Building a $1000-$1300 Gaming PC. Hows this build?

dragonman66

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($113.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($83.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($78.23 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Superclocked Video Card ($445.00)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($71.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($34.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $1233.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-30 12:43 EDT-0400

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Pqv26h



GOALS

- Handle a majority of PC games atleast 1080p, 60fps high-max settings for 2-3 years.

- Handle big emulators like PCSX2 and Dolphin at high-max settings

- Heavy sony vegas video editing. Would like to render videos QUICK.

-Option of overclocking

- Shadowplay

-Intel CPU and Nvidia GPU only. NO AMD suggestions please


Dont need a keyboard, mouse, speakers, OS, or monitor. already got those set.


Also, assuming the GTX800 or GTX900's come out this september or october, is it a good chance the 780 and other GPU's will decrease in price drastically?
 
Solution


That's gonna bump the cost to $1.4k range as you can't go wrong in memory by going for 8GB, that too 1600MHz. So the best bet would be to eliminate SSD for now (again, not recommended) and use the money saved to get 780.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7ktMMp
1. 780 is a good choice to handle games on ultra on FHD. However, you get a R9 290 for $50-80 less and it gives the same performance, if not more, as it got 1GB more of VRAM. So you should consider it, no sense in getting a costlier GPU (It's more power efficient, agreed) and compromizing on other components (see below).

2 and 3. To handle CPU intensive programs/ VMs/ video editing QUICKLY, you'll definately need more memory, so include atleast 16GB, and that too high frequency, 2133MHz or higher.

4. Good choice on CPU-MoBo-cooler combo, would yield you good results for OCing.

5. Again, Intel CPU is fine but Nvidia GPU, any specific reason, especially technical?

Include a SSD for faster boots and writing times. Its somewhat fundamental in rendering rigs.

A better build overall for your purpose:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($113.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($378.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($71.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN3200 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($21.70 @ Amazon)
Total: $1285.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-30 13:04 EDT-0400