Solid $1000 Pretty Heavy Gaming Build

[CNGaming38]

I'm looking for a $1000 Canadian pretty heavy gaming build. I have a pretty good baseline afaik, but i'm looking for suggestions or ideas on alternate parts.

Build:

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/WXCKRB

 

Keep in mind i'll be playing games like Skyrim, Space Engineers, Minecraft (With Shaders), and the Fallout Games.
 

[dmanschramm]

That would be great for heavy gaming. If you are comfortable with overclocking, then the G3258 is a great processor that can easily pull 4.5Ghz with 1.3V. It won't bottleneck a GTX 970.

 

Hope this helps

[DimasRMDO]

I'm looking for a $1000 Canadian pretty heavy gaming build. I have a pretty good baseline afaik, but i'm looking for suggestions or ideas on alternate parts.

Build:

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/WXCKRB

 

Keep in mind i'll be playing games like Skyrim, Space Engineers, Minecraft (With Shaders), and the Fallout Games.

 

You should change the CPU to an i5 (sacrifice the GPU a bit).

[Goussy]

That would be great for heavy gaming. If you are comfortable with overclocking, then the G3258 is a great processor that can easily pull 4.5Ghz with 1.3V. It won't bottleneck a GTX 970.

 

Hope this helps

there will be a heavy bottleneck if it is a Pentium G3258.

[niofalpha]

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/pb4jCJ

Is the best build for that budget.+

[thekeemo]

if you dont really need an SSD you could also get n i5-4460 and probably fit in a ssd

[Suffokation]

Can you switch out the Pentium K and the Z97 board with a i5 4460 and a H81 board?

It would be around $50 more expensive.

[zlolslavez]

I can tell you had the ability to upgrade in mind, but I don't think a G3258 on the z97 is the correct approach.

This build I have improves on the processor, allowing you to play certain games much better, at the cost at playing a lower amount of games slightly worse.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.75 @ shopRBC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($33.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($94.95 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: Kingston Blu Red Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Memory Express) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.95 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Toxic Video Card  ($299.99 @ NCIX) 

Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ NCIX) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ NCIX) 

Total: $993.57

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-29 20:48 EDT-0400

 

The colors on this build are slightly off, as I slammed it together quite quickly.

(Also this build will have to remove drives cages)

[dmanschramm]

there will be a heavy bottleneck if it is a Pentium G3258.

 

If it's overclocked then there shouldn't be any bottleneck. Games run on single threaded performance...

 

Linus' heavyweight vs lightweight CPU video showed how the 5960X and the G3258 (overclocked EASILY to 4.5 Ghz) could pull very similar FPS in games with a GTX 970. Don't underestimate the G3258 in game. Outside of that, we can obviously say that it is inferior to it's bigger brothers.

[zlolslavez]

if you dont really need an SSD you could also get n i5-4460 and probably fit in a ssd

 

An SSD is only the cost of " a night at the movies with a friend that won't stop eating popcorn". And the speed of it in later stages of the build (1+ years) is definitely useful, especially at post $750, and worth it in most cases. edit : oops accidental quote, but for some reason I can't edit it out.

[CNGaming38]

 

I can tell you had the ability to upgrade in mind, but I don't think a G3258 on the z97 is the correct approach.

This build I have improves on the processor, allowing you to play certain games much better, at the cost at playing a lower amount of games slightly worse.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.75 @ shopRBC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($33.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($94.95 @ Vuugo) 

Memory: Kingston Blu Red Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Memory Express) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.95 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Tri-X Toxic Video Card  ($299.99 @ NCIX) 

Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ NCIX) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ NCIX) 

Total: $993.57

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-29 20:48 EDT-0400

 

The colors on this build are slightly off, as I slammed it together quite quickly.

(Also this build will have to remove drives cages)

 

I see your improvement on the processor, but I don't really see why it's so much better, seeing as you can not overclock that CPU at all. I understand that the 4 cores increases improvement slightly, but is it really better to have more, weaker cores than it is to have fewer, stronger cores?

[thekeemo]

An SSD is only the cost of " a night at the movies with a friend that won't stop eating popcorn". And the speed of it in later stages of the build (1+ years) is definitely useful, especially at post $750, and worth it in most cases.

who goes to the movies. even more so who actually buys the stupidly marked up food..

personally I dont see a difference with windows 8 (at least wit an 850 evo or the R7 SSD)

[DimasRMDO]

But is it really better to have more, weaker cores than it is to have fewer, stronger cores?

No, intel CPU has few but stronger cores. If you mean more but weaker cores I think you're talking about AMD FX's CPU (8 cores) because they have 8 cores but weaker.

[MRE Teck]

amd x4 860k since dùal cor is no longer good for gaming and try gtx 970

[zlolslavez]

I see your improvement on the processor, but I don't really see why it's so much better, seeing as you can not overclock that CPU at all. I understand that the 4 cores increases improvement slightly, but is it really better to have more, weaker cores than it is to have fewer, stronger cores?

The statement, it is better to have more stronger cores, than more weaker cores, but when you only have 2 threads, some tasks cannot be done. Also you have to take in mind that most programs can use 4 cores, but not 6/8. If you really want to overclock pick up a 4690k, and maybe drop down to a R9 280, but I think a 4460 will suffice. (And now I think about it, you won't need a cooler with the 4460.)