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What's the best build you can come up with for under $1000 operating system included, without any peripherals.
Purpose for the machine : Gaming
Consider this solid build for little around $50 extra that gives you the best price to performance value for the money you're willing to spend:
PCPartPicker part list /
Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($25.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($116.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($348.94 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Antec HCG M 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($87.88 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1053.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-17 14:14 EDT-0400
Notes:
Build Theme - Black/Red
- The performance difference in gaming between i5 and i7 is high negligible. So naturally i5 is a better value oriented gaming beast.
- The GTX 970 is more than enough for 1080/1440p gaming.
- 8GB RAM is more than enough and is still considered the sweet spot for gaming.
- The GTX 970 only require a quality 500W PSU that can deliver 28Amps or more on its +12V rail. The Antec High Current Gamer Semi-Modular 750W quality 80+ Bronze Certified PSU can deliver a quality 62Amps on its +12V rail, which is more than enough to power quality build.
- The quality Antec 750W PSU and the Gigabyte Motherboard gives you the option to add another GTX 970 in SLI mode, if you want in future.
- Gigabyte Motherboard and MSI Graphics card is the right way to go.
Major Motherboard and Graphics Card Manufacturers RMA Ratings
Read the full article here -
Reliability report: Gigabyte top for motherboards, MSI for graphics cards
(OR) If you're not interested in overclocking, future upgrade to GTX 970 SLI or color scheme, consider this alternate solid build with 250GB SSD included, no compromises in quality:
PCPartPicker part list /
Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($86.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($348.94 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($87.88 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1050.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-17 16:06 EDT-0400
Notes:
- The i5 4590 is non-K processor that don't require a third party CPU cooling solution.
- The default CPU cooler that comes with the processor will do a fine job.
- Samsung 850 EVO is one of the best SSDs in the market right now, for faster boot/loading of OS, game levels and instant launching of hardware intensive video editing/3D rendering applications.
- The Seasonic 550W is a quality 80+ Gold Certified PSU that can deliver 45Amps on its +12V rail, which is more than enough to power your entire rig with single GTX 970.
Overall, both are solid builds, that worth every penny.
Important Note:
Stick with H97/Z97 chipset based motherboards. Because The i5 4430/4460/4590/4690/4690K, i7 4790/4790K are Haswell Refresh processors and the H97/Z97 chipset based boards will support these processors right out of the box. No BIOS update required.
But Z87 chipset based boards may require a BIOS update, even for them to recognize any of the Haswell Refresh processors discussed above. So working right out of the box is highly questionable.
Cheers!
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