It's on the end of the PCI-E slot. Press down on the hinged locking mechanism circled in red.
If you want to lower costs, I recommend looking at an i5 processor and cheaper case among other things.
Sadly the i7 is the only part he's very adamant about, mostly because all of his elitist friends saying nothing else is good enough. Ugh. If he just listened to me an no one else this would be much cheaper ;D It's also hard to convince him that i7 isn't needed when I use it myself. That my partner use the i5 4690K in an otherwise completely identical build and we notice only a few very small differences can't sway him.
Yeah, just not the parts that are in the lists in the OP, and that I myself use and like. ;P
Sadly the i7 is the only part he's very adamant about, mostly because all of his elitist friends saying nothing else is good enough. Ugh. If he just listened to me an no one else this would be much cheaper ;D It's also hard to convince him that i7 isn't needed when I use it myself. That my partner use the i5 4690K in an otherwise completely identical build and we notice only a few very small differences can't sway him.
At the moment, if I go for an i5 he won't be happy with the build and then it would just feel like I wasted all the money. I do have a few weeks left to talk to him about it and we're gonna order it together on christmas so I might be able to change his mind about some stuff. I'm definitely gonna consider the things you linked. Many thanks for the suggestions!
Yeah, just not the parts that are in the lists in the OP, and that I myself use and like. ;P
Any examples there? As I said, mobo's are my weak spot D: Wouldn't know what to pick. I went tower mostly because he needs to put in some of his stuff himself even tho Inet will build most of it (since he's gonna use his old storage, sound card and maybe a memory card reader) and more space when doing that is worth much when you're inexperienced. That mobo is also what the biggest Swedish PC enthusiast forum seems to be recommending in 1150 builds so that felt like a safer choice than stuff I know nothing about
Sadly the i7 is the only part he's very adamant about, mostly because all of his elitist friends saying nothing else is good enough. Ugh. If he just listened to me an no one else this would be much cheaper ;D It's also hard to convince him that i7 isn't needed when I use it myself. That my partner use the i5 4690K in an otherwise completely identical build and we notice only a few very small differences can't sway him.
At the moment, if I go for an i5 he won't be happy with the build and then it would just feel like I wasted all the money. I do have a few weeks left to talk to him about it and we're gonna order it together on christmas so I might be able to change his mind about some stuff. I'm definitely gonna consider the things you linked. Many thanks for the suggestions!
Yeah, just not the parts that are in the lists in the OP, and that I myself use and like. ;P
Any examples there? As I said, mobo's are my weak spot D: Wouldn't know what to pick. I went tower mostly because he needs to put in some of his stuff himself even tho Inet will build most of it (since he's gonna use his old storage, sound card and maybe a memory card reader) and more space when doing that is worth much when you're inexperienced. That mobo is also what the biggest Swedish PC enthusiast forum seems to be recommending in 1150 builds so that felt like a safer choice than stuff I know nothing about
Oh, interesting. "Webblager: [yellow dot] Ej i lager" means it's out of stock tho (with no info on if/when it will be in). Gotta look for the green dots or the yellow ones that have a date that shows when they get them in again.
Here's a link to the complete first build. He has either one or two big HDDs and an SSD for some special games and Windows. Can't ask him atm. I gave him a sound card last year but really can't remember which one it was and he never got around to installing it. Bah. The memory card reader is news to me so I have no idea what it might be.
