Best PC setup march 2018 ca.1500$

in pc •  7 years ago  (edited)

This PC is a beast! You should be able to play every game with the best graphics settings and stil get stable 60 fps.
FPS in game: (all tests in 1080p)
Battelfield 1: avg. 158fps
Far cry primal: avg. 107fps
GTA V: avg. 140fps
Rise of the tomb raider: avg. 110fps
The Witscher 3: avg. 90fps

CPU: Intel core I5 8600k
On of the best I5 CPUs available. The standard clock speed is 3.6GHZ but you can overclock it.

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 HD3P
A Motherboard for the newest Intel CPU generation with all needed connections. 4 DDR4 ram bridges, 2 x16 PCIe lanes and a cooled M2 slot

Memory: Crucial Ballistic Sport LT
16gb of really fast 2400mhz ddr4 ram

Storage: Crucial mx500 250gb SSD, Toshiba 2tb 7200rpm HDD
One of the fastest SATA ssd's available and a pretty good HDD.

Video Card: GTX 1080Mini 8gb
The Video Card prices right now are as bad as never before! So its not recommended to buy a new high end video card right now!
The gtx 1080Mini is not the fastest gtx 1080 but its a really small one and wont get as loud as the full sized one.

Case: Fractal Design C with Window
A pretty good looking Case with a window and enough space for good cable management.

PSU: be quiet! straight power 11 - 650W 80+ Gold Certified
A modular PSU with enough power to run the PC.

All parts at:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VwRD3b

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