Gaming rig build!

[LordMorganPCKiller]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2R3fTW

 

Let me know how it looks...

[Oberon.Smite]

Get 8GB of RAM, there's no reason to go with 16GB for a gaming system. Also, get an R9 390, not a 970. It outperforms a 970 in all benchmarks. Also, what the hell do you need an optical drive for, let alone a fucking Blu Ray? Change the PSU to an EVGA B2 or G2 unit and you should be good.

[Atmos]

Swap the 970 for a 390, same price, better all around performance, and more than double the vram.

 

Get the OS from g2a or microsoftsoftwareswap on reddit, for 1/5th the price and that same legit copy.

 

I'd advise a Xeon E3 1231v3 over the 4690k. unless you overclock the snot out of the 4690k then you will see virtually no difference in performance in games over the Xeon, and the Xeon performs better by a large amount in multitasking, and games capable of using more than 4 threads.

[JebKerman]

pretty good, made some adjustments, making it a bit cheaper without performance loss:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($144.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.88 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($67.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($314.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ NCIX US) 

Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($48.89 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)  ($139.75 @ OutletPC) 

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC56 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1508.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-01 22:05 EDT-0400

[Mao_Zedong]

Get 8GB of RAM, there's no reason to go with 16GB for a gaming system.

There isn't a real need to. you save 3% on the total build cost, but there will be times when 8gb isn't enough if you want to do any decent multitasking. 

[Amazingasian]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($81.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($144.89 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.88 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($104.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card  ($399.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($102.78 @ Mac Mall) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)  ($139.75 @ OutletPC) 

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC56 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1522.24

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-01 22:08 EDT-0400

[Oberon.Smite]

There isn't a real need to. you save 3% on the total build cost, but there will be times when 8gb isn't enough if you want to do any decent multitasking. 

That's still 50 dollars that could be used somewhere else.

[pagani123]

switch out the wd black with seagate barracuda 3tb and save 10 bucks 

[Mao_Zedong]

That's still 50 dollars that could be used somewhere else.

Yes, but there isn't anywhere else better to put it in this build.

[Sam Z Man]

Needs a copy of windows that's 25$, not this 140$ Bullshit, who buys the pro version anyway.

[Sam Z Man]

switch out the wd black with seagate barracuda 3tb and save 10 bucks

So sacrifice speed and reliability, for 10$ and a extra 1tb.

[AresKrieger]

Needs a copy of windows that's 25$, not this 140$ Bullshit, who buys the pro version anyway.

Pro version allows you to delay updates if you so choose, but he can get it a lot cheaper either way

[JebKerman]

So sacrifice speed and reliability, for 10$ and a extra 1tb.

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as far as I've heard they are just as reliable/unreliable as each other. some people have had multiple WD drives fail.

[Sam Z Man]

as far as I've heard they are just as reliable/unreliable as each other. some people have had multiple WD drives fail.

Large scale testing says otherwise.

[pagani123]

i have never had an issue with my seagate barracuda drive there fine