Real Holiday Buyer's Guide 2015

[Morgan MLGman]

No, do it. That's why I did it. If I had talked to someone like myself that tested them both in the same case I may have gone with the 290x. Don't know though, as the 390 does run cooler and use less power. But I'd be better off with the 290x as a single card, as anyone would I think.

That is exactly why I did swap to a 290X from my GTX 970 and that's also why I didn't go with a 390 despite it being within the budget, I didn't need 8GB of VRAM for my 1920x1200 so I opted for the more powerful GPU I assumed that based on Hardocp.com results 290 vs 390 clock for clock comparison where the results were very close, within a margin of error, so I assumed it's the same for the 290X and 390X case, also the chips on them are exactly the same with their specs, so I grabbed the 290X

[colinreay]

I like you $2000 build, but I feel something with 2 980ti's would be more suitable for a gamer, like this 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.99 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($593.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($593.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.40 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1932.31

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-25 23:07 EST-0500

[Morgan MLGman]

 

I like you $2000 build, but I feel something with 2 980ti's would be more suitable for a gamer, like this 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.99 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($593.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($593.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.40 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1932.31

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-25 23:07 EST-0500

 

It might be good when it comes to gaming, but people spending that much on a PC rarely just game, they use their PC's for some other heavy stuff and thus the i7 is mandatory, as well as a big SSD etc. That was the entire point of that build, and Linus also considered it like that

[PlayStation 2]

To prove to you that using rebates and different shops can get you even more for 500$ than what you put together:

I fit a R9 290 in there.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($89.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: Asus M5A97 PLUS ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: OCZ Trion 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($34.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($39.10 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 290 4GB IceQ X² Video Card  ($229.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Enermax OSTROG ATX Mid Tower Case  ($22.00 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $503.04

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-25 16:12 EST-0500

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[Morgan MLGman]

teach me your fucking ways mr. dank meme sausage

All builds have been updated for current pricing, the pattern still stands though, newegg used as the only retailer and mail-in rebates disabled ^^