Building a Budget Gaming Rig for $1000 CAD

[mbooth]

Hi everyone, I actually used this forum a loooong long time ago for help with my gaming build and I am back again! ([strike]daaaaamn daniel[/strike]). I'm looking at a budget at around 1000, but was hoping for a smaller form/micro system built for gaming. The case I had initially chosen was the corsair p250
http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11180AC6327
😀
I'm also in the market for a monitor, from 22" + with 1ms and 100hz+ (with or without budget in mind)

Would love to see what you folks have in mind, cheers!

 

[dreamalittle]

here you go. $1067 after rebates. best bang for buck imo. Couldn't find that corsair case so went with the amazing fractal design

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($88.50 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($132.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.39 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1067.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-26 23:10 EDT-0400

 

[CV_Taihou]

here you go. $1067 after rebates. best bang for buck imo. Couldn't find that corsair case so went with the amazing fractal design

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($88.50 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($132.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.39 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1067.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-26 23:10 EDT-0400

If this was actually in CAD I'd be all over this.

Probably the best I could do for the price. Doesn't include OS either, so that's an extra 100 bucks on top. Could always trim back the GPU as well

Build

 

[mbooth]

here you go. $1067 after rebates. best bang for buck imo. Couldn't find that corsair case so went with the amazing fractal design

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($88.50 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($132.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.39 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1067.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-26 23:10 EDT-0400

This actually looks great, except that it's in USD and american sites 🙁

 

[mbooth]

whoops double post!

 

[dreamalittle]

woops didn't see that you were in canada. I'm in australia so i'm always feeling the same price burn (much worse though I reckon!)

@cv_taihou's build is still a very nice machine. You won't see too much difference in CAD performance, just latest games won't be on the highest settings

I recommend to any CAD users to get 16gb ram as a starting point. It is so easy to push 8gb ram over with cad software + all the other tabs CAD users tend to have open simultaneously. Gamers tend to forget that.

 

[mbooth]

Would be interested in seeing what else you guys think!