My IRL Friends need help

[Tacky 790]

1st off all 3 of them are gay and want matching computers (they're not actually gay it is weird they want same computer)

ok back on topic they thought it was cool how I built my computer and were wondering how I knew all the right stuff to get.  

They all have Budget of 700$.  Could you guys help me out and tell me a good parts for 700$

They all Play: Minecraft, G-Mod, TF2, CS:GO, MW2, and WaW.

@Moose @Sean @(other people who understand computers)

 

 

[Velo 2077]

1) Buy 3 shitty dell desktops on craigslist

2) buy 4 cheap china garbage cases

3) insert shitty dell components into said cases

4) Use extra cheap china garbage case for the spare parts that you broke while installing shitty dell components

5) distribute to friends

6) collect money

7) build yourself something nice

[Triv 79]

This budget desktop should do them justice

 

[Dakka 854]

Give em' a potato with some wires sticking out of it.

[Dray 163]

7 minutes ago, Dakka said:

Give em' a potato with some wires sticking out of it.

How about a potato stick :^) 

 

[Eeiu 1528]

 

personally my favorite build, it can run any game at 60 capped 

[MisterTurkes 544]

get em some raspberry pi's and stick them into full size towers :^)

[Velo 2077]

6 hours ago, Triv said:

This budget desktop should do them justice

 

is that a pun?

[Tacky 790]

Okay can I get some serious responses.

[driz 2626]

do they have monitors, keyboard and mice already?

 

[zebra 178]

http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/

 

They already have different builds at different price points. You're free to swap out any of the parts for your own preference. 

[Tacky 790]

On 6/25/2016 at 10:11 PM, driz said:

do they have monitors, keyboard and mice already?

 

yes

[driz 2626]

i just built this...

 

ASRock z170 pro4s http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157636&cm_re=asrock_z170_pro4s-_-13-157-636-_-Product 79.99

shit case https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006CSKMKW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 49.99

WD Blue 1TB SATA3 (not black, not ssd) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0088PUEPK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 49.39

Antec VP-450 PSU (shit) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IZN3K2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 37.86

Viper Elite DDR4 8G Kit https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0196AWLGK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1 36.99

Intel Core I3-6100 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015VPX2EO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1 115.95

Deepcool CPU Cooler GAMMAAXX 200T https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019KOXF8K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s04?ie=UTF8&psc=1 16.99

 

I just built this for my mom, i think it was around 420blazeit.   with a budget of 700, you could replace the shit PSU, add in a graphics card (my mom is using the onboard hdmi/dvi)  An SSD and/or upgrading to an i5 would also be good. for a down-the-road upgrade they could get an NVMe SSD (about 4x faster than a regular SSD)

 

It plays Minecraft and MW2 (the best MW) so presumably it plays the other shit you listed.

 

notes for NVMe: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-sm961-ssd,4608.html  these ones are pretty affordable, but the Samsung EVO950 is the top

PSU: THG write up on the Ultra X4 850 W Modular, 80plus bronze.

CPU Stuff: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html

 

Something else you can look at are the tom's hardware system builder marathons. there's always a high end, mid-tier, and value gaming pc.  for q1 2016 high: 1275, mid: 1232, value: 662 (they renamed the high/mid this quarter to Professional and Prosumer which may explain the lack of a price difference)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/q1-2016-system-builder-marathon-value-comparsion,4524.html 

[JXC 31]

/\ looks like a solid build to me, although for me, after one year, I have used up all of my 1TB HDD and looking to expand, so I would suggest maybe bumping that up t o2 or 3 to be safe.

[driz 2626]

6 hours ago, TheLJH said:

/\ looks like a solid build to me, although for me, after one year, I have used up all of my 1TB HDD and looking to expand, so I would suggest maybe bumping that up t o2 or 3 to be safe.

or buy 1TB now and when you need it, a year from now potentially, they buy more drives since ssd and nvme prices will continue to push hdd down in cost (or just buy an ssd/nvme in a year since it's the single biggest performance increase you can buy)