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Can somebody give me an idea of what hardware a quality $1,500 gaming pc would consist of? With the new AMD Ryzen release and other parts coming out, I am sort of puzzled about what parts to use in my build. Any help will be appreciated, thank you.

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3 minutes ago, RxZ Rubix said:

Can somebody give me an idea of what hardware a quality $1,500 gaming pc would consist of? With the new AMD Ryzen release and other parts coming out, I am sort of puzzled about what parts to use in my build. Any help will be appreciated, thank you.

Do you care about the looks, or just peformance?

Waiting for ryzen would be a good idea, because Intel might be forced to lower the prices on some good CPU's

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CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor  ($399.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 280 64.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($124.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($180.59 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($124.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($92.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($379.99 @ Jet)
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1521.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-05 14:31 EST-0500
 
I would wait a little on a Ryzen build though to ensure there are actual fixes for the platforms broken gaming performance

 

Ryzen Ram Guide

 

My Project Logs   Iced Blood    Temporal Snow    Temporal Snow Ryzen Refresh

 

CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($338.77 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool CAPTAIN 240 EX 153.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($86.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($101.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($99.97 @ Jet) 
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($132.94 @ Jet) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW DT GAMING Video Card  ($524.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-ALPHA ATX Mid Tower Case  ($77.99 @ Best Buy) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1500.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-05 14:38 EST-0500

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19 minutes ago, stealth80 said:
CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor  ($399.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 280 64.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($124.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($180.59 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($124.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($92.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($379.99 @ Jet)
Case: NZXT S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1521.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-05 14:31 EST-0500
 
I would wait a little on a Ryzen build though to ensure there are actual fixes for the platforms broken gaming performance

ryzen doesnt seem reliable at gaming atm

Remember to quote me (or someone else), otherwise we won't going to recieve your answers...

 

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Do you need to include a monitor?

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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1 hour ago, Blackhole890 said:

ryzen seems to be shit for gaming atm

FIFY :D

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K | Motherboard: AsRock X99 Extreme4 | Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws4 2133MHz | Storage: 1 x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB | 1 x WD Green 2TB | 1 x WD Blue 500GB | PSU: Corsair RM750x | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro (White) | Cooling: Arctic Freezer i32

 

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1 hour ago, RxZ Rubix said:

Can somebody give me an idea of what hardware a quality $1,500 gaming pc would consist of? With the new AMD Ryzen release and other parts coming out, I am sort of puzzled about what parts to use in my build. Any help will be appreciated, thank you.

Do you want to game on this PC?

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K | Motherboard: AsRock X99 Extreme4 | Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws4 2133MHz | Storage: 1 x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB | 1 x WD Green 2TB | 1 x WD Blue 500GB | PSU: Corsair RM750x | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro (White) | Cooling: Arctic Freezer i32

 

Mice: Logitech G Pro X Superlight (main), Logitech G Pro Wireless, Razer Viper Ultimate, Zowie S1 Divina Blue, Zowie FK1-B Divina Blue, Logitech G Pro (3366 sensor), Glorious Model O, Razer Viper Mini, Logitech G305, Logitech G502, Logitech G402

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Just now, Blackhole890 said:

whaaaat? i didnt know that LUL

In some games it gets 30 less FPS than Intel xD

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K | Motherboard: AsRock X99 Extreme4 | Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming | RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws4 2133MHz | Storage: 1 x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB | 1 x WD Green 2TB | 1 x WD Blue 500GB | PSU: Corsair RM750x | Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro (White) | Cooling: Arctic Freezer i32

 

Mice: Logitech G Pro X Superlight (main), Logitech G Pro Wireless, Razer Viper Ultimate, Zowie S1 Divina Blue, Zowie FK1-B Divina Blue, Logitech G Pro (3366 sensor), Glorious Model O, Razer Viper Mini, Logitech G305, Logitech G502, Logitech G402

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Currently as intels 6th and 7th gen processors are cheaper than ryzen in my country i would go with a 7600 or 7600k build with a rx480 taking me to around $1200 AUD (if you want to come closer to your budget get another 480)

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2 hours ago, Blackhole890 said:

ryzen doesnt seem reliable at gaming atm

Hence my comment at the bottom, please read the whole post :)

 

Ryzen Ram Guide

 

My Project Logs   Iced Blood    Temporal Snow    Temporal Snow Ryzen Refresh

 

CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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47 minutes ago, CoopTheYeti said:

Currently as intels 6th and 7th gen processors are cheaper than ryzen in my country i would go with a 7600 or 7600k build with a rx480 taking me to around $1200 AUD (if you want to come closer to your budget get another 480)

you really want an I7 now for gaming:

 

 

 

Ryzen Ram Guide

 

My Project Logs   Iced Blood    Temporal Snow    Temporal Snow Ryzen Refresh

 

CPU - Ryzen 1700 @ 4Ghz  Motherboard - Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming 5   Ram - 16Gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3200  GPU - Palit 1080GTX Gamerock Premium  Storage - Samsung XP941 256GB, Crucial MX300 525GB, Seagate Barracuda 1TB   PSU - Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W  Case - INWIN 303 White Display - Asus PG278Q Gsync 144hz 1440P

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2 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

Do you need to include a monitor?

No I already have one

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PC Part Picker
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-core

CPU Cooler: EVGA CLC 240mm 74.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock X370 Killer SLI ATX

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 2x8GB DDR4-3200

Storage: Western Digital Black NVMe 500GB M.2 PCIe SSD

Storage: Western Digital Green 3.5" SATA3 1TB HDD

GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8GB Nitro+

Chassis: BitFenix Aurora Black

PSU: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Semi-Modular

TOTAL: $1,451.28

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On 3/5/2017 at 11:13 PM, Blackhole890 said:

whaaaat? i didnt know that LUL

PC Part Picker - GO GO GADGET TEAM RED!!!
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-core

CPU Cooler: EVGA CLC 240mm 74.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: ASRock X370 Killer SLI ATX

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 2x8GB DDR4-3200

Storage: Western Digital Black NVMe 500GB M.2 PCIe SSD

Storage: Western Digital Green 3.5" SATA3 1TB HDD

GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8GB Nitro+

Chassis: BitFenix Aurora Black

PSU: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Semi-Modular

TOTAL: $1,451.28

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20 minutes ago, GambitZA said:

 

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