I am looking to build a gaming rig for around the $700 mark. I already have 650watt power supply, an ssd, harddrives, and an os. I want only parts no monitors, keyboards, mouses, etc.. I hope to accomplish mid-high fps in games like PUBG, Rainbow 6 siege, Overwatch, Battlefield 1, etc..
Best gaming rig around $700
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elbert
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This is about the fastest build with your parts.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($194.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($138.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($264.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax - Ninja II ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $697.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($194.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($138.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($264.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax - Ninja II ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $697.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-08 11:50 EDT-0400
ziffland
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Elbert hit your price point spot on, thats gonna be the best performance you get at your price range, if you wanted to up your price a little you could go with an i5 7600k but then you would also have to change your mobo so you'd be looking closer to the $750-$800 range
coozie7
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EH?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($187.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Elite 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini Video Card ($194.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3 (Windowless) MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $703.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($187.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Elite 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini Video Card ($194.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3 (Windowless) MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $703.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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coozie7
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Yes, the 3Gb card will be fine, even for AAA games BUT... It's likely to suffer if you want to play with a lot of AA or you regularly play heavily modded games like Skyrim with masses of extra high rez textures/models, here it will struggle.
In the games you've listed, it'll do very nicely BTW.
If you're doubtful, here's review of the card I included: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GTX_1060_Mini_3_GB/
One point: I used a small case in my build, you may need to swap it out for something larger in order to use your existing PSU,
In the games you've listed, it'll do very nicely BTW.
If you're doubtful, here's review of the card I included: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GTX_1060_Mini_3_GB/
One point: I used a small case in my build, you may need to swap it out for something larger in order to use your existing PSU,
elbert
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The Ryzen 1600 will overclock to beat the slower locked i5's. You would really be better off getting the unlocked i3-8350k for gaming but nether really wins against the Ryzen due to cost. Here is the benchmarks plus the 1060 6GB is more than 10% faster in games.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-8400-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600X/3939vs3920
Here is the benchmark differance between the two 1060's.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-8400-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600X/3939vs3920
Here is the benchmark differance between the two 1060's.
elbert :
The Ryzen 1600 will overclock to beat the slower locked i5's. You would really be better off getting the unlocked i3-8350k for gaming but nether really wins against the Ryzen due to cost. Here is the benchmarks plus the 1060 6GB is more than 10% faster in games.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-8400-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600X/3939vs3920
Here is the benchmark differance between the two 1060's.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i5-8400-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1600X/3939vs3920
Here is the benchmark differance between the two 1060's.
So which would be better the unlocked i3 or the i5
elbert
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If you up it by $100 get the 8600K as then the Z370 become worth the extra price. As for the i3 its the same as the old 7600k so yes it can beat the 1600 overclocked but the locked i5 6 core doesn't as you seen in the benchmark linked.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($259.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler ($19.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($138.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($264.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax - Ninja II ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $830.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-08 15:24 EDT-0400
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($259.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler ($19.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($138.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($264.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax - Ninja II ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $830.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-08 15:24 EDT-0400
coozie7
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Not so sure an overclocked R5 1600 can match the stock i5 8400 but here's a review showing the two running stock: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Core_i5_8400/ In more than a few of those benchmarks the R5 1600 is well behind the i5.
If you CAN spring for an i5 8600K then that's a good long term move, not only are its base clocks higher than those of the i5 8400 but its overclock friendly nature will give it additional performance in reserve for later AND it's still a good deal stronger out of the box.
NONE of the builds here are terrible, just good. better. excellent the build first posted by Elbert is a good, solid build for 1080 gaming and well within your budget, my i5 8400 has a little more CPU grunt out of the box and enough graphics muscle to run games well at that rez, while the big i5 8600K rig supplied by Elbert is very much the cream. All are capable at 1080 rez but the stronger i5 builds are likely to keep their edge longer.
One issue may actually make the decision for you: Availability, right now the current 8th gen Intel parts are in very short supply, particularly the 'K' overclock friendly parts.
Don't fret if you can't find one, or it's stupidly overpriced, the R5 1600 build from Elbert is still a good system...Enjoy!
If you CAN spring for an i5 8600K then that's a good long term move, not only are its base clocks higher than those of the i5 8400 but its overclock friendly nature will give it additional performance in reserve for later AND it's still a good deal stronger out of the box.
NONE of the builds here are terrible, just good. better. excellent the build first posted by Elbert is a good, solid build for 1080 gaming and well within your budget, my i5 8400 has a little more CPU grunt out of the box and enough graphics muscle to run games well at that rez, while the big i5 8600K rig supplied by Elbert is very much the cream. All are capable at 1080 rez but the stronger i5 builds are likely to keep their edge longer.
One issue may actually make the decision for you: Availability, right now the current 8th gen Intel parts are in very short supply, particularly the 'K' overclock friendly parts.
Don't fret if you can't find one, or it's stupidly overpriced, the R5 1600 build from Elbert is still a good system...Enjoy!
elbert
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I agree with most of what you said. I just wouldn't base a buy on those benchmarks. Notice the i5-8600k also is well behind the i5-8400 in few benchmarks. I even noticed the i7-8700k behind the i5-8400 in a few of the game tests 1 and 2.
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