Video card with in a $1500 PC Build budget

[Egad]

For reference, if you build it yourself you can get this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($183.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($101.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.89 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.33 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($413.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $1487.13

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 20:17 EDT-0400

 

Either go from a 390X to a 390 or drop the SSD if you money for a new Windows license.  You can also step down to 8 GB of RAM if you want.  If you do an all NCIX build it would cost a bit more and you might need to drop a couple of features.   You could also go Skylake platform instead of X99 in this price range and upp down an i7-6700K.

 

Seriously they should ship you come lube with the fuck job your builder is giving you.  1,500 and you only get a 4th gen i7, a 970, and no SSD.  

[stconquest]

Hey look, I found your PC for $200 cheaper!  The warranties are better too.  ...and you get to learn sh*t.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($322.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X31 69.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($73.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($115.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($309.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($58.10 @ Mac Mall)  <<<Now this is one crappy PSU
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)  ($130.45 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1230.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 20:24 EDT-0400

[stconquest]

yeah....  typo.. i meant the b1 my bad 

 

The one he has in his list is worse than the SuperNova B1 made by FSP

[maizenblue]

I assume were talking about US dollars. How far 1500 hundred goes depends on whether you include the monitor(the most expensive single part in my build). If you don't include the monitor than you can damn near max out on everything and still get in under 1500 IF you take your time assembling parts and go for deals(and maybe even if you don't).

 

The system you see in my tag came in around 1300, had all new parts, and the core of it is a 4790k, a relatively expensive high quality MOBO, and a GTX 980. Going for a 980 TI would have put me just over 1500. The ROG swift added nearly 600 more to that. I took my time and used PC part picker. For each component id narrow it down to a few, then wait for a really good deal on one of those.

 

The monitor is often overlooked. To me the monitor and GPU go hand in hand. There is no point in getting a 980 ti or Fury X if you don't have the monitor to take advantage of it. I went with a little cheaper GPU so I could buy a little better monitor. This is where AMD excels, because a 390/x and freesync monitor is an awesome price performance combination. I went with Nvidia and Gsync just because I got an awesome Ebay deal on a 980 I couldn't pass up and knew the ROG swift price would drop soon, otherwise I would have went AMD and freesync.  

EDIT: I just noticed you had a prebuilt system in mind. All bets are off if you go with that, as they will price gouge you to the max. I was assuming you were building your own. Assembling parts and building your own system is fun, and about the only mechanical ability required is remembering lefty loosy righty tighty, and having access to youtube.

[Jordo2727]

I will consider all of your suggestions.  

[Lethal Seraph]

With $1500 budget, you can fit a 980Ti on there. It's gonna be tight but doable.

[Jordo2727]

With $1500 budget, you can fit a 980Ti on there. It's gonna be tight but doable.

that is true i will have to look back and see what i can cut back on the price and maybe i will ad the GTX 980TI

[stconquest]

that is true i will have to look back and see what i can cut back on the price and maybe i will ad the GTX 980TI

 

$1494:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($322.95 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.50 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($76.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($73.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB AMP! Video Card  ($629.99 @ Amazon)

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.29 @ Amazon)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)  ($130.45 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1477.03

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-24 23:07 EDT-0400

[seen19]

You really should build it yourself. Anyway you haven't mentioned what resolution you want to play at eg 1080p, 1440p, 4k and what graphics settings eg low, medium, high??

[Jordo2727]

I will be playing at 1080p