Hi, I was wondering if I could get some help and opinions from the community with building a $1600 gaming PC. I'm going to be building a new pc soon for gaming and light video editing for my youtube channel.
what I'll be doing on it
games, mostly triple A titles such as BF4, a heavily modded Skyrim, Star Citizen, the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront, the next Crysis if they make another, etc, a bunch of first person games, all at ultra 1080p. I don't care for higher resolutions such as 1440p
I'll be using Fraps for my recording, which feels like a huge resource hog when its running but I believe that's because it doesn't compress the large video files when saving them
I'll be doing my editing/rendering with sony vegas, though most of my rendering will be done on a different computer and the files transferred over.
I plan to overclock the system
things I currently have
windows 8.1 pro
an asus mx279h monitor
a logitec mouse and keyboard
I will need to have an optical drive on the computer to install the OS, but that's it. I don't plan to watch blurays on it or burn CDs, etc. Just for installing the OS
I need a wifi adapter since my wifi router is on the opposite side of the house from where the computer will be
I plan to stick with an i5-4690k over an i7-4790k because they seem to perform neck and neck with the i5 even surpassing the i7 at times
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8227/devils-canyon-review-intel-core-i7-4790k-and-i5-4690k
Here's what I have picked out for the build
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($123.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($157.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: PNY XLR8 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($625.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill N900PCE 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1594.80
what improvements could be made to make this better or alternatively what build would be best for $1600 or less.
I have no preference when it comes to graphics cards between Nvidia and AMD, however I do prefer that the processor be an Intel over AMD
also, I'd prefer all the parts be coming from newegg so that I will be receiving everything at once.
Thank you for reading my post, and thank you a head of time for any and all responses and suggestions!
what I'll be doing on it
games, mostly triple A titles such as BF4, a heavily modded Skyrim, Star Citizen, the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront, the next Crysis if they make another, etc, a bunch of first person games, all at ultra 1080p. I don't care for higher resolutions such as 1440p
I'll be using Fraps for my recording, which feels like a huge resource hog when its running but I believe that's because it doesn't compress the large video files when saving them
I'll be doing my editing/rendering with sony vegas, though most of my rendering will be done on a different computer and the files transferred over.
I plan to overclock the system
things I currently have
windows 8.1 pro
an asus mx279h monitor
a logitec mouse and keyboard
I will need to have an optical drive on the computer to install the OS, but that's it. I don't plan to watch blurays on it or burn CDs, etc. Just for installing the OS
I need a wifi adapter since my wifi router is on the opposite side of the house from where the computer will be
I plan to stick with an i5-4690k over an i7-4790k because they seem to perform neck and neck with the i5 even surpassing the i7 at times
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8227/devils-canyon-review-intel-core-i7-4790k-and-i5-4690k
Here's what I have picked out for the build
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($123.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($157.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: PNY XLR8 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($76.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($625.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill N900PCE 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($32.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1594.80
what improvements could be made to make this better or alternatively what build would be best for $1600 or less.
I have no preference when it comes to graphics cards between Nvidia and AMD, however I do prefer that the processor be an Intel over AMD
also, I'd prefer all the parts be coming from newegg so that I will be receiving everything at once.
Thank you for reading my post, and thank you a head of time for any and all responses and suggestions!
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