Just as a note, we're trying to get this PC built ASAP because my friend wants me to be there to help build it before I leave town in a week. So we'll sacrifice some price for the sake of getting it ordered and shipped. I think picking up from forums would take too long.
I want to stay away from that case. We'll probably just budget ourselves to $150 for the case and just go shopping for them on our own, but I have a friend who has the nzxt phantom it's not quite the "style" we're looking for.
I definitely agree with both of you. As long as the CPU is upgradable in the future(if need be), I think most processors would work for what he'll be using. Better to buy a lower end MOBO/CPU and then spend that extra money on a nicer GPU for gaming. I'll look more into the suggestions you guys have, and see what works best.
That keyboard actually looks pretty nice, I'll look into it. He wants to cheap out on some $10-20 keyboard but I won't let him ;D
In that respect, what is the benefit of having a 120hz refresh rate? I doubt we'd really need that for any reason.
I have these monitors right now, and the base is kinda bulky and in the way. I'm hoping the one's I recommended
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have a smaller base(my friend's desk isn't that large), so for the same price, I'll probably go with the smaller ones.
Is there really a benefit of having a 750 watt power supply versus the 620 one I recommended?
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It's $40 cheaper. Although I might go with a higher-end graphics card (7950) so maybe it will be necessary....
Having 2 monitors is invaluable when you're doing work, and like others said, the 3770K is probably overkill.