$1500 gaming PC for overcloking

[book123book]

Hi i am just getting into pc gaming and I want a pc with stellar performance for $1500. I want to do this with overclocking. Pleas give me a component list without os.

 

[KKAW]

Hi i am just getting into pc gaming and I want a pc with stellar performance for $1500. I want to do this with overclocking. Pleas give me a component list without os.

Perfect for your case:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 120XL 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.10 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($678.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($97.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1520.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 12:49 EDT-0400

 

[Gracodana]

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 120XL 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($81.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($107.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($75.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($70.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card ($419.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($97.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 900W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($116.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1465.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 16:34 EDT-0400

At this budget it would be stupid not to put an SSD in here, I uped to the i7 because of more games are going to take advantage of more threads and the possibility oif doing reverse hyper threading sounds amazing so I had to drop the gpu down to a 390x which is still perfectly capable at 1440p.

 

[KKAW]

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 120XL 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($81.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($107.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($75.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($70.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card ($419.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($97.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 900W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($116.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1465.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 16:34 EDT-0400

At this budget it would be stupid not to put an SSD in here, I uped to the i7 because of more games are going to take advantage of more threads and the possibility oif doing reverse hyper threading sounds amazing so I had to drop the gpu down to a 390x which is still perfectly capable at 1440p.

I5 6600K + GTX 980 Ti will be far superior than an i7 6700K and R9 390X

 

[Gracodana]

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 120XL 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($81.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($107.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($75.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($70.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card ($419.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($97.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 900W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($116.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1465.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 16:34 EDT-0400

At this budget it would be stupid not to put an SSD in here, I uped to the i7 because of more games are going to take advantage of more threads and the possibility oif doing reverse hyper threading sounds amazing so I had to drop the gpu down to a 390x which is still perfectly capable at 1440p.

I5 6600K + GTX 980 Ti will be far superior than an i7 6700K and R9 390X

But at this budget you are an idiot not to have an SSD, I would rather a really good cpu as it scales much better. I will be willing to bet that an i7 6700k will play games at ultra for a good 5 years ahead of the 980ti. The 390x can be put in SLI or changed down the line.

You might also want to note at dx12 because A: it's going to get cpu's pulling a lot more in the load and B: it's a bit dubious that nvidia is going to get a support for a bit(though I would be very surprised if this was for very long at all).

 

[KKAW]

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 120XL 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($81.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($135.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($107.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($75.60 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($70.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390X 8GB Video Card ($419.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($97.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 900W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($116.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1465.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-01 16:34 EDT-0400

At this budget it would be stupid not to put an SSD in here, I uped to the i7 because of more games are going to take advantage of more threads and the possibility oif doing reverse hyper threading sounds amazing so I had to drop the gpu down to a 390x which is still perfectly capable at 1440p.

I5 6600K + GTX 980 Ti will be far superior than an i7 6700K and R9 390X

But at this budget you are an idiot not to have an SSD, I would rather a really good cpu as it scales much better. I will be willing to bet that an i7 6700k will play games at ultra for a good 5 years ahead of the 980ti. The 390x can be put in SLI or changed down the line.

You might also want to note at dx12 because A: it's going to get cpu's pulling a lot more in the load and B: it's a bit dubious that nvidia is going to get a support for a bit(though I would be very surprised if this was for very long at all).

Everyone has their own opinions when it comes to futureproofing. Here is my opinion:

1. Currently there is solid evidence that the GTX 980 Ti performance is far superior than the R9 390X. In this example up to a 25fps difference which is a big gap.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-radeon-r9-390x-gaming-8g-oc-review,13.html

2. You cannot confirm anything about DX 12, so far 95% of DX 12 statements on the internet are speculation and are educated guesses for the near future. There is that one game that used the high end R9 300 series and it showed a great improvement while on the other hand the GTX 900 series did not gain as much performance. Great, good news for you; However this is just one game and we don't know anything for sure.

3. i7 scaling much better in gaming? Quite a far fetched statement in my opinion. Example:
http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/GTA-V.png
If you ignore the OC'ed benchmarks you can see that in game the difference is around 1fps in this examples, perhaps even more when DX 12 however i have seen no real evidence that the i7 6700K will gain a significant boost in performance, and i believe if the i7 6700K increases in performance the i5 6700K will do so.

4. "I will be willing to bet that an i7 6700k will play games at ultra for a good 5 years ahead of the 980ti. The 390x can be put in SLI or changed down the line." For gaming the i5 6600K will do nearly exactly what the i7 6700K, obviously for other programs that actually use the full 8 virutal cores it will be very helpful. It's crossifre not SLI, anyways for 1440P the GTX 980 Ti will kill any game on ultra. R9 390X? Not at the moment. Crossfire it? Obviously it will have better performance than the GTX 980 Ti however you will need an outstanding PSU and Crossifre/SLI is not recommended as it's compatibility, heatoutput and bang for buck is a lot worse than single GPU's.

I hope you have some better arguments and reliable evidence to support it

 

[Gracodana]

Typo on the cpu line, i5 6600k not 6700k, regarding the SLI thing i'm so used to talking about nvidia cards it just slips out sorry.

I dont think you quite understand what I am saying with the i7, also the dx 12 thing is so subjective to change that I never really ment it as a particularly strong argument on the gpu side of it. Though it is undoubted that it will be more cpu balanced and thats why I think that the i7 would be useful, games are only going to use more cores and power. Also if you havn't heard of inverse hyper-threading that is something that makes me more drawn to the i7 6700k:

http://www.myce.com/news/skylake-cpus-have-inverse-hyper-threading-to-boost-single-thread-performance-77011/

I never said that the 390x was better then the 980 ti where did you get that from 😵 I just had to drop down because of the SSD which is a pretty neccessary component at this price. The 980 I think is a little bit worse then the 390x and the vram on the 980 is a small bit limiting so this gives more options in the future. Regarding power consumption what on earth are you talking about?! I put a 900w psu in this build to be compleatly safe, and this link beow recommends 800w with crossfire.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-radeon-r9-390x-gaming-8g-oc-review,8.html

I want you to also look back to 2012, i7 2700k and gtx 680. Which do you think performs better today the cpu or the gpu if you remove the bottleneck on the other.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez59SwwUbIY for the cpu it was 80-115 fps so leats say around 90fps average

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8526/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-review/13 53 average for the 680

cpu's scale better then gpu's as shown. They were relased in the same year.

The gpu's will heat up a lot but it wont be to damage level, I mean people do have 4 was crossfire so I wouldn't be to concerned with 2.