is Linus's $1500 build still good

[radical guild]

Intel Core i5 3570K CPU
Intel 300 Series 180GB SSD
MSI Z77A-G45 motherboard
MSI GeForce GTX 660 Ti Power Edition
Seagate Barracuda 3TB hard drive
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 RAM
Corsair GS700 power supply
Corsair H100i
Corsair SP Quiet fans
Corsair Vengeance 1300 headset
Corsair M65 gaming mouse
Cooler Master CM Storm Scout II case
CM Storm Quickfire Pro keyboard
 

[TacticlTwinkie]

It's a bit outdated. You can do much better for $1500 now. 

[Bigheart]

you can upgrade the cpu to skylake and the gpu to the 900 or 300 series and stay witthin that budget. but the build as a whole is still passable. 

[radical guild]

Just now, Bigheart said:

you can upgrade the cpu to skylake and the gpu to the 900 or 300 series and stay witthin that budget. but the build as a whole is still passable. 

ok

 

[radical guild]

does the mother board need to be upgraded 

[TAHIRMIA]

1 minute ago, radical guild said:

does the mother board need to be upgraded 

If you are changing CPU then yeah

[GeekJump]

6 minutes ago, TacticlTwinkie said:

It's a bit outdated. You can do much better for $1500 now. 

^this.

 

2 minutes ago, radical guild said:

does the mother board need to be upgraded 

if you upgrade the cpu yes

[Loleo]

I would follow http://techbuyersguru.com/1500-high-end-gaming-pc-build. It also has the reasoning behind the components.

[Swndlr]

Here is basically a replicated but current version of that build, if you check the log for that video, it's several years old already.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($107.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($138.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($69.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($85.49 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card  ($467.23 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1336.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-06 16:20 EDT-0400

[RAAL4]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gkyhnQ

 

its $1,500

[radical guild]

9 minutes ago, Swndlr said:

Here is basically a replicated but current version of that build, if you check the log for that video, it's several years old already.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($107.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($138.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($69.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($85.49 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.98 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card  ($467.23 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1336.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-06 16:20 EDT-0400

thanks think I will use this