potential PC build for a friend

Pariah · 1 potential PC build for a friend 2014-01-30, 13:08

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hey guys, I've got a friend asking me to help him build a PC. He's got a budget of 500-600 dollars, so I've been working in that. Can I get some feedback on this?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2KetR

JrTapia1991 · 2 Re: potential PC build for a friend 2014-01-30, 13:16

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actually looks pretty solid, just don't overclock on that mobo, would throttle the cpu and burn out the board due to no VRM heatsinks Razz

the asus r2.0 970 mobo is about 40more bucks and can overclock but for the budget it's all solid, I'd use it. Can probably play every came on high and older stuff max it out.

they already have a hard drive?

Pariah · 3 Re: potential PC build for a friend 2014-01-30, 13:18

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yeah, he has a hard drive and a copy of Vista.

I was considering it, but I know nothing about that line of GPUs, so I figured it'd be better to stick with what I know to work.

Ante · 4 Re: potential PC build for a friend 2014-01-30, 13:25

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VISTA? what in the unholy fuck. Does anything even support vista anymore?!

HydrasBreath ♜ · 5 Re: potential PC build for a friend 2014-01-30, 13:33

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Yeah man looks solid. Should be a decent build for the budget.

JrTapia1991 · 6 Re: potential PC build for a friend 2014-01-30, 13:34

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XD I actually liked how vista looked the best out of all of them. For an old desktop I was going to put it on it, saw a key to buy for like 20 bucks lol.

Pariah · 7 Re: potential PC build for a friend 2014-01-30, 13:36

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Ante wrote:VISTA? what in the unholy fuck. Does anything even support vista anymore?!

It runs fine honestly, and the visual style was nice from what I remember. But I'm gonna see if I can find a copy of W7 for him.

Ante · 8 Re: potential PC build for a friend 2014-01-30, 13:37

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I bet you liked Millennium Edition too jr.

Ars Diaboli · 9 Re: potential PC build for a friend 2014-01-30, 18:35

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Second person I know that likes Vista.

StormEye · 10 Re: potential PC build for a friend 2014-02-04, 19:10

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If it doesn't go over budget all that much, try to get 2X8GB(16GB) for RAM.

And , btw, Vista? Are you flippin serious?

Pariah · 11 Re: potential PC build for a friend 2014-02-04, 20:32

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StormEye wrote:If it doesn't go over budget all that much, try to get 2X8GB(16GB) for RAM.

And , btw, Vista? Are you flippin serious?

Storm, don't start. I know, I'm with you, but he insists that its good enough for him.

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potential PC build for a friend

1 potential PC build for a friend 2014-01-30, 13:08

Pariah

2 Re: potential PC build for a friend 2014-01-30, 13:16

JrTapia1991

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Pariah

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Ante

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HydrasBreath ♜

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JrTapia1991

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Pariah

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Ante

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Ars Diaboli

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StormEye

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Pariah

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