$1000 Gaming Build

[thebirdmanman]

Hello Community,

Could you please double check this build that I am helping my neighbor with? I just want to make sure that there are no blatant oversights and that the part choice seems reasonable. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/jamiececil12/saved/zjxQzy

 

[RCFProd]

What I would like to recommend though is maximum performance for the given budget. Here a build including a fully SLI-ready setup for another GTX 970 and an i5-4690k:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cNqcsY

Just a 500GB SSD with no HDD is a very expensive decision. It's much more useful to invest in a 120/250GB SSD with a 1TB HDD.

 

[CTurbo]

A little bit more betterer for a little bit lesserer

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.49 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($167.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($308.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $970.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-03 20:39 EDT-0400



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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.49 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($83.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($319.00 @ NCIX US)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $996.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-03 20:41 EDT-0400

 

[thebirdmanman]

Hey RCFProd and CTurbo,

Thank you for the feedback. This was a first build for my neighbor kid, and I really appreciate your input. He's been really excited about it. You helped me keep from accidentally buying a Micro ATX MB. We decided to stick with the large SSD just to keep things simple for him with data management. Got it built on Thursday (he did it all himself!).