New Gaming Computer I7

[PumpMd]

Check it out, I dropped it off yesterday for the person but I haven't got to play around with it yet to see what $1900 gets you these days.

 

[Dilan]

Not as much as it used to. Budget hardware keeps up more than it ever has with mid-high end hardware so the law of diminishing returns is pretty strong. Of course I still like to get at least mid end video cards just because the fans are more reliable. My R9 270X is still keeping up with new games with a i5 4690k. I had about $700 into it until my FX-6300 and the AS-rock motherboard fried so I wanted to see what the Intel hype was about (prior every computer I built was AMD), now it's up to $1,200.

 

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[PumpMd]

I have a Dell studio 8100 with i5-750 and 8GB of DDR 1333 Kingston memory that can work at 1600Mhz too. It did have a gtx260 video card but I upgraded it to a gtx650 Ti Boost along with a 550 power supply. I bought it used 3-4yrs ago for $250 (good price) but it was suppose to have 8GB of DDR 1333 already in it. I have $500-550 into my computer but I sold 2 other computers that I put together with extra parts for $175. Last game I played on it was Diablo III & StarCraft II and it ran everything at the highest settings with no problems. I've been out of the loop on video games for a few years now. My kids took over my PS4 as well.

 

[darryle]

Well, there are i7 computer that cost less than $1900 and have good performance even in games.

 

[IM3rcy]

i buy

Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3

Intel® Core™ i7-6700K

RAM
Kingston HyperX 16GB [2x 8GB]

GeForce GTX 960 4GB

SSD Intel 540 - 240 GB

 

[PumpMd]

This is what I put in that computer:

• COOLER MASTER HAF Series 922, No PSU, ATX, Black, Mid Tower Case
• CORSAIR CX Series CX600M 600W, 80 PLUS Bronze, Semi Modular, ATX Power Supply
• ASUS Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard
• INTEL Core i7-4790K Quad-Core 4.0 - 4.4GHz TB, HD Graphics 4600, LGA 1150, 8MB L3 Cache, DDR3 / DDR3L, 22nm, 88W, Retail Processor
• 2 x KINGSTON 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) HyperX Fury DDR3 1600MHz, PC3-12800, CL10 (10-10-10) 1.5V, Non-ECC, Red, DIMM Memory
• ASUS GeForce GTX 970 TURBO-GTX970-OC-4GD5, 1088 - 1228MHz, 4GB GDDR5 256-Bit, PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card
• SAMSUNG 250GB 850 EVO 2280, 540 / 500 MB/s, 3D V-NAND, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2 SSD
• SEAGATE 2TB Barracuda ST2000DM001, 7200 RPM, SATA 6Gb/s, 64MB cache, 3.5-Inch, OEM HDD
• ASUS BW-16D1HT, BD 16x / DVD 16x / CD 48x, Blu-ray Disc Burner, SATA, 5.25-Inch, Black, Retail Optical Drive
• ASUS DRW-24B3ST, DVD 24x / CD 48x, DVD-Writer, SATA, 5.25-Inch, Black, Retail Optical Drive
• SILVERSTONE SST-FP37, Internal, 3.5" Bay, 1x USB 3.0, Black Retail Card Reader
• Standard Wiring with Precision Cable Routing and Tie-Down
• ACRONIS True Image 2016 - 1 Computer - Download
• MICROSOFT Windows 10 Home - 64-bit - OEM
• Silver Warranty Package (3 Year Limited Parts, Life-Time Labor Warranty)

I was wanting a few more upgrades towards overclocking for that price.

 

[PumpMd]

Well, there are i7 computer that cost less than $1900 and have good performance even in games.

You are correct but he wanted it built this way.