What is the best computer build with a price limit of $1000?
I currently have an outdated Alienware and I really don't want another one, yet I see so many mixed opinions on custom builds I can't come to a solution.
>Alienware
Dude, ayyy lmao.
>>52044729
4690k gtx970 8gb ddr3 240gb ssd
>>52044776
Why ssd with suck low storage when I could get 1-2tb for the same price/cheaper?
>>52044729
locialincrements.com
>>52044729
Do you enjoy your alienware?
>>52044824
Yes, but I feel like if I were to purchase a new one I would be overpaying for fancy looking parts rather than paying for performance.
>>52044823
Great link, thanks
>>52044836
Well, I know MSI are cheaper(few hundred less); 16GB RAM, 2 TB HDD, 526 GB SSD, i7 Quad Core, etc
>>52044868
I was actually looking at these guys but I have trouble trusting a tawanese company.
>>52044823
>>52044859
http://www.logicalincrements.com/
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>>52044729
>not building a 4k gaming pc
You should probably just kill yourself if you can't afford more than $1k.
>>52044895
Yeah I figured it out haha
>>52044900
I could but I don't need it I just need something that's more future proof than what I currently have >>52044900
>>52044729
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mnrHXL
Locked Skylake chips can be OCed now, so this'll be the same as a 6600k after OCing.
>>52044929
Thanks this link actually helped alot.
>>52044892
Customer support is shit
>>52044929
>$90 on a cooler
>$70 on a case
Just get faster parts.
>>52045139
You do realize the "faster parts" are $200-$300 more expensive, don't you?
The only difference between the locked and unlocked i5 was that you could OC the unlocked one.
Now that you can OC locked i5s, it makes way more sense to put that money towards cooling and OC it to the same speeds for the same performance you would've gotten out of that much more expensive chip.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-locked-intel-cpus-can-now-be-overclocked
Also the Define S is a god tier case. It's a Define R4 with the 5.25" bay removed and the drive bays rearranged for better airflow and cooler compatibility. It being so cheap only adds to how fucking great of a case it is.
>>52045192
So the i7-4770 and 4790 aren't better than i5-6500?
>>52045255
In gaming, no. Not when it's OCed.
>>52045274
WHen OC'ed what do you get another 25% performance gain?
>>52045192
>Now that you can OC locked i5s, it makes way more sense to put that money towards cooling and OC it to the same speeds for the same performance you would've gotten out of that much more expensive chip.
How much are you saving?
Base clock overclocking is also fucking shit and extremely finicky because it overclocks everything. Multiplier overclocking you can separate your cpu/cache/ram clocks individually and fine tune it.
>>52045351
With Skylake CPU OCing all you really gotta worry about is your RAM clocks. The whole reason it's possible now is because it's not affecting as many components as it used to with sandy/ivy/haswell.
>>52045343
Here's an example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWxncqbe1H8
The 6500 can be OCed to the same speed as the 6600k so it'd perform basically the same.
Also keep in mind the 4790k is stock clocked higher than the non-K haswell i7s, so the 4770 and 4790 would be even slower.
>>52044755
Underrated
>>52044819
Because its faster and because you don't need 1tb
>>52045773
Unless he's like me and gives his many VM's no less than 200 GB of HDD space.
>>52044819
Get a 64gb ssd and put the is on there use a diff drive for storage.
>>52044900
Don't kill urself! Hunt eBay and buy something that's not quite topoftheline
>>52045773
He can have both you retard. 1tb drives are $45.
>>52049137
This makes my scrotum tingle.
