Building a gaming pc yo

[Player]

I dont have a single clue about good pc parts and so on. Could someone give me a list for a full build?
That includes everything from screen and keyboard to graphics card and all the other stuff.
Also post links if you can.

Please try to keep it under 2500$ total. Getting an Iphone 5 as well c:

[error.exe]

Trying to keep it under 2500 wouldn't be a problem I guess, since mine was 700 and runs perfect.
I am sure that Caveman can make you a list if he has the time. Or Burning.

[Player]

Trying to keep it under 2500 wouldn't be a problem I guess.

But thats with everything. Keyboard, headset, mouse, screen, case... everything :D
Only the mouse and headset I got in mind will be 200-300$ total.

[Eindbaas]

Don't know how many times I have posted this already but here you go, great config for 1000e:

http://tweakers.net/reviews/3295/4/desktop-best-buy-guide-november-2013-mainstreamgamesysteem.html

[Burning]

His budget I would go with a 290X, he has Â*the money for it and MOAR POWER ;d
or a 780 TI whenever that comes out. Bit better quality motherboard. 750 watt psu if he ever wants to Crossfire/SLI.
What Eindbaas posten is a very good starting point. But with your budget you can up that a bit and still stay under 2000 euros (which is 2500$? Unless you mean 2500Euro, in that case, you will save some :).)

As for monitor
It's a choice, do you want 120hz for competitive FPS gameplay and sacrifice a bit on colors and such. Or do you want to go 1440p resolution IPS, which has beautiful colors and such, but you sacrifice on speed.

I've used both 144hz monitors and 1440p IPS. I can say, IPS is amazing, I think you only notice the speed difference if you are competitive in playing and want to have that edge (judying from your P4F gameplays, you might want that edge, you do have Â*the skill level to notice the different.)

As for keyboard/mouse, Its personal, there are a bunch of good mice out there. I myself use a Corsair K90 mechanical keyboard and a Steelseries Sensei, I have owned some G5 Â*and a Deathadder.

I switched since I am a lefty, and right handed designed mouses hurt my hand over time.
Deathadder broke twice on me, had to RMA it. So I went with a Sensei, couldn't be happier with it. best sensor I've ever used.
But it's on the small side and it's ambidextrous design. So it might not be for everybody. I recommend you go to some hardware/ gaming store and see if they have mouses on display. Here in the netherlands we have he Mediamarkt, which has a bunch of mices up there for you to touch and such. Based on that you can find out what kind of shape/size you like.


I made this little list, I underestimated the cost a bit hehe, but this is a very solid system and I sorta went all out on the Â*1833mhz 16gb ram etc. Can very easily cut on the price without losing much perfromance. This is including a monitor, its the 144hz Asus gaming monitor. If you opt for 1440p, Keep in mind, those are very expensive. (think 500 euros)

PCPartPicker part list (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1XIRg) / Price breakdown by merchant (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1XIRg/by_merchant/) / Benchmarks (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1XIRg/benchmarks/)

CPU: Â*Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54670k) Â*(£174.69 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Â*Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-h100i) Â*(£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Â*MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z87g45gaming) Â*(£109.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Â*Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmz16gx3m2a1866c10) Â*(£125.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Â*Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7te250kw) Â*(£152.66 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Â*Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-stbd2000101) Â*(£111.37 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Â*MSI Radeon R9 290X 4GB Video Card (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9290x4gd5) Â*(£439.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Â*Corsair CC650DW ATX Mid Tower Case (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc650dw) Â*(£129.98 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Â*Corsair 760W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-ax760) Â*(£125.99 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Â*Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/lite-on-optical-drive-ihas124-04) Â*(£12.65 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Â*Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor (http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe) Â*(£277.31 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1748.61 (€2 079.80)
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-05 12:55 GMT+0000)

It's the UK list , because the German one didn't have everything. But you should be able to find this stuff in your country.
Few notes
- Don't know anything about the 290X and which one is best, just put in the MSI one, but I look at Caveman for this.
- This doesn't include a mouse / keyboard / headset / speakers / soundcard if you want any of those.
- Case is personal, I like the 650D. You might not.
- It has 2 8gb sticks of ram instead of 4 x 4 gb. So if you ever want to make 32gb, you could. However, 4x4 gb 1600mhz is cheaper, and the difference is fairly little.

Thats what I just put together, i'll dive into it some more later on. As for now, Cave, MioracleÂ* , feel free to correct me on things etc :)

[Mioracle]

Awesome list Burning!

I second this list all the way! (I do like the Fractal Design R4 Case more though, but personal preference)


If you have time to wait a little, any 3rd party AMD R290X or 3rd party GeForce 780Ti with proper cooling/fans would be the best choice. Will come out in end of November or a bit earlier if we're lucky.
-Edit: 780Ti will come very soon and some crazy overclocked 780 from Gigabyte as well with insane performance, but AMD R290X/R290 from 3rd parties are looking bad... some samples before x-mas and normal availability after New Years is what they say now...

I have not tried any mechanical keyboards, so I can't tell you about them but non-mechanical Corsair G19 is very nice imo. Might be a bit pricey for it's functions though.
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Re-Spawn 3500dpi all the way... best grip/solid performance in the field imo.
Headset: This looks like a beast... Audio-Technica ATH-ADG1 (http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=25385)

[Burning]

As for audio Ive been using my cousins HD555's over the last month and holyshit!!!
I will never go back to anything less ever. You can hear the sound of a grenadepin drop.
It's amazing.

I will be getting some HD558's myself now. I'll use those in combination with a 10 euro Zalman clipmic. I've been using the mic for a while now, works quite well.

I use onboard sound, but for a good quality headphones you should really get a soundcard, something like a Asus Xonar DG/DX/DS
One with a headphone amp.

Also point to note if you want to get a sennheiser HD5X8 serie, you probably need to get the 3.5mm replacement cable, since the default one is 6.3 mm plug, the headphones come with a adapter, but the connection because very bulky.

@Mioracle
Thanks ;D
Never knew the Logitech G19's were mechanical :O

And seriously ,get a mechanical keyboard. aside from the sound that pisses off people on teamspeak if I go into a typing frenzy, they are awesome. I feel like a peasant every time I use a membrane keyboard now ! Â*:lol:

[Mioracle]

As for audio Ive been using my cousins HD555's over the last month and holyshit!!!
I will never go back to anything less ever. You can hear the sound of a grenadepin drop.
It's amazing.

I will be getting some HD558's myself now. I'll use those in combination with a 10 euro Zalman clipmic. I've been using the mic for a while now, works quite well.

I use onboard sound, but for a good quality headphones you should really get a soundcard, something like a Asus Xonar DG/DX/DS
One with a headphone amp.

Also point to note if you want to get a sennheiser HD5X8 serie, you probably need to get the 3.5mm replacement cable, since the default one is 6.3 mm plug, the headphones come with a adapter, but the connection because very bulky.

@Mioracle
Thanks ;D
Never knew the Logitech G19's were mechanical :O

And seriously ,get a mechanical keyboard. aside from the sound that pisses off people on teamspeak if I go into a typing frenzy, they are awesome. I feel like a peasant every time I use a membrane keyboard now ! Â*:lol:

@Burning ÂÂ*Haha, you misinterpreted me.. I meant I can't tell anything about mechanical so a G19 which is not, I can recommend. I edited my post to be clearer, sorry for the confusion. :)

I have the Sennheiser HD595 myself and they are just incredible.
I'm looking around for a mic, have been eyeing the Zalman one, but have read mixed reviews... might reconsider now.

I second getting a dedicated soundcard as well, although after reading up a lot on the Asus Xonar-series I opted out because of horrible drivers which are well documented on their forums and other tech sites.
I ÂÂ*just ordered the Creative Soundblaster Z, which has gotten awesome reviews, has a headphone AMP 600ohm built in, great drivers and software and Macknetic who bought it on my recommendation says that it's even better then what he and I expected.

[Burning]

As for audio Ive been using my cousins HD555's over the last month and holyshit!!!
I will never go back to anything less ever. You can hear the sound of a grenadepin drop.
It's amazing.

I will be getting some HD558's myself now. I'll use those in combination with a 10 euro Zalman clipmic. I've been using the mic for a while now, works quite well.

I use onboard sound, but for a good quality headphones you should really get a soundcard, something like a Asus Xonar DG/DX/DS
One with a headphone amp.

Also point to note if you want to get a sennheiser HD5X8 serie, you probably need to get the 3.5mm replacement cable, since the default one is 6.3 mm plug, the headphones come with a adapter, but the connection because very bulky.

@Mioracle
Thanks ;D
Never knew the Logitech G19's were mechanical :O

And seriously ,get a mechanical keyboard. aside from the sound that pisses off people on teamspeak if I go into a typing frenzy, they are awesome. I feel like a peasant every time I use a membrane keyboard now ! Â*:lol:

@Burning Â*Haha, you misinterpreted me.. I meant I can't tell anything about mechanical so a G19 which is not, I can recommend. I edited my post to be clearer, sorry for the confusion. :)

I have the Sennheiser HD595 myself and they are just incredible.
I'm looking around for a mic, have been eyeing the Zalman one, but have read mixed reviews... might reconsider now.

I second getting a dedicated soundcard as well, although after reading up a lot on the Asus Xonar-series I opted out because of horrible drivers which are well documented on their forums and other tech sites.
I Â*just ordered the Creative Soundblaster Z, which has gotten awesome reviews, has a headphone AMP 600ohm built in, great drivers and software and Macknetic who bought it on my recommendation says that it's even better then what he and I expected.

Nice, thats a bit to pricy for me though. I really do not plan on dropping more than 30 bucks on a soundcard.
As for headphones, I don't know if I should get the HD558's now, or wait till christmas and get a pair of HD201's in the meantime. For regular phone/bike use.

Or just get the HD558's now, Â*get a extentioncord for 3.5mm and use cheap earbuds on the move.
The HD558's will work ,but i will not fully use them without a soundcard I reckon. And I don't have money for both atm.

What do you think?

[RPGforYOU]

Just buy mine for 2000 euro and there you go. :D