C Conman13 Commendable May 21, 2016 4 0 1,510 May 21, 2016 #1 I wanna build a gaming PC that can play old and new games on max or ultra graphics (Sims 3 Sims 4 Sims 2 Fallout 4 GTA 5 etc) with a budget of $800 or lower
I wanna build a gaming PC that can play old and new games on max or ultra graphics (Sims 3 Sims 4 Sims 2 Fallout 4 GTA 5 etc) with a budget of $800 or lower
Solution ScrewySqrl May 21, 2016 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($297.30 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock B150M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($49.98 @ Newegg) Storage: PNY CS1211 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card ($203.98 @ Newegg) Case: Rosewill Galaxy-03 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply:...
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($297.30 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock B150M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($49.98 @ Newegg) Storage: PNY CS1211 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card ($203.98 @ Newegg) Case: Rosewill Galaxy-03 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply:...
ScrewySqrl Champion Aug 2, 2010 11,199 232 53,540 May 21, 2016 Solution #2 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($297.30 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock B150M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($49.98 @ Newegg) Storage: PNY CS1211 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card ($203.98 @ Newegg) Case: Rosewill Galaxy-03 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Rosewill 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($43.99 @ Amazon) Total: $799.21 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 22:01 EDT-0400 this will max out any game at 1920x1080 Upvote 1 Downvote Solution
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($297.30 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock B150M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($49.98 @ Newegg) Storage: PNY CS1211 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card ($203.98 @ Newegg) Case: Rosewill Galaxy-03 ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Rosewill 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($43.99 @ Amazon) Total: $799.21 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 22:01 EDT-0400 this will max out any game at 1920x1080
C ChrisCarbomb Honorable Feb 22, 2013 251 0 10,810 May 21, 2016 #3 Why the i7 and not a better gpu? Upvote 0 Downvote
G Guest Guest May 21, 2016 #4 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.98 @ Newegg) Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($111.49 @ Amazon) Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon) Case: Corsair Carbide SPEC-M2 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($67.78 @ Amazon) Total: $797.21 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 23:32 EDT-0400 Upvote 0 Downvote
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($32.98 @ Newegg) Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($111.49 @ Amazon) Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 390 8GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon) Case: Corsair Carbide SPEC-M2 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($67.78 @ Amazon) Total: $797.21 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 23:32 EDT-0400
Memhorder Distinguished Jan 10, 2014 1,208 0 19,860 May 21, 2016 #5 Pawacorn gets my vote so far nicer case and r9 390 Upvote 0 Downvote
BadActor Expert Ambassador Oct 31, 2015 8,749 1 54,965 May 21, 2016 #6 Overclockable and a nice black/red theme. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.49 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock H170 Performance/Hyper ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($119.98 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($289.99 @ Newegg) Case: DIYPC Solo-T1-R ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.88 @ Newegg) Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($57.99 @ NCIX US) Total: $814.80 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 23:18 EDT-0400 Upvote 0 Downvote
Overclockable and a nice black/red theme. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.49 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock H170 Performance/Hyper ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($119.98 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($289.99 @ Newegg) Case: DIYPC Solo-T1-R ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.88 @ Newegg) Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($57.99 @ NCIX US) Total: $814.80 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 23:18 EDT-0400
V VR PC-BUILD Respectable May 14, 2016 577 0 2,160 May 21, 2016 #7 Here is the build PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: MSI B150M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) Case: Raidmax ATX-404WU ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg) Other: GTX1070 ($400.00) Total: $804.94 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 23:32 EDT-0400 If you want you can add 1 more 8GB ram stick in future. Upvote 0 Downvote
Here is the build PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: MSI B150M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Micro Center) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz) Case: Raidmax ATX-404WU ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Newegg) Other: GTX1070 ($400.00) Total: $804.94 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 23:32 EDT-0400 If you want you can add 1 more 8GB ram stick in future.
C Conman13 Commendable May 21, 2016 4 0 1,510 May 22, 2016 #8 I think I'd go with screwsqrl Upvote 0 Downvote
V VR PC-BUILD Respectable May 14, 2016 577 0 2,160 May 22, 2016 #9 Conman13 : I think I'd go with screwsqrl Why go with i7 when you are getting GTX1070 instead. This GPU can crush anything you throw at it and will be out in 2 weeks. Upvote 0 Downvote
Conman13 : I think I'd go with screwsqrl Why go with i7 when you are getting GTX1070 instead. This GPU can crush anything you throw at it and will be out in 2 weeks.
C ChrisCarbomb Honorable Feb 22, 2013 251 0 10,810 May 22, 2016 #10 The i7 is so minimal in gains over an i5 it would be better to get the i5 and have more money for a stronger gpu which will get you better frames Upvote 0 Downvote
The i7 is so minimal in gains over an i5 it would be better to get the i5 and have more money for a stronger gpu which will get you better frames