New Gaming Oriented Pc

[Gentroce]

In the next couple of Summer months, I'm working extra to make money for a new pc.

I'm looking for any tips, deals on parts, or thoughts that might help me or I might be overlooking. This will be my first full build.

My rough budget is around low $1500 to high $1900.

My current wants are oriented arounds gaming. Gaming as in GTA 5, Fallout 4 for some examples. Going for a duel display setup with 2 144hz 1080p screens. Honestly one of these will probably be YouTube and Twitch streams most of the time so I may downgrade one of these.

Not 100% comfortable with water cooling but I may give it a shot if you could come up with a decent build. I'm am normally a fan of Team Red but I will defect if the price and setup looks nice. 8 to 16 gbs of ram if possible.

I will be getting paid split into 3 checks and I will be buying things separately over the course of the next 2 months. A good buy order would be nice as well but not necessary. I know I'm asking for a lot but I would really appreciate any advice and help I could get.

[Maslofski]

make sure to ask again once you actually want to buy it to make sure whatever people will post is still up to date

[Gentroce]

Will do. I'm sure there will be a lot of price changes in the next couple months with the R9 Furys and R9 390x on the market. Might find a a super cheap R9 290x or 2 lol

[Dzzope]

Wait till your ready to buy.. then ask.. prices will change and thus the options change.

[Dzzope]

Will do. I'm sure there will be a lot of price changes in the next couple months with the R9 Furys and R9 390x on the market. Might find a a super cheap R9 290x or 2 lol

in your budget, I'd be getting a FuryX / 980Ti.

[Speaker1264]

in your budget, I'd be getting a FuryX / 980Ti.

 

A single 1080p 144hz monitor is going to cost 250, and maybe another 150 for a regular 60 hz one.  Also, those cards are probably pretty wasted at 1080p anyway.

[Equilibrium_FOOL]

Maybe get a Fury card once they are released, but atm the 980ti is best.  Monitors are maybe so-so, although I'm sure they would work.  One 1440p panel would make better use of the GPU.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.98 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($97.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($649.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Titanium) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Acer GN246HL 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($225.83 @ B&H)
Total: $1917.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-23 00:27 EDT-0400

[Gentroce]

Yea, just waiting on more Fury benchmarks and still doing research on my own.

[Dzzope]

A single 1080p 144hz monitor is going to cost 250, and maybe another 150 for a regular 60 hz one.  Also, those cards are probably pretty wasted at 1080p anyway.

Yes and no.. GTAV even at 1080 is hard to drive, nevermind 144hz.

[DarkBlade2117]

Are the monitors included in th budget?

[Gentroce]

Unfortunetly yes

[Speaker1264]

Yes and no.. GTAV even at 1080 is hard to drive, nevermind 144hz.

 

At 1080, a gtx 980 averages 90 fps on ultra settings, from benchmarks I've looked up.  Also, most games don't have large expansive metropolises with tons of crap happening at every corner.  I would still say the 980 ti is overkill.  Personally I would go with a build similar to this.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.98 @ NCIX US) 

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BL 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ B&H) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($93.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($482.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ NCIX US) 

Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor  ($152.99 @ Best Buy) 

Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($249.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $1750.67

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-23 01:15 EDT-0400

[Gentroce]

I should have said this the OS and Optical drive are not part of my budget. Scrapping my old optical drive because I never use one nowadays.

[Speaker1264]

I should have said this the OS and Optical drive are not part of my budget. Scrapping my old optical drive because I never use one nowadays.

 

I edited my last build with the changes.  I guess if you really wanted to, you could spend the extra $150 and get the 980 TI, and hit your $1900 cap.  I still think it is unnecessary, but it is your choice.

[Gentroce]

Would I have any advantage from a 1440p monitor vs 1080p when gaming? Its only a higher resolution, correct?