I am long time gamer with both PC and console experience. Up to lunch of PS 3 i was hardcore PC gamer but i decided to buy console and i assume I got a bit lazy. Now I am not only rusty in some areas but tide on to my consoles pretty hard. So can you plese help my get back to PC ?
Before anyone of you ask I have yeras of experience in building PC but after a 10 years past since my last build and i got lost in new specs. I want PC that can provide 1080p with stable 60 fps on maxed out games so I aming pretty high. I just feel consoles are underpowerd as hell so I have to do something about it.
I like to build my PC on AMD components (CPU and GPU). Besides performance I dont want any unnececery stuff in my build. But still sase should be at lest nice. As for graphics card i want MSI R9 290X.
So can you help me with rest of specs ? Besides GPU i would want more value optimimized parts to get most fps out of my bucks.
Windforce looks nice. And what about PSU ? Is 750 W sufficient ? I was thinking about Corsair rm 850. I want sufficient amount of power with room to upgrade for ex. my graphic card in a future.
As for storage Seagate Barracuda 1 TB should be enough. I already have 128 GB SanDisk SSD in my laptop so I will just take it out and put in my PC.
BTW I'm Polish and I live in Poland so sorry for poor language. Also the pricing and availability of components might be different.
Platform of course Windows 8. I already have 27'' LG 3D IPS monitor and all of other required peripherals. I just need PC station.
Is R9 290 really that good ? I don't need any 4k nonsense but in 1080p I want everything maxed out. I don't plan to upgrade graphics card for at least 2 years so it also have to be taken under consideration. OC also would be nice.
You can look at some 290 benchmarks and as stated above, you can find tutorials on how to flash a 290X BIOS onto it. You are probably looking at a 3-5FPS difference with a stock 290, even less with an X BIOS. Prices are significantly different, so I think that a 290 is the better option for you.
Perhaps but when I checked FLOPS count for 290 it was 4.9 and for 290 it was 5.6 so it's a big difference. Do you can really boost 290 that much (i don't want my card to get toasted).
Witch PSU would be better Corsair rm 650 or 850 or maybe even 650 is an overkill. I saw a build with this card on 480 W PSU (on YT but it's sometimes bad place to look for info).
Thx. Just one more thing i heard about Hybrid Crossfire X. Is there a configuration that can give me simular results at lower price or it is just for mid-range graphics. Anyway it would be good to at least check that out. What is the best configuration for dual graphics right now and what visual experience will it provide ?
If you want to play all the latest games at 1080p at a solid 60 then you will need more CPU power for CPU demanding games.
This is what I put together: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3tp4m
Everything is high quality, but good value. You can decide if you dont want the 240gb ssd for gaming, but its a steal for $90 and its a lot of performance over a regular HDD, and you can keep your media and backup separate from your game files. The 128 is for the OS and all the other regular programs.
The motherboard and cooler can easily get the 4670k to 4.4 while keeping quiet and cool. (chip luck depending of course)
I did some reaserch myself and came up with a bild like this :
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3twFR
It's slighty different than what i want to build but most important part of specs are correct.
I dont realy want big case. I want my PC to b a ultimate gaming console to be controled by gamepad and standard PC mouse and keyboard. I want it to be small, light and portable because in next year Im moving to a a university to study and I dont want to leave my PC in home.
Ps. It would be awesome to make this build more value optimized but i cant find any cheaper CPU to fit this build. Also I will use a 1 TB barracuda so it will be a bit cheaper and add on top of that 128 ssd that I alleady own.
Looks alright. However, with a smaller form factor and budget case, there are many things to consider. Heat needs to be considered. The R9 290 is a hot card, and the open air design of that cooler will dump most of the air back into the case, which has mediocre airflow. Pair that with a AIO that goes inside the case and doesn't directly push air out of the case, and you begin to have heat problems. I would suggest you refrain from overclocking.
Here's a build to look at. The Xeon 1230v3 is very similar to the i7-4770, but it does not have integrated graphics(which you don't need). No, it won't give you as much power as the R9 290, but it will run a lot cooler.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3tH3a
If you still want to overclock, look into a chassis with better airflow, such as the FD Node 304.
This is what I would recommend. This has a GTX 780 that you can overclock if you want. and the case layout is good for overclocking. all the components pull outside air to cool it.. meaning both the CPU radiator, and the graphics card on the side has its own vent.
I put in multiple drives and the build is $57 more than what you have, but it is really worth it in my opinion.. I have killed drives by gaming and torrenting completely legal data onto it. The drive can get hot when multitasking.
SSD for OS and regular drives really improves overall system performance and snappiness, then then there is 1 HDD as a dedicated game/backup and then another drive for media and data redundancy (second backup) of important files.
so for less than $60 you get data safety, longer lasting parts and more performance. And it will all fit in the case. Install windows via a USB and just use your own key. Or use a cheap external DVD drive.