Ultimate $1500 USD Gaming Build

[JamesScott9711]

Hey I'm in the market for a new PC and am just posting for advice on complete systems, this will be a UNI computer and i hope for it to max out game for the next few years to come, thanks so much for your help in advance

[Venomz1337]

It won't be Ultimate but will be good.

[JamesScott9711]

It won't be Ultimate but will be good.

haha true, i meant ultimate as in, ultimate for the $1500 price point

[Venomz1337]

haha true, i meant ultimate as in, ultimate for the $1500 price point

 

Ah in which case, I'll leave that to the people that love making PC's for imaginary people

[Timopomer]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($359.99 @ B&H) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($74.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Asus Z170-P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($116.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($629.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1517.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-09 05:17 EDT-0400

 

 

 

 

this is not perfect price for performance,but it is a very balanced build

[manikyath]

i'l gonna put a rough draft here: i5/i7 8-16GB ram, SSD+HDD, and probably an R9 390(x) or higher. (mostly going AMD for the VRAM)

[manikyath]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($359.99 @ B&H) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($74.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: Asus Z170-P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($116.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($629.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $1517.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-09 05:17 EDT-0400

 

 

 

 

this is not perfect price for performance,but it is a very balanced build

 

please get that CX out of here...

 

nice start, but i'll work out some edges.

[manikyath]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YPcggs

 

so, roughly @Timopomer 's build, but with some slight adjustments:

- dropped down from i7 to i5, because in a gaming scenario hyperthread is pretty useless

- swapped out the mobo to something SLI compatible (you never know) and DDR4, because if you're buying new now, you might as well just go DDR4

- swapped out the gpu to something else than a blower cooler, if you have a large case, theres not much use in a blower cooler.

- swapped the PSU out for a tier 1 unit, corsair CX are PSUs for grandma, dont bother with them in a high end enviroment. (unless you like to have a $1.5K smoke machine)

[JamesScott9711]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YPcggs

 

so, roughly @Timopomer 's build, but with some slight adjustments:

- dropped down from i7 to i5, because in a gaming scenario hyperthread is pretty useless

- swapped out the mobo to something SLI compatible (you never know) and DDR4, because if you're buying new now, you might as well just go DDR4

- swapped out the gpu to something else than a blower cooler, if you have a large case, theres not much use in a blower cooler.

- swapped the PSU out for a tier 1 unit, corsair CX are PSUs for grandma, dont bother with them in a high end enviroment. (unless you like to have a $1.5K smoke machine)

Thanks so much for the advice both Timopomer and manikyath

[Timopomer]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YPcggs

 

so, roughly @Timopomer 's build, but with some slight adjustments:

- dropped down from i7 to i5, because in a gaming scenario hyperthread is pretty useless

- swapped out the mobo to something SLI compatible (you never know) and DDR4, because if you're buying new now, you might as well just go DDR4

- swapped out the gpu to something else than a blower cooler, if you have a large case, theres not much use in a blower cooler.

- swapped the PSU out for a tier 1 unit, corsair CX are PSUs for grandma, dont bother with them in a high end enviroment. (unless you like to have a $1.5K smoke machine)

both are nice, mine will perform better,but yours can be upgraded

[manikyath]

both are nice, mine will perform better,but yours can be upgraded

well.. gaming wise they'll perform within margin of error.

 

but i kinda have a personal thing against blower coolers, unless theres not much air around your video card.

and the define S, well.. is kind of an open wind tunnel.

[jimakos234]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($326.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($112.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($81.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB AMP! Omega Edition Video Card  ($649.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.23 @ Mac Mall)
Total: $1526.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-09 07:05 EDT-0400