Need recommendations for a budget UE4 build

[Zeinone]

Hi LTT!

 

A friend of mine recently got into game development in UE4, and now wants to build a PC primarily for it. He has a budget of around 1000-1100$ excluding the monitor which he'll get extra, but the 1000-1100$ are for the PC only. So can you guys send me a few part lists with a good setup for this type of PC because I don't know how to make a good one myself. Thank you everyone!

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

I'd go with this system-

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pcP2gs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pcP2gs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($321.98 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.49 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($80.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Value 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($57.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.39 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($71.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($294.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.95 @ Directron) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $1065.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-29 14:45 EDT-0400

 

It's plenty powerful with a 4 core 8 thread CPU for compiling games, and a powerful NVIDIA GPU for 3D modeling as well as testing out the games he's created. It's also got a SSD for main applications to load quickly as well as a 2TB HDD to hold older revisions and etc. Also should be incredibly quiet and stay very cool.

[Brace]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QPNfYJ Btw no idea what UE4 is but I'm guessing not gaming so

[Djole123]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220 V5 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X150M-PRO ECC Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Mac Mall) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($56.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.95 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($599.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($35.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1112.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-29 14:59 EDT-0400

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, Brace said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QPNfYJ Btw no idea what UE4 is but I'm guessing not gaming so

Unreal Engine 4

[lolsnorXD]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xYzzbv

i didn't know if you would be comftable with overclocking so i picked parts who are not overclockable just to safe some money. and i didn't know wat UE4 was.

[Brace]

2 minutes ago, Ronnie76 said:

Unreal Engine 4

Nvm dumb question

[Brace]

3 minutes ago, Djole123 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220 V5 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X150M-PRO ECC Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Mac Mall) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($56.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.95 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card  ($599.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($35.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1112.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-29 14:59 EDT-0400

Go for this.