How much should I be spending on a 1080p 60FPS Gaming Rig

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abhafedh2005

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I have really been looking forward to build a PC, especially because all of my mates have transferred from PS4 to the platform. As the title says, I want to know which price gap i should fall into. My main objective is to play almost all current titles in over 60 fps, and e-sports (overwatch, cs-go) to be over 150 fps. I am willing to spend around 700-1000 Dollars (American).

Please take a look at these builds below and tell me if they are good. (I don't give a crap about SSDs), and the reason i put the price of the motherboard as 60$ instead of its actual price is because i am going to buy a non-overclockable mother board, which will come out Q'1 of 2018. I am speculating that I'll purchase one of 60$. I also added the MSRPs of the CPUs

700$ Build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2h6gkT
1000$ Build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PhzwRG

 
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8400 is enough for 60 FPS and is best bang for the money. Both have weakness.
1. 8 gb ram for a new build? 16 gb is more appropriate with your budget, also the psu you picked is OOS
2. neither of psu is good
3. add an SSD to the build and you will love the booting and gaming speed boost
4. USB wifi is slow, get PCIE wifi.
5. OS

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($60.00)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive...
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8400 is enough for 60 FPS and is best bang for the money. Both have weakness.
1. 8 gb ram for a new build? 16 gb is more appropriate with your budget, also the psu you picked is OOS
2. neither of psu is good
3. add an SSD to the build and you will love the booting and gaming speed boost
4. USB wifi is slow, get PCIE wifi.
5. OS

My edits:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.89 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($60.00)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($264.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter ($33.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1006.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-06 10:53 EST-0500
 
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abhafedh2005

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First of all, I am really thankful that you replied this fast, so thanks a million.
Secondly, I already have a windows 10 boot drive my friend gave me, so no worries there.
Third of all is the 1070 ti completely unnecessary? Is the 1060 6gb good enough?
 
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1060 6gb can run most games (except very gpu intensive AAA games) at ultra for ~ 60 FPS. However, for those exceptions you will need to lower setting to high-very high. So if you need ultra 60FPS, get 1070. 1070ti is a dilemma, a little bit better than 1070 but still weaker than 1080.
 
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Another option to consider. Your 8600k build came out to $1095, when I clicked on it. Assume you have mail in rebates turned on.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($193.67 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($87.39 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card ($399.88 @ OutletPC)
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus - PCE-AC55BT B1 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($33.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1088.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-06 13:26 EST-0500
 
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abhafedh2005

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I think I'll just wait till SSD and ram prices go down a bit, then start to buy my parts. By that time I would have collected exactly enough money plus I would have some leftover for games ( I am thinking of Overwatch and salt itself, CS: GO). Again thanks guys for all of the help. I am new to PC building so it's nice to have websites like these to help. Now if you'll excuse me I need my vaporwave and Macintosh 420 plus :) :) :)
 
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