I really doubt that. i5+290X+RAM+mobo is already $700. There are no games out there that justify the price of that setup. I'm actually wondering how he even managed to make it cost that much with a single card...
I really doubt that. i5+290X+RAM+mobo is already $700. There are no games out there that justify the price of that setup. I'm actually wondering how he even managed to make it cost that much with a single card...
I have a AMD FX-6300 6x core 3.5 GHz for $95 and a GTX 960 for $200. My PSU is $80, and the rest is under $70. So yeah...
(I'm on my iPad right now, so I'm too lazy to go into detail cuz I type slow on this 😝)
By the way, OP, what is your budget, are you overclocking, do you need anything extra such as monitors, peripherals, etc. (I can get half this info off your build, but just making sure)
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lol @ 290X in a $3000 build
also why 8gb of VRAM
And the missmatched monitors
I want a computer that will last me a long time before I have to replace any parts.
The 8GB in VRAM I'd because I want to do YouTube.
I completely blanked on the monitors. Thanks for the advice.
You'll get much better performance long term if you build a $1500 PC now and another one in 3 years. That's 6 years of top end performance, plus you get to build yourself a whole new PC. Look at a $1200-$1500 PC from 3 years ago: Ivy bridge i5 or i7, 8gb of ram, GTX 680 or 7970, 120-256gb SSD. Those graphics cards are just now losing the ability to max out games at 1080p. I have a 280x which is the same as a 7970 and have no trouble with any of my games. And those CPUs will last even longer, they won't be a bottleneck for another 2 years at least. And you can reuse the case, power supply, hard drive, and possibly ram in the new PC so that saves a lot of money. Plus with building a new PC every few years instead of getting one monster one now you allow yourself to get support for the latest tech that comes out on graphics cards, mother boards, ram, whatever.
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Think about this. If you buy 600$ PC every year keeping HDD, case, monitor and that things. You will be able to play all games at max for that year. And later when you save those parts it will even drop to 400$ and do the calculation if we say that 3000$ PC will play everything at max for 5 years:
600+4*400 = 600+1600 = 2200$
And you saved 800$.
And if you sell old parts maybe it will drop prices ridicilously, so you can buy better monitor and upgrade OS.
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Also there is a sweet spot in performance/price comparison. If you buy 3000$ PC now in two years it will be worth about 1200$, but with 700$ PC price in two years will be 450$. But if you spend too little and buy 300$ PC with card like R7 240 or GT 610 it will be big waste of money. There is no need in super expensive PC nor futureproof PC
Here are my components. Hope you give advice!
I've researched on gaming computers and I came up with this!
CPU:
Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler:
Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 99.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Thermal Compound:
Cooler Master IceFusion 200g Thermal Paste
Arctic Cooling MX-2 65g Thermal Paste
Motherboard:
Asus SABERTOOTH X99 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard
Memory:
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Storage:
Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card:
Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 8GB Vapor-X Video Card
Case:
Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply:
EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive:
Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
Sound Cards:
Creative Labs ZXR 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card
Wired Network Adapter:
Intel E1G44HTBLK 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x4 Network Adapter
Case Fan:
Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan
Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans
Fan Controller:
NZXT SENTRY 3 Fan Controller
Monitor(s):
Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor
Acer GN246HL 144Hz 24.0" Monitor
Keyboard:
Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard
Headphones:
Logitech G430 7.1 Channel Headset
External Storage:
Western Digital My Book Studio 4TB External Hard Drive
Seagate Expansion 4TB External Hard Drive
Base Total: $3257.54
Promo Discounts: -$36.88
Mail-in Rebates: -$40.00
Shipping: $1.99
Total: $3182.65
Along with the price.
3000 dollars? I have built my own rig that is slightly better for $800 including shipping, and tax.
And what games are going to play? If you're only going to play Minecraft, and a few other "lightweight" games, then you are spending way to much!
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Minecraft doesnt really require a 290x, either.
i5 4690 // GTX 970 // 8GB RAM // NZXT H440
I have a AMD FX-6300 6x core 3.5 GHz for $95 and a GTX 960 for $200. My PSU is $80, and the rest is under $70. So yeah...
(I'm on my iPad right now, so I'm too lazy to go into detail cuz I type slow on this 😝)
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A 980 for $200? Not happening.
i5 4690 // GTX 970 // 8GB RAM // NZXT H440
By the way is a 960 not 980 I messed up...
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Big difference there.
i5 4690 // GTX 970 // 8GB RAM // NZXT H440
Yeah, pretty big difference. As I said I'm terrible at typing on iPad so yeah.
(Don't judge)
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By the way, OP, what is your budget, are you overclocking, do you need anything extra such as monitors, peripherals, etc. (I can get half this info off your build, but just making sure)
i5 4690 // GTX 970 // 8GB RAM // NZXT H440
lol @ 290X in a $3000 build
also why 8gb of VRAM
And the missmatched monitors
Gaming PC Specs - Intel i5-2500K ~ ASUS P8P67M-Pro ~ Hyper 212+ ~ MSI GTX 970 OC ~ 8GB DDR3 Ram ~ 250GB Samsung EVO 850 ~ 500GB HardDrive ~ XFX 550w PSU ~ Fractal Core 1000 ~ Windows 8.1 ~ Samsung P2350 1080p Soon upgrading to GTX 1080/R9 490X + 1440p 144Hz
Macbook Pro 15" Retina - Intel i7 ~ 8GB Ram ~ Nvidia GT 650M ~ 256GB SSD ~ 2880 by 1800 Screen <3
I want a computer that will last me a long time before I have to replace any parts. The 8GB in VRAM I'd because I want to do YouTube. I completely blanked on the monitors. Thanks for the advice.
You don't need 8 GB of VRAM for YouTube...
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8gb of Vram is only useful for 4K resolution
Gaming PC Specs - Intel i5-2500K ~ ASUS P8P67M-Pro ~ Hyper 212+ ~ MSI GTX 970 OC ~ 8GB DDR3 Ram ~ 250GB Samsung EVO 850 ~ 500GB HardDrive ~ XFX 550w PSU ~ Fractal Core 1000 ~ Windows 8.1 ~ Samsung P2350 1080p Soon upgrading to GTX 1080/R9 490X + 1440p 144Hz
Macbook Pro 15" Retina - Intel i7 ~ 8GB Ram ~ Nvidia GT 650M ~ 256GB SSD ~ 2880 by 1800 Screen <3
You dont need a dedicated GPU with VRAM at al for YouTube...
i5 4690 // GTX 970 // 8GB RAM // NZXT H440
Maybe enough to run your web browser 😂
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You'll get much better performance long term if you build a $1500 PC now and another one in 3 years. That's 6 years of top end performance, plus you get to build yourself a whole new PC. Look at a $1200-$1500 PC from 3 years ago: Ivy bridge i5 or i7, 8gb of ram, GTX 680 or 7970, 120-256gb SSD. Those graphics cards are just now losing the ability to max out games at 1080p. I have a 280x which is the same as a 7970 and have no trouble with any of my games. And those CPUs will last even longer, they won't be a bottleneck for another 2 years at least. And you can reuse the case, power supply, hard drive, and possibly ram in the new PC so that saves a lot of money. Plus with building a new PC every few years instead of getting one monster one now you allow yourself to get support for the latest tech that comes out on graphics cards, mother boards, ram, whatever.
i5 6600k 4.6ghz / MSI 280X / 8Gb 2666 DDR4 / Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 / TX550M / 500Gb 850 EVO / NZXT S340 / Corsair K65 / Corsair M60
Think about this. If you buy 600$ PC every year keeping HDD, case, monitor and that things. You will be able to play all games at max for that year. And later when you save those parts it will even drop to 400$ and do the calculation if we say that 3000$ PC will play everything at max for 5 years:
600+4*400 = 600+1600 = 2200$
And you saved 800$.
And if you sell old parts maybe it will drop prices ridicilously, so you can buy better monitor and upgrade OS.
Also there is a sweet spot in performance/price comparison. If you buy 3000$ PC now in two years it will be worth about 1200$, but with 700$ PC price in two years will be 450$. But if you spend too little and buy 300$ PC with card like R7 240 or GT 610 it will be big waste of money. There is no need in super expensive PC nor futureproof PC
Quite a bit overkill, not even going to lie.
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