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Hey guys, I want to get a new computer for gaming. I dont think i'll be playing anything too demanding. (CS:GO, LoL, Dota, TF2) I also might try BF4, Arma, It all just depends on if I find people to play with. My budget is around 1000 US. I know i'm on a budget but if possible i'd prefer a red/black scheme. Also cases I like are the fractal design r-4 and the corsair series cases. AMD or Intel I.D.G.A.F. That mantle stuff sounds cool though but idk if it makes a difference. Thanks for reading give me builds/suggestion.

Rest in Pepperoni

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Price? Currency?

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VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 5x 8TB WD White Label/Red (Plex) (both arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), 1TB Teamgroup MP33 (dumping ground) Corsair RM750x, TrueNAS Scale

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 11 Pro

OptiPlex 7040M

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Intel Core i7 6700, 2x16GB Mushkin Redline (stuck at 2133MHz CL13), 240GB Corsair MP510, 2TB Seagate Barracuda 2.5", 130w Dell power brick, Windows 11 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Steam Deck LCD (512GB), Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB, PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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$1000

US dollar

Would you rather have mATX or regular ATX?

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VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 5x 8TB WD White Label/Red (Plex) (both arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), 1TB Teamgroup MP33 (dumping ground) Corsair RM750x, TrueNAS Scale

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 11 Pro

OptiPlex 7040M

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Intel Core i7 6700, 2x16GB Mushkin Redline (stuck at 2133MHz CL13), 240GB Corsair MP510, 2TB Seagate Barracuda 2.5", 130w Dell power brick, Windows 11 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Steam Deck LCD (512GB), Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB, PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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What is cheapest / has most bang for buck?

Both about the same. I just wanted to know if you had a size preference.

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VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 5x 8TB WD White Label/Red (Plex) (both arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), 1TB Teamgroup MP33 (dumping ground) Corsair RM750x, TrueNAS Scale

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 11 Pro

OptiPlex 7040M

Spoiler

Intel Core i7 6700, 2x16GB Mushkin Redline (stuck at 2133MHz CL13), 240GB Corsair MP510, 2TB Seagate Barracuda 2.5", 130w Dell power brick, Windows 11 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

Spoiler

Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Steam Deck LCD (512GB), Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB, PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.73 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($72.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($329.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1001.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-21 19:02 EDT-0400

You ninja'd me... editing

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/K6vQwP

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/K6vQwP/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.66 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($137.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($85.98 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($85.82 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($81.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 285 2GB STRIX Video Card  ($259.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $1090.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-21 19:02 EDT-0400
 
I am a bit over i know that... maybe go with an lower CPU (then will be not able to OC)
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.73 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($72.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($329.99 @ NCIX US) 

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

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1001.65

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-21 19:02 EDT-0400

You ninja'd me... editing

looks better than mine ;( 

but: Don't get this RAM get some corsair/kingston/gskill

corsair CX: crappy i had one fail on me

Mainbord: WTF does the 5 cost the same as the 3… so for sure get the 5

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/K6vQwP

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/K6vQwP/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.66 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($137.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($85.98 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($85.82 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($81.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 285 2GB STRIX Video Card  ($259.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Titanium Grey) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $1090.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-21 19:02 EDT-0400
 
I am a bit over i know that... maybe go with an lower CPU (then will be not able to OC)

 

 

Any particular reason for going with the strix version?

Rest in Pepperoni

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This should be MUCH better and be MUCH better color coordinated

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($224.73 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($122.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($345.91 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1036.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-21 19:08 EDT-0400
 
Everything is perfectly color coordinated. You could add some corsair fans with red LEDs or the red rings to make it even more color coordinated. Heck, even the SSD is color matched. 
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
 
CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($69.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($127.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($72.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($53.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: AOC e2351F 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($119.99 @ Micro Center) 
Headphones: Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones  ($119.95 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1039.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-21 19:09 EDT-0400

You said you wanted a monitor, headphones and things =/ I tried my best
 

 

looks better than mine ;( 
but: Don't get this RAM get some corsair/kingston/gskill
corsair CX: crappy i had one fail on me

Mainbord: WTF does the 5 cost the same as the 3… so for sure get the 5

 

yeah, I usually just build what works well in that price range. my cx500. :)

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Sorry @eman21790, but PCPartPicker isn't playing nice, so I'm unable to make a list up for you. Hope you have good luck in your PC building endeavor. :)

Main rig on profile

VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 5x 8TB WD White Label/Red (Plex) (both arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), 1TB Teamgroup MP33 (dumping ground) Corsair RM750x, TrueNAS Scale

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

Spoiler

Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 11 Pro

OptiPlex 7040M

Spoiler

Intel Core i7 6700, 2x16GB Mushkin Redline (stuck at 2133MHz CL13), 240GB Corsair MP510, 2TB Seagate Barracuda 2.5", 130w Dell power brick, Windows 11 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

Spoiler

Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Steam Deck LCD (512GB), Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB, PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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