Budget: 1500
More specific use (what games, what programs): dunno. All of them.
Planned time until purchase: Now or whenever.
Do you need an Operating System?: Yes
Do you have any specific preferred components?: No
Do you need a sound or wireless card?: No
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: no overclocking
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: yes
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): 78209

I'm pretty sure he needs everything. Tower, mouse, keyboard, monitor, sweet mouse pad, maybe some headphones. Let's see how much just the tower is for now. I think he'll pay extra for the rest.


Goal: Gaming tower for 1500 flat.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/v8Vtkd


Used the Corsair H100i v2 cause... Texas.

This post was edited by Ghot on Sep 15 2018 10:38pm

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zPcZWD

1501 close enough?

How's that i3-8100? Quad core 3.6 GHz
I5-8400 looks nice too. Don't need an i7.

This post was edited by NinjaSushi on Sep 16 2018 01:48pm

they are good, but if u spending 1500 u want at least the 8400

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TCsHpG

Of course.

I made a build myself. Mobile pcpartpicker.com is hella nice. Was easy to edit Ghot's build.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/q29Tjy

Turns out the 8400's stock cooler is more than enough. GJ Intel.

This post was edited by NinjaSushi on Sep 16 2018 02:51pm

Keep in mind the 8100 and the 8400 have no hyper threading. Other than that...

Why would he need hyperthreading?

If he's gonna stream, he needs it.