Game/editing pc build under 1,500

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Hello I want to build a pc for gaming and editing. Would be great if you guys can help me in what should I buy. I'm just editing/gaming for hobby, no hardcore editing, my budget is 1,500 usd (excluding monitor, keyboard, mouse and software)
 
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Well, if you aren't concerned about looks or noise levels you can get yourself a pretty good 4k gaming/editing rig. The Zotac 1080ti mini runs a little hot, and is probably a bit louder than some of the other 1080ti's.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($289.79 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($173.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard...
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Wait a week, Coffelake is coming out on Oct 5 and will have 6 core i5's. I would probably look at the i5-8400, a decent motherboard and 16gb of RAM. I would suggest these as your other parts.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Western Digital - Blue 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Video Card ($519.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $890.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-27 22:00 EDT-0400
 
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raisonjohn

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Since you mentioned "no hardcore editing" and only game and edit as a hobby, this should suffice (for 1080p-resolution/60Hz monitor):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($195.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($159.55 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($92.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AMP! Edition Video Card ($283.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($35.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $958.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-27 22:09 EDT-0400

If you have or are looking to get a 1440p/60Hz+ monitor, you may bump up the Video Card to the next higher-tiered GPU such as the GTX 1070 or the GTX 1080 (note that prices of the GTX 1070 are still high, so, you may want to get the GTX 1080 instead).
 
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letsrun4it

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This is a nice build. I have a few builds of various levels and I think this is the sweet spot. Anything more than this is diminishing returns, which is irrelevant if you're an enthusiast but as far as bang for your buck in 2017...this is a nice spot to be in.
 
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Shektron

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Can you tell us what monitor setup you'll be using with this build? For $1500, you could get a Coffee Lake build, that'll be suitable for high refresh rate gaming, like for 1080p 144+ Hz. The following build would be ideal for a 1440p 60 Hz gaming build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($289.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($99.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($138.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($149.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($434.89 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($95.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1376.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-28 00:22 EDT-0400
 
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Well, if you aren't concerned about looks or noise levels you can get yourself a pretty good 4k gaming/editing rig. The Zotac 1080ti mini runs a little hot, and is probably a bit louder than some of the other 1080ti's.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($289.79 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($173.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB Mini Video Card ($712.89 @ B&H)
Case: Zalman - Z11 NEO ATX Mid Tower Case ($25.49 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1474.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-29 20:06 EDT-0400
 
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