Need Help With Building New $1500 Gaming PC

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angry12345

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OK, I basically only play MMOs so keep that in mind. I want to have the rig for about 4 years and hopefully future proofing for mmos in future. I am wanting to be around $1500 and would like some advice what changes you all would make. I am a bit stiff still on price so trying to reduce some or should I stay where I am at.

Gaming Chasis: ZALMAN Z11 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 2.0 & Side-Panel Window
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4770K
CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: Enermax ETS-T40-TB CPU Cooler w/ T.B.SILENCE PWM 120mm Twister Bearing fan
Coolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits: Standard Coolant
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme4
RAM / System Memory: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory (G.SKILL Ripjaws X)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB GDDR5
Power Supply: 700 Watts - Cooler Master i700 700W 80 Plus Bronze Certified
Hard Drive: 128GB SanDisk SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 490 MB/s Read & 350 MB/s Write (Single Drive)
Secondary Hard Drive: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200 RPM HDD (Single Drive)


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Get something like this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.94 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G43 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
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 ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($599.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1426.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-16 12:04 EDT-0400)
 
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On a $1500 build there's no way I'd purchase a case that's $50 or less - it kind of makes the whole thing look cheap. I would do something like this:

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Extreme 99.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($106.50 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($148.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M550 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.64 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.44 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($499.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Blackout with Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($124.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($22.18 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1596.68
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-13 20:10 EDT-0400)
 
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So what if the price is low. It is a perfectly functioning case. Just because it's cheap, doesn't mean it has to be dysfunctional. Also, he is trying to say within his budget, if you go above it, it makes the OP lose trust in their budget. I think the cheaper he can get very high end components, the better
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($71.25 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($148.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($138.70 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.43 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($499.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Blackout with Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1500.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-14 16:16 EDT-0400)

I'd say, the Noctua is good. Water cooling is not really needed on this, and will overclock it just fine. Also, an 850w psu is way overkill, even the 750w I put on will be overkill but still work.
 
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Well I can't argue with that there, but the i7-4770K isn't really put to use on a gaming rig, I'd much rather spend that on a higher end case and power supply like a Fractal Design Define R4 or NZXT Phantom 410.
 
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question.. if you ordered everything.. and some of the parts have mail in rebates from parts picker, but you dont recall which ones lol..how do you find out if they have it?

partspickers seems to have updated the prices since then and they do not say
 
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If you ditch the SSD, you could go with a 780ti
 
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This is my PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/8ByJpg

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($245.90 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($174.98 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($185.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($109.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($229.99 @ NCIX)
Case: NZXT Phantom 820 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($254.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ NCIX)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.79 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1500.59
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($118.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($78.23 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($569.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($71.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($81.66 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1437.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-01 15:30 EDT-0400
 
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