ISO Gaming/College PC. $1500 MAX

Blake_Anonymous · May 3, 2017

Hello, my name is corey. My wife and I are looking for a gaming PC but would also need to be able to run my Electronics Engineering programs as well as my wife's Designing programs. We do watch movies but we have converted all of our disc to digital so we would like to not have any optical drivers. We also love music and photos so it will need to have at least a 2TB or more HDD and I personally am very hard on my processor when it comes to gaming so I would like to have a 8GB GPU and as for my CPU I want a 128GB or 32GB at the least that can be overclocked and i would also like to be able to upgrade my PC parts such as ( HDD & SSD, GPU and RAM/CPU) over time. Please any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Slumy__57 · May 5, 2017

Here is what I'd buy in your shoes. That CPU offers the best bang for your buck, 16 gigs of ram should be more than enough for any gaming and all but the most intensive software, the 1070 is a great card for both gaming and other tasks, and I chose a 250gb ssd for the OS and a few games, in addition to a 3tb legacy drive for heavier storage.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($349.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($192.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($126.94 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($81.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($369.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($61.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1496.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-05 12:15 EDT-0400

g-unit1111 · May 5, 2017

Slumy__57 :

I actually think I'd recommend a Ryzen system in this case. The Intel is great for gaming, but for CAD, rendering and design programs the R7-1700X is actually a better value than the 7700K currently is. If it were straight gaming, I'd take the Intel. But in this case the Ryzen is definitely something to be considered. This is slightly over budget but it's a solid build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - RYZEN 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($365.43 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($46.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AX370-Gaming K7 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($209.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($128.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.68 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.45 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($86.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1527.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-05 13:02 EDT-0400

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