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Need help planning  for a budget build for my birthday this september, I need the price to be below $1000; not just a couple $ below. I want it to do gaming at 1080p easily, not 4k. I have nothing that can display 4k. I want it to be fast with an ssd that I already have, so the boot drive is already covered (it's either 120GB or 128GB ssd). I do need a storage drive though. I also need the PSU to be efficient for power drawing from the outlet. Although, if needed, I can do a better ssd boot drive (but only if needed). I am straight intel and nvidia because of features and gpu horsepower. So I think that a gtx 960 would be good, and either an i5 or i7. What do you guys think?? Thanks for any help!!!!

I7-6700k, Asus Maximus VIII Formula, 2 x 8GB Corsair Dominator Plantinum ram, ASUS GTX 960 STRIX, sound blaster zx, 1TB boot drive ssd, 128GB/256GB storage ssd, 1TB storage HDD, 4TB of storage (backup),Windows 10 Pro,1000w psu

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Need help planning  for a budget build for my birthday this september. I want it to do gaming at 1080p easily, not 4k. I have nothing that can display 4k. I want it to be fast with an ssd that I already have, so the boot drive is already covered (it's either 120GB or 128GB ssd). I do need a storage drive though. I also need the PSU to be efficient for power drawing from the outlet. Although, if needed, I can do a better ssd boot drive (but only if needed). I am straight intel and nvidia because of features and gpu horsepower. So I think that a gtx 960 would be good, and either an i5 or i7. What do you guys think?? Thanks for any help!!!!

What's your budget for the entire thing?

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What's your budget for the entire thing?

 

anywhere from $300 to $800

I7-6700k, Asus Maximus VIII Formula, 2 x 8GB Corsair Dominator Plantinum ram, ASUS GTX 960 STRIX, sound blaster zx, 1TB boot drive ssd, 128GB/256GB storage ssd, 1TB storage HDD, 4TB of storage (backup),Windows 10 Pro,1000w psu

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My recommendation: 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($239.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $781.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-08 01:14 EDT-0400
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($46.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($307.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $744.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-08 01:14 EDT-0400

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My recommendation: 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  ($239.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $781.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-08 01:14 EDT-0400

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Patriot Viper 3 Red 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($46.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.49 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($307.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Enermax Thorex ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Newegg)

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

Total: $744.39

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-08 01:14 EDT-0400

 

Is the i5 good for recording gameplay?

I7-6700k, Asus Maximus VIII Formula, 2 x 8GB Corsair Dominator Plantinum ram, ASUS GTX 960 STRIX, sound blaster zx, 1TB boot drive ssd, 128GB/256GB storage ssd, 1TB storage HDD, 4TB of storage (backup),Windows 10 Pro,1000w psu

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Is the i5 good for recording gameplay?

Yes it's good enough

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