- Feb 8, 2013
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Hello, I'm helping my younger brother build a gaming PC with a budget of $1000. We live in Canada, so the dollar is quite stretched to find something that would give decent performance. I looked up a few older topics on here and modified their builds slightly with better deals. Our current build looks like this: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/kTpysY. This is from a few days of cram research, I'm a techie but I'm kinda behind the times on the latest and greatest tech haha.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($295.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($118.98 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($53.10 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($105.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Black Edition Video Card ($229.98)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($65.00 @ shopRBC)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ NCIX)
Total: 1043 = $932.01 + $111 Tax
I assume the mobo+processor would withstand a mild overclock, nothing crazy (4ghz). The bottleneck I think in this build is the r9 380 ($230), but the step up from that is a gtx 970 ($405), 76% more expensive for a ~30% gain in performance. I would like to have the gtx 970 in there, but the price seems high, plus it pushes the build into the $1200 range after taxes.
EDIT: Some games he will use it for: GTA V, Skyrim, Minecraft with shaders (You'd be suprised how taxing they can be), Fallout 4. He wants a contant 60 fps on high settings, I feel like this build would achieve CLOSE to that, though may dip down to 50 at times.
For a $1000 build, does this seem reasonable/best bang for his buck?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($295.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($118.98 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($53.10 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($105.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 2GB Double Dissipation Black Edition Video Card ($229.98)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($65.00 @ shopRBC)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ NCIX)
Total: 1043 = $932.01 + $111 Tax
I assume the mobo+processor would withstand a mild overclock, nothing crazy (4ghz). The bottleneck I think in this build is the r9 380 ($230), but the step up from that is a gtx 970 ($405), 76% more expensive for a ~30% gain in performance. I would like to have the gtx 970 in there, but the price seems high, plus it pushes the build into the $1200 range after taxes.
EDIT: Some games he will use it for: GTA V, Skyrim, Minecraft with shaders (You'd be suprised how taxing they can be), Fallout 4. He wants a contant 60 fps on high settings, I feel like this build would achieve CLOSE to that, though may dip down to 50 at times.
For a $1000 build, does this seem reasonable/best bang for his buck?
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