Gaming PC Build For 1500 Or Lower

[Awesock]

I am inexperienced and am looking for a good gaming pc build for under $1500. I need everything but a keyboard and a mouse. I have no opinions as this is my first ever build. I don't care about noise level. I do want a good video card and a lot (8-16 GB) of ram. This is for playing minecraft and running a server in tf2 and minecraft. Also, what if a good build is cheap, add in a wireless card and wireless keyboard. Finally, I am looking for a good number of USB ports and an easy build.

 

[Guest]

You can buy a monster for $1500 dollars....though TF2 and Minecraft aren't exactly going to push the envelope graphics wise.... Anyway AMD or Intel? ATi or NVidia?

 

[robnof]

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Robnof/saved/1RNd

Here's one that falls just shy of your price cap.

 

[eliteb3nn3tt]

CPU: AMD FX-8350 Black Edition ($199.99 + $20 rebate)
Mobo: AsRock 990FX Extreme 9 ($179.99)
RAM: G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series DDR3-1866 16GB (2x8GB) ($139.99)
GPU: XFX Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB ($409.99 + $30 rebate card and 4 games)
SSD: OCz Vector Series 256GB ($259.99 + Far Cry 3)
HDD: Seagate Barracude 1TB 7200RPM ($69.99)
Case: NZXT Phantom PHAN-001BK ATX Full Tower ($119.99)
PSU: OCZ Z Series 1000W Modular ATX ($169.99 + $20 rebate card)
Optical Drive: LG Blu-ray/DVD+/-RW Burner ($119.99)
OS: Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-bit ($139.99)

Total: $1809.90 plus shipping which I think is free on most of these....
Rebates: $70 + 5 games.

This comes with: Bioshock: Infinite, Crysis 3, Far Cry 3, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Tomb Raider

This leaves you with enough room to buy a quality LED 1080p monitor and mechanical keyboard and laser mouse. Plus some good speakers. You could also buy another set of RAM like the one I have and have 32GB, but I don't see the point.... And you could get another 7970 and crossfire.... Or go with two 500GB SSD in RAID 0.... Or get an aftermarket CPU cooler to overclock better! You also might want to consider downgrading to the DDR3-1600 version of that RAM because you probably won't notice a difference....and to get to 1866 you need to overclock the RAM....