Gaming PC build. Any advice appreciated

garywc

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Good morning everyone. I've been looking around at prebuilt gaming pc's. Particularly the Alienware Aurora r5 with upgrades and I can't help but think I'd be able to do it cheaper doing it myself.

My goal is to run all of the latest games on max settings without any hiccups as well as VR.

All I really know so far is I would need something like the gtx 1080 ti and even that I'm not 100 percent on.

Can anyone point me to a build that would do this?

As for budget it's not a terrible amount of money but I think it would max out around 2k. Of course if I can get away with much less that would be ideal

Thanks guys for your help

Gary
 
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If thats all your looking for then at 1080p this will do it at 1500 bucks including the monitor and the OS.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($245.98 @ PCM)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($126.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($107.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.33 @...
If this rig is for straight up gaming, then go with the Intel 7700k. But if you also plan on using it for a workstation, the Ryzen 7 chips will take a slight hit on gaming FPS buy has a big jump in productivity over the 7700k.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MgzJD8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MgzJD8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.75 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($104.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-Z270X-Ultra Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($159.33 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($219.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda ES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Edition Video Card ($699.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Luxe Tempered Glass (Gray) ATX Full Tower Case ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1947.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-26 10:54 EDT-0400
 
Oh, and as for prebuilt vs building your own, it is not always cheaper to building your own. Sometimes you can find some excellent sales on a prebuilt machine and sometimes they charge a premium for them. The advantage of a prebuilt is it is fully customizable and you have the exact hardware that you want in your machine. Plus it wont come with all of the bloatware installed on the OS.
 


CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.75 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - Z270-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($109.33 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Dominator Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($234.99 @ Corsair)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($219.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Toshiba - X300 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($133.99 @ Other World Computing)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Founders Edition Video Card ($669.99 @ B&H)
Case: Enermax - ECA3280A-BL ATX Mid Tower Case ($67.93 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - Enthusiast 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Best Buy)
Optical Drive: LG - WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($46.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2035.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-26 11:03 EDT-0400
 

Zerk2012

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Not true most prebuilt use some of the cheapest parts they can have made for them.
For your build dump that G1 power supply their not very good.
 

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The video card depends on the monitor resolution and refresh rate. A GTX 1070 runs VR just fine.
For the rest of the parts it depends if your going to be live streaming, recording to edit for YouTube, and otherp factors like that.
 

garywc

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Thank you so much for that response
 

Zerk2012

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For 2K you can get really a very good PC including a nice 2k resolution monitor with 75 refresh rate.
Smaller SSD for the OS and programs and a larger SSD for all your main games with a regular HD for storage.

url=https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RHnPd6]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($245.98 @ PCM)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($126.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($107.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($169.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card ($509.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($80.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus - PB277Q 27.0" 2560x1440 75Hz Monitor ($317.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1922.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-26 11:32 EDT-0400
 


You can put cheaper parts in custom built too lol. But, I also said that prebuilds can be cheaper (would assume using cheaper parts), and custom builds are customizable for the hardware that you want (better parts).
 

garywc

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I truly appreciate all the help you guys have provided. If I can get away with a cheaper build and still play the latest games at max setting and VR then Id certainly do that.

 

Zerk2012

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If thats all your looking for then at 1080p this will do it at 1500 bucks including the monitor and the OS.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($245.98 @ PCM)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($126.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($107.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card ($509.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($67.89 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($75.98 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($87.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: BenQ - GL2460HM 24.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($116.50 @ Amazon)
Total: $1531.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-26 13:35 EDT-0400
 
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