Build help!

[T.w² | Tate .cL]

Okay. 

 

Lately ive been thinking about going ahead and building a new pc and though the linus forums could answer my prayers. Currently i use an older imac (3-4 years) and it dosent have the power im looking for. As well as power the osx operating system is limiting to the gaming i wish to do.

     I have a budget of 1-1.5k and can flex a little if its for an upgraded part. I will most likely stick with one monitor but the option to run a second would be nice. I have a mice but would need a keyboard and prefered new mouse pad. 

     This computer would be used for gaming and school. I would like it to benchmark pretty well/be able to play games at a good framerate. 

     I have little to no knowledge of building a pc and am calling to the forums for help. 

Thanks for reading!

     ~Tate 

[Majestic_Koala]

6 minutes ago, T.w² | Tate .cL said:

Okay. 

 

Lately ive been thinking about going ahead and building a new pc and though the linus forums could answer my prayers. Currently i use an older imac (3-4 years) and it dosent have the power im looking for. As well as power the osx operating system is limiting to the gaming i wish to do.

     I have a budget of 1-1.5k and can flex a little if its for an upgraded part. I will most likely stick with one monitor but the option to run a second would be nice. I have a mice but would need a keyboard and prefered new mouse pad. 

     This computer would be used for gaming and school. I would like it to benchmark pretty well/be able to play games at a good framerate. 

     I have little to no knowledge of building a pc and am calling to the forums for help. 

Thanks for reading!

     ~Tate 

give me five and ill create a spec for you what games are you looking to play?

 

[Majestic_Koala]

9 minutes ago, T.w² | Tate .cL said:

Okay. 

 

Lately ive been thinking about going ahead and building a new pc and though the linus forums could answer my prayers. Currently i use an older imac (3-4 years) and it dosent have the power im looking for. As well as power the osx operating system is limiting to the gaming i wish to do.

     I have a budget of 1-1.5k and can flex a little if its for an upgraded part. I will most likely stick with one monitor but the option to run a second would be nice. I have a mice but would need a keyboard and prefered new mouse pad. 

     This computer would be used for gaming and school. I would like it to benchmark pretty well/be able to play games at a good framerate. 

     I have little to no knowledge of building a pc and am calling to the forums for help. 

Thanks for reading!

     ~Tate 

use this build you can make it cheaper by swapping out the 1070 with a 1060

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/dDKkXH

[SnowyMus]

31 minutes ago, T.w² | Tate .cL said:

Okay. 

 

Lately ive been thinking about going ahead and building a new pc and though the linus forums could answer my prayers. Currently i use an older imac (3-4 years) and it dosent have the power im looking for. As well as power the osx operating system is limiting to the gaming i wish to do.

     I have a budget of 1-1.5k and can flex a little if its for an upgraded part. I will most likely stick with one monitor but the option to run a second would be nice. I have a mice but would need a keyboard and prefered new mouse pad. 

     This computer would be used for gaming and school. I would like it to benchmark pretty well/be able to play games at a good framerate. 

     I have little to no knowledge of building a pc and am calling to the forums for help. 

Thanks for reading!

     ~Tate 

$1000-$1500 could get you a very good gaming PC. Are you gaming at 1080p? 1440p? Also, what type of storage options are you looking for? Does school work require anything CPU intensive? I'm just throwing these questions out there.

 

@Majestic_Koala's build looks like a good build if you're wanting to play games at excellent settings. I'd check that one out. The aftermarket CPU cooler may be a little tricky to install at first and isn't technically required, but it's far less noisy and much better than the Intel stock cooler.

 

Also, if you're wanting OS X, there's a little work involved in getting that on a non-Mac (known as a "hackintosh"); Apple doesn't support this in any way.

[GDRRiley]

what OS do you want. Windows is easiest but I can grab a build designed to run OS X for my friend 

[GDRRiley]

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bz9y4C that is a great build for OS X. the OS is hard to install but this PC should work great but no 1000's cards as support is now out for 900 cards 

[Blackhole890]

1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/bz9y4C that is a great build for OS X. the OS is hard to install but this PC should work great but no 1000's cards as support is now out for 900 cards 

why i7? for games is useless spending 100 bucks more for hyperthreading

[GDRRiley]

 

Just now, Blackhole890 said:

why i7? for games is useless spending 100 bucks more for hyperthreading

no some games love the extra threads

[Blackhole890]

Just now, GDRRiley said:

 

no some games love the extra threads

for example? the most of the popular games doesnt

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, Blackhole890 said:

for example? the most of the popular games doesnt

cities skylines, most simulators and who know he may want to start making videos

[Blackhole890]

28 minutes ago, T.w² | Tate .cL said:

Okay. 

 

Lately ive been thinking about going ahead and building a new pc and though the linus forums could answer my prayers. Currently i use an older imac (3-4 years) and it dosent have the power im looking for. As well as power the osx operating system is limiting to the gaming i wish to do.

     I have a budget of 1-1.5k and can flex a little if its for an upgraded part. I will most likely stick with one monitor but the option to run a second would be nice. I have a mice but would need a keyboard and prefered new mouse pad. 

     This computer would be used for gaming and school. I would like it to benchmark pretty well/be able to play games at a good framerate. 

     I have little to no knowledge of building a pc and am calling to the forums for help. 

Thanks for reading!

     ~Tate 

here's my full build for you

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/gpMmkT

[T.w² | Tate .cL]

Thanks all for the replies!

 

sorry if it was confusing but this build would be using windows, the comment on osx was that it dosent supports games i wish to play. 

 

For storage im not picky, 500gb-1tb would be well enough and the type of storage i have no preference. 

[Matias_Chambers]

Do you need OS, peripherals and monitor(s)?