$700 Budget Gaming PC

[TechieAndroid]

$700 Budget! So I would like some suggestions on my custom PC I'm building. I am going with the Corsair 740 case (I will not settle for any other case) and a Corsair Hydro Series H100i Dual Rad I'm open to suggestions on that though.

I already have a GPU so I won't be buying one. Same goes for Display, Keyboard, Mouse & Pad.

I Would like to go with a ASUS ROG Motherboard but I'm open to any ideas there.

I thought I'd go with a 500W PSU any ideas on that are appreciated.

I'm thinking Broadwell or Skylake. My last laptop was a Lenovo Y50-Y70 4K I Liked it a lot never had a complaint, it was a Haswell. 16GB of RAM was a lot and I almost never used it all so I would be fine stepping down to 8GB.

I was thinking about going with a 7200 RPM 3TB HDD SATA 6.0Gb/s ~ $60.

I would like to stick with a quad core CPU but that probably won't happen right away so it can be a upgrade later.

 

Oh and I only want to go with a dual rad, I simply don't want to air cool it. And I plan to upgrade this PC over time.

[Paytend01]

For $700 i dont think you are going to be able to fit an ROG mobo, that case, and that cooling. 

[Stardar1]

2 minutes ago, TechieAndroid said:

$700 Budget! So I would like some suggestions on my custom PC I'm building. I am going with the Corsair 740 case (I will not settle for any other case) and a Corsair Hydro Series H100i Dual Rad I'm open to suggestions on that though.

I already have a GPU so I won't be buying one. Same goes for Display, Keyboard, Mouse & Pad.

I Would like to go with a ASUS ROG Motherboard but I'm open to any ideas there.

I thought I'd go with a 500W PSU any ideas on that are appreciated.

I'm thinking Broadwell or Skylake. My last laptop was a Lenovo Y50-Y70 4K I Liked it a lot never had a complaint, it was a Haswell. 16GB of RAM was a lot and I almost never used it all so I would be fine stepping down to 8GB.

I was thinking about going with a 7200 RPM 3TB HDD SATA 6.0Gb/s ~ $60.

1. an H100i is not reasonable on this budget, but that depends on what you already have.

2. What Corsair 740... that does not exist as far as i can tell

3. what GPU do you have?

4. SSD?

5. Overclock?

[xephoneration]

1 minute ago, Stardar1 said:

1. an H100i is not reasonable on this budget, but that depends on what you already have.

2. What Corsair 740... that does not exist as far as i can tell

3. what GPU do you have?

4. SSD?

5. Overclock?

http://www.corsair.com/en/carbide-series-740-high-airflow-atx-cube-case its a $150 case yeah his parts that he wants to his budget does not make sense

[Stardar1]

Just now, xephoneration said:

http://www.corsair.com/en/carbide-series-740-high-airflow-atx-cube-case its a $150 case yeah his parts that he wants to his budget does not make sense

That case is not on PCPP yet. 

[xephoneration]

2 minutes ago, Stardar1 said:

That case is not on PCPP yet. 

So are many things  You can get it off the corsair main website

 

EDIT: $150 case will, pardon me, screw you over royally in a $700 budget 

[xephoneration]

What is your gpu?

[TechieAndroid]

2 minutes ago, Stardar1 said:

1. an H100i is not reasonable on this budget, but that depends on what you already have.

2. What Corsair 740... that does not exist as far as i can tell

3. what GPU do you have?

4. SSD?

5. Overclock?

Reread my post your answers are in it. Here's the case: http://www.corsair.com/en/carbide-series-740-high-airflow-atx-cube-case. My GPU is irrelevant.

[xephoneration]

1 minute ago, TechieAndroid said:

Reread my post your answers are in it. Here's the case: http://www.corsair.com/en/carbide-series-740-high-airflow-atx-cube-case. My GPU is irrelevant.

No your GPU is very relevant, since you dont want to have a CPU bottle neck your GPU as well gives an idea for power supplies

[Castdeath97]

1 minute ago, TechieAndroid said:

GPU is irrelevant.

It is.

[TechieAndroid]

I'm not going to be gaming above 1080p. It's a old GT 610 with 2GB.

[xephoneration]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($227.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($24.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H170 Performance ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($65.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($37.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.71 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($67.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other:  ($30.00)
Total: $682.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-30 16:52 EDT-0400

 

 

 

Get over the $150 case..... as well get a OEM windows key off of reddit cost ya like $25-30

[xephoneration]

6 minutes ago, TechieAndroid said:

I'm not going to be gaming above 1080p. It's a old GT 610 with 2GB.

Oh geeze?!?! Well if you are so set on not wanting a GPU upgrade good luck to ya

[Mohenjo]

7 minutes ago, TechieAndroid said:

I'm not going to be gaming above 1080p. It's a old GT 610 with 2GB.

No offense bro but that wont let you play at ANY resolutoion 

[TechieAndroid]

@xephoneration I appreciate the list but I don't need a 650W PSU and can't air cool this PC. So I can't buy this case? http://www.corsair.com/en/carbide-series-740-high-airflow-atx-cube-case

[Paytend01]

8 minutes ago, TechieAndroid said:

I'm not going to be gaming above 1080p. It's a old GT 610 with 2GB.

You sir shouldnt  be worrying that much about the cosmetics. Get a better GPU then worry lol good luck m8

[xephoneration]

Just now, TechieAndroid said:

@xephoneration I appreciate the list but I don't need a 650W PSU and can't air cool this PC. So I can't buy this case? http://www.corsair.com/en/carbide-series-740-high-airflow-atx-cube-case

I added the 650w because at the time i did not know you had a 610 

 

 

 

[xephoneration]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($197.88 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H50 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($53.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($40.88 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.71 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Windforce OC Video Card  ($204.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($45.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $691.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-30 17:01 EDT-0400

 

So you can have a better GPU ffs

[TechieAndroid]

@xephoneration Thanks for the revised list I like it a lot, I'm going to think it over and I'll get back to ya'll.

[TechieAndroid]

So I'm still not gonna be able to go with any other case than the Corsair 740. I simply like it in every way possible. I know it's pricey, I know I'll sacrifice getting better hardware for it, but it's what I want. Same goes for the dual rad I must have a dual rad and it must be copper and look awesome and for $100 the Corsair Hydro Series h100i is what I want.

 

So that means $250-$700=$450. For a ROG Motherboard (like I said it doesn't have to be Skylake it can be Broadwell) it just needs to look nice in the case . I really don't care at this point about the CPU just whatever is cheapest. And 8GB of cheap RAM.

 

I've already got a 3TB HDD 7200 RPM SATA lll 6.0Gb/s for $60.

 

Now we're at $390. I could get a PSU for $37 on amazon=$353.

 

So can Ya'll find for $353 a good ROG Motherboard that supports 8GB-16GB of RAM, and that is RAM that's affordable 2x 4GB sticks to make it dual channel & a cheap dual core HT so 4 threaded CPU? Motherboard could be $125 The RAM could be $50-$100 and CPU could be $128 or $178 if you can find cheap RAM.

 

 

Please don't add a GPU (I want to upgrade to a GTX 1060 later) to my budget. And don't change the case I want, I'm set in my ways. A 500W PSU is perfect, I don't want anything higher.

[TechieAndroid]

Also about the old GT 610 2GB you'd be surprised at how good I can get it to run. I'm an IT and know just about everything there is to know about Windows so I've got some tweaks up my sleeve .

[TechieAndroid]

Just finished budgeting and I got everything I wanted in it. Thanks for the help guys!

[ace_cheaply]

In other words, I want a potato to game on, but it'll be a nice looking potato, lol. 

[TechieAndroid]

Yeah pretty much. But I did it this way to allow for upgrades along the way e.g. RAM, CPU & GPU...

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 hours ago, TechieAndroid said:

Also about the old GT 610 2GB you'd be surprised at how good I can get it to run. I'm an IT and know just about everything there is to know about Windows so I've got some tweaks up my sleeve .

i've used the gt 610 for a few years before, its rubbish in gaming, can't even get 720p lowest settings without lots of stuttering. listen to us and get a better graphics card, you can get the case and heatsink next time.