New pc :)

Jacles · April 15, 2015

I was wondering if anyone could pick out parts for a new pc

A silent yet powerful computer is what I'm aiming for. It doesn't have to reach absolute silence, but no jet engine either.

Color schemes isn't too important.
Budget: 2000$ I can stretch to 2500$
I have monitors, mouse and keyboard.

Explain your choice and if it is worth the money.

Sheldon_King · April 15, 2015

Follow your topic so that you can be notified when there is a responce.

Also, what do you need to do with this PC? Is it for gaming? Do you stream games? Do you edit video? And, are those US Dollars or Austrailian Dollars?

ForsakenLive · April 15, 2015

What are you going to use the system for?

If only gaming what resolutions?

Are you doing any work with it?

What region are you on? US? Canada?

Jacles · April 15, 2015

Well, it's for gaming at 1920x1080.

US dollars

Gen. Shepard · April 15, 2015

any particular color scheme? other preferences?

TheMidnightNarwhal · April 15, 2015

Follow your topic so that you can be notified when there is a responce.

You don't really need to follow your topic. I never followed any of my topics...

TheMidnightNarwhal · April 15, 2015

I was wondering if anyone could pick out parts for a new pc

A silent yet powerful computer is what I'm aiming for. It doesn't have to reach absolute silence, but no jet engine either.

Color schemes isn't too important.

Budget: 2000$ I can stretch to 2500$

I have monitors, mouse and keyboard.

Explain your choice and if it is worth the money.

What size do you want? Also, what currency region are you in?

Sheldon_King · April 15, 2015

You don't really need to follow your topic. I never followed any of my topics...

Has that changed in the last year? I never recieved a notification to my original thread (last jauary iirc) until after I followed it.

Jacles · April 15, 2015

any particular color scheme? other preferences?

It doesn't really matter

TheMidnightNarwhal · April 15, 2015

Has that changed in the last year? I never recieved a notification to my original thread (last jauary iirc) until after I followed it.

I meant, you don't really need notifications for a thread you made.

Jacles · April 15, 2015

What size do you want? Also, what currency region are you in?

Doesn't matter what size, really. US dollars?

Sheldon_King · April 15, 2015

I meant, you don't really need notifications for a thread you made.

Notifications are a lot easier than going to "my content" and thus loading a new page and thus a second hit to data caps when loading back into the thread that was replied. (at least in my opinion).

Jacles · April 15, 2015

Guys, it's ok, stick to the topic please

Gen. Shepard · April 15, 2015

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xJDj7P this is what i could scrape together, both the cpu and gpu are pretty power efficient so electricity bills won't be sky high, it resembles my build only upscaled to your budget, mine was 1200) hope you like a red/black color scheme

Sheldon_King · April 15, 2015

Guys, it's ok, stick to the topic please

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($218.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: Asus Z97-WS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($269.99 @ Micro Center)

Memory: Apotop 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($95.98 @ Newegg)

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.98 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($85.83 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290X 4GB Direct CU II Video Card ($362.98 @ Newegg)

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

Power Supply: XFX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.79 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1371.52

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-15 10:04 EDT-0400

Reasons:

CPU: Quad core is plenty for most games out currently, and overclocking will just add costs for better coolers, more heat, etc.

Motherboard: The WS is one of 2 board in Z97 that has 4 x16 PCIe lanes, leaving you the option of tri or quad crossfire in the future (also SLI certified). This board is also a server grade component, allowing the use of more professional components should you want to in the future. (It is basically ROG without the ROG Pricetag).

Memory: It is the cheapest 16GB kit. More than 8GB is not "necessary" but the price is not much more than 8GB. Also, Speed and branding on RAM is not going to make more than a 1% difference in performance.

Storage: SSDs are nice to speed up a system, if you have the money (you do). Any brand is fine more or less, but Adata is one of the less expensive brands, and I hae 2 of these particular drives with no complaints. The Hard drive will store plenty of games and other data, at a low price.

GPU: Highest Single Chip GPU on the AMD team right now. It gets outperformed by the 980 in most games, but not $150+ worth of outperformance. This asus model is the lowest priced in the 290x linup right now.

Case: Phanteks makes a great case from what I have herd. The case is just a pocket to hold the components, if it looks nice to you and fits everything, go for it.

PSU: Enough power to upgrade to 2 way Crossfire in the future, from a brand that generally uses a quality OEM iirc.

OS: You are not going to need VM software, or more than 128GB of RAM, so there is no reason to get Pro, and windows 8 is the current release.

Mohenjo · April 15, 2015

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xJDj7P this is what i could scrape together, both the cpu and gpu are pretty power efficient so electricity bills won't be sky high, it resembles my build only upscaled to your budget, mine was 1200) hope you like a red/black color scheme

-this- pick this one its great