need help building a gaming pc in ~$1000

samiul_rizo · Jun 3, 2014

Hi.
I am trying to build a gaming pc that'll last couple of years. My budget is around $1000. I am not experienced, please help.

These are the components that i chose:

casing: Thermaltake VN40006W2N Commander White
psu: Thermaltake power supply 630W
cpu: Intel Core i5 4570
mobo: Asus VENGUARD B85 4TH Gen.1150
ram: Corsair Vengeance 4GB Single DDR3 X 2
gpu: Gigabyte GV-R9 27OC 2GB PCI Express Card
hdd: Toshiba 3tb SATA Desktop HDD

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

saggers123 · Jun 3, 2014

get a more powerful gpu and change the cpu to i5 4670k.

Someone Somewhere · Jun 3, 2014

Change to a higher quality power supply - 500W or greater from the second link in my sig.

You'll also need an OS.

EDIT: @saggers, there's no point in an OCable CPU on a B85 board.

dandn0ten · Jun 3, 2014

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($108.99 @ Mac Mall)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($105.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $966.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 05:07 EDT-0400)

Eduello · Jun 3, 2014

Includes OS:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($105.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($279.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1010.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 05:31 EDT-0400)

samiul_rizo · Jun 14, 2014

thank you so much for the help and sorry for late reply...
i live in bangladesh... not all the parts were available and the price difference was huge...
i had to increase my budget and in the end it cost me $1500...
these are the parts that i went with:

CPU: intel core i5 4590
Motherboard: msi z87 gd65
memory: 2 X CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600
Video card: asus R9 280x
SSD: samsung evo 840 128gb
HDD: toshiba 3tb
Power Supply: corsair CS750M
Case: CM Storm Enforcer
cpu cooler: CM hyper 212X
casing cooling fan: 3 X CM xtraflo 120 Red LED

total: $1525

please tell me what you guys think...

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