Computer Build under $3,500

[thefruitypotato]

Hey,

    I am looking to build a new pc that can act as a workstation as well as a gaming rig. I was also wondering if I could set it up so that I can use it from school using a laptop (neither the laptop nor the internet will be very fast). I recently put together a parts list after doing extensive research, but as I was about to put the money into building it, in true #pcgamerproblems new, much cooler, more efficient hardware came out. I don't think I will be needing a Xeon because the work I will be doing on it will not be very precise, but I want to see if I can set the system up with newer components to put in a 7th gen intel processor, and expandable as possible. I had the 'Godlike gaming" motherboard on my other build sheet and it would be helpful if someone could tell me if there will be a 2016 or even 2017 edition to look forward to, although I would like to put the system together as soon as possible.

Thanks,
           thefruitypotato

Here is a link to the machine I was planning to build (prices were different before):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qq0cCdr5S8VBG9WbhGRrWlobD8jc-knEEE7Y4P0QV7Y/edit?usp=sharing

Here is the pcpartpicker link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/y9LhgL

Remember I want to start a new build entirely these are just old builds that I put together a while ago.

 

[ChillyPepperGuy]

5 minutes ago, thefruitypotato said:

Hey,

    I am looking to build a new pc that can act as a workstation as well as a gaming rig. I was also wondering if I could set it up so that I can use it from school using a laptop (neither the laptop nor the internet will be very fast). I recently put together a parts list after doing extensive research, but as I was about to put the money into building it, in true #pcgamerproblems new, much cooler, more efficient hardware came out. I don't think I will be needing a Xeon because the work I will be doing on it will not be very precise, but I want to see if I can set the system up with newer components to put in a 7th gen intel processor, and expandable as possible. I had the 'Godlike gaming" motherboard on my other build sheet and it would be helpful if someone could tell me if there will be a 2016 or even 2017 edition to look forward to, although I would like to put the system together as soon as possible.

Thanks,
           thefruitypotato

Here is a link to the machine I was planning to build:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qq0cCdr5S8VBG9WbhGRrWlobD8jc-knEEE7Y4P0QV7Y/edit?usp=sharing

 

use PCpartpicker.com

 

[thefruitypotato]

I have, I couldn't find all the components there.

[Zach TOm]

Better psu, 750 p2 would be good

[Katsunaka]

6 minutes ago, thefruitypotato said:

I have, I couldn't find all the components there.

Search them and add them. Some parts aren't in the lists when you click "add mobo" but if you search it, you'll find it.

[thefruitypotato]

1 minute ago, Zach TOm said:

Better psu, 750 p2

What parts would you suggest?

[frunze]

Why use a second tier 1000W PSU with semi-modular cabling?
You can cut the cost down with selecting a 750-850 first tier PSU (with full modular cabling). 

Less costly, way more effective, and can still maintain stable overclock across all component. Even it can easily adapt to a future SLI upgrade.....
 

[thefruitypotato]

1 minute ago, frunze said:

Why use a second tier 1000W PSU with semi-modular cabling?
You can cut the cost down with selecting a 750-850 first tier PSU (with full modular cabling). 

Less costly, way more effective, and can still maintain stable overclock across all component. Even it can easily adapt to a future SLI upgrade.....
 

 

Well, I will definitely change that, if I get newer components the rig would require much lower wattage.

are there any specific PSUs that you would recommend?

[HKZeroFive]

I hate to come off as a dick but this PC seems to be the definition of wasteful spending.

 

-Why do you need a $500 motherboard when you'll likely never use any of its additional features?

-Why the overpriced ($770) Founder's Edition card that'll run hotter than most non-reference cards?

-Why the 10TB NAS drive? How much storage do you actually require?

-You don't need a i7 6850K. Just get the i7 6800K.

-You don't need 64GB of RAM. Dominator Platinums are overpriced for what they are.

-You don't need a 1000W power supply.

-Where's your cooler?

 

I suggest getting a more cost efficient rig that won't sacrifice performance and pairing it with a high-end monitor.

[ChillyPepperGuy]

Just now, thefruitypotato said:

I have, I couldn't find all the components there.

 

Just now, HKZeroFive said:

I hate to come off as a dick but this PC seems to be the definition of wasteful spending.

 

-Why do you need a $500 motherboard when you'll likely never use any of its additional features?

-Why the overpriced ($770) Founder's Edition card that'll run hotter than most non-reference cards?

-Why the 10TB NAS drive? How much storage do you actually require?

-You don't need a i7 6850K. Just get the i7 6800K.

-You don't need 64GB of RAM. Dominator Platinums are overpriced for what they are.

-You don't need a 1000W power supply.

-Where's your cooler?

 

I suggest getting a more cost efficient rig that won't sacrifice performance and pairing it with a high-end monitor.

I agree this biuld looks more like someone who lapsed the highest priced components together

[Katsunaka]

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/jVt2kT

 

OP's parts in a PC Part picker link.. 

[thefruitypotato]

2 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

I hate to come off as a dick but this PC seems to be the definition of wasteful spending.

 

-Why do you need a $500 motherboard when you'll likely never use any of its additional features?

-Why the overpriced ($770) Founder's Edition card that'll run hotter than most non-reference cards?

-Why the 10TB NAS drive? How much storage do you actually require?

-You don't need a i7 6850K. Just get the i7 6800K.

-You don't need 64GB of RAM. Dominator Platinums are overpriced for what they are.

-You don't need a 1000W power supply.

-Where's your cooler?

 

I suggest getting a more cost efficient rig that won't sacrifice performance and pairing it with a high-end monitor.

 

I fixed many of these issues with my pcpartpicker list, I found that I would use many of the features of the motherboard, and on top of that, it had a very useful interface. I like the Dominator Platinums because of some of the reliability that they have proven to have, and I think that the 6700k is a lot better for the money than the 6800k, so that is another change (I am also asking about changing the rig almost entirely). The PSU does need to be changed, I agree with that, I have a cooler in the pcpartpicker list if I remember correctly. I need the 64gb of ram because I am going to be running quite a few VMS for my business, and 3D Printer. The 1080 founders edition was also much cheaper at the time I made this build. The NAS drive is now unnecessary because of some upgrades I have made in other computers. I am thinking more of a 1tb SSD and maybe 4tb HDD (I go through a lot of storage with backups and games).

[thefruitypotato]

12 minutes ago, Katsunaka said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/jVt2kT

 

OP's parts in a PC Part picker link.. 

 

nice meme

[Austroknot]

1 minute ago, thefruitypotato said:

I fixed many of these issues with my pcpartpicker list, I found that I would use many of the features of the motherboard, and on top of that, it had a very useful interface. I like the Dominator Platinums because of some of the reliability that they have proven to have, and I think that the 6700k is a lot better for the money than the 6800k, so that is another change (I am also asking about changing the rig almost entirely). The PSU does need to be changed, I agree with that, I have a cooler in the pcpartpicker list if I remember correctly. I need the 64gb of ram because I am going to be running quite a few VMS for my business, and 3D Printer. The 1080 founders edition was also much cheaper at the time I made this build. The NAS drive is now unnecessary because of some upgrades I have made in other computers. I am thinking more of a 1tb SSD and maybe 4tb HDD (I go through a lot of storage with backups and games).

the motherboard you plan to get is a 2011 socket type motherboard. a i7-6700k is a 1151 socket type cpu. They are not compatible. If you want to go with an X-series motherboard you're looking at a i7-6800k or higher.

[thefruitypotato]

21 minutes ago, Katsunaka said:

Search them and add them. Some parts aren't in the lists when you click "add mobo" but if you search it, you'll find it.

 

I found my pcpartpicker link. (just added it to the main post)

 

[thefruitypotato]

1 minute ago, Austosaur said:

the motherboard you plan to get is a 2011 socket type motherboard. a i7-6700k is a 1151 socket type cpu. They are not compatible. If you want to go with an X-series motherboard you're looking at a i7-6800k or higher.

 

Yea, I would have to change some things but the point of this post is to make a system to accommodate the 7th gen processors that are to come.

[HKZeroFive]

21 minutes ago, thefruitypotato said:

I fixed many of these issues with my pcpartpicker list, I found that I would use many of the features of the motherboard, and on top of that, it had a very useful interface. I like the Dominator Platinums because of some of the reliability that they have proven to have, and I think that the 6700k is a lot better for the money than the 6800k, so that is another change (I am also asking about changing the rig almost entirely). The PSU does need to be changed, I agree with that, I have a cooler in the pcpartpicker list if I remember correctly. I need the 64gb of ram because I am going to be running quite a few VMS for my business, and 3D Printer. The 1080 founders edition was also much cheaper at the time I made this build. The NAS drive is now unnecessary because of some upgrades I have made in other computers. I am thinking more of a 1tb SSD and maybe 4tb HDD (I go through a lot of storage with backups and games).

If you're using this as a workstation, the i7 6800K would be a better choice assuming many of the programs you use are multithreaded.

 

RAM is often reliable so the Dominator Platinums don't particularly 'stand-out' in that regard. The only reason to go for them is for the aesthetics and I tend to avoid them since they're ultimately overpriced for what they're actually worth.

 

I run a few virtual machines and find that 32GB is enough. If you feel you need 64GB is what you need, then I'm not stopping you.

 

Otherwise, the rest of your changes sound good.

[Cereal5]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6850K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($605.70 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($110.04 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($557.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($499.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($306.07 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Black 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($219.85 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($679.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Corsair 750D Airflow Edition ATX Full Tower Case  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $3279.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-17 01:23 EDT-0400

 

Here's something I put together. It will support a second 1080 if you need that for certain rendering tasks, or you can downgrade to something like 750 or 850W if you know you wont be going with a second GPU anytime. The case is a little hard to pick because the motherboard you selected is EATX but I know the 750D has a very roomy interior and should easily fit this motherboard

[thefruitypotato]

1 hour ago, HKZeroFive said:

If you're using this as a workstation, the i7 6800K would be a better choice assuming many of the programs you use are multithreaded.

 

RAM is often reliable so the Dominator Platinums don't particularly 'stand-out' in that regard. The only reason to go for them is for the aesthetics and I tend to avoid them since they're ultimately overpriced for what they're actually worth.

 

I run a few virtual machines and find that 32GB is enough. If you feel you need 64GB is what you need, then I'm not stopping you.

 

Otherwise, the rest of your changes sound good.

 

Thank you for your help!

[thefruitypotato]

1 hour ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Dood.... you don't need a 10TB drive. Just.... no. Get a really big SSD.

Yea, I changed some things on another spec sheet, but at one point in the process of setting up the spec sheet I did need it. 

[thefruitypotato]

1 hour ago, Cereal5 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6850K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($605.70 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($110.04 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($557.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($499.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($306.07 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Black 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($219.85 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($679.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Corsair 750D Airflow Edition ATX Full Tower Case  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $3279.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-17 01:23 EDT-0400

 

Here's something I put together. It will support a second 1080 if you need that for certain rendering tasks, or you can downgrade to something like 750 or 850W if you know you wont be going with a second GPU anytime. The case is a little hard to pick because the motherboard you selected is EATX but I know the 750D has a very roomy interior and should easily fit this motherboard

 

That looks great, but should I wait for the new 7th gen hardware to come out, I am not sure if it would be worth it though.

[Cereal5]

3 minutes ago, thefruitypotato said:

That looks great, but should I wait for the new 7th gen hardware to come out, I am not sure if it would be worth it though.

IMO, no. For workstation use you'll benefit from the extra 2 cores that the 6800K/6850K have. I have a 5820K and use it for content creation as well as gaming and I love it, have yet to find a downside to id (besides it putting out a little more heat than a 4 core of course, thats expected though). intel's 7th gen (kaby lake) is based on the same fabrication process as Skylake and will likely see very little actual improvements (5%-10% max). With skylake/broadwell-e and the new Pascal from NVIDIA, now is a good time to build new computers. If this were say april earlier this year, it would be a "wait until pascal" or whatever

[Guest]

Are you buying these parts from the USA ?

[Katsunaka]

9 hours ago, thefruitypotato said:

nice meme

What meme? 

 

Also, https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/ use it to find deals and make your PC a little cheaper. 

Could also use jet.com and their codes for money off too. Once you get the max money off, place that order and start a new account and place another order. Save the 90 bucks and put that elsewhere in your build.

[thefruitypotato]

On 10/17/2016 at 7:04 AM, Katsunaka said:

What meme? 

 

Also, https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/ use it to find deals and make your PC a little cheaper. 

Could also use jet.com and their codes for money off too. Once you get the max money off, place that order and start a new account and place another order. Save the 90 bucks and put that elsewhere in your build.

 

That sounds good, but if I ever post this on Reddit every comment will be an OP comment XD.