- Jul 31, 2001
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So a friend at work asked me to build his son a gaming computer for christmas. Little late in the game but I decided to say yes.
He gave me a list of what his son has mentioned he wants in his rig and he gave it to me. He told me the parts cost $900. After getting the list, I'm not finding the parts under $1100 including tax and shipping.......plus since his son never built a computer before he left off the PSU, fans, case, monitor, OS, etc.
But here is his core list. To me it seems like overkill and I want to come back to him with recommendations because there is no way he is going to agree to a $1600-$1800 computer.
i7 2.66ghz
gigabyte ga-ex58
kingston hyperx 12 gb ddr3
ocz vertex 2e....two of them in a RAID setup. (this makes me laugh)
Radeon 6970 gddr5
I mean 12gb is overkill IMHO, but reducing that to 6gb isnt saving much. The solid state drives.....overkill. Maybe one solid state and a larger regular drive?
I mean I get where he is coming from as I was his age once and wanted the biggest and baddest for my PC gaming. But I eventually settled on some things I didnt really want and was just as happy.
Your thoughts are much appreciated. My gut reaction after reading this list is to let him buy from a local store. I fix computers, dont usually build. And I'm not sure I want the responsibility of fixing it for the next 4 years.
He gave me a list of what his son has mentioned he wants in his rig and he gave it to me. He told me the parts cost $900. After getting the list, I'm not finding the parts under $1100 including tax and shipping.......plus since his son never built a computer before he left off the PSU, fans, case, monitor, OS, etc.
But here is his core list. To me it seems like overkill and I want to come back to him with recommendations because there is no way he is going to agree to a $1600-$1800 computer.
i7 2.66ghz
gigabyte ga-ex58
kingston hyperx 12 gb ddr3
ocz vertex 2e....two of them in a RAID setup. (this makes me laugh)
Radeon 6970 gddr5
I mean 12gb is overkill IMHO, but reducing that to 6gb isnt saving much. The solid state drives.....overkill. Maybe one solid state and a larger regular drive?
I mean I get where he is coming from as I was his age once and wanted the biggest and baddest for my PC gaming. But I eventually settled on some things I didnt really want and was just as happy.
Your thoughts are much appreciated. My gut reaction after reading this list is to let him buy from a local store. I fix computers, dont usually build. And I'm not sure I want the responsibility of fixing it for the next 4 years.