New Gaming PC Build under 1500$

[Yair Ballinas]

Approximate Purchase date: 1 Week

Budget Range: Around 1500$ willing to go over because of shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Playing Battlefield 3&4 when announced, League of legends, and World Of Warcraft on high/Ultra settings) Surfing the web, editing videos

Are you buying a monitor: Yes


Do you need to buy OS: Yes


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon.com, Newegg.com

Location: US

Parts Preferences: Intel, but anything would be fine.

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Not at the moment

Your Monitor Resolution: 1680x1080

Additional Comments: I'm convinced PC gaming is for me, but I'm just stuck choosing which parts that are under 1500$

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My other PC is about 3 years old and can't run newer games.

 

[realchaos]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($33.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.37 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($122.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($91.40 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1445.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-17 00:59 EDT-0400)

-i5-3570k with a hyper 212 and z77 motherboard allows you to overclock to about 4-4.5ghz
-Cheap reliable ram at 1600mhz and CAS9
-Basic 1tb 7200rpm and 64mb cache
-Reliable and fast 120gb SSD at a decent price
-7970 will allow you to max out all of those games
-A sleek, silent case with a side window (the non-window version actually costs more in newegg/amazon)
-A good and reliable 550w with some headroom for overclocking. You could get thise 600w for about the same price: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600 It's not as reliable as the xfx though it should be fine
-Standard optical drive
-This monitor is EXTREMELY cheap. Most 23" 1080p hover around the $140-150 price point. At a $120 with 2ms, I suggest you grab this before the promo ends!

 

[cookieninja]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($33.24 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($72.37 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($122.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($91.40 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1445.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-17 00:59 EDT-0400)

-i5-3570k with a hyper 212 and z77 motherboard allows you to overclock to about 4-4.5ghz
-Cheap reliable ram at 1600mhz and CAS9
-Basic 1tb 7200rpm and 64mb cache
-Reliable and fast 120gb SSD at a decent price
-7970 will allow you to max out all of those games
-A sleek, silent case with a side window (the non-window version actually costs more in newegg/amazon)
-A good and reliable 550w with some headroom for overclocking. You could get thise 600w for about the same price: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600 It's not as reliable as the xfx though it should be fine
-Standard optical drive
-This monitor is EXTREMELY cheap. Most 23" 1080p hover around the $140-150 price point. At a $120 with 2ms, I suggest you grab this before the promo ends!

The motherboard doesn't have WiFi build in so if you need yo buy a WiFi adapter just spend the money to upgrade the board to a giagbyte z77 ud5h with WiFi built in.

 

[ksham]

Newegg's price for the 23" is actually $149.99. The original price was $199.99, so with -$30 off, it's $169.99. Which then -$20 for the rebate card comes to $149.99.

Looks like PCPartPicker too $30 off of $169.99 instead.

I was actually going to buy some if it were $119.99.

 

[realchaos]

$199.99 - $30 instantly - $20 rebate - $30 promo code applied in cart = $119.99

 

[ksham]

$199.99 - $30 instantly - $20 rebate - $30 promo code applied in cart = $119.99

Ooh... nice. Thanks for elaborating. I think I will buy one.

 

[g-unit1111]

-Reliable and fast 120gb SSD at a decent price

Yeah but it's Sandforce crap - the same issues and errors that plague Sandforce drives will probably plague this one. I've had an OCZ Vertex 4 and I can't state enough how good this drive is, I've not had a single problem with it.

On $1500 here's what I would suggest:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($220.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B SE2 37.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($60.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case ($107.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($75.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1383.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-17 01:40 EDT-0400)

- Better SSD
- Gigabyte 3X GTX 670
- Corsair case

Then with the difference add whatever monitor you want.

 

[realchaos]

The Kingston HyperX isn't a bad SSD. Tek Syndicate recommends it as he used lots of them with no problem.
The 7970 is actually better than the 670 now.
Fractal Define R4 is a case as great as Corsair.
Thought the gpu and case all depends on the OP though. Whether he prefers NVIDIA or AMD and which case looks better to him.
All the SSD, case and gpu mentioned are all good.

 

[cookieninja]

The Kingston HyperX isn't a bad SSD. Tek Syndicate recommends it as he used lots of them with no problem.
The 7970 is actually better than the 670 now.
Fractal Define R4 is a case as great as Corsair.
Thought the gpu and case all depends on the OP though. Whether he prefers NVIDIA or AMD and which case looks better to him.
All the SSD, case and gpu mentioned are all good.

+1

Define R4 for $110 beat the 400r in my opinion