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I'm building a new gaming pc for about 1500 dollars. Monitor price should be included with the pc.
This is what I have so far. I am not looking to overclock. Will this be good enough to run the games for 3-4 years?
CPU - I5 4690
Mobo - Z97s Krait
Memory - Corsair Vengeance Pro
SSD - Samsung 850 250 gb
GPU - R9 390x
Case - NZXT Phantom 820
PSU - Evga 750W Gold
Monitor - Acer G257HU smidpx
 
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Mom and uncle do not understand gaming PC's. Graphics card is the most important part, after the power supply. Get the best you can afford, while still keeping an adequate amount of CPU power. An i5 is plenty, for that. No need for a hyper 212, with a locked chip either. Made some changes, to ben001's build, to bring the price down, while getting you a better SSD, and a bit more wattage on the PSU. The 550w GS PSU is nice, but cutting it a bit close on wattage.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($165.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial...
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It's hard to say, we don't know what the upcoming games gonna be but this build will be fine to run games for next 2-3 years at 1440p resolution:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($165.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($71.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($78.57 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($669.99 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor ($264.34 @ B&H)
Total: $1508.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-28 03:43 EDT-0400
 
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ryanssun789

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Hey
Do you think the R9 390x will be enough? The 980 ti definitely caught my eye but my mom and uncle both told me it was kind of overkill. It was also a little over budget, 200 dollars more than the 390x. And it outran the regular 980 in all but one games


 
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Mom and uncle do not understand gaming PC's. Graphics card is the most important part, after the power supply. Get the best you can afford, while still keeping an adequate amount of CPU power. An i5 is plenty, for that. No need for a hyper 212, with a locked chip either. Made some changes, to ben001's build, to bring the price down, while getting you a better SSD, and a bit more wattage on the PSU. The 550w GS PSU is nice, but cutting it a bit close on wattage.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($165.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($649.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H34 ATX Mid Tower Case ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($76.82 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Acer G257HU smidpx 60Hz 25.0" Monitor ($264.34 @ B&H)
Total: $1464.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-28 11:21 EDT-0400
 
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That $200 dollar extra is worthy and GTX 980 Ti is a solid card in the market right now, so no question for selecting a 390x.
The Kingston SSDNow v300 is a worthy Solid state Drive but the Samsung gains 1-2% more with $12 more.
Cooler: Generally, we don't suggest cpu cooler unless you're going to overclock but you will need it for stable performance while gaming. That's it.
So, you should be fine.

A 550 watt gold is enough maybe 600W for little headroom.

Edit: Well,this will clear your all doubts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiUmV7lFzjM
 
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