$5000 Gaming PC

[Graxymo]

so im building a compuder for a friend and i want help with the build the only requirements is that everything is in the budget and that it has at least 16gb of ddr4 memory

[Norwegiantweaker]

so im building a compuder for a friend and i want help with the build the only requirements is that everything is in the budget and that it has at least 16gb of ddr3 memory

well 5000 is way over kill if hes only gonna game. you can get away with just 1500

[Rangelov]

well 5000 is way over kill if hes only gonna game. you can get away with just 1500

 

Wow, for 5000$ you can actually make yourself a really top tier gaming setup. 

[Frankz]

With a 5000$ budget you're able to get anything you'll ever need/want lol.

 

Intel i7 5960X - 1k$

high end X99 mobo - 400-500$

Dominator platinum 32gb ddr4 - 800$

2x gtx 980 - 1100$

Samsung 850 pro 512GB - 350$?

Corsair ax 1200i PSU - 280$

 

add a watercooler(or u could even get a custom loop) & some HDD for extra storage to that and you're golden for a few years.

 

But honestly all of this is way overkill for gaming

[Norwegiantweaker]

Wow, for 5000$ you can actually make yourself a really top tier gaming setup. 

for 5k you have a computer so overkill for gaming lol. trust me iknow i did that mistake when building mine back in the noobdays was fun tho but total waste of money 

[runit3]

so im building a compuder for a friend and i want help with the build the only requirements is that everything is in the budget and that it has at least 16gb of ddr3 memory

country?

If U.S., completely overkill 4k setup

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($304.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ Micro Center)

Thermal Compound: Prolimatech PK-3 Nano Aluminum High-Grade 1.5g Thermal Paste  ($6.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK2 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($150.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($169.98 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($229.99 @ B&H)

Storage: Western Digital WD SE 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($124.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($559.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($555.99 @ B&H)

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($152.04 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($64.98 @ OutletPC)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit)  ($142.98 @ Newegg)

Monitor: Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  ($562.88 @ SuperBiiz)

Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K95 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($149.99 @ Newegg)

Mouse: ROCCAT Kone Pure Military Wired Optical Mouse  ($67.16 @ Mwave)

Total: $3431.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-10 11:19 EST-0500

[Frankz]

@runit3 u might be able to even throw in a high end sound card + quality headphones if you're going with that mobo

[runit3]

@runit3 u might be able to even throw in a high end sound card + quality headphones if you're going with that mobo

With $5000 there's a lot more I would do, but with that kind of budget for a gaming PC hard to take the topic seriously :lol: Custom loop for ~$800-1000 would be a route I'd travel down, although it would probably be much cheaper than that even with Bitspower fittings all around.

[Graxymo]

well 5000 is way over kill if hes only gonna game. you can get away with just 1500

i know it is thats what i told him but he still wants to spend $5000 to get the best computer possible 

[Norwegiantweaker]

i know it is thats what i told him but he still wants to spend $5000 to get the best computer possible 

well if he got that much money. i would go with DDR4 high end gpu and cpu 

[Graxymo]

With a 5000$ budget you're able to get anything you'll ever need/want lol.

 

Intel i7 5960X - 1k$

high end X99 mobo - 400-500$

Dominator platinum 32gb ddr4 - 800$

2x gtx 980 - 1100$

Samsung 850 pro 512GB - 350$?

Corsair ax 1200i PSU - 280$

 

add a watercooler(or u could even get a custom loop) & some HDD for extra storage to that and you're golden for a few years.

 

But honestly all of this is way overkill for gaming

i looked at that cpu but didnt like it because it only gets 3Ghz i was looking at the six core that gets 3.5 its the 5930k i think 

[runit3]

i know it is thats what i told him but he still wants to spend $5000 to get the best computer possible 

best computer possible does not exist without constraints of what he will be doing with the computer. The BEST gaming computer is not necessarily the BEST computer for encoding/rendering/productivity. If he wants the best gaming PC, including 4K capability, $3-4000 is more than sufficient.

[runit3]

i looked at that cpu but didnt like it because it only gets 3Ghz i was looking at the six core that gets 3.5 its the 5930k i think 

I have mine OC'd at 4.375, few others on the forum have been able to get up to 4.5GHz. Prime example of why what he will use it for matters more than what costs the most, has the most cores, or is the highest clocked.

[MattLantis]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wWmt4D

Because f**k you thats why

[Graxymo]

best computer possible does not exist without constraints of what he will be doing with the computer. The BEST gaming computer is not necessarily the BEST computer for encoding/rendering/productivity. If he wants the best gaming PC, including 4K capability, $3-4000 is more than sufficient.

i specced out one that was just a little over two thousand and he said he wanted me to use as much of it as possible so im trying to use as much of it as i can without being wasteful he doesnt really care about 4k and we all play games like dayz standalone and mod he also wants to try to get into star citizen i heard that game was even more buggy then dayz 

[Frankz]

Nowadays it's more about the architecture & amount of cores a cpu has rather then the ghz. Of course some programs/games won't utilize multiple cores as efficient as others. So some will benefit from a higher clocked single core(more ghz).

 

Edit: Star Citizen just isn't optimized well enough just yet, in time it will. Just keep in mind that the release date for the full game is set in 2016.

[runit3]

i specced out one that was just a little over two thousand and he said he wanted me to use as much of it as possible so im trying to use as much of it as i can without being wasteful he doesnt really care about 4k and we all play games like dayz standalone and mod he also wants to try to get into star citizen i heard that game was even more buggy then dayz 

With a $5000 budget why the hell wouldn't he want to go 4k? I guess ASUS's ROG SWIFT PG278Q (1440p) would be a nice alternative, although it's even more ludicrous with the budget.

[Graxymo]

I have mine OC'd at 4.375, few others on the forum have been able to get up to 4.5GHz. Prime example of why what he will use it for matters more than what costs the most, has the most cores, or is the highest clocked 

in this build a higher clock is more important but multicore is good in my build i felt that the six core was better because its mostly for gaming but with your cpu able to go above 4ghz it seems like a solid choice now 4ghz is what i was looking for originally 

[Graxymo]

With a $5000 budget why the hell wouldn't he want to go 4k? I guess ASUS's ROG SWIFT PG278Q (1440p) would be a nice alternative, although it's even more ludicrous with the budget.

4k just isnt that important to him he likes increased hertz monitors more and he already bought a monitor before talking to me about it so its too late for that 

[typographie]

i specced out one that was just a little over two thousand and he said he wanted me to use as much of it as possible so im trying to use as much of it as i can without being wasteful he doesnt really care about 4k and we all play games like dayz standalone and mod he also wants to try to get into star citizen i heard that game was even more buggy then dayz 

 

With a budget like this, you really should decide on a target resolution (if not specific monitors) before buying parts. It would be mind-bogglingly wasteful to build a $5000 PC and not play at 4K, though even that could be done for less.

[i_build_nanosuits]

4k just isnt that important to him he likes increased hertz monitors more and he already bought a monitor before talking to me about it so its too late for that

i'm assuming he is at least playing games on a 1440p 144hz asus swift or something like that?

if so i would suggest saving money and going with a Z97 machine, i7-4790K, 16GB of DDR3 (1866mhz is fine...even 1600mhz), dual GTX 970...a good PSU and a fancy case...500GB SSD and 2TB harddrive...good stuff like that...maybe a good AIO cooler for the CPU...etc...it should cost around 2000$...i will submit a part list for this in a minute.

[i_build_nanosuits]

There you go, this is an absolute gaming beast i went with a black and white themed build because i think for such a price you deserve the glam of a sweet themed build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($304.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 240M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($98.88 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($142.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($179.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($78.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($359.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($359.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: Corsair 780T ATX Full Tower Case ($179.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($124.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $1950.79

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-10 12:02 EST-0500

i would LOVE to build a similar one for myself and i think i actualy might in a near future...for 1440p gaming.

if he really feels to burn more money onto a gaming rig upgrade the two gpu's for GTX 980 should satisfy his need for spending more...but the performance boost he would get from doing so is not worth it unfortunately.

Also please note i DID NOT included the mail in rebates so he could save about 80$ filling them out and sending them if he feels like it...

there is a 35$ rebate on the PSU and another 25$ on the cpu cooler that would be worth filling up at the very least...

[Frankz]

Everything below is overkill but it would make a nice build

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($304.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($294.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($271.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($338.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($131.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($131.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($549.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($549.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 760T Black ATX Full Tower Case  ($159.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor  ($562.88 @ SuperBiiz)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar Phoebus 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card  ($302.25 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Headphones: Sennheiser HD600 Headphones  ($395.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $4594.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-10 11:58 EST-0500

[Graxymo]

i'm assuming he is at least playing games on a 1440p 144hz asus swift or something like that?

if so i would suggest saving money and going with a Z97 machine, i7-4790K, 16GB of DDR3 (1866mhz is fine...even 1600mhz), dual GTX 970...a good PSU and a fancy case...500GB SSD and 2TB harddrive...good stuff like that...maybe a good AIO cooler for the CPU...etc...it should cost around 2000$...i will submit a part list for this in a minute.

i dont know exactly what it is but it is greater then hd and ddr4 was really important in this build 

[runit3]

4k just isnt that important to him he likes increased hertz monitors more and he already bought a monitor before talking to me about it so its too late for that 

The only other thing I can think of doing to blow out some of the budget would be to make a custom loop. Performance/dollar is going to net you a whole lot of nothing besides better T-Case values, looking cool, and maybe a higher OC on the GPU's from whatever they come with out of the box (but the 980 voltage limit is going to can that anyways unless you do a custom BIOS -not worth it-).

 

Too bad he didn't get the Swift it fit the budget nicely...really the only budget it fits into nicely lol