Gaming Build around $1200

[Maxxtraxx]

Hello all,

 

I am putting some ideas together for a Gaming build for a friend and I am looking for any helpful input or recommendations.

 

1: Budget: approx. $1200 US  Location: USA East Coast

 

2: Aim: Gaming with a desire for Maximum graphical beauty with both AAA titles and MMO's

 

3: Screen: 1080p currently with a eventual upgrade to 1440p

 

4: Peripherals: All accounted for including Monitor.

 

5: Reason for Upgrade: A several year old store bought HP is his current "gaming" PC.

 

Build:

 

Here

[ZetZet]

Good build, don't skimp on the ssd, just get 850 evo. And you really don't need a WD black.

[Maxxtraxx]

Good build, don't skimp on the ssd, just get 850 evo. And you really don't need a WD black.

 

Good Point, 850 evo is only another 20 bucks.

 

For the HDD, the plan is to use a 1tb drive he currently has (it was a place holder to prevent everyone from commenting about lack of storage).

[Streetguru]

Hello all,

really no reason to buy a 980ti for that use case, as you're going to be better off as far as gaming goes with a mid range card and adaptive sync display

 

the build includes a 21:9 IPS free-sync display

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/G2BN8d

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/G2BN8d/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus H87M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($127.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  ($298.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($28.99 @ NCIX US)

Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.89 @ OutletPC)

Monitor: LG 29UM67 60Hz 29.0" Monitor  ($309.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $1235.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-22 19:02 EST-0500

[PCPartPickerPro9171787]

Good Point, 850 evo is only another 20 bucks.

 

For the HDD, the plan is to use a 1tb drive he currently has (it was a place holder to prevent everyone from commenting about lack of storage).

You also could consider 2 SSDs in raid 0

[jimakos234]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($41.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($77.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB AMP! Omega Edition Video Card  ($629.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1211.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-22 19:18 EST-0500

[Streetguru]

You also could consider 2 SSDs in raid 0

Far too many things to go wrong with that and no one really needs that speed, at least no one unwilling to invest in an nvme drive

[kakhat]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NVNfXL

what you think

[Maxxtraxx]

​Thank you all for your feedback and suggestions. This PC shall be put to good use!