Guys, since you are so beautiful and I trust your opinions that much, would you mind giving me a little piece of advice on a new PC I'm looking to build? I know there's a separate thread for that, but I think you are smarter and funnier (don't tell them that, though!)
I have two rigs in mind. These are the specs for the weakest one:
- CPU: Intel i5 4690K 3.5GHz, 6M cache
- Graphics card: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G 4GB
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H
- RAM: 2x Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR3 8GB 1866 (16GB total)
- Case: Thermaltake Versa I Black, 600W PSU
- Monitor: LG 23" 23MP55HQ-P
- HDD: WD Caviar Green SATA3 2TB
And this is the best one I can (barely) afford:
- CPU: Intel i7 4790K 4GHz, 8M cache
- Graphics card: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G 4GB
- Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB3.1
- RAM: 2x Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR3 8GB 1866 (16GB total)
- Case: Thermaltake Versa I Black, 600W PSU
- Monitor: LG 23" 23MP55HQ-P
- HDD: 2x WD Caviar Green SATA3 2TB (4TB total, maybe put them in RAID 0?)
I know the Caviar Green HDDs are slow, but a Caviar Black of a similar capacity is way too expensive. I'd rather go with more storage size than speed here.
I'm not going to post prices because they are crazy expensive in Argentina, so there's really no point comparing the cost here with that from other (better) countries. What I'd like to know is if any of these PCs are good enough to justify spending so much, and if you think they'll last me a while (maybe not at max graphical settings, but at least with a decent performance at 1080p).