Looking for a $1000 pc

[Dropment]

im stuck between choosing 8400/1080, 8600k/1070 ti, 2600/1080 for gaming and some streaming. Trying to find a sweet spot for $1000 or less to have a beast pc for 1080p gaming at 144hz. Depending on the new gpu prices i might get a gtx 1170. I do like to watch streams while i play games. I can do that now but the quality has to be at 480p/360p which is not an enjoyable experience. For ssd i will only have windows on it and that's it.
Hopefully, someone can help me get a beast pc for $1000

 

[feelinfroggy777]

PCpartpicker is down where I am located, but I would go with the 2600x, b450 motherboard, 16gb (3200mhz) RAM, GTX 1080, Crucial MX500 SSD, and a quality PSU from Corsair, EVGA, or Seasonic.

The 2600x gets 5% fewer fps than the 8400 and 7% fewer fps than the 8600k.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_7_2700X/13.html

Yet the 2600x comes with twice the number of threads which will really help with streaming and multitasking.

Then just get the best GPU you can afford and you cant go wrong.

pcpartpicker is back up, I would go with this.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sKwGnH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sKwGnH/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($225.79 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($91.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Inland - Professional 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($24.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($429.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1011.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-08 16:59 EDT-0400

 

[Dropment]

Ive always thought about switching to ryzen but my inner intel fanboy always tells me to stay team blue. I also hear ryzen cpus aren't very good OCers

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Ive always thought about switching to ryzen but my inner intel fanboy always tells me to stay team blue. I also hear ryzen cpus aren't very good OCers

Intel CPUs are great. There is nothing wrong going with their chips. The Ryzen CPUs just offer a whole lot of CPU for the price. They don't overclock as well as Intel, that is true. So it really depends on what you are looking for.

 

[Dropment]

Just want a cpu to last me the next 5 years maybe without being slow. I know the 8600k is the best cpu for gaming as of now and can oc to 5ghz but the 2600x is cheaper and the mobo will be good for another 2 years

 

[Dropment]

would i be able to get the 2600 non x with a gtx 1080 instead

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Yeah, I am sure you would be able to get the 2600 and a 1080. I would probably go that route. But in the end, both are really close. The 1070 ti is almost a 1080 and the 2600 is almost a 2600x. If you overclock the 2600, it will perform the same as the 2600x.