New Career PC! :D

[done12many2]

1 hour ago, LookingForEXP said:

at a low cost of no more than $1,000.

4 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Go with a 6700K or better off a 5820K. No need to buy thermal paste, the CM 212 Evo comes with a tube where it gives you a few uses. Get a bigger SSD at least 240GB. Go cheaper on the case, like a Corsair 100R. If your doing stream and Twitch, where you have a lot of audience. Get Windows the proper way, not from Kinguin or other similar sites. Try to get a retail license, great when you're constantly swapping out parts.

While I agree, he's on a fairly tight budget.  I don't think x99 or Skylake are going to help that much.  We barely got him convinced to get a SSD.

 

Good call on the thermal paste!

[crysilis]

14 hours ago, Mastafu said:

How is that? Not familiar enough with amd cards admittedly. 

so the thing with AMD is that for dx12 AMD cards are more optimized and such and  also the extra vram is nice to have

that is the main reason many people are switching over to AMD

[cc143]

What games do you currently play/stream? At what resolution? What monitor do you have? (60hz?)

Do you have a model of you current pc? (You could temporarily repurpose your PSU, if it can handle the extra Watts).

 

Since you will be streaming and I presume video editing at some point, a 5820k on the X99 platform would be optimal for your use. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/chtnsY

Provided you are gaming, and want to do so at fps that will allow you to stream, you have several options regarding the GPU: 

1. Go $100 over budget and get the r9 390 or GTX970 (if you care about shadowplay.) http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yW4sbv

2. Spend less and get a cheaper card e.g. r9 380 and wait for the polaris/pascal to upgrade to the 390/970 equivalent. Notably this option saves you about $150 which could be spent on a better case, motherboard and more RAM, if you will be video editing in the immediate future. 

 

Personally, If you are to go over budget, this is a system I would gladly recommend:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tGLsbv (notably much cheaper than I expected for the X99 platform!) 

 

Regarding your windows issue, I personally have migrated boot drives several times without any issue whatsoever, apart from 10gb of storage used by unnecessary files I couldn't delete.

 

You windows 10 OEM key should work on a fresh install of the exact same OS version e.g. home edition, 32bit, if MS still allows for 3 installations off the same key, which was the case last time I saw a sticker on a prebuilt (notably, it was on XP!)

 

Option 1 with the linked system is what I would personally do, and add windows from kinguin for the time being, that is just $100 over your budget, but it is very much worth the system you end up with. 

[raystriker98]

A major point to consider: Get a 6th gen i5 instead of the devil's canyon i7 and use that money to invest in a better gfx card than the GTX 960

For eg check this out-http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/sdgXsY/more-than-enough-skylake-gaming-build

[LookingForEXP]

The only problem with changing out these parts is that I want this build to last me in the LONG RUN. I wont be upgrading the CPU for years, My RAM would be fine the way it is, and a Graphics card of what I've represented in the newer model would be fine for the lastest content for the next few years. My OS is the only problem now.

[cc143]

7 minutes ago, LookingForEXP said:

The only problem with changing out these parts is that I want this build to last me in the LONG RUN. I wont be upgrading the CPU for years, My RAM would be fine the way it is, and a Graphics card of what I've represented in the newer model would be fine for the lastest content for the next few years. My OS is the only problem now.

As far as raw CPU power is concerned, the 5820K is arguably much more "futureproof". Some features may be an issue but that can easily be remedied with another motherboard. By going X99 you cover the probability of needing more in the immediate future, you shouldn't expect to need anything more for years to come. 

 

If you want to go with a 390/970, that is fine, at the end of the day you can just get another one if its really necessary. 

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DwQ6cf Go with something like this and you will be set, I don't see how you would need to change anything for the next 5 years unless your workload changes significantly. (includes a 750W PSU I found earlier that is practically 50% off!). 

[LookingForEXP]

So would this be optimal? I'm a little worried about the price....but I could always save up more money if needed.

 

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown 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: MSI X99A Raider ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($181.49 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($62.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($68.95 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($314.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: VIVO Titan ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($76.89 @ OutletPC) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1247.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-20 14:14 EDT-0400

[cc143]

6 minutes ago, LookingForEXP said:

So would this be optimal? I'm a little worried about the price....but I could always save up more money if needed.

 

 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown 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: MSI X99A Raider ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($181.49 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($62.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($68.95 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($314.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: VIVO Titan ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($76.89 @ OutletPC) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1247.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-20 14:14 EDT-0400

Look at what I linked above add the Optical drive change the case if you want and change to the cheapest 970 if you have your heart set on nvidia

 

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JhpHvK/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  ($24.44 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus X99-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($229.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($60.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.20 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($283.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $1135.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-20 14:20 EDT-0400

 

You must have posted while I was editing.

[crysilis]

On 4/19/2016 at 5:48 PM, LookingForEXP said:

Alright! So I've revised my searches and have come up with this.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XT3tmG

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Directron) 
Thermal Compound: TUNIQ TX-4 Extreme Performance 1g Thermal Paste  ($9.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($68.75 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($314.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case  ($110.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($76.89 @ OutletPC) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.89 @ OutletPC) 
Other: Windows 10 OEM from Kinguin.net! ($29.37)
Total: $1129.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-19 17:48 EDT-0400

switch to r9 390