-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
"I Need a New PC!" 2015 Part 2. Read the OP. Rocking 2500K's until HBM2 and beyond.
- Thread starter Hazaro
- Start date
- Status
I'd go with the first one. Even though the second one has a faster CPU and RAM, higher SSD, the first one has a significantly better graphics card, and assuming you're going to use it primarily for gaming. Rig #2 can be overkill in some aspects and you'd rather want a better GPU.
I would go for the first one with the GTX 970. Only because it is better than the 960. Also you can overclock the CPU to 4.5-4.7ghz. You may want to add an HDD though for whichever option you choose. Both SSD's are low on memory especially for a PC. Depending on your needs.
Thanks. I will look into it properly when I have assembled the PC. I'm glad there's some parental control.
Highly advise not buying either when i already gave a much better build here, with proper quality parts from a reputable reseller. You are paying £100 more for tacky case, crap power supply, and sub optimal SSD, plus the added bonus of having a massive ATX tower when its not needed anymore.
Just so you know, when they say "saving £500" that is complete bullshit.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=188933735&postcount=8187
Black Pewter
Member
Comments on this build? I got everything there in my current except the mobo and the GPU, and the CPU I've already purchased but don't have yet. only added the old stuff to see wattage/compatibility.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/D3f2vK
But yeah, 100+ fps at 1080p/60fps andK for PS2 games and 60fps ultra at 1080p on current games should be achievable easily right?
Posted a few times here and you guys are always helpful so thanks in advance.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/D3f2vK
But yeah, 100+ fps at 1080p/60fps andK for PS2 games and 60fps ultra at 1080p on current games should be achievable easily right?
Posted a few times here and you guys are always helpful so thanks in advance.
Get a Z series board if your getting a K series chip unless you are 100% never going to overclock. Otherwise H or B series board and non K chip.
Don't cheap out on the ram for a few quid, get 1600mhz CAS 9 not CAS 11 (that's actually like 1333mhz CAS9...).
Try get a seasonic g series power supply or coolermaster vs 550. These mid end corsair units are on the just OK side now, not like they used to be built.
REMAINSILLY
Member
I did it. I ordered post-2009 PC parts! They're kinda budget, but the new mobo leaves room for upgradability. Replacing my first gen i5, I ordered the Pentium Anniversary CPU and a highly rated Gigabyte motherboard. Gonna pair them with my GTX 960 and 12 GB of DDR3 RAM and play games in 1080p at 60(ish) FPS!
Should run well, will you overclock the G3258?
REMAINSILLY
Member
Yep! I have a Cooler Master Hyper T4 heatsink from my current build. I know the CPU is just a dual core, but I've seen so many good things about it.
Thank you guys for your help, just wanted anyones suggestion!!!
Mr. Wonderful
Member
So how is high DPI support on Windows 10 these days? Considering replacing my old 1440p 27" IPS with a 4K panel.
Don't notice any issue on my 28" 4K gsync.
BIGWORM
Member
Trying to avoid shipping and restocking fees, which would be ~$15 less than what I bought them for. I got an old coworker that's showing interest. We'll see what happens next week when he supposedly has the money.
manfestival
Member
question on tweaking the build you suggested. I was considering keeping my 600GB HDD(7200 but it is a little old and will eventually get replaced) and getting a SSD to add on to give me more space and better performance. Also I may be better off keeping my current RAM ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311 ) too. What are your thoughts? One factor will lower my overall cost and the other I believe will dramatically affect my performance till my tax return (which I will probably drop another 300+ on just a GPU). What are your thoughts on these moves?
RibbedHero
Member
Hey all, I'm planning to build a SFF PC that I can lug around as I travel a lot for work for several weeks at a time (consultant).
Could anyone help me with a small form factor build? Size and portability are important. I was looking at the Silverstone RVZ01B, but not committed to it.
Your Current Specs: N/A
Budget: £600 +/- £100
Main Use: Gaming 5 Light Gaming 4 General Use 2
Monitor Resolution: 1200p
List SPECIFIC games or applications that you MUST be able to run well: 30 fps acceptable, 60fps ideally for older games. Able to play GTA V and FO4 at medium settings ideally.
Looking to reuse any parts?:No
When will you build?: By mid-January
Will you be overclocking?: Unlikely, as it's a small form factor build and won't have great thermal headroom/cooling I assume.
Could anyone help me with a small form factor build? Size and portability are important. I was looking at the Silverstone RVZ01B, but not committed to it.
Your Current Specs: N/A
Budget: £600 +/- £100
Main Use: Gaming 5 Light Gaming 4 General Use 2
Monitor Resolution: 1200p
List SPECIFIC games or applications that you MUST be able to run well: 30 fps acceptable, 60fps ideally for older games. Able to play GTA V and FO4 at medium settings ideally.
Looking to reuse any parts?:No
When will you build?: By mid-January
Will you be overclocking?: Unlikely, as it's a small form factor build and won't have great thermal headroom/cooling I assume.
My front audio jack is giving me a lot of crackling noises. I first noticed it in a game, but it happens in general.
I checked to make sure that the audio cable was correctly connected, and I even uninstalled the drives to see if the default windows ones would still have an issue.
I'm not sure what could be wrong.
I have the Asus Hero VIII and the Phanteks EVOLV ATX case.
I found a lot of crackling issues online, but no resolutions. ><
I checked to make sure that the audio cable was correctly connected, and I even uninstalled the drives to see if the default windows ones would still have an issue.
I'm not sure what could be wrong.
I have the Asus Hero VIII and the Phanteks EVOLV ATX case.
I found a lot of crackling issues online, but no resolutions. ><
BIGWORM
Member
Get any crackling via the direct I/O ports in the back of the sound card?
so i was planning on buying a mini atx pc with skylake. what the best mobo i could get? i just want it to be future proof, my last pc was a i7 860 that i bought in '09.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3128844&cm_re=lga_1151-_-13-128-844-_-Product will this be ok?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3128844&cm_re=lga_1151-_-13-128-844-_-Product will this be ok?
Coreda
Member
Static interference? I experienced this with my own case (wrote a little about it in a guide last year). Some re-arrange their cabling and use electrical tape to insulate the audio board which fixes it in some cases. For me the rear audio out is still the only clean output I can achieve in my build.
That board shouldn't have a problem like that. If suggestions already posted don't help, mobo should allow reassigning jacks, see if the issue persists by using the mic jack after you swap the jack functions.
Can anyone lend his or her expertise on this build I am looking at?
Currently have listed
Intel Core I7 5820X,
Evga GTX 980 Ti Hybrid,
Samsung E 500GB 850 EVO SSD and 1TB WD
Corsair graphite 730t,
Windows 10,
Blue ray writer,
Question!!!
4x8GB DDR4 2400 ram (is there a certain one anyone suggest I get?)
What heat sink would you recommend?
Asus X99Pro or Asus X99S?
For antivirus ESET or Malwarebytes for antivirus or other suggestion?
I was told to get an EVGA 1000wW supernova (I was told its over kill, which smaller power supply you guys suggest?)
Currently have listed
Intel Core I7 5820X,
Evga GTX 980 Ti Hybrid,
Samsung E 500GB 850 EVO SSD and 1TB WD
Corsair graphite 730t,
Windows 10,
Blue ray writer,
Question!!!
4x8GB DDR4 2400 ram (is there a certain one anyone suggest I get?)
What heat sink would you recommend?
Asus X99Pro or Asus X99S?
For antivirus ESET or Malwarebytes for antivirus or other suggestion?
I was told to get an EVGA 1000wW supernova (I was told its over kill, which smaller power supply you guys suggest?)
You didn't answer any of the questions we asked when you posted a page ago.
Am sorry, the 130 and other misc charges was to have the store build it and put a warranty on some of those parts from Microcenter like the other person noticed. Not sure if i really need an anti virus and like you said about the power supply which one would you suggest?? ( Thank you in advance)
ClutchAnderson
Member
So I just bought a Gigabyte G1 980 Ti but I'm currently gaming on my Sony 47" W802A should I have waited until I went with a 4K Monitor/TV? I'm upgrading from a HD7950 and wanted to play the latest games at 60fps.
For reference I'm running an i5 3570K @ 4.2GHz and 8GB of RAM
For reference I'm running an i5 3570K @ 4.2GHz and 8GB of RAM
No, the back seems fine.
I plugged in the headphones into the front mic jack and noticed that the audio level is lower, but that there is no crackling. Maybe the amplification levels are really messed up for the headphone jack, but I don't see any settings for it.
I'll try to do that if it doesn't work.
Most people use Geil DDR4, reviews are good, performs well and relatively cheap.
For a X99 court, with the cooler, go top end air or AIO water cooler for max OC and lower temps. Which on Depends on your price range.
As for which MB, look at the features and decide which one you want.
Eset for antivirus. I would only run malwarebytes with something else.
If money is not tight, a 1000W PSU would be the best. PSU run best at around 50-60% load. With your setup, it would be around that range.
opticalmace
Member
No way, that's a great pick up.
REMAINSILLY
Member
I'm kinda worried now. Will the G3258 be able to play the latest games at 60 FPS? It's just a dual core, but I've seen so many people use it in their budget builds. Would it be able to play Witcher 3 at medium-high at an acceptable framerate? Did I fuck up?
Thank you I still have some money to play with, What AIO water cooler you recc?
and ill go with Eset like you say!
Definitely the first one i7 Haswell > i5 Skylake. And better GPU to boot.
Most people use Corsair 100i and above. Personally, I have the Corsair GTX 110i. There are other brands which are fine too. I suggest you do some googling for comparison reviews and select the one you like the most, performance vs noise vs looks...
Tesseract
Banned
thanks dude, think i'll go with the mate unless anyone objects
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K23BW70/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Oh, if you already have a hard drive and 8GB of RAM, then you could save some money. No need to get a 3TB drive right away and no point in replacing a perfectly good set of 8GB RAM with another set of 8GB. Yes, your overall plans sound fine to me. How does this look? It's more expensive, but still costs about $505 and you get a 500GB SSD.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($50.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($147.88 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $505.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-13 21:47 EST-0500
By lugging around, do you mean you'd like to have a carrying handle? Silverstone has the ML08 which comes with a built in handle. How does this parts list look?
1 x HGST Travelstar 7K1000 1TB, SATA 6Gb/s (HTS721010A9E630/0J22423)
1 x Intel Core i5-4460, 4x 3.20GHz, boxed (BX80646I54460)
1 x Patriot signature Line DIMM 8GB, DDR3-1333, CL9 (PSD38G13332)
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 380 Dual-X, 2GB GDDR5, 2x DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, lite retail (11242-02-20G)
1 x ASRock B85M-ITX (90-MXGPM0-A0UAYZ)
1 x SilverStone Milo ML08 black, carrying handle, mini-ITX (SST-ML08B-H)
1 x SilverStone Strider Series 600W SFX12V (SST-SX600-G)
Total of all best prices: £ 592.90
That's fine.
I don't quite understand your question, was there something you hoped to gain from waiting?
It's acceptable for TW3, but not great. While the G3258 has undeniable bang for buck, it can be a bottleneck in some games. It's difficult for me to play GTAV on my G3258 even when overclocked to 4.6GHz, for example.
Regardless of my audio problem, here are some images of all the components, sans graphics card.
I couldn't find a video or actual images of the EVOVL ATX Galaxy Silver case, but as shown, it's basically the same aluminum color as the MacBook Pro.
I pretty much knew that it would look like that, so I'm okay with it. Although, I do sometimes think that maybe I should have gone with the darker gray one. Regardless, I got this case because it reminded me of the Mac Pros.
I couldn't find a video or actual images of the EVOVL ATX Galaxy Silver case, but as shown, it's basically the same aluminum color as the MacBook Pro.
I pretty much knew that it would look like that, so I'm okay with it. Although, I do sometimes think that maybe I should have gone with the darker gray one. Regardless, I got this case because it reminded me of the Mac Pros.
REMAINSILLY
Member
I wouldn't be playing in Ultra. Probably medium-high. I will probably have to upgrade the CPU sooner than later, huh?
Finaika
Member
Regardless of my audio problem, here are some images of all the components, sans graphics card.
I couldn't find a video or actual images of the EVOVL ATX Galaxy Silver case, but as shown, it's basically the same aluminum color as the MacBook Pro.
I pretty much knew that it would look like that, so I'm okay with it. Although, I do sometimes think that maybe I should have gone with the darker gray one. Regardless, I got this case because it reminded me of the Mac Pros.
Lovely case.
REMAINSILLY
Member
I'm always one step behind! Mostly because I'm poor as phuck, lol
Depends on the games you play, of course. Turning down settings can help, but well, I forgot to say that judder and stuttering at first made GTAV borderline unplayable for my current temporary PC. I set a 30FPS lock on GTAV with Rivatuner and so far it's much smoother.
ClutchAnderson
Member
What I meant was, I'd heard from friends and from various forum posters that a 980Ti on my current setup (1080p HDTV) was overkill. Should I have gone with something like a 970/390X or just waited to pick up the 980 Ti when I went 1440p/4K? I can afford the 980Ti which is why I decided to pick it up.
REMAINSILLY
Member
Damn, 980? I just have a 960. Oh Jesus. I FUCKED UP
Finaika
Member
980Ti is optimized for 4K, but its great for 1080p too.
When they say overkill, they just mean it's extremely capable when it comes to running games at that resolution. Looking up your Sony TV, it's a 120Hz model which is fine. You'll be glad you have a GTX 980 Ti, with the right graphics settings you can set vsync or a 120FPS lock with Rivatuner and get buttery smooth graphics.
You'll probably be fine on a GTX 960. I'm playing GTAV on the absolute lowest settings. The bottleneck is the processor, not the graphics card.
So I finally saved enough money to replace some stuff of my old dead pc and I want to know if everything is compatible and what do you guys think, I am not planing on a beast pc, I am reusing my ssd, psu (400w), dvd drive and case, here is what I am planning to buy
intel i5 4590
msi z97 motherboard
crucial 8gb ram
I used to have a phenom II x4 920 with 4 gb of ram, motherboard died around 3 months ago so I decided to upgrade
intel i5 4590
msi z97 motherboard
crucial 8gb ram
I used to have a phenom II x4 920 with 4 gb of ram, motherboard died around 3 months ago so I decided to upgrade
It'll work, but you could save some money. Do you prefer to order from Amazon only, or are other retailers okay? You didn't mention a graphics card, I assume you don't need one?
Yeah I would rather use amazon only, also checked on newegg and the prices were the same (how much do you think I could save?), forgot about mentioning the graphics card, I already have one, is an old amd 6770, still does the job for me so I don't plan to replace it for now
manfestival
Member
what are the best ways to get a cheap OS? dont really feel like droppin 100+ on windows 10 though I will eventually go to windows 10
- Status