I heard the i5s were the best in this budget range but since we're trying to be conservant, I thought it would be logical to post in the AMD section cause they might offer a CPU that is overkill for these tasks and is better than the i5. Please suggest a intel counterpart rig that fits also
that would help his decision greatly. Too bad there isn't a place we can just ask for builds in general ><

Can you recommend him a rig that will give his son the best experience?

Thanks in advance.
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Tator Tot
http://www.overclock.net/general-processor-discussions/

That is the best place to ask for General builds.

As for the rig, do you mean you want to keep it as far below 1K as possible?

Also, yes a Core i5/i7 might be your best bet. I would suggest: This Build
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IntelLover
how is 1k conservative.
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http://www.overclock.net/general-processor-discussions/
Thank you


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Also, yes a Core i5/i7 might be your best bet. I would suggest: This Build

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how is 1k conservative.
Its not conservative...

He's just trying to get a build within a 1K budget that can suit his son's needs while saving as much money as possible
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Mikecdm
I'm sure that you can get a nice i5 rig or 955 rig for under 1k.
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iquark
The first thing you need to do is to come up with a price point. Do you want to spend 1000$ or not? If what you really want to do is spend 800$ then everyone can build a rig for you. If you want to spend 1000$ then everyone can build a rig for you. We just need a price point to work with!

Moral of the story: If asking for a build, just state a price point!
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-iceblade^
as above tbh

a budget is very very helpful.
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Doesn't work

2 x 140mm fans
2 x 120mm fans
NZXT GAMMA
Xigmatek 650watt Modular
DFI LanParty Dark P55-T3eH9
Core i5 750
G.Skill RipJaws
HIS HD4890
Xigmatek S1283v Dark Knight
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The first thing you need to do is to come up with a price point. Do you want to spend 1000$ or not? If what you really want to do is spend 800$ then everyone can build a rig for you. If you want to spend 1000$ then everyone can build a rig for you. We just need a price point to work with!

Moral of the story: If asking for a build, just state a price point!

1k. Goal is to fit the son's need


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Originally Posted by -iceblade^

as above tbh

a budget is very very helpful.

ditto.

Thank you
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1k. Goal is to fit the son's need


ditto.

Thank you




Provides what you need and with MIRS you can be underbudget.
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2 x 140mm fans
2 x 120mm fans
NZXT GAMMA
Xigmatek 650watt Modular
DFI LanParty Dark P55-T3eH9
Core i5 750
G.Skill RipJaws
HIS HD4890
Xigmatek S1283v Dark Knight

Is the mobo good? I haven't use DFI before.
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Is the mobo good? I haven't use DFI before.
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/300...ard/index.html
http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/revie...ng-review.html
http://www.hitechreview.com/it-produ...erboard/16127/
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Armi
What about reliability?

Thanks : )
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What about reliability?

Thanks : )

DFI Makes solid boards.

Customer Service is not as good any more.

But they do put out BIOS updates, and for the most part are reliable on the Drivers/BIOS side. But the actual people to talk to...not so much.
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DFI Makes solid boards.

Customer Service is not as good any more.

But they do put out BIOS updates, and for the most part are reliable on the Drivers/BIOS side. But the actual people to talk to...not so much.
Oh alright


Thanks!
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