Building a pc. $1500 budget

[keanu2805]

I plan on building a new pc for mostly gaming with a $1500 budget. The pc will also be used for basic student activities, assignments, etc. I want my pc to be able to run new games such as crysis 2 and shogun 2:total war on at least medium settings but would prefer high. I am also planning on playing battlefield 3 and the witcher 2 when they are released. All my parts will be purchased online and i have no brand preferences. I already own a monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc. my monitor has a resolution of 1920x1080. I plan on building my pc in the next month or two. Please list the components or the pc you would build if you had my budget and preferences. P.S i'm new to this site, hope i covered everything you need, thanks 😛

 

[Farmer]

You don't need that much money to achieve your requirements if you already have a monitor. $1000 should be more than enough for SB Core i5 2500K + 8GB RAM + GTX560/HD6950 + SSD

 

[Doclife]

I'd pick the following components for a quality system, reasonably priced and way less than your $1500 budget.


Intel i5-2500K CPU - $224.99 (FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115073

GIGABYTE GA-P67A-D3-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - $114.99 + $7.56 shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128487

ZALMAN CNPS5X SZ 92mm Hydraulic CPU Cooler - $14.99 (after $15 Rebate, FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118090

G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) - $69.99 (FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231416

XFX HD-695X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6950 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express - $209.99 (After $30 Rebate, FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150523

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal HDD - $64.99 (FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152185

SeaSonic S12II 520 520W Bronze ATX12V - $72.98 (Shipping included)
http://www.chiefvalue.com/product-_-...00159127010060

SAMSUNG SH-222AB DVD Burner - $20.99 (FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151233

COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $49.99 (After $10 Rebate, FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119233

Total : $851.46 ($906.46 if you don't do rebate)

If you live near a MicroCenter store, you can buy the i5-2500K there for $180+tax instead of the $225 on Newegg.
If you want a better quality, quiet, minimum dust in the case, and good airflow case, take a look at Antec P183.

 

[mfenn]

I'd pick the following components for a quality system, reasonably priced and way less than your $1500 budget.


Intel i5-2500K CPU - $224.99 (FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115073

GIGABYTE GA-P67A-D3-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - $114.99 + $7.56 shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128487

ZALMAN CNPS5X SZ 92mm Hydraulic CPU Cooler - $14.99 (after $15 Rebate, FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118090

G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) - $69.99 (FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231416

XFX HD-695X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6950 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express - $209.99 (After $30 Rebate, FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150523

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal HDD - $64.99 (FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152185

SeaSonic S12II 520 520W Bronze ATX12V - $72.98 (Shipping included)
http://www.chiefvalue.com/product-_-...00159127010060

SAMSUNG SH-222AB DVD Burner - $20.99 (FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151233

COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $49.99 (After $10 Rebate, FS)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119233

Total : $851.46 ($906.46 if you don't do rebate)

If you live near a MicroCenter store, you can buy the i5-2500K there for $180+tax instead of the $225 on Newegg.
If you want a better quality, quiet, minimum dust in the case, and good airflow case, take a look at Antec P183.

Looks good to me! :thumbsup:

 

[aphelion02]

Extremely good build from doclife; I think if you look for some of those items like the mobo / ram /cpu in combos you can even shave $20-$30 more off the price.

I just want to add that if you need windows 7; you can get the student discount here: http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/windows/buynow/default.aspx . If you are an Engineering student, you can often get it for free if your school has an msdnn program though.

 

[aphelion02]

Here's a higher budget build sincd doclife covered the budget option so well

i5-2500k + EVGA Superclocked gtx 570

Gigabyte UD3 Mobo + Corsair Vengeance

Xigmatek Balder HSF

Crucial C300 120gb

Coolermaster HAF X + Samsung Spinpoint F4 2tb

XFX P1-650X PSU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136236

Use Promocodes : EMCKFHB23 , EMCKFHH39

Total: $1,355.90 - $110MIR = $1245.90