$2500 Editing/Gaming PC

[Stxr]

Hey guys,

 

I've decided to build a $2500 PC, I will be gaming that is why I've chosen the r9 295x2 (I will be getting a second one down the road) I wasn't totally sure what CPU to get so I decided to choose the i7 4790k because of the good reviews it has gotten and due to the good render speeds I also forgot to add in the thermaltake 3.0 to list #1 and #2, and the power supply which I need some recommendations for.

That is my possible build #1, my second possibility is a x99 build with the i7 5820k (I chose that one because it beats the i7 5930k in some benchmarks and because I am on a budget) there is also a Zotac gtx 980 Amp! Omega which is also very capable. As mentioned above if possible this build should cost under $2500 but it won't be the end of the world if it costs $2700.

 

Links:

Possible build #1: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wRkJTW

Possible build #2: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3CdHJx

Thanks,

Star

[Virgule]

Read the sticky thread.

 

Do you need peripherals ?

Do you need an OS ?

Where do you live / plan on buying ?

What resolution do you play on / how many monitor do you have / plan on buying ?

What kind of editing / gaming are you doing ?

 

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[AlwaysFSX]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($146.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($144.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($214.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($349.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($349.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Phantom 630 Windowed Edition (Black) ATX Full Tower Case  ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Other: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($249.99)
Total: $2492.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-05 22:42 EST-0500

[Geekazoid]

@AlwaysFSX, I'm actually find it interesting that you're recommending the NZXT Kraken X61 because that's

the AIO CPU Cooler that I'll be getting with my H440 build. Have you had any experience with it mate?

[Geekazoid]

Read the sticky thread.

 

Do you need peripherals ?

Do you need an OS ?

Where do you live / plan on buying ?

What resolution do you play on / how many monitor do you have / plan on buying ?

What kind of editing / gaming are you doing ?

 

...

You may want to tag him because he's not following this thread of his.

[Virgule]

You may want to tag him because he's not following this thread of his.

Well why make one then Stxr?

[Geekazoid]

@Stxr, you may want to include a CPU cooler in your second build option, the X99 Intel CPUs don't come with CPU coolers. I'd probably recommend that you add a third-party CPU cooler for both builds anyway because those stock CPU coolers aren't too great.

[Geekazoid]

Well why make one then Stxr?

Pardon? Please rephrase your question.

[Virgule]

Pardon? Please rephrase your question.

If that is the case, why did the individual make a thread in the first case then ?

 

*QUITE*

[AlwaysFSX]

@AlwaysFSX, I'm actually find it interesting that you're recommending the NZXT Kraken X61 because that's

the AIO CPU Cooler that I'll be getting with my H440 build. Have you had any experience with it mate?

Personal, no. Spent hours searching online for opinions, sure.

[bry.yyyy]

Z97

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

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

CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($114.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V2 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($169.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($238.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($82.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($339.99 @ Micro Center) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($339.99 @ Micro Center) 

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ NCIX US) 

Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Amazon) 

Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $2401.85

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-05 23:09 EST-0500

[Geekazoid]

If that is the case, why did the individual make a thread in the first case then ?

 

*QUITE*

Thank you! Well, people don't always remember or see the checkbox to follow their threads. This is an easy mistake to make. It doesn't mean the the guy shouldn't create posts though, it just means he needs to know that he needs to follow his threads to be notified of replies.

[Geekazoid]

Personal, no. Spent hours searching online for opinions, sure.

Ah, okay.

Really? Heck!

[bry.yyyy]

X99 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Micro Center) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($114.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-GAMING 5 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($293.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: A-Data XPG Z1 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($279.17 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($238.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($82.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card  ($579.99 @ Micro Center) 

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ NCIX US) 

Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $2350.06

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-05 23:19 EST-0500

[Omon_Ra]

I just built this rig for primarily video editing/After Effects. You can obviously cut some of that price out (5920K vs 5930K). I ended up going with the 5930K, I can't really justify why, other than I wanted to. Ha. But I was surprised that a comparable 4930K/X79 build was pretty much the same price as the newer X99 platform, even with the expensive DDR4 RAM.

 

As far as editing performance goes, I'm exporting 1 pass VBR H.264 videos at about 50% of real-time (3min video takes about 90sec to export). Not to mention with the GPU acceleration, rendering is pretty much non-existent. I still do just out of habit, and it's stupid fast.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($569.99 @ NCIX US) 

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

Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($379.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($384.99 @ B&H) 

Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($91.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.97 @ SuperBiiz) 

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

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($387.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Micro Center) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($129.94 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $2599.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-05 23:12 EST-0500

 

 

[bry.yyyy]

i can't decide between H105 Kraken X61 And Water 3.0 all of them got good cooling on OC 

[bry.yyyy]

 

I just built this rig for primarily video editing/After Effects. You can obviously cut some of that price out (5920K vs 5930K). I ended up going with the 5930K, I can't really justify why, other than I wanted to. Ha. But I was surprised that a comparable 4930K/X79 build was pretty much the same price as the newer X99 platform, even with the expensive DDR4 RAM.

 

As far as editing performance goes, I'm exporting 1 pass VBR H.264 videos at about 50% of real-time (3min video takes about 90sec to export). Not to mention with the GPU acceleration, rendering is pretty much non-existent. I still do just out of habit, and it's stupid fast.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($569.99 @ NCIX US) 

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

Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($379.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($384.99 @ B&H) 

Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($91.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.97 @ SuperBiiz) 

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

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($387.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Micro Center) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($129.94 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $2599.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-05 23:12 EST-0500

 

he need monitor and why the heck you put 780 while 980 already launch 

[Omon_Ra]

he need monitor and why the heck you put 780 while 980 already launch

Because that is what I had personally built. I said he can change stuff out easily.. I did go a bit heavy on storage, but as a primarily video editing rig, not gaming, I thought the OP would probably be interested in that.

As far as price goes, the 970 is the better way to go. And really, the OP was looking at AMD cards anyways..

[Stxr]

Well why make one then Stxr?

Ok well maybe because I don't sit by the computer all day long waiting for replies?

[Stxr]

Why do you guy's not click the fucking links and see that I've selected a monitor, I've selected the Thermaltake 3.0 ultimate for water cooling and yes I did forget to mention that I already have the OS, Peripherials etc. Thanks to the people that weren't ignorant as fuck...

-Star