$1000 gaming pc build

[farhanorakzai]

my friend is looking to get parts for a gaming pc. his budget is 1100 us dollars. what can he get to max out 1080p games or close to maxing out? thanks

[farhanorakzai]

title is typo. i meant 1100

[Guest]

PC Parts Picker at the Ready

[Guest]

Does he plan to overclock his CPU?

[farhanorakzai]

Does he plan to overclock his CPU?

no

[Clyne]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($227.98 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 Guard-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($72.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.91 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($349.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $1103.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 23:10 EDT-0400

[TheKDub]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($227.98 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 Guard-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($72.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.91 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($349.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $1103.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 23:10 EDT-0400

 

 

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[GloriousPain]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($227.98 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 Guard-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($72.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.91 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($349.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $1103.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 23:10 EDT-0400

 

^This'll be perfect but @farnorazaki your friend isn't planning to OC you said, either get a 4570 and save him some money,or drop the cooler and just upgrade it to Xeon 1230V2 (which is a quadcore w/ hyperthreading) to give him some headroom incase games start using the extra threads, Maybe get a slightly cheaper PSU a 290 isn't gonna zap 750W maybe look at a 600W instead save him some money or upgrade le 290 to a 290x or a nicer case 

[Guest]

 Few bucks over price But I stand my all the parts...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BbN4ZL

[farhanorakzai]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($227.98 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 Guard-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($72.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.91 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($349.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $1103.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 23:10 EDT-0400

 

 

 

This ^

 

^This'll be perfect but @farnorazaki your friend isn't planning to OC you said, either get a 4570 and save him some money,or drop the cooler and just upgrade it to Xeon 1230V2 (which is a quadcore w/ hyperthreading) to give him some headroom incase games start using the extra threads, Maybe get a slightly cheaper PSU a 290 isn't gonna zap 750W maybe look at a 600W instead save him some money or upgrade le 290 to a 290x or a nicer case 

thanks guys i'm going to build this probably in a week or two. (whenever parts arrive). you guys have helped me convert an xbox peasant 

[partick.lii]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($146.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($96.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($55.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($349.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($100.00 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $1163.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 23:20 EDT-0400

 

You could go with this build, or with the case above, and it would be closer to your budget.

[farhanorakzai]

 Few bucks over price But I stand my all the parts...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/367FmG

link doesn't work

[Clyne]

^This'll be perfect but @farnorazaki your friend isn't planning to OC you said, either get a 4570 and save him some money,or drop the cooler and just upgrade it to Xeon 1230V2 (which is a quadcore w/ hyperthreading) to give him some headroom incase games start using the extra threads, Maybe get a slightly cheaper PSU a 290 isn't gonna zap 750W maybe look at a 600W instead save him some money or upgrade le 290 to a 290x or a nicer case 

but in the future, the OP friend could regret not having the OC option. 

[partick.lii]

 Few bucks over price But I stand my all the parts...

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/367FmG

idk why you would go with dominator platinums lol

and because you went with platinums, you missed out on the chance to get a 290

[Guest]

idk why you would go with dominator platinums lol

and because you went with platinums, you missed out on the chance to get a 290

I like the aesthetic but I will change just because it does take it over a little and the SSD keeps me from a 290 just because I think they are required to have a good system.

[partick.lii]

I like the aesthetic but I will change just because it does take it over a little and the SSD keeps me from a 290 just because I think they are required to have a good system.

tru dat

[Guest]

Updated

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Z9hLdC

[farhanorakzai]

I like the aesthetic but I will change just because it does take it over a little and the SSD keeps me from a 290 just because I think they are required to have a good system.

 

 

idk why you would go with dominator platinums lol

and because you went with platinums, you missed out on the chance to get a 290

 

 

but in the future, the OP friend could regret not having the OC option. 

i can't get to pc part picker. it says webpage is not available 

[Guest]

tru dat

I just think the GPU sacrifice is negligible and worth it

[Guest]

link doesn't work

Does this work?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Z9hLdC

[GloriousPain]

/Snip

Love how yours costs more and you didn't really change much, You got a more expensive slightly worst(IMO) HDD, CUT SSD space in half, got a better OCing CPU when the guy isn't planning to OC, WORST RAM(Corsair DOA and RMA rates are higher than Adatas) that again costs more, but the Case I'll agree to that atleast  Seems kinda like an attempted to change thing to what you'd buy based on your preference that didn't really do much good  

[Clyne]

i can't get to pc part picker. it says webpage is not available 

i think the site is down, i can't go there too

[partick.lii]

I just think the GPU sacrifice is negligible and worth it

the performance difference between an r9 290 and 280x is tremendous, just like a 770 and 780, but the prices are much closer. 

[Guest]

the performance difference between an r9 290 and 280x is tremendous, just like a 770 and 780, but the prices are much closer. 

Fair enough. Still think the SSD is worth it. Though if he wants the can 86 the SSD for now and get the 290 and always get an SSD later.

[farhanorakzai]

Does this work?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Z9hLdC

Works on my phone's internet , I don't know what's going on with desktop. I think we'll get an r9 290, because he wants to be able to max out all games at 1080p.