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untoldxcarbon

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Hi a friend asked me to build him a computer him. The problem is I can't figure out what are the best parts for his budget. He has $800 for it, and was wanting the pc, mouse/keyboard, os, and a monitor. He said he will mainly be gaming, but also using autocad software to help with school.
P.s I already have a extra psu from the corsair enthusiast Series(750w).
 
Very tight budget for what hes wanting,Especially including monitor.

This build comes to $919 which i know is over budget,But if hes wanting to any serious gaming then this is what he would be looking at,If he wants to bring down the cost then he will be reducing the performance quite a bit if he went for an i3 processor or something or reduced the graphics card even more.

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

GIGABYTE GA-P67A-D3-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128487

Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220570

Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697

GIGABYTE Ultra Durable VGA Series GV-R685OC-1GD Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125353

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042

LG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136238

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

Hanns_G HL227DBB 21.5" LED monitor 5ms Full HD 250 cd/m2 X-Contrast 15,000,000:1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254058

Logitech Wireless Combo MK260 920-002950 Black 8 Function Keys USB RF Wireless Standard Keyboard and Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126197
 
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What about an AMD processor that matches the I5? I have found these normally come in quite a bit cheaper and could well bring the total cost down to near budget.
 
well they are a good bit slower too, but they are still very fast really, i'm making a list now for ya.

and the 980 is a waste, a simple multiplier change on the 970 makes it a 980, and you might be able to hit the 3.8 with the 965 on a stock fan but not sure if you can do that much.
 
 
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