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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: this week

Budget Range: 1300 After Shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: no preference

Location: City, State/Region, Country - plantation florida

Parts Preferences: Nvidia graphics / intel cpu

Overclocking: no

SLI or Crossfire: no

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Additional Comments: just really good for gaming
 
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WildCard999

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($193.00 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($25.98 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($70.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Classified ACX 2.0 Video Card ($494.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($17.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1274.64 BEFORE $70 MIR (SHIPPING INCLUDED)
 
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atheus

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Go with Gen 6 instead, plus you'll have the option to overclock later when you realize your system will just run faster, cooler, and last longer when you do it (the stock voltage on the CPU is higher than it needs to be, so you can either clock it higher at stock voltage, or drop the voltage to a more conservative figure for the stock clocks).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($251.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($25.98 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Gelid Solutions GC-Supreme 7g Thermal Paste ($9.87 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card ($482.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1300.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-16 16:30 EDT-0400


I realized I forgot to put in a bulk storage drive. Either yoink one from an old computer, or pick up the 5TB External drive on this page for $120 and pull the drive out of it. It will be either a WD Green or Red drive. http://images.frys.com/art/email/081615_sun927rws/sun_web.html?site=72premail081615
You'll need a frys code to get the extra $10 off, which you can get by signing up for their email promo.


Another option substituting a GTX 970 for more storage (but not including the external storage trick from above)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($251.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($25.98 @ OutletPC)
Thermal Compound: Gelid Solutions GC-Supreme 7g Thermal Paste ($9.87 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($169.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($310.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Define S ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1308.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-16 17:31 EDT-0400
 
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sharndowg

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($25.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($111.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($509.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($81.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1277.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-16 16:37 EDT-0400
 
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I'm a bit puzzled that people are still trying to build 4th gen systems for a brand new build. Even if the CPU performance were exactly equal, the added features and future friendliness of the Z170 boards would be worth it, since the cost is nearly the same. USB 3.1 / type C. Yes please. DDR4 with the option to add 16GB (and larger) modules? Yep I'll take one of those too. 20 PCIE lanes in the chipset? Yeah I'll need some of that too. What does all that cost? About $25. Sign me up.
 
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sharndowg

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The reason I chose 4th gen is because my CPU, MB and RAM alone comes to $140 cheaper than yours. That's a bit more than $25. Yes if the budget was bigger I would be more inclined to use skylake, but its not this time. Besides, you are $120 over-budget for him, which includes your missing storage. The 4690k may not be the latest CPU but a 4th gen build with a GTX 980 will certainly crush games well into the future.
 
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The price difference in motherboard/ram between your build in mine isn't purely a result of 4th gen vs. 6th. I could pick a cheaper Z170 motherboard and cheaper memory to bring the price down by $60 or so, but opted not to. $1300 is plenty to allow for a gen 6 build, it's just a question of where you want to make compromises. The second build I posted has an extra $85 invested in (I would say very worthwhile) storage upgrades compared to yours, skips the unnecessary optical drive, and although I applaud your taste in cases, going with the S variant instead of the R5 offers an extra $38 for performance enhancement.

I'd agree that a 980 would be nice (I have one myself, but I'm driving a 3440x1440 display with it), a 970 is more than adequate for 1080p, and the 980 only has about 20% better performance for a 40% increase in price, making it another great place to free up some bucks.

If it were me purchasing for 1080p, I'd just go with the 970 and enjoy the extra disk space, not having to worry about setting 25% over-provisioning on my SSD cutting into my space. With games often taking up 30GB each and seemingly growing by the day, it's a hassle that's good to be ahead of. I also think the right time to invest in a more expensive card would be spring next year when the Pascal parts come out, which I am fully expecting to embarrass any Maxwell card on the market today.
 
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Yes for storage I chose the standard 1TB Seagate to start them off as there was no mention they needed a spacious 5TB of storage. And I agree with the 970 being the sweet spot for 1080p, that is definitely the best choice. But, at the end of the day if they want a slightly cheaper GPU which they will need to change sooner or a more expensive GPU that will last them for longer, I'm sure OP will let us know which they prefer the sound of.
 
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Well he likes gaming go for 980 ti then cheap out on the others except cpu. Ram makes no diference 100mhz from 2133 MHz Is less than 2 fps. Storage makes no difference on gaming just has the capacity to load stuff. Cpu an i5 will be fine gen 4 or 6 if you can find gen 6 with 980 ti then go for it else gen 4.psu one 650 watt 750 one from evga seasonic xfx or corsair high series will be more than enough. That's all .
 
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PYPDHx
980 ti i7 6th gen cpu oh ye baby but it went up to 1400$ dallas put i5 if you want
8gigd ddr4 ram dual channel with 13 cas
1tb disk wd
i6 6 cores 12 threads haswell e cpu
Msi NVidia 980 ti omg the best
Psu 650 watt 80+ gold full modular nor cable chaos there from evga one of the best manufacturers
Either way its simple best cpu on the market best gpu on the market with a system that supports those 2.
go from i7 to i5 and u rescued the price too u go to 1300ish
 
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Yeah spending 1k to the 2 proccessors of the system is definitely not recommended lets spend it on some leds or dvd drives.
Maybe some megaherzzzzz on ram will rule or on a 10000 rpm drive oh w8 lets put one 1200 titanium psu in there or maybe 32 gb of ram. wd drive is perfect psu is perfect for that mobo is perfect no need for 3way sli or whatever no need for 20 sata no need for 64 gigs of ram no need for any crazy overclockbaility wich will need watercooling.I didn't put inside a bangolian psu ram or disk. System stable power huge.
 
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[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pV7FkL) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pV7FkL/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
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**CPU** | [Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80662i76700k) | $359.99 @ NCIX US
**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | $25.98 @ OutletPC
**Motherboard** | [Asus Z170-P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z170pd3) | $118.99 @ SuperBiiz
**Memory** | [G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl9d8gbsr) | $49.89 @ OutletPC
**Storage** | [Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e120bam) | $63.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | $49.88 @ OutletPC
**Video Card** | [MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx980gaming4g) | $489.99 @ Newegg
**Case** | [NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-cah440wm1) | $108.99 @ SuperBiiz
**Power Supply** | [EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr) | $49.00 @ NCIX US
| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1376.70
| Mail-in rebates | -$60.00
| **Total** | **$1316.70**
| Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2015-08-16 19:45 EDT-0400 |

your welcome
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($25.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($118.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($649.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.00 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1358.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-16 19:52 EDT-0400

same build as above with 1350$ dollar and gtx 980 ti i7 6700k.
 
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You can cheap out on ur preffered mobo to bring it under 1300$ . Otherwise is perfect. 980ti and intel wich supports that card. That's all I support ur second build . Sincerely sry .I answered based on your first build update notifications on toms hardware crapped out. We don't argue for ur second one. But 2 cores on mine would give some more benefits on desktop and other apps if he needs too streaming or whatever. None of the cpus will bottleneck anything so why not?
 
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980 Ti for 1080p is quite a waste of money, and if you're going to downgrade to a regular HDD or even a 120 GB SSD to do it, you're just graphics card crazy at that point. A 120GB SSD is good for your OS, a few applications, and maybe 2-3 games — heck certain games like ESO needed something absurd like 80GB of free space during install. Granted, they apparently did something stupid, but with a 120 GB SSD you're going to be one of the people who basically can't install that game on your main drive at all. 250 is minimum for me for a new build in 2015. 500 is an even better choice — especially if you keep an eye on slickdeals.net and pick one up when the price swings down to $140.

Also, a NZXT S340 for $55 instead of a Fractal Design Define S for $70? I wouldn't make that compromise.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.95 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($338.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Noctis 450 ATX Mid Tower Case ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1297.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-16 22:34 EDT-0400
 
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