Thinking about building a new gaming rig... looking for advice

Geoff

Geoff

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CodeMinion said:
My budget is ~$1500 bucks. What would you guys suggest for components?
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I'd recommend you wait until later this week towards next week, as that is when the new Intel Skylake processors will be out. I'd then recommend the i7-6700K, GTX 980Ti, 16GB DDR3/4, 250GB Samsung 850 Evo.
 
beers

beers

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Any other tasks than straight gaming that you had in mind? Might sway the build if you said 'video editing' or some other heavily threaded work.

As above I'd see how Skylake pans out before making any purchasing decisions.
 
PCunicorn

PCunicorn

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Geoff said:
I'd recommend you wait until later this week towards next week, as that is when the new Intel Skylake processors will be out. I'd then recommend the i7-6700K, GTX 980Ti, 16GB DDR3/4, 250GB Samsung 850 Evo.
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An i7 is pointless for a gaming rig. Stupid to waste a hundred bucks when it could go towards something better for a gaming rig, like an HDD.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($241.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($153.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($107.64 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($689.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($51.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($21.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($100.00)
Total: $1598.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 12:36 EDT-0400

Do you need a monitor, keyboard, or mouse? What are your current ones, if you already have them?

Replace the CPU and Motherboard with their Skylake successors, when they come out. Also, replace the RAM with DDR4 if that's what Skylake uses.

If you don't like the case, get another one from Corsair, NZXT, or Fractal Design. BTW, make sure to install Windows on the SSD and games on the HDD.

This is slightly over budget, but it's one of the best single card, LGA 1150 builds you can get right now. If you need to reduce the price, let us know.
 
Geoff

Geoff

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PCunicorn said:
An i7 is pointless for a gaming rig. Stupid to waste a hundred bucks when it could go towards something better for a gaming rig, like an HDD.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($241.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($153.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($107.64 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($689.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($51.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($21.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($100.00)
Total: $1598.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-04 12:36 EDT-0400

Do you need a monitor, keyboard, or mouse? What are your current ones, if you already have them?

Replace the CPU and Motherboard with their Skylake successors, when they come out. Also, replace the RAM with DDR4 if that's what Skylake uses.

If you don't like the case, get another one from Corsair, NZXT, or Fractal Design. BTW, make sure to install Windows on the SSD and games on the HDD.

This is slightly over budget, but it's one of the best single card, LGA 1150 builds you can get right now. If you need to reduce the price, let us know.
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I still would recommend waiting for Skylake, buying an already outdated i5 is not a good idea if you plan on using this for years to come. It sounds like an i7 is out of your budget, but a new i5-6600K would be a great choice.
 
PCunicorn

PCunicorn

Active Member
Geoff said:
I still would recommend waiting for Skylake, buying an already outdated i5 is not a good idea if you plan on using this for years to come. It sounds like an i7 is out of your budget, but a new i5-6600K would be a great choice.
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PCunicorn said:
Replace the CPU and Motherboard with their Skylake successors, when they come out. Also, replace the RAM with DDR4 if that's what Skylake uses.
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If it sounded like I meant buy Haswell then buy Skylake later, sorry. I just put those there as placeholders, OP should wait and buy Skylake when it comes out.
 
PCunicorn

PCunicorn

Active Member
Updated parts list. Removed the SSD, since that put the build way over budget when paired with the more expensive CPU, RAM, and the new HSF. The stuff I said in my first post in this thread still applies, and we need to know the answer to the monitor, keyboard, and mouse question.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($274.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($25.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($121.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($679.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($100.00)
Total: $1520.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-06 15:13 EDT-0400
 
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