$1000 Gaming PC

[Hentoad_The_Man]

Approximate Purchase Date: About a Month from now

Budget Range: $1000 before rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Recording/Streaming, Work

Parts Required: OS, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: None

Country: U.S.

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: I don't know. Standard 1080p

Additional Comments: Want it to be wireless

 

[mrhippo900]

You vastly over exaggerate the heat of the AMD cards. Also, your power supply is not *fine*, it's a tier 3 unit and not to be used for gaming builds. A lot of people care about aesthetics, you'll find, otherwise manufacturers would still be making bright green motherboards.

Woody

Nah you're just a blunt asshole. And for that I'm leaving this.

Good-day!

 

[Woody1999]

You vastly over exaggerate the heat of the AMD cards. Also, your power supply is not *fine*, it's a tier 3 unit and not to be used for gaming builds. A lot of people care about aesthetics, you'll find, otherwise manufacturers would still be making bright green motherboards.

Woody

Nah you're just a blunt asshole. And for that I'm leaving this.

Good-day!

Nice to see you're mature enough to take criticizm.

 

[mrhippo900]

You vastly over exaggerate the heat of the AMD cards. Also, your power supply is not *fine*, it's a tier 3 unit and not to be used for gaming builds. A lot of people care about aesthetics, you'll find, otherwise manufacturers would still be making bright green motherboards.

Woody

Nah you're just a blunt asshole. And for that I'm leaving this.

Good-day!

Nice to see you're mature enough to take criticizm.

The way you do it though makes you look like a prick.
So last time, I'm done. Responding will be like talking to yourself.

Bye bye!

 

[Woody1999]

Okay, I hope Wildfire will agree with me on this one, this is probably the best looking, the quietest and the best bang for your buck build we've put up here. I've taken everything from his build and put it in a stylish MiniITX case, added a red keyboard and a red case fan, and added a silent CPU cooler to fill in the spare budget we have left.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Scythe Shuriken Rev. B 3 11.8 CFM CPU Cooler ($27.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.59 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($228.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($5.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: BenQ GL2460HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($139.93 @ B&H)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($27.87 @ Amazon)
Total: $990.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-28 15:27 EDT-0400

Woody

 

[WildCard999]

Nice build +1. The main point is getting that 4590 with that 280x which should be able to pull at least med-high settings on the most demanding games and around ultra on others while still being able to maintain 60 FPS.

 

[Woody1999]

Sorry, I got your name wrong again... 😛 I have a friend on Steam called WildFire, haha.

If you think that the MiniITX case would be hard to work in then you can change it to an ATX case, sure. It might be cheaper as well. You'll just lose the aesthetic value of having a proportional and colour coordinated case.

Woody

 

[mrhippo900]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($226.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.59 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.49 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.45 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VX228H 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($134.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($27.87 @ Amazon)
Total: $999.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-29 11:35 EDT-0400

 

[Supremenyan]

I chose mrhippos answer because the OP did not specify whether he wanted mini itx or not. The build he has is extremely stellar for a 1k build. You say people care about aesthetics and i can argue with that. People sometimes want function over form. And everyone has different taste.

 

[Woody1999]

I chose mrhippos answer because the OP did not specify whether he wanted mini itx or not. The build he has is extremely stellar for a 1k build. You say people care about aesthetics and i can argue with that. People sometimes want function over form. And everyone has different taste.

I agree that his build is still a good build for $1000, but if you really want the best bang for your buck then it's not the most ideal option. As mentioned before, the GTX 960 trades blows with an R9 280, quite a bit worse than the 280X. The power supply is of poor quality, a tier 3 unit that should really only be used in home/office computers. The stock cooler on the i5 is noisy, even when running at idle, and as mentioned before (although I guess a lot of people think otherwise) the case is plain ugly.

By the sounds of what the OP is doing (having made another topic about a $2000 build) he might be building computers which he then sells on for a higher price. By having good aesthetics, you'd be attracting a larger range of people rather than just the performance hoarders.

Woody

 

[mrhippo900]

I chose mrhippos answer because the OP did not specify whether he wanted mini itx or not. The build he has is extremely stellar for a 1k build. You say people care about aesthetics and i can argue with that. People sometimes want function over form. And everyone has different taste.

I agree that his build is still a good build for $1000, but if you really want the best bang for your buck then it's not the most ideal option. As mentioned before, the GTX 960 trades blows with an R9 280, quite a bit worse than the 280X. The power supply is of poor quality, a tier 3 unit that should really only be used in home/office computers. The stock cooler on the i5 is noisy, even when running at idle, and as mentioned before (although I guess a lot of people think otherwise) the case is plain ugly.

By the sounds of what the OP is doing (having made another topic about a $2000 build) he might be building computers which he then sells on for a higher price. By having good aesthetics, you'd be attracting a larger range of people rather than just the performance hoarders.

Woody

Looks isn't everything... Performance I think is better then looks. if you think looks are everything in a build you are largely mistaken. I'm not going to say more because this argument is getting ridiculous.

 

[Hentoad_The_Man]

True, but......... I'm getting a kick out of this argument.

 

[Hentoad_The_Man]

To woody

I'm not reselling the pcs. I saved up $2000 and wanted to buy a pc. My mom said I was wasting money and said I could only spend up to $1000

 

[Woody1999]

Okay, that clears that up. I guess this comes down to you then. Do you want a good looking PC? If it's going to be hidden in a cupboard for all eternity then I'm sure we can fashion up an ugly but equally well performing PC.

Woody

 

[Hentoad_The_Man]

Yes. This would be my first choice: https://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-nse200kkn1 but anything minimalistic will do

 

[Woody1999]

Great choice of case, that Cooler Master is such great value for money as well. It has all the features of a mid-high end case and it's only about £30 over here.

Would you rather have a MiniITX board, which has included WiFi, but less features and is slightly harder to work with, or spend the extra cash to get a MicroATX board without WiFi, and then buy a wireless adapter? It really doesn't matter either way, but the MiniITX option would be cheaper at the cost of having worse aesthetics (further for wires to travel) and less features.

Woody

 

[Hentoad_The_Man]

[EDIT] This Article is closed because another has been made it better [/EDIT]