Not every i7 can be overclocked. Only the K versions. For gaming, a i5 is fine. But if you're going to do any bit of streaming or video editing I'd totally go for an FX 8320 8 core. Super good value.
Lol'd pretty hard at Goat_'s comment. "Just to make your e-penis bigger" pretty much haha. But for tf2, I've heard that overclocking the cpu can increase fps by a ton.

Why no amd cards? Oh don't tell me, he's an nvidia fanboy... Of course a mac fanboy just goes from mac to intel/nvidia. Pretty much the same stupid fanboyism. Amd gpus are faster. Period. For a $2000 build he could probably afford either, but amd is going to be much better. Is he okay with crossfire/SLI? A SLI 670/680 or a crossfire 7950/7970 would destroy, if he can afford it.

Windows 8 is actually pretty awesome, much faster all around and once you get some programs to get back the start bar, it's just all around better. Metro interface does suck though, I removed it (the tablet windows phone interface screen, with the tiles).

Spending $2000 is overkill, he could probably do fine with just a $800 build, maybe a 7870 and a 8320/990fx mobo. Unless he wants to push 120fps on crysis 3 on ultra 1080p, or go multi monitors it will be fine. My 660 can run metro 2033 at 40fps and crysis 2 at 60fps, fine by me. But an overclocked 7970 or 7950 (or 680) would probably do better.

DAMN. Lol that's intense. I need to upgrade my cpu haha, still running an old amd phenom 2.6ghz. Shows that tf2 runs mostly off the cpu also

Check out the amd fx 8350. It even beats out the 3770k in a lot of aspects, and its only $160-180. With 8 cores it would dominate for streaming. Also, switch out the 650 for a 7850 or 7770 (or something amd, maybe you could find a 7870 for cheap).
650w is overkill, but go with a quality psu. Most important part of the build, plus a good seasonic will last you forever.
Also, with a 8350 you need a good motherboard. Don't go with a $50 mobo with a $150 cpu, its going to blow up haha.
do you live near a micro center? They have sick deals for the 8320/8320.
But otherwise, pick up a 990 mobo, either the gigabyte ud3, the asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 or the asrock extreme 4.

http://teksyndicate.com/videos/amd-fx-8350-vs-intel-3570k-vs-3770k-vs-3820-gaming-and-xsplit-streaming-benchmarks - good benchmark of them

i7 is usually if not always overkill for gaming. The only reason to get it is if you're streaming or doing video editing as well. A i5 or amd fx6300 or even a phenom ii 955 would be fine. For tf2 the gpu doesnt matter much but for other games you want to invest most of the money on it. I'd go for a 7950 and overclock it. The nvidia gpus are really overpriced, and now that adobe is going to work with opencl are really not usefull for anything. Amd is just faster and cheaper. Plus better for bitcoin mining :P

What about the under $100 range?

http://clugu.com/tf2mate/
Fps configs are awesome. I use the highframes. This should bump it up the fps pretty well.

You are not welcome here

How does this macro thing work? I'm curios, I'd like to install it and mess around with it if its not banned or whatever

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I think its pretty obvious that its just your system is getting too hot and the computer is turning up the fans automatically

Its also counted as cheating in normal servers I believe.

Damn thats gotta suck. I play on like 30 ping. I'm going to try doing some lobbies and newbie mixes this week, medics getting pretty boring (after ~3,000 hours in the game, everything is starting to get repetitive ;)). And yeah, I don't usually play pugs, I like to just go on a server with my friends and do little 6s matches or mge.
But really thanks guys.

Just get a program to turn the fan speeds down. If the temps are too high then you should keep them at high speeds but its its like 30 c only then its fine

/epiphany

dat fov