Build of the Month – Gaming PC

Welcome to our build of the month for March 2016!

This month we’ve built a custom Gaming PC catered to a set budget.  Most of the parts were featured in CPU Magazine and we were able to get parts in quick and easy with Amazon Prime.

Here’s the build:

WD Black 2TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive – 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch – WD2003FZEX

Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

$126.54

Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM)

Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

$149.99

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32GB Kit (8GBx4) DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) DIMM 288-Pin Desktop Memory BLS4K8G4D240FSB

Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

$164.99

Corsair Gaming K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Aircraft-Grade Aluminum (CH-9000115-NA)

Sold by: RackGo

$129.68

ASUS STRIX Radeon R9 390 Overclocked 8 GB DDR5 512-bit DisplayPort HDMI 1.4a DVI-I Gaming Graphics Card

Sold by: OutletPC

$414.00

EVGA SuperNOVA 850 B2 80+ BRONZE, 850W Semi Modular NVIDIA SLI and Crossfire Ready 5 Year Warranty Power Supply 110-B2-0850-V1

Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

$84.99

Corsair Hydro Series High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler H60

Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

$59.99

Intel Boxed Core I5-6600K 3.50 GHz, 6 M Processor Cache 6 for LGA 1151 (BX80662I56600K)

Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

$249.99

AeroCool Aero-1000 Cases Aero-1000 White Black

Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

$95.40

MSI Computer Motherboard Micro ATX DDR4 LGA 1151 Z170M MORTAR

Sold by: Brooklyn Parkway

$121.03

For a total of : $1,561.29 (keyboard is optional)

 

After getting the PC built, we decided to overclock the CPU from 3.5oGHz to 4.0GHz and the RAM from 2400 to 2600 making them faster and able plow through anything for this build.

 

Below are pictures for this build, for more information about about building your own PC, overclocking or any of this information about this parts used in this build, feel free to stop on by our shop!

 

We’ll be happy to help you roll out your next gaming build, built to your custom needs!