Need opinions: The 4 core $900 overclockable 1440p ready build

[Jarmund]

While browsing through PCPP something crossed my mind... is it possible to have a great system that you can overclock and play games in 2k for under $1000?

obviously the i3-7350k came into my mind but... it's a two core cpu, despite it has hyperthreading games tend to favor physical cores, specially DX12/Vulkan titles

so i've come up with this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($192.31 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($77.22 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Intel DZ77BH55K ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($167.51 @ Amazon)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury 4GB NITRO Video Card ($234.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G-750 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $909.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-01 17:49 EST-0500

Mind the fact that everything here will be brand new... no used parts.
I invite everyone to share their opinions and of course i would also like to post your own build but it must have 4 overclockable cores, a card that can handle games @ 1440p and everything MUST be brand new.

 

[Chugalug_]

Sure is possible, dunno why you're using Sandy Bridge though.... 🙁

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler ($19.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($47.89 @ Newegg)
Other: AsRock Z170M Pro4S Microcenter Combo + Rebate ($34.99)
Other: i5 7600k Microcenter Bundle ($199.99)
Total: $887.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-01 18:12 EST-0500

 

[Jarmund]

Sure is possible, dunno why you're using Sandy Bridge though.... 🙁

Cheapest "k" i5 i could find, also saw some benchmarks and funny enough performance was on par with the i3-7350k (stock speeds) this also shows the (subtle) IPC improvement intel has done over each gen, given a hyperthreaded 2 core processor performs equal to an older quad core

the only thing that kills (budget wise) a sandy bridge build in 2017 is finding a mobo as now the only (Z77) new ones cost over $150+ and even the used ones don't get much cheaper :/

Also, why is it that cpus made in "bigger" process nodes (sandy bridge 32nm for example) a larger amount of chips overclock better than a "smaller" manufacturing process? 'cause now you have to be somewhat lucky to get say, a skylake/kabylake chip (14nm) oc'd to 4.5+ Ghz without over 1.3 volts and a beefy AIO. is it beacuse the smaller the space between transistors the moar impurities affect the chip?

Very nice build by the way! (dunno why pcpp isn't picking up microcenter's sale)