My 14yo son has been saving his money doing odd jobs for the past year and is very excited about building his own computer.
Below is a list of parts and the prices he's found for each. If anyone can help look it over and offer advice (get a better x / y is just as good but half the price / you're completely forgetting this / etc), I'd greatly appreciate it. I used to build 386 then 486 and eventually pentium systems, but as you can see by the first part of this sentence, it's been a LONG time since I did my own build.
Prices include shipping but not tax:
Motherboard - Gigabyte LGA 1150 Intel Z87 for $117.64
Processor - Intel i7-4770k for $314.99
Case - Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (he likes it because it's windowed and has a blue LED fan in front) - $49.99
Video card - EVGA GeForce GTX760 for $239.99
RAM - Crucial 16GB kit (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz - $139.99
Hard Drive - WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM (doesn't want to spend the $$ on SSD at this time) - $58.24
Power Supply - Corsair CX Series 750 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze - $79.99
Monitor - ViewSonic VX2270SMH-LED 22" - $149.99 (likes because he'd like to go HDMI and wants at least 20")
Optical Drive - Asus 24x DVD-RW - $21.80 (couldn't care less about having an optical drive, but thinks he'll need it to load OS and possibly other software)
OS - Windows 8.1 64-bit OEM - $94.57
Keyboard/Mouse - Logitech wireless combo MK270 - $17.99
He's at about $1300 plus tax but was hoping to keep it below $1200 ($1000 would be even better).
Any thoughts on this build?
He'd be using it for 3D Graphic Design, Video Editing, some gaming (minecraft, for example, nothing crazy), PhotoShop, and other regular stuff like Internet, Office, etc.
TIA for any help.
Below is a list of parts and the prices he's found for each. If anyone can help look it over and offer advice (get a better x / y is just as good but half the price / you're completely forgetting this / etc), I'd greatly appreciate it. I used to build 386 then 486 and eventually pentium systems, but as you can see by the first part of this sentence, it's been a LONG time since I did my own build.
Prices include shipping but not tax:
Motherboard - Gigabyte LGA 1150 Intel Z87 for $117.64
Processor - Intel i7-4770k for $314.99
Case - Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus (he likes it because it's windowed and has a blue LED fan in front) - $49.99
Video card - EVGA GeForce GTX760 for $239.99
RAM - Crucial 16GB kit (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz - $139.99
Hard Drive - WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM (doesn't want to spend the $$ on SSD at this time) - $58.24
Power Supply - Corsair CX Series 750 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze - $79.99
Monitor - ViewSonic VX2270SMH-LED 22" - $149.99 (likes because he'd like to go HDMI and wants at least 20")
Optical Drive - Asus 24x DVD-RW - $21.80 (couldn't care less about having an optical drive, but thinks he'll need it to load OS and possibly other software)
OS - Windows 8.1 64-bit OEM - $94.57
Keyboard/Mouse - Logitech wireless combo MK270 - $17.99
He's at about $1300 plus tax but was hoping to keep it below $1200 ($1000 would be even better).
Any thoughts on this build?
He'd be using it for 3D Graphic Design, Video Editing, some gaming (minecraft, for example, nothing crazy), PhotoShop, and other regular stuff like Internet, Office, etc.
TIA for any help.