New rig 2015!

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Budget ~$2,000. Early bday + X'mas gift from wife!

Asus Maximus VIII Gene, Intel Skylake i5-6600 
$676

G.Skill RipJaws-V 2400MHz CL15 
$219 (on hindsight, maybe should have gotten the 2666 version, sweet spot according to this)

Asus GTX970 Strix DC II 4GB OC DDR5 
$619

Samsung 850 EVO 250gb 
$169


Thermaltake T.Power 750W 80+ Gold
$160

Fractal Design Node 804 
$149 

Monitor: I2367FH 23-inch IPS Monitor
$235

Logitech G105
$65

Total damage: $2,290. Assembled on Nov 7, 2015

Comments

  1. BlueNovember 12, 2015 at 10:23 AM

    Nice rig but i think should throw in 200ish for a bigger 27inch monitor. or get another same monitor side by side. checking some video etc while playing game is great :)
    I have been doing a lot of tech reading last few years.. haha, but resisted the urge to upgrade my old rig since I have not been gaming as much.
    Maybe next year :)

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  2. VimsDecember 14, 2015 at 5:17 PM

    Did consider 27", but I'm not willing to run 1080p on 27" vs running it on 24". Price-performance sweet spot isn't quite here yet for going 1440p on 27", imho.

    Also not enough space on desk for a larger monitor.

    Ya, if not playing games, not much point to update rig.

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