Summer Gaming PC

Firestorm_RGJ

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Dec 6, 2014
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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Sometime this month/next month

Budget Range: $1200-$1300

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Heavy Gaming, compiling code, and surfing the internet/watching videos.

Are you buying a monitor: No



Parts to Upgrade: Building a new pc and getting rid of old one, so none.

Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Please note that if you're using an OEM license of Windows, you will need a new one when buying a new motherboard.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg/Amazon

Location: Pennsylvania

Parts Preferences: Intel cpu and nvidia gpu

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1440x990

Additional Comments: Need a headset w/ a mic like a steelseries siberia v2... I will be playing games like Planetside 2 and Skyrim, so 16gigs of ram would be nice.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My pc is 5+ years old.....
 
Pick whatever case you want with this:
I do not know about headsets but this is what you want for a PC build. The i7 will do you wonders over a i5 with rendering.

Good cases:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4blw
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-200r
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-rc912kkn1

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($328.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($316.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1235.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-12 17:53 EDT-0400
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.98 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.98 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($330.99 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1152.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-12 17:56 EDT-0400

Leaves room for you too choose a nice headset. If you have to build it now this is what I suggest, however if you can wait a bit it maybe worth it as AMD has new cards coming out in a few days, even if you can't get one of those it will probably drive some gpu prices down and will either save you some money or allow you to get a faster GPU or a better monitor.
 
Solution
So I will put a link at the bottom of this

I also assume that you do not need a keyboard, mouse, or speakers.

But I chose an i5 processor, more specifically the i5-4690k, as it is the best strictly gaming processor possible. No sense in paying more for higher end processor that doesn't improve gaming right?

I chose the Evga 970 FTW+ Acx 2.0. I figured why not get the best 970 graphics card. I would choose the 980 but for your monitor resolution it would be a waste of money. Even the 970 is a tad bit overkill for the resolution but, you should be playing with ultimate smoothness as your graphics card wont have to work as hard to push that resolution in comparison to 1920x1080.

When you go to this link, it will say that the pc has in compatibility issues. This is only because I added an optical drive for you to install your os ( assuming you didn't have one ) and the case just doesn't support an optical drive.

If you ever do decide to overclock this cpu cooler will be enough to overclock to about 4.0 ghz without the temps getting terribly high.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zzDxK8
Lemme know if you have any questions about the build.
 

Alright thank you :3