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You Can Build A Better Gaming PC For $1500 Than You May Think: Best $1500 Gaming PC January 2014 Parts List!

If you read the first post, you would know why I chose a 760W power supply despite it being overkill. And why I chose 16GB of RAM, even though it is overkill.

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Besides, you can create an 8GB Ramdisk as a cache for the SSD and or HDD.

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If you read the first post, you would know why I chose a 760W power supply despite it being overkill. And why I chose 16GB of RAM, even though it is overkill.

760w platinum is overkill even for upgrades. Overall its not a great build. Dont label it as "Best". Also its labeled as "Gaming". You can fit a 780 in that budget.

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Future games will most likely greatly benefit from an I7 over an I5. The hyper threading even makes Google Chrome run a lot faster.

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Why an i7?

N33d M0ar Th33ds!!

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Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe - CPU: I7 5820k @4.4 ghz 1.225vcore - GPU: 2x Asus GTX 970 Strix edition - Mainboard: Asus X99-S - RAM: HyperX predator 4x4 2133 mhz - HDD: Seagate barracuda 2 TB 7200 rpm - SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB SSD - PSU: Corsair HX1000i - Case fans: 3x Noctua PPC 140mm - Radiator fans: 3x Noctua PPC 120 mm - CPU cooler: Fractal design Kelvin S36 together with Noctua PPCs - Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Cherry gaming keyboard - mouse: Steelseries sensei raw - Headset: Kingston HyperX Cloud Build Log

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And here is a better build

 

 
CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Seidon 240M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($95.66 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard:  MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($143.87 @ NCIX US) 
Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($82.02 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($499.99 @ Newegg) 
Case:  NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($100.43 @ TigerDirect) 
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit)  ($94.98 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1461.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-05 13:37 EST-0500)

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It is about 25% faster than an I5 in multithreaded tasks.

But if you want to strictly game on the pc you better off getting an AMD 8350 give you a similar performance I think Linus made a video in which the i7 beat the 8350 by 5-7% plus in amd you can get it for 190 on any sale, if you using windows 8.1 also windows can benefit from more cores

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Will a Pentium bottleneck?

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Will a Pentium bottleneck?

It will bottleneck just about anything. LOL!
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This would give you better performance in games and is SLI ready

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ NCIX US) 

CPU Cooler:  Be Quiet DARK ROCK 2 57.9 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($74.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory:  G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($82.02 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card:  Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card  ($499.99 @ Amazon) 

Case:  Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply:  SeaSonic 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($97.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $1462.91

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-05 13:21 EST-0500)

My build is also SLI ready. What makes you think that it is not?
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It will bottleneck just about anything. LOL!

Not really.

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Future games will most likely greatly benefit from an I7 over an I5. The hyper threading even makes Google Chrome run a lot faster.

Take this from someone who just went from an i5 3570k to an i7 4960x, there is VERY little difference in regular use and gaming. Chrome does NOT run faster.

15" MBP TB

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Not really.

If you already know, why would you ask? You ask a question when you do not know the answer, not when you are bored.
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Here it's like 800$ just for the GPU and 500$ for the cpu.I don't think it's worth mentioning the rest.

It's $650 for the GPU and $390 for the CPU, that pricing is about right for New Zealand though.

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If you already know, why would you ask? You ask a question when you do not know the answer, not when you are bored.

It wouldn't bottleneck crap cards.

i5 4670k @ 4.2GHz (Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo); ASrock Z87 EXTREME4; 8GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 RAM @ 2133MHz; Asus DirectCU GTX 560; Super Flower Golden King 550 Platinum PSU;1TB Seagate Barracuda;Corsair 200r case. 

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It's $650 for the GPU and $390 for the CPU, that pricing is about right for New Zealand though.

$300 for the PSU.

OH GOD!

i5 4670k @ 4.2GHz (Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo); ASrock Z87 EXTREME4; 8GB Kingston HyperX Beast DDR3 RAM @ 2133MHz; Asus DirectCU GTX 560; Super Flower Golden King 550 Platinum PSU;1TB Seagate Barracuda;Corsair 200r case. 

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That is why I said JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. Besides, we are talking about GTX 770 and GTX 780 cards, which it would bottleneck.

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This system isn't optimal for gaming.

 

That is why I said JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. Besides, we are talking about GTX 770 and GTX 780 cards, which it would bottleneck.

Quote someone so they see your reply.

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It wouldn't bottleneck crap cards.

That is why I said JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. Besides, we are talking about GTX 770 and GTX 780 cards, which it would bottleneck.
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My build is also SLI ready. What makes you think that it is not?

I meant it is ALSO SLI ready. Also no need for 16gb, not even for your reasons because a gaming pc will not need to upgrade to 32gb of ram.

current system:  i5 2500k @4.5ghz cooled by antec 620 - asrock z77 extreme 4 - 8gb corsair RAM - MSI Twin Frorz 7950 in crossfire - XFX 850w  - Fractal design R4 - samsung 840 120gb ssd - 500gb wd blue hdd - 1440p korean qnix monitor (love it!)

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go with a solid air cooler for the cpu, 8 GB of 1600 mhz ram, drop down to a 4670k or a 8350, drop down abit on the psu and try to squeese in a 780 with the money you just saved.

atleast that is probably what i would have done, if gaming is main priority.

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Future games will most likely greatly benefit from an I7 over an I5. The hyper threading even makes Google Chrome run a lot faster.

 

Future games will benefit from more cores not more threads (aka Intels HT).... so the fact is that the 8350 is better future proofing than a non extreme i7 or i5. as it is a true 8 core not 4 cores with 8 threads, Not to mention if Mantle takes off then the 8350 will become even more relevant as it allows games to access all cores of a system and not just 2/4 currently.

 

The games that do run better on Intel cores are ones like Skyrim because the engine its built on only uses two cores (or two cores and two threads on intel) that is the only reason.

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