I will be making a build for him as well but I trust you guys quite a lot and I am quite busy with uni and Judo training

Budget:
Let's try $1500?

More specific use (what games, what programs):

Adobe After Effects (video editing)
Adobe Muse (website building)
Adobe photoshop (rastor editing)
Adobe Illustrator (vector editing)

Planned time until purchase:
We could start buying next week

Do you need an Operating System?:
I'm assuming so, it will need to be basically turn key other than installing the software I'm running

Do you have any specific preferred components?:
I was at Combat Computers a while ago because my laptop was slowing down and they explained the concept of new hard drives that function more like a USB jump drive than a traditional CD inside the hard drive. They said those are way faster so that would be good. LOLOL I think all he needs is 250 GB and he can use cloud storage for all his shit
Lots of RAM (maybe 6 or 8gb) LOL

Do you need a sound or wireless card?:
Wireless for sure, not sure what a sound card does but we'll hook speakers up to the computer LOL


Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?:
Monitor yes

E// Canada

This post was edited by vukizpro on Feb 3 2015 01:00pm

does he have any parta already?

and will he be gaming?

no he always runs laptops i told him so many times to get a pc.

He will not be gaming

does he need a 2440 res monitor as well in the price?

1080 is fine

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/shqkmG

Monitor + OS are up to you... build is at 1019$ without both.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/368KdC / http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/368KdC/by_merchant/

CPU: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790k ($368.32 @ TigerDirect Canada)
CPU Cooler: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2 ($34.99 @ Memory Express)
Motherboard: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-fatal1tyz97killer ($142.95 @ Vuugo)
Memory: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/a-data-memory-ax3u2133w8g10dr ($169.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct256mx100ssd1 ($112.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn960ixoc2gd ($231.00 @ DirectCanada)
Case: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-300rwindowed ($97.52 @ DirectCanada)
Power Supply: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-tp750c ($99.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/lite-on-optical-drive-ihas12414 ($18.25 @ DirectCanada)
Monitor: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-monitor-25um55p ($199.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $1475.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-03 15:35 EST-0500

seems to fit the build alot better than above

No. Not at all.

100$ 700W PSU for a semi-pro workstation with a single GPU?
142$ for a Z97 manboard thats has ZERO benefits over (staying @ Z97 chipest) boards from 90 to 110$?
100$ windowed case?

Why?

That build should be designed to generate money, not to spend it unnecessarily.

Here is what I have so far. Just used newegg because it is the best way to look for items. What do people think of the build. Not price. Where can I cut down?

>> Crucial MX100 is like 100$ cheaper than that Samsung Pro SSD and you will not notice a difference at all.
>> Windows 7 should be like 30$ max. on e-bay.
>> wattage on that PSU is too high for the components used.
>> You don't really need CD/DVD drives anymore
>> that motherboard is overprized crap tbh. You will not notice a difference compared to much cheaper Z97 boards (if you REALLY want that 4790k).

This post was edited by aneas on Feb 3 2015 03:26pm