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So here are the three parts lists I've mocked up at PCPP for my upcoming PC build. All will use the same case, a Corsair Vengeance C70 in military green. Thanks to a tight budget, I've had to be fairly frugal with my parts choices. Each of these builds is designed for: 1- gaming with a Single 1080p monitor; 2- streaming movies to my 1080p LED TV; 3- general computing. No video editing, coding, or anything else. My current system is an ots Lenovo I3 with 8gb of ram and a GTX 550 Ti. Tried to run Firestrike and it couldn't. Ran Sky Diver at an average of 39fps. I'm building in anticioation of games like Star Wars Battlefront 3 and Fallout 4 and Ark. Again, because of budget constraints I'm trying not to use any credit cards to build this PC. With that said, set up one would basically be free. Setup 2 would have a CC layout of less that $200. And setup 3 would be between $300 and $400. My plan is to build this system and game on it for 3-5 years. Please review these layouts and give me your thoughts and opinions on which would be the best for my needs and any changes you might recommend to make them better/cheaper/both.

Setup 1: PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DzMTcf

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DzMTcf/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($145.89 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.89 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($336.75 @ B&H)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($117.99 @ NCIX US)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.89 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1236.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-30 09:29 EDT-0400

Setup 2: PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cq3mTW

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cq3mTW/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($111.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($170.00 @ NCIX US)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.89 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($336.75 @ B&H)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($117.99 @ NCIX US)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.89 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1362.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-30 09:30 EDT-0400

Setup 3: PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Mjyqzy

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Mjyqzy/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ NCIX US)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($111.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($226.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($114.99 @ B&H)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($678.00 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($117.99 @ NCIX US)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.89 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1856.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-30 09:31 EDT-0400

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Edit to #3. PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HWbCXL

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HWbCXL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ NCIX US)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($111.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($226.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($114.99 @ B&H)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($336.75 @ B&H)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($117.99 @ NCIX US)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.89 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1514.97

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-30 09:35 EDT-0400

Had it built using the wrong GPU

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Setup one or two w/ a NZXT X61 Kraken

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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So here are the three parts lists I've mocked up at PCPP for my upcoming PC build. All will use the same case, a Corsair Vengeance C70 in military green. Thanks to a tight budget, I've had to be fairly frugal with my parts choices. Each of these builds is designed for: 1- gaming with a Single 1080p monitor; 2- streaming movies to my 1080p LED TV; 3- general computing. No video editing, coding, or anything else. My current system is an ots Lenovo I3 with 8gb of ram and a GTX 550 Ti. Tried to run Firestrike and it couldn't. Ran Sky Diver at an average of 39fps. I'm building in anticioation of games like Star Wars Battlefront 3 and Fallout 4 and Ark. Again, because of budget constraints I'm trying not to use any credit cards to build this PC. With that said, set up one would basically be free. Setup 2 would have a CC layout of less that $200. And setup 3 would be between $300 and $400. My plan is to build this system and game on it for 3-5 years. Please review these layouts and give me your thoughts and opinions on which would be the best for my needs and any changes you might recommend to make them better/cheaper/both.

Setup 1: PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DzMTcf

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DzMTcf/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($145.89 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.89 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($336.75 @ B&H)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($117.99 @ NCIX US)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.89 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1236.77

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-30 09:29 EDT-0400

Setup 2: PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cq3mTW

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cq3mTW/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($111.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($170.00 @ NCIX US)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.89 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($336.75 @ B&H)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($117.99 @ NCIX US)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.89 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1362.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-30 09:30 EDT-0400

Setup 3: PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Mjyqzy

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Mjyqzy/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ NCIX US)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($111.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($226.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($114.99 @ B&H)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($678.00 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($117.99 @ NCIX US)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.89 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($89.75 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1856.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-30 09:31 EDT-0400

i'm go with the first one

"Sulit" (adj.) something that is worth it

i7 8700K 4.8Ghz delidded / Corsair H100i V2 / Asus Strix Z370-F / G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB 3200 / EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3 / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q

Samsung 850 EVO 500GB & 250GB - Crucial MX300 M.2 525GB / Fractal Design Define S / Corsair K70 MX Reds / Logitech G502 / Beyerdynamic DT770 250Ohm

SMSL SD793II AMP/DAC - Schiit Magni 3 / PCPP

Old Rig

i5 2500k 4.5Ghz | Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P | Zotac GTX 980 AMP! Extreme | Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB 1866MHz

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Setup one or two w/ a NZXT X61 Kraken

Just curious. Why the X61 over the H100i or the H100i GTX?

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Just curious. Why the X61 over the H100i or the H100i GTX?

Better temperatures, looks better, and is a lot quieter.

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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