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$1200 Gaming PC Build (Advice Needed)

Ducklings
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So I've decided to upgrade my old gaming computer as I'm not getting the desired fps for most games. I will be salvaging my 120gb ssd, 1tb hdd. I'm making this post for a few reasons. First I'm not sure whether I want a i5 6600k or an i7 6700k. I plan on doing a majority of gaming, with some editing for a few YouTube videos (possibly streaming in the future). My second reason was because I'm unsure of what motherboard and ram I would like in my build. I am set on getting 16gb of ram but generally unsure what speed I should be getting and what motherboard. I'm also interested in cpu water cooling if its within budget. Finally I will be doing my shopping on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, so the price is flexible (preferable nothing over $1350). I'm open for all ideas!

 

Also I will be going with the NZXT s340 Elite build as apposed to the regular NZXT s340 ($99), pc part picker wasn't updated with prices for some reason.

 

Build Thus Far: 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/8TxrYr

 

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Here's a build with a less overkill PSU and a liquid cooler. Otherwise it's good for 1.2k

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste  ($6.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($93.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: PNY CS1311 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($409.89 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($66.13 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1203.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-18 20:47 EST-0500

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For your specific specs I think Reshi gave you a pretty good foundation to tweak. There is talk that places like MicroCenter may do some big CPU/Mobo combo sales for black friday so you could maybe get the CPU and Mobo together for around 300 to maybe give you the headroom for a 1080 GPU.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($96.99 @ Best Buy) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($79.85 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Series Video Card  ($408.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($73.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1194.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-18 20:58 EST-0500

 

get a 1080 thats on sale at black friday

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This is my take on it:

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/KK99tJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/KK99tJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.90 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($124.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($93.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($94.89 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card  ($410.31 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1269.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-18 20:58 EST-0500

 

Air cooling, GPU is interchangeable, you might want to because of the yellow accents.

Skyggeis Specs:

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler  
Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" Hard Drive 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Extreme
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400S ATX Mid Tower Case Satin Black
PSU: Corsair RMx 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular PSU
WiFi Card: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I REV 4.2
Case Fan: Aerocool DS 140mm Black 93.4 CFM
Case Fan: Aerocool DS 140mm Black 93.4 CFM
Case Fan: Aerocool DS 140mm Black 93.4 CFM
Other: Coolermaster VGA Holder
Other: Phanteks LED Strip 1M
Other: Phanteks Fan Splitter

Monitor: Dell S2716DG

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I switched a lot of components for ones that are a bit better or fit my liking, ASUS and Gigabyte are known for horrible customer support so I chose components from Asrock and EVGA. The MX300 SSD is better overall and more capacity. The P400S from Phanteks is a straight up better S340. The EVGA G2 power supply is about as good but is much quieter.

 

If you want to watercool, I would start with an AIO, the Deecpool Captain it a nice choice imo. Goes with color scheme too.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool CAPTAIN 240 91.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($141.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($84.97 @ Jet)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($70.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING Video Card  ($389.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.27 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1215.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-18 20:59 EST-0500

We have a NEW and GLORIOUSER-ER-ER PSU Tier List Now. (dammit @LukeSavenije stop coming up with new ones)

You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here

 

Computer having a hard time powering on? Troubleshoot it with this guide. (Currently looking for suggestions to update it into the context of <current year> and make it its own thread)

Computer Specs:

Spoiler

Mathresolvermajig: Intel Xeon E3 1240 (Sandy Bridge i7 equivalent)

Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S
Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid

Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3

Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333

Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike"

Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500

AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550)

Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

Buttonrodent: Razer Viper Mini + Huion H430P drawing Tablet

Auralnterface: Sennheiser HD 6xx

Liquidrectangles: LG 27UK850-W 4K HDR

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($140.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($94.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($415.95 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1259.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-18 21:05 EST-0500

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27 minutes ago, Ducklings said:

So I've decided to upgrade my old gaming computer as I'm not getting the desired fps for most games. I will be salvaging my 120gb ssd, 1tb hdd. I'm making this post for a few reasons. First I'm not sure whether I want a i5 6600k or an i7 6700k. I plan on doing a majority of gaming, with some editing for a few YouTube videos (possibly streaming in the future). My second reason was because I'm unsure of what motherboard and ram I would like in my build. I am set on getting 16gb of ram but generally unsure what speed I should be getting and what motherboard. I'm also interested in cpu water cooling if its within budget. Finally I will be doing my shopping on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, so the price is flexible (preferable nothing over $1350). I'm open for all ideas!

 

Also I will be going with the NZXT s340 Elite build as apposed to the regular NZXT s340 ($99), pc part picker wasn't updated with prices for some reason.

 

Build Thus Far: 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/8TxrYr

 

Here's a little better setup. 6600k instead of a 6700k, if all you do is game. Liquid cooler, helps a little and it looks sexy af, and I switched out your overkill PSU for a 600w. http://pcpartpicker.com/list/z8t6qk

My Current Rig:

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO GPU: ASUS STRIX OC 1070 Motherboard: MSI Z170-A Gaming M5 Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2 x 8GB DDR4-2400 Storage: A-Data Premier 240GB SSD/Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM Case: NZXT S340 PSU: Corsair RM750i Monitors: Acer R240HY/ Dell S2716DG

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xwcjLD

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Thank you all for your feed back! Still looking over all your wonderful builds. I'm very interested in looking into a GTX 1080 if I can save enough money.

If I don't plan on gaming in 4k is the 1080 worth the extra dollars? 

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7 minutes ago, AwesomeAustin226 said:

Keep this in mind:

Note that it is an older video, so ignore older product names.

Thank you for this, haha.

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