looking to build a new system

garrettk4 · Jan 24, 2016

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: over the next few weeks

Budget Range: $1000 USD

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming!

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Everything, Except PSU (have a corsair hx 750w) & *SSD samsung 840 250gb* & my case i love my corsair air 540.

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon, microcenter

Location: Huntington Bch, CA

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, nvidea gpu

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: Currently 1920x1080 but will look into 1440p down the road or 144hz 1080p monitor.

Games: the latest and greatest titles coming out.

Current system i5 3570k 16gb 250gb ssd gtx 760 4gb,

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: (e.g. I'm having trouble running game X or my PSU broke)

N3rdR4ge · Jan 24, 2016

what ram do you have? you can probably keep that too. this is all you need. its not the latest and greatest cpu/mobo, but it is by far the best performance for your money excluding overclocking. if you have ddr3 1600mhz, keep it and put the money into a more feature rich, durable mobo.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($599.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $986.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-24 23:48 EST-0500

theunliked · Jan 25, 2016

An i7 would fare much better than a xeon. I would just go for a 980ti instead of a full on pc upgrade. What games are you struggling with? The i5 you have should still be good enough.

garrettk4 · Jan 25, 2016

Dying light 20-30fps Ark is unplayable (I know its not optimized but i should be able to play it on low).

N3rdR4ge · Jan 25, 2016

theunliked :

where do you get this info? an xeon e3-1231 v3 is equivalent to an i7-4770. the only difference really is that the xeon lacks integrated graphics, giving a huge price break.

garrettk4 · Jan 25, 2016

I'm sorry to un do all your guys' work but I just got hit financially and I won't be able to spend as much as I'd like. I do believe my i5 is still good to go for a few more years.

New budget 500.

I don't need games to look amazing I simply want them to run at decent settings. That being said I'd rather not spend 500 on a gtx 980 when I can find a gtx 970 for 299-350. But if the performance is much more significant than the 970 then I understand.

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