$800-1,000 Gaming PC

[Fermin Santiago III]

PLEASE CLOSE THIS I'M GOING TO INCREASE MY BUDGET

 

[Francisco Costa]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.97 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.66 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($309.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Grey ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1007.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-07 14:44 EST-0500)

 

[animal]

Do you want speakers, headphones or OS included in the budget? Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU.....AMD or NVidia for GPU?

 

[1bignerd99]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2P1gA
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2P1gA/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2P1gA/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($126.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($77.27 @ TigerDirect)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1043.17
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-07 14:50 EST-0500)

 

[Fermin Santiago III]

Do you want speakers, headphones or OS included in the budget? Do you prefer AMD or Intel for CPU.....AMD or NVidia for GPU?

I have Speakers, Headphones, No OS. I prefer Intel and the brand GPU doesn't really matter

 

[animal]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.97 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($80.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 4GB Video Card ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $994.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-07 15:18 EST-0500)

 

[TehCaucasianAsian]

You say you prefer Intel, but in this first rig I'm giving you I used an AMD CPU for the reason of streaming. The FX-8350 from AMD can outperform even an Intel i7 3770K and likely the 4770K in streaming at 1080P as well as 720P, and I believe at even higher resolutions too. The 8320 I put in the build is just an underclocked 8350, so very similar performance is expected and you can always overclock with the cooling I included as well. I included 16GB of RAM because it always nice to have extra memory for programs to use when video editing and streaming, and 8GB would be the absolute minimum you would want so the 16 was chosen. You also said No OS so the price of an OS is not included here. I will also give you an equally performing Intel build, because having variety is always a good thing

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($84.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($139.99 @ Microcenter)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($319.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $945.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-07 17:13 EST-0500)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($139.99 @ Microcenter)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($309.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $970.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-07 17:19 EST-0500)

Just a heads up: In order to get the Intel build to have the same relative cost as the AMD build, the CPU is not very overclockable, if at all. You didn't mention that as an issue so oh well.

 

[Fermin Santiago III]

Is there anything else I would need to buy with the current builds? I want to know just in case. Would I be able to crossfire in the future when needed? Will I be good to go for Internet?

 

[TehCaucasianAsian]

Both motherboards that I included in my suggestions support SLI and XFire, so yes you can do it in the future if you wish to. For internet, however, unless you plan on using Ethernet (Wired Internet) then you WILL need to include a wireless adapter into the cost of the build. You can get a USB or PCI/PCI-E solution for adapters, I personally recommend an adapter that is PCI-E since the one I have in my own build has been very reliable and functions nicely, and it installs right into the motherboard. Both boards I gave have multiple PCI-E x1 slots so you can get an adapter without swapping any parts out, which is nice. I'll link you to the one I have in my build: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704129

It will run you just under $20, but of course you can always get something better or just use an Ethernet cable.