First timer feedback requested $1000 usd budget.

[Bronzedionysus]

1. Budget & Location

$800-$1000 USD, Michigan US

2. Aim

1080 45+fps gaming. Mostly building new because my trusty laptop (no judgement please) doesn't have a beefy enough cpu to play more recent releases like Fallout 4. In addition I'd like to have something that has room to grow. Maybe do some light streaming of games as well using OBS.

3. Monitors

Starting at 1 @ 1080p with possible expansion to 2 in the future.

4. Peripherals

Have needed peripherals above forecasted spending range eschews OS cost. Likely using Windows 8 or 10.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($168.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.88 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($319.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $966.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-11 21:03 EST-0500

I selected the r9 390 because I don't care about amd vs Nvidea I care about performance and everything I've seen points me to that over a gtx970.

As for the cpu and mobo this is the one thing I'm most unsure of. I've never built a PC before and frankly I'm unsure of overclocking and what to do so any constructive feedback would be great. I've seen most pick intel over amd but want to really know how a cpu of comparable price would size up. I wish I could understand a bit more but it's all Greek to me.

[HKZeroFive]

That CPU is going to bottleneck the R9 390. I'd recommend to go with a i5 4460 at least.

 

The PSU is pretty meh. Go for a SeaSonic/XFX one instead.

 

EDIT: Here's my recommended setup:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($227.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

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

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($84.88 @ OutletPC) 

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

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($319.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $1003.29

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-11 21:16 EST-0500

[Bronzedionysus]

Well that was a damn fast response. Thank you friend. This is why I ask because I have no gosh-darned clue what I'm doing haha.

May I ask what it is that creates a bottleneck there?

[HKZeroFive]

Well that was a damn fast response. Thank you friend. This is why I ask because I have no gosh-darned clue what I'm doing haha.

May I ask what it is that creates a bottleneck there?

 

The FX-8350 is going to limit the performance of the R9 390 in quite a few games. So I'd go for a 4690K instead and overclock that sucker.

[Bronzedionysus]

Only other thing I've realized is that I picked a case without any 5.25 bays for a DVD/CD drive but with a good external one it'll be fine I'm sure.

[fragment21]

16gb is kinda overkill for gaming too, what he has is good and you have the ability to overclock, any cpu cooler would be good, that or the hyper 212 evo and yeah . a sapphire r9 390 is pretty good as well

 

Only other thing I've realized is that I picked a case without any 5.25 bays for a DVD/CD drive but with a good external one it'll be fine I'm sure.

[Streetguru]

1. Budget & Location

 

no reason to get an 8350 at that budget

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/D3PCNG

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/D3PCNG/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 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($78.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($133.99 @ Amazon)

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  ($308.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center)

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

Total: $998.70

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-11 23:19 EST-0500

[Bronzedionysus]

Any reason to pick the xeon over the i5?

Also: other than expandability ate there large drawbacks to a smallform motherboard?

[Streetguru]

Any reason to pick the xeon over the i5?

Also: other than expandability ate there large drawbacks to a smallform motherboard?

It has twice the threads of an i5, so should last longer and be better for all around productivity

Otherwise that would depend on the microATX board, but if you have to ask, you probably don't need all the connectivity options of a full sized board.

Some micro ATX boards properly support Dual GPUs, but you need like a higher end power supply for that, and usually that isn't worth doing as there are single slot solutions anyways

Hell go ITX and have a really tiny PC that's easy to move around or put in places