get your monitor off craigslist you'll save so much money. you can get a 1080p monitor for like 20 bucks.
lol these builds r hilarious
1: no sense with an 860k at a $1k budget. H100i GTX too? what a joke. You can try overclocking the snot out of that CPU but you'll still be lacking in performance compared to a better balanced build.
2. V300 SSD, the infamous bait and switch SSD. Source 210 has trouble fitting Hyper 212 as well. Locked CPU + Z97 board doesn't make much sense at all either.
3. crossfiring 2 mid-low end cards is asking for trouble. enjoy your microstutter. Also, VRMs on that M5A97 LE R2.0 are gonna be nice and toasty with that 8350 lol.
4. basically the same thing as #3. Heads up R9 270 = 270x with a lower clockspeed.
5. triple channel ram is funny. Also, 3.5gb @ 1440p is going to be fun in newer games and complex CAD stuff as well. Again, Hyper 212 is known to have some issues in the Source 210.
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+1, used monitors tend to go really cheap on craigslist or Goodwill. Otherwise, an IPS 1080p monitor should do just fine.
Since there already a bunch of builds here, I'll just pick a couple that look decent.
Could probably go with a smaller case like the N200. Power supply look okay performance wise. Looks like Okwolf at jonnyguru had an off-one with a broken PCB: http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=405
I also like the builds at the 900-1000 price range from this site.
I was planning on buying reasonably new parts. I would like to be able to play these games at medium settings. The CAD stuff was just an idea. I am a university student and am not doing anything that intensive.
Oh ok, I thought you were going balls deep there. CAD is all done in a GPU anyway so by the time you do get in there you'll be able to afford a beefier card.
H97 because it's a great chipset and will last you until well after you graduate.
Monitor had the most positive reviews and IPS just has the best colors.
i5 because you don't need anything more for gaming and CAD runs on your GPU.
I went with a Hybrid Drive because it's its the best mid range option You can get a 240GB SSD instead for 120-140 dollars ish.
GPU is the best for what you want to do without breaking the bank at the settings you wanted.
PSU leaves room to get that bigger card later on during your school tenure.
And I didn't include mail in rebates because you'll just end up overpaying and you can only use the cards buying certain things instead of just keeping the money.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($212.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Rosewill RCX-Z300 CPU Cooler ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($91.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($69.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card ($233.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.89 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($159.00 @ B&H)
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Mouse: Gigabyte GM-M6800 Wired Optical Mouse ($14.77 @ Newegg)
Total: $966.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-14 21:24 EDT-0400
Option 2 added the peripherals.
Left some wiggle room for a r9 390. within your budget if you so choose. Or a mechanical keyboard.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($191.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Rosewill RCX-Z300 CPU Cooler ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card ($233.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.89 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($159.00 @ B&H)
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard ($11.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Mouse: Gigabyte GM-M6800 Wired Optical Mouse ($14.77 @ Newegg)
Total: $915.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-14 13:49 EDT-0400
CPU - Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor - $259.99 B&H
CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-L9i 57.5 CFM CPU Cooler - $42.49 OutletPC
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard - $115.99 SuperBiiz
Memory - Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory - $56.99 Newegg
Storage - Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive - $51.99 NCIX US
Storage - Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive - $45.89 OutletPC
Video Card - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 4GB Video Card - $149.99-$20.00+$4.99=$134.98 Newegg
Case - Antec ISK600 Mini ITX Tower Case - $49.99-$15.00=$34.99 NCIX US
Power Supply - Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply - $83.99 Directron
Monitor - AOC I2269VW 60Hz 21.5" Monitor - $99.99 Best Buy
Keyboard - Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse - $26.99 NCIX US
Base Total: $984.29
Mail-in Rebates: -$35.00
Shipping: $4.99
Total: $954.28
and then save your money, get a gf 970 or 980 and sell the 750
:edit: can anyone spot my ocd?
This is all I have so far:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9XDggs
I haven't chosen a SSD nor finalized the peripherals, nor the video card. I wanted two monitors and reasonably priced parts (hence no Intel). The case was futuristic with a side panel; which is something I definitely wanted. The 16GB was because I wanted enough RAM to last me for some years to come, and it seemed like a great price.
8320e will allows you to save money, apparently the new non k sky-lake parts have dropped and are pretty good, so you can probably squeeze one of the I5s in on a lower chipset board for the same and get way better performance.
If you could afford a hasswell or skylake i5, without sacreficing on a gpu.
then i would definitely recommend it.
I was leaning more towards this. I decided on the i5 since it was only a little past in price, and the extra RAM and GPU would last me a while and allow for further upgrades regarding a monitor. The PC parts picker was lacking more parts as I went on, so I had to resort to using GDrive:
if you want the ability of overclocking then the 4690K would ofc be a good choice.
paired with a R9-390 it should be a beast of a setup.
If you could find a better spec´d Z97 motherboard at MC would be nice.