Looking for New PC With GTX 970

[silvershadow113]

Hi,

I was considering purchasing the Vanquish 2 Level 4 configuration until they upped the price from $1259 to $1399 (not including shipping)! I do really like the components inside that machine but, I think that's too much of an asking price. Do any of you geniuses in the community know of another pre-built I can get that is somewhat equal to that machine for cheaper? Or, could you possibly make a list of parts that I could assemble myself?

I do have some preferences:
-Must have GTX 970 (No AMD equivalent. I want to use my Nvidia Shield with this rig.)
-Must use Intel Processor
-At least 8GB of RAM (16GB Preferred)
-SSD is preferred but not required

Sorry about being somewhat picky. I'm just not knowledgeable enough to compile a list of parts myself that I know for sure wont have problems with each other. I plan on using this PC for gaming, Photoshop/ Illustrator, game development, and school (listed in order of preference).

Thanks in advance,
Colin

 

[icraft]

That PC actually has one of the best price/perf ratios I've seen on a prebuilt. I think you could build that for ~$300-400 less but I'm not sure of a prebuilt that is that good.

 

[gamer1357]

I would build it myself. Its not too difficult and you can get it for much cheaper.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($248.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($102.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($73.95 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.97 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1204.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-31 15:13 EDT-0400

 

[JackFragsOffish]

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3TQjqs the HDD is a comprimise of an hdd and ssd; feel free to get lower storage amount. This was but together with overclocking intent.

 

[GoksSRB]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8ZhsvK

( Cooler can fit the Case )

 

[silvershadow113]

I would build it myself. Its not too difficult and you can get it for much cheaper.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($248.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($102.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($73.95 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.97 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1204.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-31 15:13 EDT-0400

Thanks a lot! I really like the parts you chose. I do have two questions though.
-Whats the benefit of choosing an Intel Xeon over an Intel i5?
-Why MSI over any other brand?

 

[JackFragsOffish]

Xeon is hyper threaded (basically doubling the amount of cores) and MSI has silent coolers on gpu

 

[silvershadow113]

Xeon is hyper threaded (basically doubling the amount of cores) and MSI has silent coolers on gpu

I actually meant to pick yours as the solution I don't know what happened. Anyways, thanks so much!

 

[JackFragsOffish]

No problem