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So one of my friends asked me about building him a gaming PC (he's looking forward to Diablo 3). He has a budget of about 800-900. Been out of the hardware loop for a while, but this is what I came up with.

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131771

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150505

ODD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146061&Tpk=NZXT gamma

Mouse/KB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.703110

OS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

Monitor - already has a TV that he'll use with HDMI.

Total comes to just under 900.


I won't be building this right away, as it'll be a little bit till he can get all the money, plus we'll be waiting a little while after we get back to college anyway. Any other suggestions? Most likely won't be OC'ing, just wants to play games decently.
 
Will he be needing an optical drive (~$20) and Windows? I'm sure you guys get a good deal on it as students.

I'd swap out the motherboard and CPU, just in case OC-ing "most likely won't" turns into "might be fun to try"
+$10 i5 2500k.
-$10 Asus P8P67 Pro (REV 3.1).

I'd also check out the Rosewill Challenger case, its almost $10 cheaper, comes with 1 more 120mm fan, and has cable routing behind the motherboard.
 
Ah, forgot about the optical drive. Forgot to include Windows; was on my list but forgot to add it to the first post.

And you can get Windows through the school if you're an engineering student; but I don't believe he is.
 
It isn't best its just cheaper. If you want to be prepared for the future you want usb 3.0 on your case
 
It isn't best its just cheaper. If you want to be prepared for the future you want usb 3.0 on your case

And right now, cheaper is better... It has to stay below 900 preferably. He originally said 800, but I said 900 would be better, so it's already going over his initial budget.
 
It isn't best its just cheaper. If you want to be prepared for the future you want usb 3.0 on your case

you are wrong, it is a BETTER case, in every way imaginable... it can house more fans, it has a black interior, the NZXT has cable managment, where the 300 has none, the NZXT can fit bigger cards, the NZXT has more drive bays and more HDD slots...

the NZXT Gamma is a better case in every way... period, the fact that its cheaper is icing on the cake.

and like roark said

With either of the motherboards posted in this thread there will be USB 3.0 on the case, coming out of the rear I/O panel :thumbsup:


so that takes care of the usb 3.0 problem
 
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