Gaming rig for ~1k US$ - Any recommendations?

[Spancer]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1096.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-31 04:38 EDT-0400

 

I can get the 970 a little cheaper, thats why I'm not going with a 390. Any suggestions for changes? I maybe want to upgrade later on (more RAM / SLI and so on)

[courtiousdoge]

7 minutes ago, Spancer said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1096.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-31 04:38 EDT-0400

 

I can get the 970 a little cheaper, thats why I'm not going with a 390. Any suggestions for changes? I maybe want to upgrade later on (more RAM / SLI and so on)

would recomend u cut down on stuff like

• a gold certified power supply
• a 250 gb ssd (recomend 120gb ssds)
• dat 450d which u dont need at all get a cheaper case
• 2tb hdd(recomend 1 tb)
• go for cheaper motherboard whvh will basically provide you with da same experienc e and performance

and from dat get a 

• gtx 980
• better cpu cooler

[Spancer]

I wanted to keep the 970 because I might upgrade to SLI in a year or two when I have more money and the 970 will be cheaper than a 980.

What cooler do you recommend for overclocking? Would like to get to 4.0-4.2

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, Spancer said:

I wanted to keep the 970 because I might upgrade to SLI in a year or two when I have more money and the 970 will be cheaper than a 980.

What cooler do you recommend for overclocking? Would like to get to 4.0-4.2

i never recommend sli unles you're craving for more performance even after you have the best card

just sell your card and get a higher performing one

 

my suggestion

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8G9ysY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8G9ysY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($74.87 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($303.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $938.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-31 05:28 EDT-0400

 

[Megazero]

27 minutes ago, Spancer said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($35.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1096.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-31 04:38 EDT-0400

 

I can get the 970 a little cheaper, thats why I'm not going with a 390. Any suggestions for changes? I maybe want to upgrade later on (more RAM / SLI and so on)

Seem reasonable for me. I'd say get a 750W PSU instead if you plan for SLI later on, a little over head is good. Like SuperNOVA Nex 750W Bronze Certified Semi Modular.

Also are you sure you want to do this now? GTX 1070 and 1080 is rumored to be reveal next week on 5th April you know~
 

[Spancer]

I heard there won't be a huge difference from the 900 generation but they will use less power.

Anyways, I'm not gonna buy everything tomorrow, I'm just already posting to get ideas for other parts too  

 

Also, I want to get into overclocking, not sure if a Xeon is ideal for that.