$1700 Computer x 2

[ddbtkd456]

Best $1700 computer, everything included. Perfer watercooling AIO, needs to include monitor, operating system, keyboard and mouse. One build needs purple and white theme, other needs black and red. Case I prefer windows on both. Optical drives are a must on both systems. Currancy is USD ($)
Both will game, stream, light encode, and daily things. Best shot community. Thanks.

[ANewFace]

$1700 each or for both?

[ANewFace]

Also preferences for monitors and keyboards, do we need anything special like 144hz monitors, or mechanical keyboards?

[ddbtkd456]

1 hour ago, ANewFace said:

$1700 each or for both?

Each it can exceed it by $100 or so per system

[ddbtkd456]

1 hour ago, ANewFace said:

Also preferences for monitors and keyboards, do we need anything special like 144hz monitors, or mechanical keyboards?

No nothing special tho my fiance is a big wireless keyboard person along with a wireless mouse,

[ANewFace]

Here is the red and black build

 

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 GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($156.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.49 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.77 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card  ($467.23 @ B&H) 
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($117.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($49.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1693.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-08 23:53 EDT-0400

[ANewFace]

This one is all white and black, but what I did for the purple was I added purple LED fan so you can replace all the case fans and fans on the AIO with purple LED ones. Also I'm not up really on wireless stuff so I'll let you pick out what keyboard/mouse for this one, but everything else including the GPU is white and black.

 

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 KRAIT GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($140.98 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.49 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.77 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Armor 2X Video Card  ($509.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series Purple 2 pack 52.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($17.37 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Purple 52.2 CFM 120mm  Fan  ($11.87 @ Amazon) 
Case Fan: Corsair SP120 57.2 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($20.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: Acer G226HQLBbd 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($89.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1642.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-08 23:59 EDT-0400

[ANewFace]

Hope I could help you out man.

[ANewFace]

Also if you go through with either of these let me know.

[ddbtkd456]

1 hour ago, ANewFace said:

Also if you go through with either of these let me know.

I'm just stuck on this one cause I have a budget of $3,500 dollars for a pc total but I was wondering if it would be worth going for 2 pcs or just a single one, my limitations with going with a single one is that my fiance and I would have to share a computer, but if I went with separate ones I am cutting performance almost in half

[ANewFace]

6 minutes ago, ddbtkd456 said:

I'm just stuck on this one cause I have a budget of $3,500 dollars for a pc total but I was wondering if it would be worth going for 2 pcs or just a single one, my limitations with going with a single one is that my fiance and I would have to share a computer, but if I went with separate ones I am cutting performance almost in half

It's really up to you man but if you do decide to do one rig this is what I would got with

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($999.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($193.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.77 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($653.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($653.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($147.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor  ($109.99 @ Micro Center) 
Keyboard: Corsair K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($128.75 @ OutletPC) 
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $3492.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-09 00:12 EDT-0400

 

[ANewFace]

In all honesty it's really is an EXTREAMLY powerful rig with a 5960X and 2 980 tis

[ANewFace]

Although no offense dude, I have no clue how you relationship is, but some people do breakup after being engaged before the wedding, so if that were to happen you would be kicking yourself that you bought 2 rigs.

[79wjd]

13 minutes ago, ddbtkd456 said:

I'm just stuck on this one cause I have a budget of $3,500 dollars for a pc total but I was wondering if it would be worth going for 2 pcs or just a single one, my limitations with going with a single one is that my fiance and I would have to share a computer, but if I went with separate ones I am cutting performance almost in half

Two gamers, one cpu it. 

 

Run Unraid and get a 5960x based system with two 390x's and 32GB of RAM. You'll end up with two hyper threaded quad core based systems with a 390x in each for when you both need a computer, and a hyperthreaded octacore and XFIRE 390x's if only one of you needs it. 

 

3 minutes ago, ANewFace said:

Although no offense dude, I have no clue how you relationship is, but some people do breakup after being engaged before the wedding, so if that were to happen you would be kicking yourself that you bought 2 rigs.

If they broke up the second rig would literally be the last thing on his mind. 

[ANewFace]

Just now, djdwosk97 said:

Two gamers, one cpu it. 

 

Run Unraid and get a 5960x based system with two 390x's and 32GB of RAM. You'll end up with two hyper threaded quad core based systems with a 390x in each for when you both need a computer, and a hyperthreaded octacore and XFIRE 390x's if only one of you needs it. 

This is actually a good idea if you know what you are doing

[ddbtkd456]

9 minutes ago, ANewFace said:

It's really up to you man but if you do decide to do one rig this is what I would got with

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($999.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($193.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.77 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($653.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($653.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case  ($147.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ NCIX US) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor  ($109.99 @ Micro Center) 
Keyboard: Corsair K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($128.75 @ OutletPC) 
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $3492.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-09 00:12 EDT-0400

 

How does the Fx 8350 compare to the i5 and the fury compare to 980ti?

[ANewFace]

Just now, ddbtkd456 said:

How does the Fx 8350 compare to the i5 and the fury compare to 980ti?

8350 could be beat by a pentium, and the Fury non X is about the performance of a 980 the Fury X is in between a 980 and 980ti, but a 980 ti will crush it, especially when overclocked, which the Fury X is one of the worst overclocking cards out there.

[HKZeroFive]

17 minutes ago, ddbtkd456 said:

I'm just stuck on this one cause I have a budget of $3,500 dollars for a pc total but I was wondering if it would be worth going for 2 pcs or just a single one, my limitations with going with a single one is that my fiance and I would have to share a computer, but if I went with separate ones I am cutting performance almost in half

Red and black build:

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($348.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Tomahawk AC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($132.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.49 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.77 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ NCIX US) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor  ($259.99 @ B&H) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($49.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1766.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-09 00:16 EDT-0400

Purple and white is a bit harder - chuck in some purple LEDs and you're set:

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($348.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.49 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.77 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ NCIX US) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor  ($259.99 @ B&H) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($49.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1753.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-09 00:18 EDT-0400

 

 

[ANewFace]

Just now, HKZeroFive said:

Red and black build:

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($348.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A Tomahawk AC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($132.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.49 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.77 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card  ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ NCIX US) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor  ($259.99 @ B&H) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($49.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1766.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-09 00:16 EDT-0400

Purple and white is a bit harder - chuck in some purple LEDs and you're set:

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($348.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.49 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.77 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ NCIX US) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($85.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor  ($259.99 @ B&H) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($49.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $1753.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-09 00:18 EDT-0400

 

 

This is if you want to get more CPU performance out of the 2 builds at the sacrifice of GPU performance

[ANewFace]

One more thing I forgot to say about the 8350 is remember that CPU came out in 2012, it's 4 years old, it's slow, sorry there isn't any other way to put it

[ddbtkd456]

1 minute ago, ANewFace said:

This is if you want to get more CPU performance out of the 2 builds at the sacrifice of GPU performance

Understood, well on the purple and white build I'd perfer an i5, however my main concern with that build is streaming runescape and playing sims 3/4 for my fiance. I would like an i7 in mine even if it means dropping the GPU a little.

[ddbtkd456]

2 minutes ago, ANewFace said:

One more thing I forgot to say about the 8350 is remember that CPU came out in 2012, it's 4 years old, it's slow, sorry there isn't any other way to put it

I agree has one in my first build when it first came out and it was snappy for the time but it seemed slow when streaming games.

[ANewFace]

Just now, ddbtkd456 said:

Understood, well on the purple and white build I'd perfer an i5, however my main concern with that build is streaming runescape and playing sims 3/4 for my fiance. I would like an i7 in mine even if it means dropping the GPU a little.

Then take the build I gave you for your's step up to a 6700K and drop down to a R9 390

[HKZeroFive]

2 minutes ago, ddbtkd456 said:

Understood, well on the purple and white build I'd perfer an i5, however my main concern with that build is streaming runescape and playing sims 3/4 for my fiance. I would like an i7 in mine even if it means dropping the GPU a little.

From what I understand from your initial post is that both of you are streaming, correct? You'd definitely want the i7s hyperthreading.

[ddbtkd456]

2 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

From what I understand from your initial post is that both of you are streaming, correct? You'd definitely want the i7s hyperthreading.

Well to clarify that previous post she will only be streaming for runescape, and possibly iTunes of her computer. I was thinking that an i5 would cover her (correct me if I'm incorrect on this). As for my build (red/black) I will be streaming movies and music to other devices in the house, along with encoding movies and music, and also gaming, and I'm thinking that an i7 would be better suited for this?