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I was planning on building a new pc soon for mostly gaming and maybe a little streaming. $1200 USD is the budget and I'll be gaming on a 1080p screen. This is the build I have so far http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gcgT99. I went x99 because it's only slightly more expensive than the 4790k route and I feel like it should be a better option for the future. Any suggestions?

 

Side note: I haven't chosen the mobo and ram yet, the ones in the pcpartpicker link are only to show the price range im looking at.

 

Don't need: monitor, peripherals, case or windows 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

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

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.99 @ Newegg)

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

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($83.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.75 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($269.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($269.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $1232.67

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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290 crossfire!!

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/p3XKLkOverkill maybe... You can go to $1300 and get a 250gb Samsung 850 Evo for $100 or go down to a GTX 970 and be about $100 under budget with the 250gb ssd

 

 

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I was planning on building a new pc soon for mostly gaming and maybe a little streaming. $1200 USD is the budget and I'll be gaming on a 1080p screen. This is the build I have so far http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gcgT99. I went x99 because it's only slightly more expensive than the 4790k route and I feel like it should be a better option for the future. Any suggestions?

 

Side note: I haven't chosen the mobo and ram yet, the ones in the pcpartpicker link are only to show the price range im looking at.

 

Don't need: monitor, peripherals, case or windows 

I'm going to put you a built together, I see your in Brampton, but you say $1200 USD, what is your budget in CAD? it's easier for me to work with the currency of the country your in for parts availability.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/QLGq29

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Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 




Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 


Total: $1167.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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I'm going to put you a built together, I see your in Brampton, but you say $1200 USD, what is your budget in CAD? it's easier for me to work with the currency of the country your in for parts availability.

oh my cousins live in the US so I can shop there because from what I see, some parts are pretty damn cheap over there. 

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290 crossfire!!

Use vsr for higher resolutions

I just think anything over a 970 is overkill for 1080p. Plus I don't like the hassle of crossfire and SLI :(

 

 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $1167.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/p3XKLkOverkill maybe... You can go to $1300 and get a 250gb Samsung 850 Evo for $100 or go down to a GTX 970 and be about $100 under budget with the 250gb ssd

Do you guys think the money used on upgrading from a 970 to 980 is worth the 4790k downgrade?

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I just think anything over a 970 is overkill for 1080p. Plus I don't like the hassle of crossfire and SLI :(

 

Do you guys think the money used on upgrading from a 970 to 980 is worth the 4790k downgrade?

if you only gaming downgrade 4790k to 4690k is worth 

4690k + 970 already enough but if you wanna more 4690k+980

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oh my cousins live in the US so I can shop there because from what I see, some parts are pretty damn cheap over there. 

 

OK fair enough.

Here is a build in CAD from Canadian retailers, it should be about $1275 USD (hate doing conversions for builds...)

 

 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ NCIX) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($67.35 @ DirectCanada) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($67.35 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($132.00 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tr-X OC Video Card  ($459.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($78.31 @ shopRBC) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($105.48 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $1553.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-19 01:29 EDT-0400
 
Here is a slightly different build from US stores:
 
 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Micro Center) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($122.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($53.99 @ NCIX US) 
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($53.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tr-X OC Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1168.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/QLGq29

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($315.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($61.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($539.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1167.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Never cheap,out on PSUs. They can single handily take,out a whole PC.  

I just think anything over a 970 is overkill for 1080p. Plus I don't like the hassle of crossfire and SLI :(

 

Do you guys think the money used on upgrading from a 970 to 980 is worth the 4790k downgrade?

I5-4690k is the worth the 980 upgrade. My build i showed you is very nice and save up another $100 and in about a month add a 250gb SSD to,put the OS on and your favorite games. You said a little bit of streaming, if you aren't doing youtube and just at gonna do streaming stick with the i5 :)

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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OK fair enough.

Here is a build in CAD from Canadian retailers, it should be about $1275 USD (hate doing conversions for builds...)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($404.99 @ NCIX)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($38.95 @ Vuugo)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($134.99 @ NCIX)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.35 @ DirectCanada)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.35 @ DirectCanada)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($132.00 @ Amazon Canada)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($63.95 @ Vuugo)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tr-X OC Video Card ($459.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($78.31 @ shopRBC)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($105.48 @ DirectCanada)

Total: $1553.35

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-19 01:29 EDT-0400

Here is a slightly different build from US stores:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Micro Center)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($122.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.99 @ NCIX US)

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 4GB Tr-X OC Video Card ($299.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($85.49 @ Mwave)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($91.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $1168.40

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-19 01:36 EDT-0400

16 GBs is overkill for 1200, he can always add another stick of ram or two later. You can always add a SSD later. It's literally two wires. Why get a 290x when he can get a 980? Much better also that cooler can be quite loud at some points. Go for a be quiets! Pure Rock

 

 

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16 GBs is overkill for 1200, he can always add another stick of ram or two later. You can always add a SSD later. It's literally two wires. Why get a 290x when he can get a 980? Much better also that cooler can be quite loud at some points. Go for a be quiets! Pure Rock

Well the 290x is pretty even with the 980 performance wise for 1080p/1440p gaming but the 980 does out perform on 4k, not that I would reccommend it for 4k either but it could work.

So the money saved could get that extra ram and the SSD now rather than later.

 

Biggest reason i used it in the build.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/QLGq29

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Never cheap,out on PSUs. They can single handily take,out a whole PC.   I5-4690k is the worth the 980 upgrade. My build i showed you is very nice and save up another $100 and in about a month add a 250gb SSD to,put the OS on and your favorite games. You said a little bit of streaming, if you aren't doing youtube and just at gonna do streaming stick with the i5 :)

I was just re-looking at your build and if I choose a 970, I can get a 5820k instead of a 4690k for about the same overall price. Which option do you think is better? 5820k + 970 or 4690k + 980

 

Well the 290x is pretty even with the 980 performance wise for 1080p/1440p gaming but the 980 does out perform on 4k, not that I would reccommend it for 4k either but it could work.

So the money saved could get that extra ram and the SSD now rather than later.

 

Biggest reason i used it in the build.

I've never had an nvidia card so I was mostly looking at them just to get to know the other side :P

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NIce build for the money. There is just enough money to get 16GB of RAM which is the only change I would do

PC is Intel Core i5 6400, GIgabyte H170 Gaming 3, Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x4GB 2400Mhz ,Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB, WD Blue 1TB, NZXT S340, ASUS Geforce GTX 960. Fractal Design Tesla R2 650W. http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/793XNG. Graphics card choices don't always have to be dictated on performance. If you want the game stream and power consumption of the GTX 970 get that. If you want raw performance of the R9 390 get that. In the end we are all gamers, so what if your buddy gets an extra 5 fps? 

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I was just re-looking at your build and if I choose a 970, I can get a 5820k instead of a 4690k for about the same overall price. Which option do you think is better? 5820k + 970 or 4690k + 980

 

I've never had an nvidia card so I was mostly looking at them just to get to know the other side :P

A 5820k is not needed :) A 4690kmwill be good for some streaming like you said and the 980 will,do amazing. Plus like I said get a 1x8 kit of ram and if its not enough you can always buy the same stick of ram and just pop it in. Same for a SSD its just as easy as take out the 2.5inch bay, getting the sata and power plugs and plugging it in. Simple things like that can wait. Things like a good mobo or good GPU you misewell get now then later, same with a CPU. Games aren't using the extra cores so why get it?

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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Never cheap,out on PSUs. They can single handily take,out a whole PC.   I5-4690k is the worth the 980 upgrade. My build i showed you is very nice and save up another $100 and in about a month add a 250gb SSD to,put the OS on and your favorite games. You said a little bit of streaming, if you aren't doing youtube and just at gonna do streaming stick with the i5 :)

oh shit i forgot i put cheap psu thanks for remind me lol

Current Build + Setup

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | GIGABYTE B550 Aorus Pro v2 | CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16gb 3600Mhz | GIGABYTE RTX 3070 AORUS MASTER OC 8 GB | NZXT H510 Elite | 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S7 512GB M.2-2280 NVME | Corsair RM850 80+ Gold Modular PSU | NZXT Kraken X63 | Harman Kardon Soundstick 4 | Koorui 27E1Q

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i hope im not late to fix my post

 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($534.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($62.10 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1179.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-19 08:59 EDT-0400

Current Build + Setup

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | GIGABYTE B550 Aorus Pro v2 | CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16gb 3600Mhz | GIGABYTE RTX 3070 AORUS MASTER OC 8 GB | NZXT H510 Elite | 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM | ADATA XPG GAMMIX S7 512GB M.2-2280 NVME | Corsair RM850 80+ Gold Modular PSU | NZXT Kraken X63 | Harman Kardon Soundstick 4 | Koorui 27E1Q

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i hope im not late to fix my post

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

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

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($61.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.60 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($534.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($62.10 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.30 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1179.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-19 08:59 EDT-0400

Nice,only thing I'd do is go for ATX mobo not micro and get a Be quiet! Pure Rock, muc quieter then the 212evo for like $5 more. Other then that likemive said before, ram and SSDs are easy to add a month or two down the road. Something like a whole new PC from the PSU Crapping out or another GPU OR CPU because you got one that's not good enough is not something easy to get.

 

 

i7-6700k  Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe
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