1200+ PC Plan

[Cole5]

Hello! I'm Planning on building my first PC in a few months, (Finally graduated college, getting a good job) And I want it to last for a while, so I'm going to the higher end of my price range)

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bqKDD3

 

This is the parts list I've come up with so far, I really wished that a version of WIndows 10 wasn't so expensive.And I'm still unsure about the SSD, I was thinking of getting a Hybrid drive for normal Use (I'm an accountant) ANd a 256 or 500gb SSD for slow loading games (XCom 2 comes to mind)

 

Any improvements, or changes i could make to cut prices? I don't really have a goal in mind, I just want to play games better than on my HP Envy laptop. Thank you in advance. 

[mcfloxxx]

For what will you use it?

 

[Cole5]

As of now, XCom 2, Armored warfare, Quickbooks / Sage 50 (Surprisingly power hungry programs, or just horribly programmed), Skyrim with a megaton of mods,  And if my internet is good, streaming at 720 or so. I want to run 2 or 3 monitors (2 is needed for accounting junk) 

[The_Sandman]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($244.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($85.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($639.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1268.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-19 10:13 EST-0500

[ShaunC]

Here's my effort at a $1200 build

And you can get windows 10 key's on this site for like $20 http://www.kinguin.net/catalogsearch/result/index/?q=windows

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.75 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($153.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($127.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($599.99 @ Micro Center) 
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I Epic Edition (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($62.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1238.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-19 10:23 EST-0500

 

[Cole5]

that key site is a god send thank you

 

And what do you think of the parts I put together?

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NPZmnQ

 

I removed the SSD and got a smaller SSD and an HHD and that shaved nearly 300 dollars off of it 

[ShaunC]

17 minutes ago, Cole5 said:

that key site is a god send thank you

 

And what do you think of the parts I put together?

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NPZmnQ

 

I removed the SSD and got a smaller SSD and an HHD and that shaved nearly 300 dollars off of it 

Its not bad, I dont see the SSD though.  I currently have a 120gb SSD and 2x RPM drives, and it works pretty well.  Boots quick and i have some multiplayer games on the SSD, but i keep an eye on it.  But if something happens to my windows partition and i reformat, i dont have to re-download any games and crap.

Here's your same build with a hybrid SSD
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9x65 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler  ($54.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($69.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($339.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Platinum 650W 80+ Platinum Certified ATX Power Supply  ($96.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1008.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-19 10:56 EST-0500

[Cole5]

Cool! Anid that hybrid costs less than what I did

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XR7bWZ

 

For some reason it didnt save

 

Isnt seagate like...not good? I've heard that they fail a lot

[ShaunC]

7 minutes ago, Cole5 said:

Cool! Anid that hybrid costs less than what I did

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XR7bWZ

 

For some reason it didnt save

 

Isnt seagate like...not good? I've heard that they fail a lot

I dont have much experience with seagate.   I recently purchased a 1TB laptop size seagate hybrid, but it was refurbished.  Got it for $35 with a 2 year warranty.  Going to use it in a mini-pc that i'm building

Here is my attempt at an AMD version.  Watercooled fx 8350 would be pretty baller, you could probably overclock it a good amount too.  Saves ya a couple bucks
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($163.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($93.99 @ NCIX US) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($37.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($339.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $965.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-19 11:10 EST-0500

[Cole5]

I saved that build, Thank you, But I want to stick with something simple first, I'm not made of money, hell right now I'm a PtP person, which will change, but I'de like something that will work nicely, and simply (I've water cooked enough phones to be werry XD)

[ShaunC]

21 minutes ago, Cole5 said:

I saved that build, Thank you, But I want to stick with something simple first, I'm not made of money, hell right now I'm a PtP person, which will change, but I'de like something that will work nicely, and simply (I've water cooked enough phones to be werry XD)

If you dont want to spend too much money, try buying a good motherboard, case, and power supply so that when you want to upgrade you can slap some good stuff on it without issues.  something like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($123.88 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($18.79 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($163.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 750D Airflow Edition ATX Full Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $756.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-19 11:59 EST-0500