$1000 U.S Dollar Gaming/Editing rig

LightningStriker · Jan 29, 2014

I have a budget of 1k us dollar and im looking for a good gaming/photoediting rig.

Im not so good with picking out pieces and thats y i made this thread.
Ill be using this rig for minecraft BF4 TF2 and games like those.
Plus ill be using adobe photoshop cs6 for photo editing.

Im hoping to be doing gaming on max settings with 60+ fps and photo editing for no lag at all

id apprecite it if u gave me a pcpartpicker list

I already have a moniter,keyboard,and mouse

LightningStriker · Jan 29, 2014

Plus the i need a motherboard good enough for future upgrading and overclocking

LightningStriker · Jan 29, 2014

I prefer to get 8 gb of ram and a good videocard like nvidia GTX 700+ or mybe a raedon Hd 7970

LightningStriker · Jan 29, 2014

and im hoping to buy gta V and ghosts too

whitecat · Jan 29, 2014

LightningStriker · Jan 29, 2014

whitecat :

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.66 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1005.58
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 11:38 EST-0500)

Thnx can u give me a link to this

HiTechObsessed · Jan 29, 2014

My recommendation:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($154.94 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($134.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.25 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($259.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: BitFenix Ghost (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($65.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $959.09
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 11:41 EST-0500)

This'll get you what you're looking for, and enough power and cooler to overclock your CPU and GPU if you want. I have a 760, and can max out everything pretty much

HiTechObsessed · Jan 29, 2014

Lightning, just a heads up, the i5-4670 is a locked CPU, so you wouldn't be able to overclock it. For a few more dollars, the k version is unlocked.

LightningStriker · Jan 29, 2014

in this case is amd better than intel?

whitecat · Jan 29, 2014

HiTechObsessed · Jan 29, 2014

For gaming, the i5 above would get you better, but I went with the 8320 from AMD because it will perform much better in multi-core applications such as video/photo editing programs. Could work you a better build if you don't need to buy a copy of Windows, you didn't state if you needed a copy or not.

LightningStriker · Jan 29, 2014

i do need a copy :/

LightningStriker · Jan 29, 2014

Ok what about this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2JFFe

whitecat · Jan 29, 2014

whitecat · Jan 29, 2014

LightningStriker :

for case Corsair 300R
Asus GTX 770 is better

LightningStriker · Jan 29, 2014

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2JFZt This is good
and for the case i already bought 1

whitecat · Jan 29, 2014

Heroesneverquit · Jan 29, 2014

First things first. Intel or AMD? AMD you will not be able to upgrade much as far as cpu is concerned but with an 8 core you probably will not need to. If going with intel you will have an i5 system that you could in the end upgrade to an i7 if you wanted too. The i5 is a quad core.

I will throw together an Intel and AMD pc for you. As both the ones suggested are good but there is a little wiggle room definetly in the intel rig.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.25 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.66 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Galaxy-03 ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W 80+ Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1011.82
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 12:00 EST-0500)

This is more or less lightning strikes build. The issue with his build is that he was missing the OS. So you dont actually have the room for the OS nor do you actually need the SSD. SSD would just help booting up your computer if it was off. Would not help your fps or anything like that.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($154.94 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($144.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.25 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.66 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Essential 700W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $990.75
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-29 12:33 EST-0500)

This build for AMD has pretty much the best of the best. It has the 990FX chipset for the motherboard. If you can go over a little getting the FX8350 would be a big upgrade.

For upgrade both of them have a way of upgrading things other then the GPU. The GPU in each of the rigs is pretty much top of the line right now. The CPU in the AMD since it is the 8320 could upgrade to an 8350. If you were to go over a little and get the 8350 then there is not much to upgrade there. Just a lot of room for overclocking. To overclock would mean buying a water cooled CPU fan, better psu, and filling all your case fan slots.

For AMD upgrades you have the i7 upgrade line. The Motherboard upgrades and all the cooling stuff. Choice is yours though my friend!

LightningStriker · Jan 29, 2014

Hahaha u convinced me
Heroesneverquit im going for the AMD build thnx every1

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