Good build for around 1000$

Tim Gold · Sep 10, 2014

I am willing to spend around 1000$ +100 max and maybe a little more for a significant performance increase. I won't overclock. I will be using this build mostly for gaming but I will be doing a little recording and a little editing too. Here is what I have come up with for the build:

CPU: I5-4690k or I7-4790k
GPU: GTX 770 2GB or Radeon R9 290
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3, Z97, DualDDR3-1600, SATA3, RAID, HDMI, DVI, D-Sub, ATX
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB
PSU: Seasonic S12II-620 620W
HDD: WD Cavier Blue 1TB 7200rpm

TomSkini · Sep 10, 2014

This is what I would recommend.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($223.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $992.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 09:23 EDT-0400

ksarex · Sep 10, 2014

If you dont wont to overclock you should buy a non-K version of the CPUs you mentioned and a H97 mobo. You can save a view bucks from there. I think you will be fine with the i5, but if the recording and editing you mentioned are not that "little" go for the i7.
Now about the gpu you can wait for 2 weeks for NVidia to release its new series and you will probably see a price drop on the GPUs you mentioned.
The +100 max can be spent on an an 250gb SSD, that is a significant performance increase just not gaming related.

Edit: That's a nice and balanced system by TomSkini, i would get the ATX model of that mobo to have more space between components. It's something like 5$ more.

Tim Gold · Sep 10, 2014

TomSkini :

This is what I would recommend.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($223.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $992.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 09:23 EDT-0400

You can't have a Micro-ATX MOBO and a ATX tower

Tim Gold · Sep 10, 2014

ksarex :

Ok then I will go with the I7 and buy SSD and wait for the GTX price drop

ksarex · Sep 10, 2014

Tim Gold :

TomSkini :

You can't have a Micro-ATX MOBO and a ATX tower

Well... Yes you can . But since you have an ATX tower(most of them support ATX and microATX, like 300R) you will be more comfortable with an ATX mobo.

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