Yep, looking to build my first gaming rig hopefully within the next few months, within the $800 - $1000 range without monitors or peripherals. Decided to go to r/buildapc for some help on this, and wound up with this about a week an a half ago (the price of the whole thing seems to have gone up by about $90 since I originally did this): http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GWYZWZ
To specify what I'm looking for in a PC, I'm wanting a rig that can run most modern games at least 1080p 60fps on medium settings, with 120fps being ideal. I'm also wanting to do a duel monitor setup, which ties into the choice of GPU since I have a preference for HDMI (can be used on virtually all TV's, though multiple HDMI ports isn't a necessity). Lastly, a Blu-Ray Drive and Wi-Fi capabilities are a must, though writing to Blu-Ray discs isn't at all necessary. With that said, what do you all think of this build idea, and are there any improvements you would suggest?
Off Topic: One last thing, are their any thin Mechanical Keyboards anyone could recommend? I'm so used to being on a laptop that large, spaced-out keys would feel weird to me. This one's not a big deal, but I'm curious nonetheless. Volume buttons would be a must, though.
UPDATE: After hearing a lot of recommendations here, I've made several improvements to the list and this is the current rig I'm looking at now. Please feel free to give me any more recommendations on how I could improve this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8J4DmG
A lot of people are questioning the ridiculous amount of thermal paste, since it's at least 50 times more than I need for building any sort of rig. My reason for it is simply me wanting to have a bunch around for any and all future uses, as I could see that much paste lasting me a very long time and can be used to help others that I know build computers as well. It's not meant to all be used on this one rig (that would be as ludicrous as you all are pointing out XD).
UPDATE #2: Several more improvements made to the rig, including dropping the absurd amount of thermal paste for something more reasonable and of a higher quality, as well as downgrading the Blu-Ray drive for a regular DVD / CD drive instead. Doing that opened up the budget for a 60gb SSD, though that could be dropped for a better GPU if needed. Current parts list is here, and please keep the recommendations coming!: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4n6XhM
UPDATE #3: I've come up with an alternative build, thanks to the recommendations of [user]Adam Jensen[/user]. I'm not writing off the above build, but am curious how this new one compares to it. Unfortunately, it's quite likely that the SSD will have to go on this rig, since it pushes the budget more than I like. It's still there for now, though, and does having that 970 that everyone keeps talking about so much.
Anyways, how does this look and what's it like compared to Update #2's rig?: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TNvVLk
UPDATE #4: New Intel rig that runs a i5-4590, courtesy of [user]pokepuke[/user]. Still looking at the fx-8320 rig as well, but the i5-4590 does seem like a notably better processor. Unfortunately, the latter rig involves removing the SSD outright as well as dropping from a 600w PSU to a 500w one instead. Anyways, feel free to compare the rigs as well as giving me any more advice that you come up with. Thanks again, everyone!
AMD FX-8320 build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FfdXhM
Intel i5-4590 build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TrgwCJ
To specify what I'm looking for in a PC, I'm wanting a rig that can run most modern games at least 1080p 60fps on medium settings, with 120fps being ideal. I'm also wanting to do a duel monitor setup, which ties into the choice of GPU since I have a preference for HDMI (can be used on virtually all TV's, though multiple HDMI ports isn't a necessity). Lastly, a Blu-Ray Drive and Wi-Fi capabilities are a must, though writing to Blu-Ray discs isn't at all necessary. With that said, what do you all think of this build idea, and are there any improvements you would suggest?
Off Topic: One last thing, are their any thin Mechanical Keyboards anyone could recommend? I'm so used to being on a laptop that large, spaced-out keys would feel weird to me. This one's not a big deal, but I'm curious nonetheless. Volume buttons would be a must, though.
UPDATE: After hearing a lot of recommendations here, I've made several improvements to the list and this is the current rig I'm looking at now. Please feel free to give me any more recommendations on how I could improve this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8J4DmG
A lot of people are questioning the ridiculous amount of thermal paste, since it's at least 50 times more than I need for building any sort of rig. My reason for it is simply me wanting to have a bunch around for any and all future uses, as I could see that much paste lasting me a very long time and can be used to help others that I know build computers as well. It's not meant to all be used on this one rig (that would be as ludicrous as you all are pointing out XD).
UPDATE #2: Several more improvements made to the rig, including dropping the absurd amount of thermal paste for something more reasonable and of a higher quality, as well as downgrading the Blu-Ray drive for a regular DVD / CD drive instead. Doing that opened up the budget for a 60gb SSD, though that could be dropped for a better GPU if needed. Current parts list is here, and please keep the recommendations coming!: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4n6XhM
UPDATE #3: I've come up with an alternative build, thanks to the recommendations of [user]Adam Jensen[/user]. I'm not writing off the above build, but am curious how this new one compares to it. Unfortunately, it's quite likely that the SSD will have to go on this rig, since it pushes the budget more than I like. It's still there for now, though, and does having that 970 that everyone keeps talking about so much.
Anyways, how does this look and what's it like compared to Update #2's rig?: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TNvVLk
UPDATE #4: New Intel rig that runs a i5-4590, courtesy of [user]pokepuke[/user]. Still looking at the fx-8320 rig as well, but the i5-4590 does seem like a notably better processor. Unfortunately, the latter rig involves removing the SSD outright as well as dropping from a 600w PSU to a 500w one instead. Anyways, feel free to compare the rigs as well as giving me any more advice that you come up with. Thanks again, everyone!
AMD FX-8320 build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FfdXhM
Intel i5-4590 build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TrgwCJ
