$1500 build

[i-ongei]

Well, I'm thinking of a build costing around 1500 bucks. My budget is expandable. I did a couple of builds but can't settle on one.

Would like to see what other people would suggest.

No peripherals required. Build's main purpose is for gaming - 1080p currently but probably gonna get to 4K.

Gonna get all the stuff from Newegg and/or Amazon.

[the jolly roger]

Well, I'm thinking of a build costing around 1500 bucks. My budget is expandable. I did a couple of builds but can't settle on one.

Would like to see what other people would suggest.

read my sig link to the build planning thread

[Pugs501]

Where do you live?

What is are the planned uses of the build?

[i-ongei]

Gaming ofc. I'll probably get all the stuff from either Amazon or Newegg.

[Pugs501]

Gaming ofc. I'll probably get all the stuff from either Amazon or Newegg.

Will you OC?

Will you use Liquid Cooling?

[i-ongei]

read my sig link to the build planning thread

Edited it.

Soz.

[wreckem1214]

Well, I'm thinking of a build costing around 1500 bucks. My budget is expandable. I did a couple of builds but can't settle on one.

Would like to see what other people would suggest.

No peripherals required. Build's main purpose is for gaming - 1080p currently but probably gonna get to 4K.

Gonna get all the stuff from Newegg and/or Amazon.

 

Should do nicely

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.29 @ Amazon) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($123.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($72.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($359.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($359.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($61.00 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1477.21

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-05 15:48 EST-0500

[purplepenguin202]

I agree with the build above but i think that you would do better with a single 980 and a 250gb ssd, or even a single 970 since those destroy 1080p.  The only reason you shouldn't invest that much money into a gpu is that 4 gigs is still a little low for 4k gaming, so a single 970 would allow you to get really good performance and not take a loss if you upgrade your gpu to a 6 or 8 gigabyte card.

[Riddle]

I agree with the build above but i think that you would do better with a single 980 and a 250gb ssd, or even a single 970 since those destroy 1080p.  The only reason you shouldn't invest that much money into a gpu is that 4 gigs is still a little low for 4k gaming, so a single 970 would allow you to get really good performance and not take a loss if you upgrade your gpu to a 6 or 8 gigabyte card.

Eh. I think most if not all games still use less than 4gb of vram at 4k. Shadow of Mordor can be played perfectly fine at 4k with textures installed on a 4gb card, despite their 6gb recommendation. Games like BF4, Crysis 3 won't use more than 4gb either. One thing about that build, though, is why 16gb of ram for gaming? Should be 8gb and the saved money should be put into a better CPU cooler, in my opinion.