$1000 Gaming PC, Need Help!

thebosscat007

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Hi, I am building a new gaming pc with a budget of $1000. I have already ordered a GTX 1070 founders edition as my graphics card so I have ~$550 left to spend on the rest of the system. Please help me find some parts that would accomplish this. I would also like to mention that I would really prefer to have an ssd. I already have a 1tb HDD.


Now one of my main questions is choosing a cpu. The best I could most likely do price wise is a i5-6400. I was wondering if it would be worth it to get a 2500k, 3570k, or a haswell i5. This would save me money on the processor and on ram. But how much, if any, performance would I sacrifice. I watched a comparison video between the 6400 and the 2500k and the 2500k won in almost everything. And how much would the ddr3 vs ddr4 difference make.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($61.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($33.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($55.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.86 @ Amazon)
Total: $461.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-17 09:15 EDT-0400
 


Definitely go with Skylake:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($298.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H-GSM Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: *PNY Anarchy 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: PNY CS1311 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill SRM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($19.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $565.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-17 09:17 EDT-0400

Also, it would be great if you could cancel your order for the Fonders Edition crap and get one of these: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/YpH48d/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-g1-gaming-video-card-gv-n1070g1-gaming-8gd
 
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scott03

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Cheaper PSU, still reliable: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/fgBRJV
 


No, not worth it. OP, get the XFX.
 

scott03

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ok