First build for a High performance gaming and 3/d Modeling $1500 budget

KirbyRose · May 20, 2016

This is my first build and I have almost no idea how to start, what works with what or where I should buy the parts from. I do have the possibility of someone helping me build the computer. My budget is up to 1,500 USD. I need this for gaming, preferably 60FPS at high or max settings (Something that's able to run AAA titles. Far cry, Skyrim, Dishonored, those kind of things) I'm also going to be using Maya, Photoshop etc. for texturing and modeling 3D things, this has to last for a while, or at least be able to switch out parts sooner or later. I'm using this for the rest of high school and college (4/5+ years). I might also get a Cintiq in the near future,i'm not sure if that matters or not.

I have no parts already chosen, so I need the entire build besides the OS. I'm using windows 7 if that changes anything.

Thank you.

Geekwad · May 20, 2016

Will you be needing the whole system, including a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc?

rvilkman · May 20, 2016

Do you need a monitor ?

If you don't something like this would probably be a good idea, and instead of the GTX980, get a GTX1070 - just not available for a 2-3 more weeks.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pC6YP6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/pC6YP6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($112.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($313.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($117.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Armor 2X Video Card ($439.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($53.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($68.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1545.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-20 11:19 EDT-0400

And if you do, something like this would probably be pretty good.
It goes down on storage and i7 to i5, but has a good quality IPS 2560x1440 27" display

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vqRQ3C
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vqRQ3C/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($112.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.79 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Armor 2X Video Card ($439.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($53.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($68.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($379.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $1561.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-20 11:24 EDT-0400

KirbyRose · May 20, 2016

Geekwad :

The whole system with the monitor. I have the mouse and keyboard.

Geekwad · May 20, 2016

The above are good options, this is another:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V5 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($252.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus E3 PRO GAMING V5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 ($379.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($53.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.79 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Acer K272HULbmiidp 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($329.00 @ B&H)
Total: $1499.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

As mentioned above it relies on the new GTX 1070 that's several weeks away from being available, but allows you to keep the 8-threaded processor with the 2k IPS monitor....with the best GPU for the money to drive it right now (or on the horizon). AMD will be launching their new GPU lineup too soon though, so there may be another choice in these next several weeks too that competes with the 1070.

The advantage, if there were, would be to be able to consider Adaptive Sync/FreeSync monitors (which only work with AMD GPUs currently), whereas Adaptive Sync/Gsync monitors (Nvidia) are out of the budget with those specs. Adaptive Sync monitors are very nice for gaming....

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