mrs.cos Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 I am still so far out of wack on building PC's anymore that I really dont feel like i can help my friend pick out parts for his new PC. He's given me a budget of up to $800. It will literally only need to play world of warcraft (some raiding, not a heavy raider) and some Sim Farming game.. (he has added watching movies, surfing web, but really anything will do that fine anymore) He will be building this (first time PC builder) so i want to make it as simplistic as possible parts wise. He wont need an OS, i have that covered for him. He only needs the PC. So, Case, Fans, CPU, Memory, hard drive (possibly a SSD?) (he has a DVD/burner) sound card (though onboard may be fine) GPU im open to suggestions, ill be walking him through the build process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 He could buy a hundred dollar rig off CL for those games.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 $800 can build a pretty nice PC. That's usually what I spend every 5-6 years for an updated one for myself. I usually reuse monitors, keyboard, sometimes the case, etc. Unless others know a better place to order parts, I get everything at micro center. Price is usually better than anywhere I look online. These days building a PC from parts is very easy, most things plug and play, so not a lot of configuration for basic use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robochan Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 He could buy a hundred dollar rig off CL for those games.. WoW utilizes CPU more than GPU and also does a lot of HD reads so he will get a better experience with an SSD. Im not too up to date on the exact current parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morabu Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 really depends on what else they would be playing. $800 can build a pretty DAMN GOOD machine here's 2, assuming no monitor or accessories best budget (imho) CPUhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/401797/FX_6300_Black_Edition_35GHz_Six-Core_Socket_AM3_Boxed_Processor - $90 Mobohttp://www.microcenter.com/product/398237/GA-78LMT-USB3_Socket_AM3_mATX_760G_AMD_Motherboard - FREE w/cpu GPUhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/427909/Radeon_R9_270_Overclocked_2GB_GDDR5_PCIe_30_Video_Card - $170 Ramhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/382101/Ballistix_Sport_8GB_DDR3-1600_%28PC3-12800%29_CL9_Dual_Channel_Desktop_Memory_Kit_%28Two_4GB_Memory_Modules%29 - $78 SSDhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/439432/Slim_S60_120GB_Sata_III_6Gb-s_25_Internal_Solid_State_Drive_%28SSD%29_SP120GBSS3S60S25 - $55 HDDhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/399210/Barracuda_7200_1TB_SATA_60Gb-s_35_Internal_Hard_Drive_ST1000DM003_-_Bare_Drive - $57 Casehttp://www.microcenter.com/product/323929/V3_Black_Edition_ATX_Mid_Tower_Computer_Case?rf=Search+Results+Top+%3E+Feature+2+%3E+Computer+Case+Top+2 - $40 $490 + tax and will play a ton of games at high/ultra settings at 1080p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morabu Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 $800 Build CPUhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/432161/Core_i5-4590_37GHz_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor - $160 Mobohttp://www.microcenter.com/product/433110/H97M_Pro_LGA1150_mATX_Intel_Motherboard - $80 GPUhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150697 - $270 Ramhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/382101/Ballistix_Sport_8GB_DDR3-1600_%28PC3-12800%29_CL9_Dual_Channel_Desktop_Memory_Kit_%28Two_4GB_Memory_Modules%29 - $78 SSDhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/434188/MX100_Series_256GB_SATA_III_6Gb-s_25_Internal_Solid_State_Drive_CT256MX100SSD1 - $110 HDDhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/399210/Barracuda_7200_1TB_SATA_60Gb-s_35_Internal_Hard_Drive_ST1000DM003_-_Bare_Drive - $57 Casehttp://www.microcenter.com/product/323929/V3_Black_Edition_ATX_Mid_Tower_Computer_Case?rf=Search+Results+Top+%3E+Feature+2+%3E+Computer+Case+Top+2 - $40 $795 + tax and should be set for quite a few years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted December 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Literally wow is all he plays.. He's a farmer out in PA so he only gets to play when he comes in from taking care of the cows. His current PC he's had for six years and is a shitty dell. I'll look at the builds on my PC in a bit, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizin01 Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 $800 Build CPUhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/432161/Core_i5-4590_37GHz_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor - $160 Mobohttp://www.microcenter.com/product/433110/H97M_Pro_LGA1150_mATX_Intel_Motherboard - $80 GPUhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150697 - $270 Ramhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/382101/Ballistix_Sport_8GB_DDR3-1600_%28PC3-12800%29_CL9_Dual_Channel_Desktop_Memory_Kit_%28Two_4GB_Memory_Modules%29 - $78 SSDhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/434188/MX100_Series_256GB_SATA_III_6Gb-s_25_Internal_Solid_State_Drive_CT256MX100SSD1 - $110 HDDhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/399210/Barracuda_7200_1TB_SATA_60Gb-s_35_Internal_Hard_Drive_ST1000DM003_-_Bare_Drive - $57 Casehttp://www.microcenter.com/product/323929/V3_Black_Edition_ATX_Mid_Tower_Computer_Case?rf=Search+Results+Top+%3E+Feature+2+%3E+Computer+Case+Top+2 - $40 $795 + tax and should be set for quite a few years I recently put together a similar build. i5 4690k with a z97 MB. Used a Samsung SSD 850 and a lesser invidia video card ( I dont game) And Im super happy with it. I could have done the same with a lot less but I always buy better than what I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 really depends on what else they would be playing. $800 can build a pretty DAMN GOOD machine here's 2, assuming no monitor or accessories best budget (imho) CPUhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/401797/FX_6300_Black_Edition_35GHz_Six-Core_Socket_AM3_Boxed_Processor - $90 Mobohttp://www.microcenter.com/product/398237/GA-78LMT-USB3_Socket_AM3_mATX_760G_AMD_Motherboard - FREE w/cpu GPUhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/427909/Radeon_R9_270_Overclocked_2GB_GDDR5_PCIe_30_Video_Card - $170 Ramhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/382101/Ballistix_Sport_8GB_DDR3-1600_%28PC3-12800%29_CL9_Dual_Channel_Desktop_Memory_Kit_%28Two_4GB_Memory_Modules%29 - $78 SSDhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/439432/Slim_S60_120GB_Sata_III_6Gb-s_25_Internal_Solid_State_Drive_%28SSD%29_SP120GBSS3S60S25 - $55 HDDhttp://www.microcenter.com/product/399210/Barracuda_7200_1TB_SATA_60Gb-s_35_Internal_Hard_Drive_ST1000DM003_-_Bare_Drive - $57 Casehttp://www.microcenter.com/product/323929/V3_Black_Edition_ATX_Mid_Tower_Computer_Case?rf=Search+Results+Top+%3E+Feature+2+%3E+Computer+Case+Top+2 - $40 $490 + tax and will play a ton of games at high/ultra settings at 1080p I might seriously consider this except get an nVidia video card that can stream my shield.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Here are some good builds across a variety of budgets to start with:http://www.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace/wiki/builds Edit: A Radeon R9 270 doesn't have enough ass behind it to run modern games at 1080p on high/ultra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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