A reasonable 2000 usd computer

[Guest]

if im correct

this is a good PC amirite

 

Gaming , Streaming , casual video editing.

tell AMD to screw off. please don't recommend them to me.

 

Peripherals n stuff included aswell.

 

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/znKP23) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/znKP23/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80662i76700k) | $374.99 @ SuperBiiz 
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | $25.75 @ OutletPC 
**Motherboard** | [MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z170agamingm5) | $162.98 @ Newegg 
**Memory** | [Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-hx421c14fbk216) | $64.99 @ Amazon 
**Storage** | [Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e250bam) | $86.99 @ Newegg 
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd1002faex) | $98.49 @ OutletPC 
**Video Card** | [MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx980tigaming6g) | $649.99 @ B&H 
**Case** | [NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-cas340wb1) | $63.99 @ SuperBiiz 
**Power Supply** | [EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1) | $78.99 @ SuperBiiz 
**Monitor** | [Asus VS278Q-P 27.0" Monitor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vs278qp) | $169.99 @ Micro Center 
**Keyboard** | [Logitech G710 Plus Wired Gaming Keyboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/logitech-keyboard-920003887) | $103.99 @ Amazon 
**Mouse** | [Logitech G602 Wireless Optical Mouse](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/logitech-mouse-910003820) | $49.99 @ Amazon 
**Headphones** | [Sennheiser HD 558 Headphones](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sennheiser-headphones-hd558) | $97.95 @ Amazon 
 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
 | Total (before mail-in rebates) | $2079.08
 | Mail-in rebates | -$50.00
 | **Total** | **$2029.08**
 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com)

 

btw i know i am an idiot

[Lotus]

You can do much better. Also, a 550W PSU isn't really ideal with a 980ti and an overclockable CPU. Let me whip something up.

[Guest]

Just now, Lotus said:

You can do much better. Also, a 550W PSU isn't really ideal with a 980ti and an overclockable CPU.

what should i go with? is 600 or 700 better?

I am overclocking.

[Moonzy]

6 minutes ago, josephaltareb said:

 

well, no bones to pick with this build, just that if you are going to do extreme OC, try getting a 600W psu with that 980Ti

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

well, no bones to pick with this build, just that if you are going to do extreme OC, try getting a 600W psu with that 980Ti

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vKgd3C

 

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, josephaltareb said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vKgd3C

 

well if u wanna push the i7 to the limit, might wanna get a better cpu cooler too...  

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

well if u wanna push the i7 to the limit, might wanna get a better cpu cooler too...  

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sffsyc

 

 

[Lotus]

This is what I'd get:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($376.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG R1 Universal 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($132.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($58.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Triple Dissipation Video Card  ($504.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: LG 27MP36HQ-B 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($170.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Quick Fire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($67.30 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Headset  ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1835.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-12 13:36 EST-0500

 

The 980ti is completely pointless on that 1080p 60hz screen you included, so I can only imagine the reason you included it was for hardware acceleration of encoding. In which case, AMD completely trounces it in modern editing suites. The R9 Fury is still overkill, but not nearly as badly. I know you have some arbitrary aversion to AMD, but that makes no sense here and they supply the obviously superior product for the given price point given your usage case. I also went with Haswell-E for its multi-threaded performance. You can afford such a thing in this build. Given your non-gaming load, it's worth it.

 

One item to consider spending more on is the monitor. It might be the best course of action to get a 1080p 144hz IPS panel, or a 1440p or 4k 60HZ IPS panel, depending on if you prefer the framerate for gaming or the resolution for workstation tasks. You've still got room left in the budget, and hell as I said the GPU is still overkill. You can drop down comfortably to a $400 R9 390X and still max games out at 1080p and provide a great hardware acceleration boost in rendering that's still better than the GTX 980.

 

edit: oh, and if you were going with NVidia for streaming purposes, then you're definitely barking up the wrong horse (rofl). The 6 core haswell CPU is much better suited for that kind of transcoding, and will result in better quality per bitrate than NVidia's included .h264 encoder in their GPUs. Even if you had an NVidia GPU with the 5820k, I'd still recommend CPU encoding for that quality reason. It's the same reason why if you have the CPU horsepower, I wouldn't recommend quicksync, which uses the iGPU of consumer intel CPUs for h.264 encoding.

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

 

2 minutes ago, Lotus said:

 

[Moonzy]

3 minutes ago, josephaltareb said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sffsyc

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3zgd3C

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ B&H) 
 

i would recomend getting a nh-d15 or bequiet dark rock pro 3 rather than a single 120mm rad, but that case just doesnt fit either of these so i went with the h100i...

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Lotus said:

This is what I'd get:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($376.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG R1 Universal 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($132.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($58.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Triple Dissipation Video Card  ($504.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: LG 27MP36HQ-B 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($170.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Quick Fire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($67.30 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Headset  ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1821.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-12 13:12 EST-0500

 

The 980ti is completely pointless on that 1080p 60hz screen you included, so I can only imagine the reason you included it was for hardware acceleration of encoding. In which case, AMD completely trounces it in modern editing suites. The R9 Fury is still overkill, but not nearly as badly. I know you have some arbitrary aversion to AMD, but that makes no sense here and they supply the obviously superior product for the given price point given your usage case. I also went with Haswell-E for its multi-threaded performance. You can afford such a thing in this build. Given your non-gaming load, it's worth it.

 

One item to consider spending more on is the monitor. It might be the best course of action to get a 1080p 144hz IPS panel, or a 1440p or 4k 60HZ IPS panel, depending on if you prefer the framerate for gaming or the resolution for workstation tasks. You've still got room left in the budget, and hell as I said the GPU is still overkill. You can drop down comfortable to a $400 R9 390X and still max games out at 1080p and provide a great hardware acceleration boost in rendering that's still better than the GTX 980.

really nice i like it,

1 complaint doe

HyperX cloud

I have one but

It broke easily for me

(actually wasnt me my family abused the crap out of it)

and i wouldve liked a better source of audio even though

that cloud headset is perfect too.

 

I guess your right though, i'll take it into consideration.

[Lotus]

The onboard audio on that motherboard is quite excellent, and better than many dedicated sound cards. Unless you need perfection and are pairing it with $500 headphones, I wouldn't bother with an external DAC/AMP combo, which is what it would take to do better.

 

As for the headphones, I simply went with clouds because they included a decent microphone, had decent sound, and weren't too pricey. You could have gone with more expensive headphones and then something like a Blue Yeti for the microphone, but that would drastically increase the price of the build.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Lotus said:

The onboard audio on that motherboard is quite excellent, and better than many dedicated sound cards. Unless you need perfection and are pairing it with $500 headphones, I wouldn't bother with an external DAC/AMP combo, which is what it would take to do better.

 

As for the headphones, I simply went with clouds because they included a decent microphone, had decent sound, and weren't too pricey. You could have gone with more expensive headphones and then something like a Blue Yeti for the microphone, but that would drastically increase the price of the build.

dont worry about mic,

I'll buy it excluding the budget anyhow. (rode nt-usb)

I said the headset is great, just not family-abuse-proof

neither any headset for that matter.

nonetheless i am very stupid.