Yeah, get an SSD Drive, you are pretty much wasting your processor and memory's potential with an optical disk. Also, as Kafein said, get a decent psu that swiftly runs that monster processor and graphic card.
The PSU is pretty good. There is no need for a better one. Avoid obsessed gamer and so called "gaming expert" comments. They'd think a PC only runs fine on a modular 1500W psu with golden shiny ratings covering the entire fucking case.
The truth is, with some tweaking, I run a 4-core, Intel Core I5, 4gb ram, and and HD 6670 with a 300W PSU. I haven't had a single problem yet. It is all about knowing your physics and how the Power Supply works. Most firms just want to confuse you by reccommending PSUs of 500W minimum for a Graphics that barely reaches the 50W at TDP. Wattage is a lie actually, you just need to look at the Amperage on each 12V Rail, since the others rails are irrelevant but still get added to the total wattage.
The PSU is pretty good. There is no need for a better one. Avoid obsessed gamer and so called "gaming expert" comments. They'd think a PC only runs fine on a modular 1500W psu with golden shiny ratings covering the entire fucking case.
The truth is, with some tweaking, I run a 4-core, Intel Core I5, 4gb ram, and and HD 6670 with a 300W PSU. I haven't had a single problem yet. It is all about knowing your physics and how the Power Supply works. Most firms just want to confuse you by reccommending PSUs of 500W minimum for a Graphics that barely reaches the 50W at TDP. Wattage is a lie actually, you just need to look at the Amperage on each 12V Rail, since the others rails are irrelevant but still get added to the total wattage.
- Get a SSD, really
- Find a replacement for the standard Intel ventirad
- Don't forget to OC your processor after this
- Maybe get a gold rating PSU, your hardware is pricy
OC? come on lol OC is so last decade :)
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Why not tell him to get this (http://www.nas.nasa.gov/hecc/resources/columbia.html) instead while you are it. I doubt the guy needs a blasted 2000$ PC to hit the ultra settings border
Maybe it's because I use my gaming pc to run simulations and stuff but I have a 2500K OC'ed to 4.2GHz and an old HD4870 and I'm still frequently CPU bound in games. IMO it's a much better idea to oversize your processor over the GPU. First reason because GPUs are very easy to replace anyway, and will die sooner if you push them too hard.
You're right, maybe it's better to wait a year or two to replace GPU. But I don't understand why that pricey motherboard. They are meant for OC competitions and to look pretty but there's really no need for it.
ASrock is way cheaper. It's not big name like Asus but many people don't know that ASrock was part of Asus once, now they are trying to buy them back.
Dude you should totally think about this case, very sexy, great cooling.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147158
1. What is SSD?I have an SSD too. In short: Its basically an harddrive. Only it runs in supersonic speeds compared to your regular harddrives. But its alot more costly. Less GBs too(those with alot of GBs cost assloads) But what I did was install Windows on my SSD and store all my games and shit on the regular harddrive.
Alright, I'll try to answer as best as I can:
SSD - Otherwise known as Solid State Drive. It is basically the new form of drive. In short, compared to other common forms of storing data: optical drives were made by a stylus burning the disk through a monochromatic ray of X wavelength (the shorter the wavelength the higher capacity of the disk). Magnetic drives rotate and access information stored through magnetism. SSD has nothing of that, it uses some kind of chips and memory to store data persistently (I'm not pretty sure how these work exactly though). The thing is, these disks make no noise since they don't rotate like magnetic disks, and they work a lot faster than any other consumer form of storage.
The case - That case definitely looks like a gamer one. It is a full tower - I wouldn't be worried if I were you; there are tons of other cases out there if that doesn't convince you however.
The cooler - Intel's processors are famous for two things: For being really nice, and for bringing terrible coolers together with them. If you are getting a processor with a high TDP (A core i7k is a good example) I suggest buying a good cooler for the processor and motherboard, otherwise it'll just get fried like a potato. Cooler Master and Antec are good firms for that.
Software - Games are not really daily life. Hardcore gaming such as Crysis 3 at ultra settings is one way of stressing your hardware to its limits. If you were only to search the web, you wouldn't need any specific cooler aside from the default one. But then again you wouldn't need a 300€ Core I7 either.
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I'd suggest just getting an overall cheaper PC. You are not going to squeeze all the potential out of that, as many more with super beasts pc. I mean, I enjoy a game at high or high-very high settings, even at medium-high. Ultra is just for the enthusiasts and barely improves the texture quality - it just tweaks some pixel shading, and handle illumination more carefully. All that at a cost of another 15 fps less.
For gaming, just gaming (no enthusiast nerding) I'd rather recommend something around this:
- Core i5 3570. More than enough to handle anything you can throw at it. Unless you mount 5 virtual machines and run a Metro 2033 test on each simultaneously while encrypting files to 256k and predicting next week's climate on your local townshall.
-An AsRock motherboard is pretty good, as Leshma said. Get one of those between 70-100€ with a couple of USB 3.0 and PCI 3.0.
- 8 GB RAM. Not really necessary, but to avoid a future upgrade. It is nowadays near to becoming the standarised RAM value.
- The graphic card you posted is really nice. You won't have any problems with that. I say go with that one.
- The case must be a full tower, so you don't have to worry about size as you said earlier. There are tons of them out there, look for a quality one like Antec, Cooler Master, Thermaltake etc.
- Get an SSD so you don't need to upgrade later on. If you can't afford one, make sure the magnetic disk is 7200 rpm though.
- PSUs are important stuff. If you don't know much about them or how they work, make sure they have some of those 80 plus bronze or silver ratings. Generally ensures reliability.
- Don't forget the dvd reader or blu ray if you are willing to waste more money, people tend to, and it comes in handy!!
Overall it shouldn't get above 800€
Like I said. Im not an expert. Im gunna need specific parts and then I just put it together. So everything you just told me to get. Im not gunna be able to find good ones, like ssd, or PSU, motherboard, and cooler. Cause Im useless.
K well screw ssd. Too much money.
2.Will this be big enough to hold everything so its not a tight fit?
PC will boot up faster, explorer and desktop will be way more responsive and games will load a lot faster.
Pretty much sums up why SSD are overrated for gaming. You care about performance, not loading times, and having a SSD does nothing in that regard for the vast majority of games (haven't seen an I/O bound game in quite a while).
Wouldn't disk speed affect for example texture loading times ? When it's on demand of course, which implies a large world with a lot of different textures I suppose.
Hey, I said that SSD are overrated for gaming, not that you should avoid to get one at all costs. :D
If you're not on a super tight budget, it's a nice thing to have.
A PC i built for around 1200$ some 5+ years ago (with the exception of a newer GPU) still pretty much destroys almost any game on the market right now.
Well I asked if what I had posted up was good enough.Requirements increase way more slowly nowadays, than they did 5 years ago. I don't think that a good PC built now will be strained anytime soon.
Depends. Right now most games are X360 ports. But when Xbone/PS4 ports start to arive, things might change.
Requirements increase way more slowly nowadays, than they did 5 years ago. I don't think that a good PC built now will be strained anytime soon.
Pretty much sums up why SSD are overrated for gaming. You care about performance, not loading times, and having a SSD does nothing in that regard for the vast majority of games (haven't seen an I/O bound game in quite a while).
I would review the pricing and compare against what is out there now. Prices change rapidly, new tech is released and you are over 75 days since you made that list. For example, the GTX 760 is out now and is a better card for the same or less money than what you would pay for what you listed.
For case: Fractal Design Define R4 $110 (Cases might be a bit personal, this is just what I like :P) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352020
Lol at $200 motherboard.