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heavymetalcelt
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I've wanted to build a PC for a while and finally have the money to do it this year. I have a budget of $1500 and figured Ide stretch it a lil by buying as much as possible on cyber Monday. I'm thinking a quad core gaming rig but am admittedly intimidated by parts choices, comparability and balancing. Any help or parts suggestions would be much appreciated.

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I've wanted to build a PC for a while and finally have the money to do it this year. I have a budget of $1500 and figured Ide stretch it a lil by buying as much as possible on cyber Monday. I'm thinking a quad core gaming rig but am admittedly intimidated by parts choices, comparability and balancing. Any help or parts suggestions would be much appreciat

 

Is that american dollars? And does that build include peripherals?

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                            Whirlpool

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($88.99 @ Newegg) 


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


Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($349.95 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($349.95 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 


Total: $1475.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-20 15:22 EST-0500

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Hey @heavymetalcelt,

I have put together a build here for you for a maximum performance gaming rig.

The i5 CPU is a good choice for gaming as this one is overclockable and will yield very good performance in games.

The Motherboard is overclock ready and supports duel SLI as well as CrossFire and RAID.

The EVO cooler will give you good cooling for medium overclocking and is way better and quieter than the stock one.

The RAM I got you is 2400 MegaHertz for the best speed and the motherboard can handle those speeds.

A WD Red drive is a reliable storage device and Samsung SSD give you great boot speeds and load speeds on games.

The duel MSI cards will yield AMAZING performance in all games today and should do everything you want at a good FPS on ultra settings.

The case is a personal choise but i really think this case looks good and is spacious, but of course you can change it if you don't like it.

And the power supply leaves space for further upgrades. 

 

I hope this helps, please reply if it does.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pm9yc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pm9yc/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($229.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Plus ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($108.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($84.98 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($119.98 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master Storm Stryker (White) ATX Full Tower Case  ($154.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master VSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1593.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-20 15:25 EST-0500

------------------Hope This Helps------------------

                            Whirlpool

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Hey @heavymetalcelt,

I have put together a build here for you for a maximum performance gaming rig.

The i5 CPU is a good choice for gaming as this one is overclockable and will yield very good performance in games.

The Motherboard is overclock ready and supports duel SLI as well as CrossFire and RAID.

The EVO cooler will give you good cooling for medium overclocking and is way better and quieter than the stock one.

The RAM I got you is 2400 MegaHertz for the best speed and the motherboard can handle those speeds.

A WD Red drive is a reliable storage device and Samsung SSD give you great boot speeds and load speeds on games.

The duel MSI cards will yield AMAZING performance in all games today and should do everything you want at a good FPS on ultra settings.

The case is a personal choise but i really think this case looks good and is spacious, but of course you can change it if you don't like it.

And the power supply leaves space for further upgrades. 

 

I hope this helps, please reply if it does.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pm9yc
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pm9yc/by_merchant/
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($229.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Plus ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($108.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($84.98 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($119.98 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($349.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Cooler Master Storm Stryker (White) ATX Full Tower Case  ($154.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master VSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1593.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-20 15:25 EST-0500

 

The retail cpu is cheaper.

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Retal CPU?

OEM version only has the cpu.

 

Retail version has the cpu and the stock Intel heatsink/fan

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54690k

 

The retail version also used to carry a longer warranty of 3 years. I am not sure if it is still the case.

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