$1200 Build

[Guest Philosophy]

Hi, as I posted a few days ago, I was planning to sell my system on a downgrade I have ran into some money. I can now build a $1200 build! I prefer Intel Nvidia but I want best price to performance. I do light gaming. Heavy video editing, heavy programming and heavy picture editing. What would be best for this? I am from USA. I have Monitor keybaord and mouse. If you can think of anything else that might help feel free to include. Thanks!

[CoolBeans]

Location, do you need peripherals/os/monitor?

[Guest Philosophy]

Location, do you need peripherals/os/monitor?

USA I have Monitor keybaord and mouse. If you can think of anything else that might help feel free to include. 

[CoolBeans]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ Amazon) 

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

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($88.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($71.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.92 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($399.99 @ TigerDirect) 

Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1152.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

Do you still have your gaming computer (the one in your sig) because you could just upgrade that to something awesome 

[ZacDaMan72]

Your gaming PC seems fine, just get a 780 and an SSD and save some money for peripherals or games?

[Guest Philosophy]

Your gaming PC seems fine, just get a 780 and an SSD and save some money for peripherals or games?

It would be fine if I hand't had sold it for $1200

[piggykid1]

I'll work on one

And programming? What language and for what... I love programming

[Guest Philosophy]

I'll work on one

And programming? What language and for what... I love programming

C++, C# Java and well Visual Basic... I own a game company. I am the only worker I tinker never released a game yet!

[ZacDaMan72]

It would be fine if I hand't had sold it for $1200

oh, lol it was all good! 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7HpLwP

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7HpLwP/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ Amazon) 

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

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($117.99 @ NCIX US) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($399.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($114.39 @ Mwave) 

Power Supply: Cooler Master VSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($117.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1224.29

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

Has a bit of a black/red color scheme.

[piggykid1]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ Amazon) 

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

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($88.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($71.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.92 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($399.99 @ TigerDirect) 

Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1152.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

Do you still have your gaming computer (the one in your sig) because you could just upgrade that to something awesome 

 

I think he needs an os

[piggykid1]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($339.99 @ Amazon) 

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

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($137.99 @ NCIX US) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($144.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $1217.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

The 750 ti is great for gaming you should wait for later this year for the Nvidia 800 series

[Guest Philosophy]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($339.99 @ Amazon) 

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

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($137.99 @ NCIX US) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($144.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $1217.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

The 750 ti is great for gaming you should wait for later this year for the Nvidia 800 series

 

I changed the power supply to a Seasonic and I changed the SSD to a 250 gig. Good rig though came to 1300.95 which is not out of the question. Edit I changed graphics to 760. Thanks much man!

[piggykid1]

I changed the power supply to a Seasonic and I changed the SSD to a 250 gig. Good rig though came to 1300.95 which is not out of the question. 

ok 750ti is great for light gaming all the others put 290s and only i5s when really you do lot's of CPU intensive work

 

EDIT: Also like you said the 760 is great too