[PC] PC Gaming Builds and Gear

[jms493]

Awesome Mini ITX Build

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WgVD
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WgVD/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WgVD/benchmarks/

• CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
• Motherboard: EVGA Z87 Stinger Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($196.97 @ Newegg)
• Memory: Kingston Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Best Buy)
• Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($299.00 @ Amazon)
• Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($359.99 @ Amazon)
• Case: EVGA Hadron Mini ITX Tower Case w/500W Power Supply ($139.99 @ Newegg)
• Total: $1295.93

Sample Picture of the case

[jms493]

Mid Range/Upgrade-able Build

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WivS
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WivS/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WivS/benchmarks/

• CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.998 @ Microcenter) - Bundle
• Motherboard: MSI Z87-G43 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($55.99 @ Microcenter) - Bundle
• Memory: Kingston Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
• Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Newegg)
• Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Microcenter)
• Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
• Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($32.98 @ Newegg)
• Total: $748.00

Sample Case Picture


UPDATED - Better Price - 2/21/2014

[jms493]

The Budget Build

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WiMu
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WiMu/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WiMu/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B75A-G43 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($78.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($154.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $518.91

sample picture

[jms493]

My first Attempt for an AMD Build.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WKdx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WKdx/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WKdx/benchmarks/

• CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($199.97 @ OutletPC)
• Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($124.99 @ Newegg)
• Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Amazon)
• Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.98 @ Newegg)
• Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($248.98 @ SuperBiiz)
• Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
• Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($32.98 @ Newegg)
• Total: $803.88

The AMD 270x video card falls behind the GTX 760. If you splurge for the 280x that will cost you another $100+ but you will surpass the 760 in performance.

[jms493]

Titan Black Baller Build - Single GPU and reasonable CPU. Designed for High Res gaming and overclocking.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WKU5
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WKU5/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WKU5/benchmarks/

• CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ TigerDirect)
• CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.16 @ Amazon)
• Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.SNIPER 5 EATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($339.99 @ SuperBiiz)
• Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($189.99 @ Newegg)
• Storage: Samsung EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($499.00 @ Amazon)
• Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card ($999.99 @ Amazon)
• Case: Fractal Design ARC XL ATX Mid Tower Case ($141.97 @ TigerDirect)
• Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($208.98 @ Newegg)
• Total: $2757.07

[jms493]

Super Budget Build without sacrificing Grafx. I could not get the price down any further.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WLcD
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WLcD/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WLcD/benchmarks/

• CPU: Intel Core i3-3250 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($92.25 @ TigerDirect)
• Motherboard: MSI B75A-G43 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($78.98 @ SuperBiiz)
• Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
• Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.98 @ Amazon)
• Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Amazon)
• Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
• Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Microcenter)
• Total: $462.17

[jms493]

Nvidia is Ready to Rumble with GeForce GTX Titan Black Graphics Card

Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan BlackNew graphics card from Nvidia wields a full GK110 GPU
What do you get if you take a GeForce GTX 780 Ti graphics card and give it a shot of adrenaline? You end up with Nvidia's GeForce GTX Titan Black, a new graphics card with full CUDA support and double precision floating-point compute performance. In other words, it comes out swinging with a fully equipped 28nm GK110 GPU without any arbitrary restrictions. Intrigued? Let's have a look at some other specs.

The GeForce GTX Titan Black is a beast with 2,880 single precision CUDA cores, 960 double-precision CUDA cores, 240 texture units, and 48 ROP units. It has a base clockspeed of 889MHz and a boost clockspeed of 980MHz, along with 6GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 7,000MHz (effective) on a 384-bit bus. This gives the Titan Black 336GB/s of total memory bandwidth and a texture filtering rate of 213.4GT/s.

Though the card is called Titan Black, it doesn't feature an all-black heatspreader as previously rumored. Instead, it looks similar to the standard Titan except that the alumimum fins and some accents around the fan have been painted black, as well as the Titan lettering. Here's a look at it with the heatsink shroud removed:

Look for the GeForce GTX Titan Black to sell for around $999, a familiar price for a flagship GPU.

[jms493]

GTX 760 SLI Machine, SSD and 1 TB, Overclockable

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2XlQq
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2XlQq/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2XlQq/benchmarks/

• CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
• CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ Amazon)
• Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI GENE Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($203.79 @ Newegg)
• Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($86.99 @ Amazon)
• Storage: Corsair Force Series GT 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($119.99 @ Newegg)
• Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
• Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($249.99 @ Microcenter)
• Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($249.99 @ Microcenter)
• Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
• Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Newegg)
• Total: $1485.69

A PC like this will take a game like Tomb Raider @1080p on Ultra setting and hit 100+ FPS. Battlefield 4 will hit 90+ FPS as well. It is said to be more powerful than a GTX Titan in most cases. Some issues to consider is that some new games don't have SLI Profiles but Nvidia is very good at putting out drivers on a timely basis. Heat produced by 2 cards can sometimes heat up a whole room. Power consumption will be more as well. Make sure you PSU is rated for it.

[jms493]

AMD APU/GPU Graphics - Cheapest Build yet but you can add a Grafx card whenever

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xpvt
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xpvt/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xpvt/benchmarks/

• CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ Newegg)
• Motherboard: MSI A88X-G43 ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($82.99 @ Amazon)
• Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
• Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
• Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
• Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Microcenter)
• Total: $442.94

If you want to over clock then you would need to add an aftermarket cooler. This will play most games at 1080p on medium settings. You could drop down to 720p for higher settings. True entry level PC without an external grafx card. I would add a cooler and overclock to increase performance.

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Very nice. Interesting site.
I'm in between wanting an upgrade or getting a NAS server. Have to think hard on my needs though.

[jms493]

Great Price for a super fast unlocked CPU. Lastest by Intel.

i5-4670K
$179

http://www.microcenter.com/product/413251/Core_i5_4670K_34GHz_Socket_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor

This is currently $220 at newegg. Only bad thing is it is pickup only so you need to be near a MC.

[Garrett67]

Are you building the AMD one you noted above (First AMD build)? Or did I read that wrong?

I'm assuming that is your room.

[jms493]

Are you building the AMD one you noted above (First AMD build)? Or did I read that wrong?

I'm assuming that is your room.

I am not building anything...I just putting builds together for fun for people to see. Those photos are from google images.

[Garrett67]

Oh

[jms493]

Beast of a Card for $399. 4GB of GDDR5 RAM!

GTX 770 - PNY

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133499&cm_mmc=SNC-Twitter-_-HotDeals-_-NA-_-NA&nm_mc=SNC-Twitter