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hey everyone this is Greg with science studio we have yet again another intel skylake bill for you only this time we're upping the ante if you're interested in spending a bit more than the I would say bare minimum for an excellent gaming PC then look no further we'll show you here how you can build a gaming PC that can run most titles in 4k Ultra HD for a modest $900 so let's jump right into it at the core of our build is the Intel i5 6500 the CPU that's a part of the new skylake lineup now right off the bat I know what you're thinking why not offer the 6600 K if we're gonna stick with quad-core CPUs well I came to a crossroad here actually and honestly either path you choose will leave you with an epic gaming PC so you can either go with the locked i-5 6500 like we've done here and throw the extra savings into a better GPU or you can opt to settle on a cheaper graphics card for the pricier unlocked I 5 6600 K keep in mind though that if you decide to purchase the 6600 K you will also need to purchase a custom CPU cooler because Intel doesn't supply you with one but that makes sense I mean most stock coolers don't do the job anyway when it comes to keeping an overclocked CPU cool so maybe a Corsair or into the XT liquid cooling unit will likely also need to be purchased just keep that in mind now in our case because the i5 6500 that we're opting for is not unlocked its hefty 3.2 gigahertz quad core architecture will be cooled with the stock Intel fan no problems there following suit with the locked nature of our build is the motherboard and in this case an LG a11 5-1 be 150 MSI gaming board will do the trick since our GPU is locked in immediate upgrades are likely non-existent considering how much we're gonna be spending upfront for our CPU a locked p150 motherboard which only means that you couldn't overclock the CPU even if you wanted to do just fine the nice black and red curb appeal of the board is also quite pleasing to the eye so for the RAM we've chosen the same ddr4 26 66 megahertz Pan Ram 8 gigabyte kit that we chose for a $600 build the memory speed of our RAM unit this point will only produce marginal returns in the form of frames per second we don't recommend paying a premium for super overclocked RAM and so you've ventured into i7 territory the law of diminishing returns just plays too great a role here we've gone with an Intel 535 series SSD for boot drive and a Seagate Barracuda one terabyte hard disk drive for general storage the Intel 535 packs quite a punch boasting 540 megabits per second of sequential reading speeds and 490 megabits per second of writing speeds if you're still doubtful about the benefits of switching over to an SSD even at least for the sake of a boot drive let this graph persuade you otherwise compared here are the Photoshop cs6 and Adobe Reader 11 opening times on both a 7200 RPM hard disk drive which are barracuda is and a micro SATA SSD which are Intel 535 is expect your boot and file loading times to be cut in half with this SSD we've chosen for the graphics card the gigabyte geforce gtx 970 takes our cake sporting roughly 4 gigabytes of vram and an overclocked core speed of twelve hundred and fifty three megahertz this beast of a card will run most titles in 4k at a modest 30 FPS if that won't cut it for you downgrade to 1080p gaming and enjoy superfluid FPS rates approaching 80 to 100 FPS for most titles gigabytes a windforce edition of this card packs a three fan punch as well for optimal cooling and quiet gameplay you'll also have access to two DVI ports three display ports and an added HDMI port so just let that sink in for you who want four monitors display it all at once no problem here so in light of our heavy-duty graphics card you might be thinking wow I'm going to need a sizable power supply to feel all of these next parts right well wrong our Intel 6500 has a load wattage rating of 95 watts combined with our nine 70s 310 watt draw under load our system will likely only require around 500 watts of power at peak demand using my simple power supply calculator 500 watts times the safety factor of 1 point 5 equals 750 watts which leads us to the power supply we've chosen an EVGA supernova 750 watt 80 plus bronze certified power supply not only will it's bronze rating save you a few bucks every month on your power bill this version of the PSU sports a semi modular interface meaning that you'll only need to hook up extra cables if you need them NCIX is deal after a $20 mail-in rebate is $64.99 and arguably irrefutable price now as we've said before the case to any build is likely the most objective piece as well we chose the NZXT source 210 black in color and sporting a nice window on its side so that you know you can peek at all the goodies any case with the reasonable airflow should do as long as it's an ATX mid tower size or above that supports full ATX motherboards don't worry about finding a case with radiator mounting support as it would be absolutely absurd to liquid cool this log cpu it just doesn't make sense so with all the parts now listed what's our grand total so not including shipping of which the case is likely the only culprit should you desire that free shipping option on the other parts listed in this build the total price for this competitive gaming computer is nine hundred and twelve dollars and sixty six cents now we should note there aren't too many extra corners you can cut here sure you can opt for a cheaper graphics card but you've been doing your quad core processor and injustice and much in the same way settling for an i3 or AMD FX CPU will likely bottleneck your gtx 970 and while you could opt for slightly cheaper ram will make the case that the extra ten dollars for faster memory is worth the additional or FPS and games so that about wraps things up Black Friday and Cyber Monday are lurking in this series of videos is meant to inspire you really to build your own PC this holiday season and there's really no better time to purchase the required parts than now so thanks for sticking around and stay tuned for our highest budget gaming PC build featuring the Intel Core i7 6700 K and a crazy fast GPU but if you're a bit more budget conscious and concerned about saving money to spend elsewhere check out our previous budget bills for $600 a modest price indeed this is signed studio thanks for learning with us