Does it come with a key? You can use the media creation tool to put a Windows 10 installation on a USB drive, and then use that key that came with your software.
Or, create a DVD image on a USB, or use an external USB DVD drive.
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"I Need a New PC!" 2015 Part 2. Read the OP. Rocking 2500K's until HBM2 and beyond.
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Does it come with a key? You can use the media creation tool to put a Windows 10 installation on a USB drive, and then use that key that came with your software.
Or, create a DVD image on a USB, or use an external USB DVD drive.
darkwing-buck
Member
Yeah it has a product key
whats your guys opinion on the Razer Blade Stealth ? And the Razer core add on ? is it good for the price, will it be good ?
Ok, I'll do a bit of benchmark comparisons, but seems like this might be a good option.
New GPUs aren't coming out anytime soon, right? Is this a good time to buy? (There's never a good time. Everything is always old lol.)
I just ordered an EVGA 970 FTW+ the other day
From what I researched, it's quieter than a reference blower type, it has a high clock, has a backplate included, and the EVGA cards are supposed to be some of the best to overclock. They also are supposed to be less prone to coil whine than some other brands.
ph1l0z0ph3r
Member
Ran Performance Monitor and got this
Case is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119199
Mobo is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131767
CPU Fan is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
This CPU is OC'ed already also which I did a while ago. Really regret going AMD when I built this PC though.
Finaika
Member
Pascal is coming.
BoosterDuck
Banned
Do most cases that accept 140mm case fans also accept 120mm fan ones?
Because I'm about to order Cryorig XF140's that screw into 120mm slots.
Because I'm about to order Cryorig XF140's that screw into 120mm slots.
This thing will live in my living room, silence is *golden* (Wife happiness level important), So the extra heat put out by the K would be extremely counter-productive especiallly when I know I won't overclock, I went for the K last time and regretted it hence the 120mm H80i GTX & Define Case - I'm going for silence / low speed fans etc. rather than high heat load, No K means a 240mm AIO would be overkill I think.
If I may offer some input:
I have a 6700K at stock speed, a Noctua NH-L12, a GTX 970 with zero-fan mode and a Corsair RM 650 in a Fractal Core 500 mITX case.
And it is absolutely silent in my small and quiet room when working in Windows (also when rendering smallish scenes in V-Ray). It is as silent as my completely passively cooled PC in fact. And that way it stays even during older games like Trials Evolution. Only once the GPU spins its fans up it becomes audible.
And pretty much the same was true for its predecessor, a Phenom 2 X6 1055 with a Thermaltake Macho Rev A in a Fractal Design Define R3 and a Superflower Golden Silent PSU.
Estimated ETA?
Bad call to drop $1200 on GPUs right now? I'd be willing to wait 3-4 months. More than that and it'll be far off.
MiamiWesker
Member
My friend is telling me to just go with i7 core rather than i5, but everyone here is getting i5s. So what are the differences. I read it doesn't really matter as much with VR the CPU. is an i5 6600k 3.5G ok.
I recommend geizhals.de as you're in Germany. This is the best that I can make it with the same processor and a GTX 970. I already cut out the SSD, you may want to consider dropping the optical drive as well if your friend may not use it that much.
http://imgur.com/jsvBwvG
1 x Western Digital WD Blue 1TB, 64MB Cache, SATA 6Gb/s (WD10EZEX)
1 x Intel Core i5-6600K, 4x 3.50GHz, boxed ohne Kühler (BX80662I56600K)
1 x G.Skill RipJaws V rot DIMM Kit 8GB, DDR4-3000, CL15-16-16-35 (F4-3000C15D-8GVRB)
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 970, 4GB GDDR5, 2x DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort (ZT-90101-10P)
1 x Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI
1 x Samsung SH-224FB schwarz, SATA, bulk (SH-224FB/BEBE)
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite weiß (S210E-002)
1 x XFX Pro Series Full Wired Edition (Bronze) 550W ATX 2.3 (P1-550S-XXB9)
Summe aller Bestpreise: € 959,74
opticalmace
Member
I think it'll probably be out before the middle of the year. Whether that includes the successor to the 980 Ti is unknown.
Rushersauce
Banned
Guys, recommend the r9 390, too. It has better perf/value than the gtx 970,
That build that your friend came up with is okay, nothing particularly bad jumps out at me.
whats your guys opinion on the Razer Blade Stealth ? And the Razer core add on ? is it good for the price, will it be good ?
It's going to be very expensive for the performance. I guess if money is no object and you don't mind lugging around the GPU enclosure then go ahead, but a desktop PC will offer better price to performance ratio.
You'll have to take care with the physical allowances of the fan mount. there may be obstructions that prevent the installation of physically larger fans even if the fans you order have 120mm mounting holes.
Depends on the game. Some can make use of up to 8 processing threads, other games won't benefit as much. For others, the cost of an i7 over an i5 processor is not worth it when the i5 already gives excellent performance.
MiamiWesker
Member
Hey check out if this is good. I made a custom PC on this site cyberpower pc. They build it, i get a warranty. It seems to have all the parts I wanted to custom build like intel i5 6600, Geforce 970, the asus gaming mother board. It comes with a free keyboard and mouse. I removed windows 10 cause you can get it cheap at reddit. Added some coupons and it comes out to $1179, which is about what I would pay buying the parts myself.
So check this out:
*BASE_PRICE: [+1155]
BLUETOOTH: None
CABLE: None
CAS: * APEVIA X-Pioneer Mid-Tower ATX gaming case w/USB 3.1, Side Panel Window [-14] (Black & Green)
CASUPGRADE: None
CC: None
CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive [+17] (BLACK COLOR)
CD2: None
COOLANT: Standard Coolant
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K 3.50GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Skylake)
CS_FAN: Default case fans
DOCKINGSTATION: None
ENGRAVING: None
FA_HDD: None
FAN: Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler – Extreme Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
FLASHMEDIA: None
FREEBIE_HD: None
FREEBIE_VC1: FREE! NVIDIA Rise of the Tomb Raider Game Coupon [+0]
HD_M2PCIE: None
HD_M2SATA: None
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [-33] (Single Drive)
HDD2: None
HEADSET: None
HS_HANGER: None
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
KEYBOARD: CM Storm Devastator – LED Gaming Keyboard/Mouse Combo (Black Color w/ Blue Light)
MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR4/2800MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG Z1)
MONITOR: None
MOPAD: None
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Z170-PRO GAMING ATX w/ USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1 SATA Express, 4 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2 [+7]
MOUSE: None
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
NFC: None
OS: None – FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY [-60]
OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts – Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply – SLI/CrossFireX Ready
PRO_WIRING: None
RUSH: No-Rush Delivery: order will ship in 3 to 4 weeks. 5% off on all orders over $999 must enter coupon code “NORUSH” during check out.
SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR [3 Year Labor, 1 Year Parts] LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
SLI_BRIDGE: None
SOFT1: McAfee AntiVirus Plus [+0]
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: None
TEMP: None
TUNING: None
TVRC: None
USBHD: None
USBX: None
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) [+130] (Single Card)
WNC: 802.11b/g/n 300Mbps PCI-E Wireless Adapter Network Card [+19]
WTV: None
Anything I need to be worried about, this seems perfect.
So check this out:
*BASE_PRICE: [+1155]
BLUETOOTH: None
CABLE: None
CAS: * APEVIA X-Pioneer Mid-Tower ATX gaming case w/USB 3.1, Side Panel Window [-14] (Black & Green)
CASUPGRADE: None
CC: None
CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive [+17] (BLACK COLOR)
CD2: None
COOLANT: Standard Coolant
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K 3.50GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Skylake)
CS_FAN: Default case fans
DOCKINGSTATION: None
ENGRAVING: None
FA_HDD: None
FAN: Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler – Extreme Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
FLASHMEDIA: None
FREEBIE_HD: None
FREEBIE_VC1: FREE! NVIDIA Rise of the Tomb Raider Game Coupon [+0]
HD_M2PCIE: None
HD_M2SATA: None
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [-33] (Single Drive)
HDD2: None
HEADSET: None
HS_HANGER: None
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
KEYBOARD: CM Storm Devastator – LED Gaming Keyboard/Mouse Combo (Black Color w/ Blue Light)
MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR4/2800MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG Z1)
MONITOR: None
MOPAD: None
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Z170-PRO GAMING ATX w/ USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1 SATA Express, 4 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2 [+7]
MOUSE: None
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
NFC: None
OS: None – FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY [-60]
OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking
POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts – Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply – SLI/CrossFireX Ready
PRO_WIRING: None
RUSH: No-Rush Delivery: order will ship in 3 to 4 weeks. 5% off on all orders over $999 must enter coupon code “NORUSH” during check out.
SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR [3 Year Labor, 1 Year Parts] LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
SLI_BRIDGE: None
SOFT1: McAfee AntiVirus Plus [+0]
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: None
TEMP: None
TUNING: None
TVRC: None
USBHD: None
USBX: None
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) [+130] (Single Card)
WNC: 802.11b/g/n 300Mbps PCI-E Wireless Adapter Network Card [+19]
WTV: None
Anything I need to be worried about, this seems perfect.
Saren is Bad
Member
Hi guys, can someone help me out on choosing a CPU cooler?
I'm upgrading my current system to a Skylake build, and I build around trying to make my rig quiet when it's running idle. I currently have an older Hyper 212 CPU cooler and was wondering if that is still a good cooler to go for. Are there any good coolers that are also quiet? Been looking at the Corsair water cooling stuff, but I believe the pumps make noticeable noise. I'll be looking to over clock a little bit (like up to 4.5Ghz or so).
Also, are there any PSUs that specialize in being quiet?
I'm upgrading my current system to a Skylake build, and I build around trying to make my rig quiet when it's running idle. I currently have an older Hyper 212 CPU cooler and was wondering if that is still a good cooler to go for. Are there any good coolers that are also quiet? Been looking at the Corsair water cooling stuff, but I believe the pumps make noticeable noise. I'll be looking to over clock a little bit (like up to 4.5Ghz or so).
Also, are there any PSUs that specialize in being quiet?
lostsupper
Banned
Noctua nh-u12 or -u14 for the cooler. Plenty of silent PSU options.
Saren is Bad
Member
Thanks. Looking at Newegg, no explicit mention of LGA 1151 support - is it essentially understood that it supports the new socket?
The water cooler is low end and somewhat noisy, I hope you get a decent power supply, and $1200 is pretty overpriced for a PC
Edit: Noticed that you seemed to have posted the wrong list of parts. Still, I did a price analysis and you could have gotten more or less the same PC for under $1000. If you prefer them to build it for you and have warranty support, that's your choice.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($264.21 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($118.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($46.97 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.59 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($319.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($43.98 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($16.89 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($25.59 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $972.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-08 01:22 EST-0500
The 212 is a great cooler, it'll be able to handle the overclocking. Noise-wise you could fit some newer quieter fans on it and that'll do the trick. Otherwise Noctua coolers are recommended for low noise. For low noise power supplies, there's the Corsair RM/RMx line or the EVGA GS/G2 models which have an eco fan mode for low noise.
All sockets of the LGA115x type have the same mounting holes. That means if it says 1156/1155/1150/1151, it'll fit any of them.
CreepingFear
Member
I watched a few CES videos of Corsair's cases. What the fuck happened? I loved their original cases and my first PC used the 600t. They've become everything I hate about modern cases with the windows and the flashy leds. Yuck. Thank god for Fractal Design.
Maybe you guys can help with this. Posted in the TV thread too.
So this is my first time trying to play games from my PC on my TV while going through my new receiver (Denon X1200W). Despite working perfectly on my monitor, the game framerate gets totally messed up when using my TV (actually the receiver) as the primary display. Any settings I need to change or will I have to go directly to the TV and optical audio out to the receiver or something?
So this is my first time trying to play games from my PC on my TV while going through my new receiver (Denon X1200W). Despite working perfectly on my monitor, the game framerate gets totally messed up when using my TV (actually the receiver) as the primary display. Any settings I need to change or will I have to go directly to the TV and optical audio out to the receiver or something?
I dunno, their 400Q/400C and 600Q/600C look nice to me. I'd probably take out or never turn on the LEDs though.
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[IMG]http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2016/01/corsair-carbide-series-400c-review/corsair-400c-1-1280x1024.jpg[/IMG]The 400 model looks appealing, just not that long ago I was looking at my Define S and wondering why the case had to be so long when they could have gotten rid of the unused interior volume where drive cages would have been but don't exist in the Define S.
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will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
I really hate "gamer" shit on cases, mice, keyboards, etc.
I thought it was cool for like a week when I was 21, but then I quickly realised I don't want a Christmas tree in my room.
CreepingFear
Member
I dunno, their 400Q/400C and 600Q/600C look nice to me. I'd probably take out or never turn on the LEDs though.
The 400 model looks appealing, just not that long ago I was looking at my Define S and wondering why the case had to be so long when they could have gotten rid of the unused interior volume where drive cages would have been but don't exist in the Define S.
The case you just posted looks alright, if it comes in a non-windowed panel version.
CreepingFear
Member
Yeah, I feel you. I have a razer naga and razer blackwidow ultimate keyboard. I have it because I wanted a mechanical keyboard and very few stores have any to test out at all and I wanted a mouse with the 12 extra keys for my WOW playing. I hate the fucking snake logo and the green color. Tacky shit.
Edit: At least, Razer gives you the option to turn the lighting off.
It exists, it's called the 400Q.
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That's better. What about Led lights? Is it full of them and if so is there an option to turn them off?
No extra LEDs. Can't see the interior from the outside so there are no LED strips, which are internal on the 400C.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
My Saitek Eclipse (and the rebranded Mad Catz Cyborg v5) keyboard had a backlight that you could dim and turn off. It's still the best keyboard I've ever used.
I don't know if this will help you at all and I don't know what the cause is... If I don't press ALT+ENTER (at any point) while in certain games, my framerates flactuate for no reason. By pressing ALT+ENTER twice, it will fix my problem and keep my frames stable. Try doing that. See if it works for you.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Thinking of picking up an SSD, how easy is it to migrate everything over?
I currently have everything on a 320GB hard drive and I would like to move Windows over to the SSD and use the HDD as storage for older games/less streaming intensive games. Would I basically have to reinstall Windows?
Thanks!
I currently have everything on a 320GB hard drive and I would like to move Windows over to the SSD and use the HDD as storage for older games/less streaming intensive games. Would I basically have to reinstall Windows?
Thanks!
If you get a big enough SSD, you can just clone it. Set it as your boot drive in the bios and you are all set.
CreepingFear
Member
Wasn't there an issue with the way HDD's work causing cloning from HDD to SDD to give slower performance or issues rather than doing a clean install? Have they fixed that problem?
The early cloning software didn't correctly enable TRIMM and align for SSDs, but they have been fixed with later versions a long time ago.
Garrett Hawke
Member
The 100r Silent is pretty basic but it looks nice and clean.
industrian
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I imagine that most SSDs come with cloning/replication software. But to be honest a fresh install is good every now and then.
CreepingFear
Member
Good to hear. I'd like to try that out someday. Although, at this point, all my systems have SSD's for the main OS drive.
Finaika
Member
hooijdonk17
Member
If I were to buy an SSD to use as a system drive only (games and media storage will remain on a Hitachi 3GB), what size, brand and model should I be looking at? Would 120GB be enough?
opticalmace
Member
New thread title should definitely include VR and pascal.
If u are short on money yes it can work.U need more only if u need to install games and apps on it.Get a Samsung 850 Evo or Crucial MX200
Unknown Soldier
Member
For the first time since Sandy Bridge first debuted, there will be an application for lower frametimes besides the ultra-high refresh Lightboost monitors.
In 2016, people will finally be upgrading from their 2500K's to get the lower frametimes necessary to drive the 90hz OLED panels in the Oculus Rift. The recommended CPU by Oculus VR for the Rift is an i5-4590. That's right, they want you on Haswell for VR. You will not be rocking your 2500K until HBM2 and beyond if you have a preorder in for the Rift and you're getting yours in March/April.
Finaika
Member
Poor Polaris.
industrian
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I have a Crucial MX100 128GB in my desktop as the system drive. It's more than enough space, but for futureproofing I'd recommend at least 256GB.
Intel, Crucial and Samsung are the most reputable SSD manufacturers.
ISee
Member
120 gb are of course more then enough for Windows, Office, a few programs and even a game or two (really helps a lot with loading times).
When it comes to brands Intel and Samsung SSDs are the two fan favourites right now and rightfully so, both companies offer great performance, durability and overall good prices. That said Crucial, Kingston and the rest isn't far behind.
I'd recommend going for the 250gb Samsung 850 EVO for 85$ (just ~20$ more expansive than the 120gb version). It offers very good performance, 5 years of warranty and it's not expansive. Also the Samsung Data Migration tool makes cloning your old system drive wonderfully easy. No need to reinstall Windows.
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
So I finally got a newish PC. Picked up a Dell Precision T3500 Workstation for $340 shipped from DellRefurbished.com when they had the 45% off new years day sale. Pretty happy so far but, I'd like a few opinions on some upgrades mainly I'm looking for at least one hard drive replacement.
System came with:
This system is replacing my existing one which has an old Phenom 965BE.
Already swapped out the PSU with my Antec 750, and the GPU with my 4GB GTX760 but, the hard drives in this thing are tiny. 2x250GB Caviar Blue so I'm looking to upgrade. I don't really care about spending a lot of money for a Solid State so I was thinking of leaving one of the 250GB for a boot drive and then putting in another Caviar Blue 1TB like THIS ONE.
I'm also considering slapping another 12GB of ram in it to enlarge my e-penis and for 3D work that I do, but I'd really like to get all matching ram sticks for peace of mind?
Or does it matter?
Samsung Prt # is M391B5273CHO-YH9 (PC3-10700)
Haven't done any real benches or testing since I just got this thing up an running today.
TLDR: I want a quietish drive with decent storage and good performance that works well with the Dell Mobo. Thinking of upgrading the ram since I do 3D work.
System came with:
- Windows 7 Pro 64bit
- 1xWestmere W3690 @ 3.46GHz 6-Core with Turbo @ 3.73GHz (Revision B1, Stepping 2)
- 3x4GB or 12 GB DDR3 ECC 1333MHz (3 slots open for 12 more GB)
- 1x Quadro 2000 which I replaced with the 4GB GTX760
- 2xCaviar Blue 250GB HDD.
- Fantastic Dell Precision Case
- Mobo is a Dell Model# 09KPNV
- Built in Ethernet but no Wifi (lol)
This system is replacing my existing one which has an old Phenom 965BE.
Already swapped out the PSU with my Antec 750, and the GPU with my 4GB GTX760 but, the hard drives in this thing are tiny. 2x250GB Caviar Blue so I'm looking to upgrade. I don't really care about spending a lot of money for a Solid State so I was thinking of leaving one of the 250GB for a boot drive and then putting in another Caviar Blue 1TB like THIS ONE.
I'm also considering slapping another 12GB of ram in it to enlarge my e-penis and for 3D work that I do, but I'd really like to get all matching ram sticks for peace of mind?
Or does it matter?
Samsung Prt # is M391B5273CHO-YH9 (PC3-10700)
Haven't done any real benches or testing since I just got this thing up an running today.
TLDR: I want a quietish drive with decent storage and good performance that works well with the Dell Mobo. Thinking of upgrading the ram since I do 3D work.
Yeah, we planned on using Geizhals and stuff like Idealo. They are the best price comparing sites here, hands down. Thanks to both of you, because we tweaked the build again and now we are at 974 (without shipping) and the price will pretty much be arround that value, due to buying several parts by the same vendor and discounts/deals. Here is the updated build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (260.84 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (36.15 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (121.66 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (48.05 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Crucial BX100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (64.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (52.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (330.64 @ Mindfactory)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (40.86 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (58.43 @ Mindfactory)
Base Total: 974.56
Total(with shipping): 1014.51
-Removed the Optical Drive for now. He needs one, but can purchase it later on. Maybe someone has one laying arround somewhere.
-Went down to 8GB RAM total, since that is easily upgradeable.
-Picked an other PSU that seems sufficient.
-Switched out the GPU for a GTX970 mini. Basically the same performance right?
-Added a Case from the OP.
Final thoughts? Otherwise, I will send him the list this evening (in about 7-8 hours) and he will start ordering soon.
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