Help with parts choosing

[Trav_X]

Budget is ~$1200USD, cause I'm getting a 3440x1440 monitor that'll cost around $700 and my total budget is $2000. I made a few PC part picker builds cause I want the best performance for gaming. I will be waiting for Pascal before I buy anything. I am probably gonna stay on the Green team since I actually use the NVIDIA-only features. Here are 3 builds I made that I am considering. If you have a build that is better for around ~$1200, please help.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6qMGvK

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Trav_X/saved/RZB2FT

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Trav_X/saved/MKdKHx

 

 

 

I took off the price of some stuff. In some of the builds I didn't choose a case cause I could use my 230T, etc. and I have a 1TB hard drive already and some RAM. I want to go small form factor ITX if possible. Please help, any is appreciated!

[Streetguru]

5 minutes ago, Trav_X said:

 

Won't be worth getting the ultra wide as a 4k display will get you more pixels for less money, though scaling can be an issue unless you get one of the 32" or larger korean 4k displays

 

and for gaming you'd be better off with a 1440p 144hz IPS display, this one is free-sync, the G-sync equivalent comes with the $200 nvidia tax

 

what features are you talking about? as AMD generally has equivalent features on the software side of things
 

Isn't going to be worth paying extra for overclocking a skylake i7, and you're going to want to wait and see if Nvidia fixes their DX12 issues with pascal.

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($59.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.08 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Acer XF270HU 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($549.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1500.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 15:28 EDT-0400

 

[DrM]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/D8BfK8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/D8BfK8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($348.98 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($181.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Pascal ($350.00)
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1280.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 15:52 EDT-0400

[Sir Asvald]

14 minutes ago, DrM said:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/D8BfK8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/D8BfK8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($348.98 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($181.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Other: Pascal ($350.00)
Total: $1280.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 15:33 EDT-0400

No GPU..  

[DrM]

Just now, Abdul201588 said:

No GPU..  

woops, i listed pascal as other and not gpu

[Trav_X]

5 hours ago, DrM said:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/D8BfK8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/D8BfK8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($348.98 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($181.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Pascal ($350.00)
Case: Fractal Design Node 202 HTPC Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Silverstone 500W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1280.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 15:52 EDT-0400

I am definitely considering going for an HTPC type case like the Node 202  pascal is what I'll be waiting for, definitely  thanks for this, I'll probably save this parts lists

[Trav_X]

6 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Won't be worth getting the ultra wide as a 4k display will get you more pixels for less money, though scaling can be an issue unless you get one of the 32" or larger korean 4k displays

 

and for gaming you'd be better off with a 1440p 144hz IPS display, this one is free-sync, the G-sync equivalent comes with the $200 nvidia tax

 

what features are you talking about? as AMD generally has equivalent features on the software side of things
 

Isn't going to be worth paying extra for overclocking a skylake i7, and you're going to want to wait and see if Nvidia fixes their DX12 issues with pascal.

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($59.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.08 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Acer XF270HU 144Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($549.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1500.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-17 15:28 EDT-0400

 

This sounds like a great build actually

 

For my build, considering I'm looking at going for $2000 including monitor, I'd like to either go SFF or full custom loop watercooling (soft tubing, hard tubing is a little too extreme for me). If I go that route, I'd like something for OC. I'd probably go 6700k and Pascal, not like the Pascal 980-980Ti equivalent, but maybe the higher mid range like Pascal 970 equivalent. Also considering Polaris if its coming out soon. I'd like to do full loop over SFF, in full loop I can add another GPU later  full loops just are quite interesting for me  This is a good build tho, and I thank you for showing me it. I'll probably build off this and maybe edit some stuff to see what I can do  

[Streetguru]

5 minutes ago, Trav_X said:

 

Problem with the 6700K is that the 5820K costs as much and gives you more cores/Performance and a higher end platform, plus it only turbos to 3.6ghz so it makes more sense to overclock. Only thing is the motherboard costs a bit more, but it's easily worth it

 

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Directron)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4/3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($228.98 @ Newegg)