950$ PC

[DeadlosZ]

Hi everyone!

What's the best gaming gear I can get in 950-1,000$?

thx

 

* EDIT *

i already have a SSD so there is no need to add SSD/HDD to the specs

thx a lot

[Natsoup]

 

[rip]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($217.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Kingston - FURY 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($82.98 @ PCM) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.84 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($503.50 @ Jet) 
Case: Rosewill - SRM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Jet) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1002.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-09 13:40 EDT-0400

[DrMacintosh]

here is something I threw together in a few min

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/DrMacintosh/saved/NKzrHx

 

Total: $847.78

 

by making a PC with a budget that is lower than your target you can expand in what you want vs compromise. 

[DrMacintosh]

4 minutes ago, rip said:

2400 Memory

With a Ryzen CPU?

[DiGiTaL FaKiE]

2 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

With a Ryzen CPU?

you could go for a 3000 mhz kit.

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, DiGiTaL FaKiE said:

you could go for a 3000 mhz kit.

Yeah, 2400 is a little slow for Ryzen since its performance scales with RAM speed. 

[DiGiTaL FaKiE]

5 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

here is something I threw together in a few min

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/DrMacintosh/saved/NKzrHx

 

Total: $847.78

dont go for a 580, get a 1060

[TheDane]

Just now, DiGiTaL FaKiE said:

you could go for a 3000 mhz kit.

No, he should because of the infinity fabric in the Ryzen CPU's which means faster ram speeds better performance

[Sir Asvald]

23 minutes ago, DeadlosZ said:

Hi everyone!

What's the best gaming gear I can get in 950-1,000$?

thx

This doesn't help. What are you going to do with this? Gaming or what? 

[DiGiTaL FaKiE]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

Yeah, 2400 is a little slow for Ryzen since its performance scales with RAM speed. 

 

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

Yeah, 2400 is a little slow for Ryzen since its performance scales with RAM speed. 

also dont buy a windows licence key like that.  you can get one for farrrrr cheaper.

[DrMacintosh]

3 minutes ago, DiGiTaL FaKiE said:

dont go for a 580, get a 1060

Why? Their performance is similar and at the price range I targeted the 580 4GB is simply a better GPU than a 1060 3GB

[TheDane]

Just now, Abdul201588 said:

This doesn't help. What are you going to do with this? Gaming or what? 

He literally said gaming in the comment you just quoted....

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, DiGiTaL FaKiE said:

 

also dont buy a windows licence key like that.  you can get one for farrrrr cheaper.

well buying them through something like Kinguin is a little shady. 

 

I may hate MS but I would still like to pay for their products. 

[DiGiTaL FaKiE]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

Why? There performance is similar and at the price range I targeted the 580 4GB is simply a better GPU than a 1060 3GB

im talking about the 1060 6gb. sorry forgot to say that. and yes the rx 580 does do better in dx12 titles but in my experience nvidia gpus have better build quality and cooling.

[DiGiTaL FaKiE]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

well buying them through something like Kinguin is a little shady. 

 

I may hate MS but I would still like to pay for their products. 

shady? how so? Its a legit key and if anything is wrong or goes wrong you have support to back you up. but hey, Im not gunna try to push it in yah. you do you.

[DrMacintosh]

6 minutes ago, DiGiTaL FaKiE said:

im talking about the 1060 6gb. sorry forgot to say that. and yes the rx 580 does do better in dx12 titles but in my experience nvidia gpus have better build quality and cooling.

I don't find that as a valid reason since my AMD card has been running just as well as any Nvidia card with the same cooler. 

 

AMD and Nvidia are equal in reliability and build quality now. MSI makes the best coolers from what I can tell and they exist for both AMD and Nvidia. 

[DiGiTaL FaKiE]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

I don't find that as a valid reason since my AMD card has been running just as well as any Nvidia card with the same cooler. 

 

AMD and Nvidia are equal in reliability and build quality now. 

it doesn't have to be a valid reason, hence the reason why I said " In my experience ". That being said I feel nvidia make better parts.

[TheDane]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

I don't find that as a valid reason since my AMD card has been running just as well as any Nvidia card with the same cooler. 

 

AMD and Nvidia are equal in reliability and build quality now. 

 

Totally agree with this, and maybe the OP should consider waiting for VEGA which should be announced at Computex in the end of May, since it's almost GTX 1080 for 1070 price

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, DiGiTaL FaKiE said:

it doesn't have to be a valid reason

If it isn't a valid reason then why use it? 

[TheDane]

Just now, DiGiTaL FaKiE said:

it doesn't have to be a valid reason, hence the reason why I said " In my experience ". That being said I feel nvidia make better parts.

NVIDIA have been in the game longer and have more money to work with since they have the bigger market share, so of course they are gonna have the better cards, but that doesn't mean AMD GPU's are worse, especially when it comes to price/performance

[DiGiTaL FaKiE]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

If it isn't a valid reason then why use it? 

I did not say it was not valid, You did. I just said it doesn't have to be valid cuz it was my opinion.

[Indus Monk]

just curious, @DiGiTaL FaKiE, have you ever owned an AMD/ATI GPU?

[DiGiTaL FaKiE]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pXBdWX

 

replace the gpu with whatever you want but this is what I think would get you the best bang for buck.

[TheDane]

1 minute ago, DiGiTaL FaKiE said:

I did not say it was not valid, You did. I just said it doesn't have to be valid cuz it was my opinion.

I am pretty sure the OP wants valid reasons so he can spend his money wisely... and not on someone's experience if valid reasons/evidence says otherwise