$1000 Budget Gaming Rig

kevinlong

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Hey everyone, I'm looking for some help putting together a gaming rig, I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to putting components together so I was looking to get some advice from the community.

I'm trying to put together around an $1000 budget gaming rig, I'm trying to have an SSD for my OS and other random games that need it and will be running duo monitors. I only need PC components as I already have a keyboard, mouse, etc.

I want to be able to run every game with pretty intense settings, I've only put together one PC so I kind of know my way but as far as overclocking goes, I wouldn't mind it to be overclockable as I've never done it myself but I wouldn't mind giving it a shot.

As far as brand preferences go I've always ran with Intel and NVIDIA GPUs but I wouldn't mind branching out, I'm not sure how the 8-core fares against the Intel CPUs.

Any advice is appreciated! Thanks for your help!

Here's some rigs I was thinking of:

Rig 1:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ssDNgs

Rig 2:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kQW7pg
 
vote for intel build. but with some improvement

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card ($389.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax OSTROG ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $967.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

M0j0jojo

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For rig 2 ur spending too much money on RAM.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($75.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Avexir Core series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($71.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.92 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($391.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($36.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($76.66 @ Newegg)
Total: $990.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
How about a mild oc for your duo monitors build?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($228.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($69.30 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($71.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($369.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1042.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
Or a good oc for your duo monitors build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($228.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($148.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($69.30 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($71.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($369.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1091.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
Solution


Everyone starts like that. This is part of the fun. youtube turn it easier. maybe too easy :)
imho you should get the GA-Z97X-Gaming 5. great design for oc and still good price.

good luck mate :D