What do you recommend for PC components?

Question

I m looking to buy some parts to build myself a PC that is to be used for gaming. I set my budget at $1,300 but I m not looking to achieve "Ultra" graphics, just enough to run games on "High" and run other programs like emulators and video editors smoothly. I already know I want an Intel Core i7-6700K processor but the other components I have no definitive decision on. I've done the research to see what specific specs will be needed for the other components to run a gaming PC but I'm wanting to know what brand and/or model would work best for me. I was also advised to have it built with two operating systems, Windows 10 for gaming and Linux for general purpose.

Answer 1

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i7-6700k: It's a current-gen quad-core so it's great for gaming. The hyperthreading will also make it great for video editing.



Cryorig H7: One of the best CPU coolers available. It's out of stock pretty much everywhere on the Internet right now but when it comes back in stock it will be available for the price I manually put in.



Asus Z170-A: The most popular Z170 motherboard. It supports M.2 if you want to upgrade to a really fast SSD like a Samsung 950 or the not-yet-released 960. Comes with 3 SATA cables so you can connect up to 3 internal storage devices without buying any extra cables.



Kingston Fury DDR4-2400 2x8 GB: It's 16 GB RAM that fits the color scheme and is from the most reliable brand. Not much else to ask for.



A-Data SP550 240 GB: The best budget-oriented SSD. It will make any program installed on it (I recommend OS and your video editing software) run a lot faster.



Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 7200 RPM HDD: Lots of storage for your games and videos. WD has slightly lower failure rates but their multi-TB drives are either really expensive or really slow. Seagate's 3 TB drive is only a little more expensive but has a significantly higher failure rate. If you want more storage just buy 2 of these.



EVGA GTX 1070 SC: Great graphics card overall. It can easily handle 1080p at well over 60 FPS or 1440p at 60 FPS. EVGA's customer support is the best in the industry.



NZXT S340 White: It looks cool, everything will fit in it, and it fits the color scheme. Can't ask for much else.



EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W: Fully modular, enough wattage for overclocking and/or upgrading, and Tom's Hardware recently rated it as one of the most reliable and efficient power supplies you can get.

Answer 2

I'd set up the hard drives in RAID 5 for redundancy and speed (total size 4TB). As the speed of your storage has a major effect on many video editing tasks, ie rendering. You are better off with RAID 5 than a single drive and your budget is not enough for a large SSD. The RAID 5 array will also speed up game load times. You enable RAID in the BIOS then reboot and you'll see a separate Intel Boot loader to configure your RAID.



This would make for a great build for video editing and gaming. The GTX 1060 6GB will max out games at 1920x1080 and do fairly well at 2560x1440.

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If you are also interested in 3D animation. You may want to consider the Radeon Rx 480 8GB. Depending on the application it can outperform the GTX 1060. Really for all uses they are pretty close so get whichever company you prefer.

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If you find 16GB a little tight for video editing. You can upgrade the motherboard to 32GB.

Answer 3

you could run everything on ultra on a building using half your budget, so thats not the issue.



Raid? seriously who uses that still? The brand of the actual components makes very little difference, ie gigabyte, msi, asus.



really even video card, 1060 and a 480 preform and cost very similar. some individual software might run better on one than the other, but overall are pretty even.

Answer 4

"I was also advised to have it built with two operating systems, Windows 10 for gaming and Linux for general purpose."



that's stupid



you can download

libreoffice for Windows 10 and have a fully free office suite

you can use chrome or firefox for browsing

gimp is a great free alternative for paintshop and also works on windows 10



look at twitch and watch people live stream games

they all use windows

they live stream games and upload clips to youtube



linux is great, but there is no need for two operating systems



go here and read and ask some questions

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildmeapc/



https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcforme/



https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/

Answer 5

This: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Dctfpb