Graphic design build Please xd

[Chaicho]

So i recently got into graphic design classes and the classroom only has macs and well i got illustrator for my pc and it runs kinda slow and the resolution looks really crappy compared to the mac. I'm not sure if ill be using photoshop too since i dont know much about graphic design. I also want to do some gaming on it, like run games a medium settings at 60fps 1080p. 

Can you guys also include the monitor please, just a 1080p monitor. 

And for the budget, i dont have one but i would like it to be cheapish because i dont want to be a super expensive build. 

Thankss.

[Guest]

Is this too much?

YES!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($324.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($70.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($101.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($69.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($156.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($449.00 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($129.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1496.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-15 20:29 EDT-0400

[Chaicho]

Just now, dexxterlab97 said:

Is this too much?

YES!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($324.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($70.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($101.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($69.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($156.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($449.00 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 23.0" 60Hz Monitor  ($129.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1496.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-15 20:29 EDT-0400

omg yes its too much Dx, I woudnt go over 1000 definetly

[millerb415]

one question do you need to bring the computer to class and what not because some schools require it? many timed people over look that. if not, then what games do you want to play?

[gtx1060=value]

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/sDPTYr

[Energycore]

9 minutes ago, Chaicho said:

So i recently got into graphic design classes and the classroom only has macs and well i got illustrator for my pc and it runs kinda slow and the resolution looks really crappy compared to the mac. I'm not sure if ill be using photoshop too since i dont know much about graphic design. I also want to do some gaming on it, like run games a medium settings at 60fps 1080p. 

Can you guys also include the monitor please, just a 1080p monitor. 

And for the budget, i dont have one but i would like it to be cheapish because i dont want to be a super expensive build. 

Thankss.

Something for $700?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($236.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($24.34 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: *PowerColor Radeon RX 460 2GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($104.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.89 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: *Fractal Design Integra M 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $700.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-15 20:38 EDT-0400

[Chaicho]

Just now, millerb415 said:

one question do you need to bring the computer to class and what not because some schools require it? many timed people over look that. if not, then what games do you want to play?

No, i dont have to bring it to class, i just want to upgrade my home computer and might ass well buy it good enough to game as well. And for the games i dont have a specific game i want to play but i know i'll want to play a new hypie game that may come out, lets set like Battlefield 1, thats the only one in my head right now sorry 

[Energycore]

Sounds like $800 is your sweet spot by the looks of it

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($236.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($24.34 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GAMING Video Card  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.89 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: *Fractal Design Integra M 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $795.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-15 20:40 EDT-0400

[Chaicho]

3 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Something for $700?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($236.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($24.34 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: *PowerColor Radeon RX 460 2GB Red Dragon Video Card  ($104.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.89 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: *Fractal Design Integra M 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $700.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-15 20:38 EDT-0400

It looks nice but i've never been recommended a xeon on any build D:, how would it do on gaming?

[Energycore]

Just now, Chaicho said:

It looks nice but i've never been recommended a xeon on any build D:, how would it do on gaming?

It's the same as an i7-4770. It will do just fine.

 

For the sake of better gaming, grab this list entirely off newegg.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/cNrQPs/by_merchant/

[Chaicho]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

It's the same as an i7-4770. It will do just fine.

 

For the sake of better gaming, grab this list entirely off newegg.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/cNrQPs/by_merchant/

what monitor would u recommend ? 

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, Chaicho said:

what monitor would u recommend ? 

That's a harder question because you care about color accuracy as a graphic designer.

 

But thankfully tomshardware found this monitor perfectly fine. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asus-mg24uq-24-inch-ips-uhd-freesync-monitor,4720.html

 

As you can see, that monitor did very well in their tests especially for its price. So what I would recommend is getting that monitor long with this list, then gaming at 1080p downsampled while taking advantage of the 4K resolution for graphic design.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($257.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  ($234.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra M 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus MG24UQ 23.6" 60Hz Monitor  ($369.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1204.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-15 20:51 EDT-0400

[millerb415]

4 minutes ago, Energycore said:

That's a harder question because you care about color accuracy as a graphic designer.

 

But thankfully tomshardware found this monitor perfectly fine. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asus-mg24uq-24-inch-ips-uhd-freesync-monitor,4720.html

 

As you can see, that monitor did very well in their tests especially for its price. So what I would recommend is getting that monitor long with this list, then gaming at 1080p downsampled while taking advantage of the 4K resolution for graphic design.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($257.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  ($234.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Integra M 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus MG24UQ 23.6" 60Hz Monitor  ($369.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1204.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-15 20:51 EDT-0400

if you could stretch it at this point i would think it would be worth considering getting the 8gb version of the RX 480 instead of the 4gb only looking at about 40- 60 dollars more in fact i would wait to get it until then if i could other than that that this looks good

[Energycore]

@millerb415

 

At newegg, 8GB 480s are very expensive so I would rather not, I also will not recommend a reference cooler 480.

 

The cheapest being tho $270 PowerColor Red Devil http://pcpartpicker.com/product/BZJkcf/powercolor-radeon-rx-480-8gb-red-devil-video-card-axrx-480-8gbd5-3dhoc

 

A better choice would be the PowerColor R9 390 as 390s have been better than 480s by a bit (about on par with 1060 6gbs)  http://pcpartpicker.com/product/pxGj4D/powercolor-video-card-axr93908gbd5ppdhe

[millerb415]

4 minutes ago, Energycore said:

@millerb415

 

At newegg, 8GB 480s are very expensive so I would rather not, I also will not recommend a reference cooler 480.

 

The cheapest being tho $270 PowerColor Red Devil http://pcpartpicker.com/product/BZJkcf/powercolor-radeon-rx-480-8gb-red-devil-video-card-axrx-480-8gbd5-3dhoc

 

A better choice would be the PowerColor R9 390 as 390s have been better than 480s by a bit (about on par with 1060 6gbs)  http://pcpartpicker.com/product/pxGj4D/powercolor-video-card-axr93908gbd5ppdhe

Why only grab stuff of newegg? plus. http://pcpartpicker.com/product/W34NnQ/gigabyte-radeon-rx-480-8gb-g1-gaming-video-card-gv-rx480g1-gaming-8gd 

is custom and 274 for only 40 more it is worth it.

[Energycore]

Just now, millerb415 said:

Why only grab stuff of newegg? plus. http://pcpartpicker.com/product/W34NnQ/gigabyte-radeon-rx-480-8gb-g1-gaming-video-card-gv-rx480g1-gaming-8gd 

is custom and 274 for only 40 more it is worth it.

Grabbing stuff only off newegg means easier buying experience and no shipping costs. As for the $40 more, I disagree that it's worth it. In general both 1060 6GB and 480 8GB are overpriced, the only GPU correctly priced imo is the 1060 3GB, considering the double node shrink I believe I have my right to expect better than this.