$1500 USD Gaming Build

[Clyne]

Looking for a $1500USD gaming build, would prefer to be low as possible.

Not gonna do any intensive stuff so a i5 4690K will be fine, will be mostly playing FSX at acceptable a FPS(50FPS or Higher at Medium and higher)

Already have monitor, KB, mouse and OS. Just need the desktop.

Will be OC the 4690K and upgrading to a 1440P/4K monitor in the future so that's why I choose a 8GB R9 290X.

Only buying from Newegg or Amazon.

Will be doing some White and Black scheme.

This is what I have in mind.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 93.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($74.90 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($133.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury White Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($197.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($76.00 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 8GB Tri-X Video Card  ($365.91 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($113.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1345.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-14 17:57 EDT-0400

 

[WoodenMarker]

What's with the differently colored ram? 

[Guest]

Why not dual channel memory?

[Clyne]

What's with the differently colored ram? 

Accidently put Blue/White colored ram......was suppose to put Black/White ram.

[Clyne]

Why not dual channel memory?

Color Scheme.....

[WoodenMarker]

Accidently put Blue/White colored ram......was suppose to put Black/White ram.

You wouldn't see it anyway underneath such a large cooler. The differently colored ram also wouldn't work out that well with only 2 sticks.

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I would personally wait until the new processors come out but if you can't wait, I would swap out the 500GB SSD for a 240GB and upgrade to an i7.

I currently have a 120GB SSD and store all my main programs on it, only a little half full.

[Clyne]

You wouldn't see it anyway underneath such a large cooler. The differently colored ram also wouldn't work out that well with only 2 sticks.

Should I go with a CM Seidon 240M cooler instead? Don't really mind going from air to water as cooling solution.

[WoodenMarker]

Should I go with a CM Seidon 240M cooler instead? Don't really mind going from air to water as cooling solution.

Are you going for particularly high oc's? You could just go with a slimmer cooler in the first place. Is it just for looks?

[Clyne]

I would personally wait until the new processors come out but if you can't wait, I would swap out the 500GB SSD for a 240GB and upgrade to an i7.

I currently have a 120GB SSD and store all my main programs on it, only a little half full.

Did you even read what I said, i7 isn't necessary because the PC wouldn't be running intensive tasks where HT would be helpful.

[Clyne]

Are you going for particularly high oc's? You could just go with a slimmer cooler in the first place. Is it just for looks?

Slight OC, not much.

I could always go for a smaller cooler. I'm also looking at the Be Quiet Shadow Rock Slim, performs better than a 212 Evo and right around a U14S.

[WoodenMarker]

Slight OC, not much.

I could always go for a smaller cooler. I'm also looking at the Be Quiet Shadow Rock Slim, performs better than a 212 Evo and right around a U14S.

The SR Slim performs more similarly to the NH-u12s and not so much the u14s. 

You could get a Pure Rock: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/be-quiet-cpu-cooler-bk009

Are you doing anything about the bright orange of the 290x?

[toben67]

At that price I'd get a 980

[Clyne]

The SR Slim performs more similarly to the NH-u12s and not so much the u14s. 

You could get a Pure Rock: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/be-quiet-cpu-cooler-bk009

Are you doing anything about the bright orange of the 290x?

Well, there isn't any R9 290X have a White/Black scheme. I could always paint the color scheme of the Tri X to white and black.

[WoodenMarker]

Well, there isn't any R9 290X have a White/Black scheme. I could always paint the color scheme of the Tri X to white and black.

It could be a bit cheaper like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FWn4kL

[getrekt]

This is not a colour matched build but for a bit more you get a cf 290x 8gb build

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock Slim 113.8 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($44.99 @ NCIX US)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($108.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 8GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($365.91 @ Newegg)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 8GB Tri-X Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($365.91 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: EVGA 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ NCIX US)

Total: $1545.63

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-15 02:37 EDT-0400

Just $200 more for a lot of gaming performance increase

For a colour matched build it could go up a 50 bucks