144hz Gaming on a Budget: Thoughts?

[Trav_X]

Made for the sole purpose of playing eSports titles like CS, Rocket League, Overwatch, LoL, Smite, etc. at 1080p 144hz. The monitor will go next to my current 34" 2560x1080 34UM58-P using a dual monitor stand. Buying the parts from Newegg and MicroCenter, and the GPU on eBay (it's a lightly used card from a very highly rated and reputable seller). This is what I think will be the best 144hz experience under $900 USD. Already own the case and RAM. Any thoughts? Went 970 over 1060 cause it's better in terms of price/performance for the money I'm paying for it.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($199.99) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($77.99) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($40.57 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card  ($183.45) 
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Orange ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($25.99) 
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 24.0" 144Hz Monitor  ($219.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $877.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-07 23:28 EST-0500

 

Upgrade path consists of maybe upgrading to a 240mm radiator eventually, to overclock that 4690k. The M9i is a cheap $20 placeholder that performance on par with a 212 EVO, might be able to push some OC on that. Eventually would like new speakers as well.

 

 

[Guest]

You sure can't find used 980 for same price?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nvidia-GTX-980-Nvidia-edition-/222301504900?hash=item33c233c584:g:OyIAAOSwHMJYGPhG

[Megah3rtz]

why haswell? buying used? 

[Oswin]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/qTYXnn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/qTYXnn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($52.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($38.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 8GB ARMOR 8G OC Video Card  ($239.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($25.00) 
Monitor: AOC G2460PF 24.0" 144Hz Monitor  ($199.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $899.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-08 00:01 EST-0500

 

 

[Matias_Chambers]

I would go Skylake. 

[Trav_X]

12 hours ago, Megah3rtz said:

why haswell? buying used? 

Just because I already own ram and to save money. I tried doing Skylake build but the costs are quite a bit higher.