Good day ladies and gents, all I really need is some advice on some of the products that I am putting into my first build. I am mainly going to be using this for just gaming and some occasional surfing out of boredom.
I already have the Case, the Power Supply, one set of RAM, and the Motherboard from this list. Currently the Neutron, the second GPU, and the mouse and keyboard are just eventual purchases, i.e. I will be buying them at a later date.
The main problem I am having is that I cannot decide if I want to stick with the i5-4690k or if I want to upgrade to the i7-4790K for currently 100$ more.
I also am kind of torn between AMD and NVIDIA for the graphics card and monitor. Mostly because for me the graphics card is the hardest thing to determine performance wise when just shopping online. There is no decent enough retailer nearby for me to go out to ask for advice. And all of my friends are console gamers, so I definitely can't ask them. All I can basically go on right now are reviews and reputation. Which for me, for some reason, is not enough to make a educated decision to spend hundreds of dollars.
So, all I need to know is if the i7-4790K is worth the $100 increase, and AMD+Freesync or NVIDIA+G-Sync? Otherwise any other advice is welcomed and very much appreciated.
Note: I have spent the past 5 months researching and deciding on each individual component, and the components that are usually supposed to be picked first are the ones I am having trouble deciding.
Edit: Crap I forget to mention that I'm going for 1440p at high frame rates, sorry.
For gaming alone, you're not going to see much difference between the i7 and the i5.
As for AMD vs nVidia, the FreeSync options available are MUCH cheaper than the G-Sync options, but G-Sync has a much wider supported range. Meaning on some monitors, if you dip below 45FPS, FreeSync can't function.
At this time, I'd recommend nVidia if you're spending $400-500 on a card and don't care about Adaptive Refresh. If you care about it, then a 390X or a Fury will probably be more to your liking, but you do need a monitor that supports it.
Well here's my quick run down anyways for GPUs, in addition the AMD cards look to better support DX12/Vulkan, and free-sync displays are generally $100+ cheaper than G-sync displays and some G-sync displays only have display port as an input option
Entry 1080p 360=750ti (Slight edge to the 360 due to nvidia's apparent trouble with DX12) 950>370(if price is the same)
and unless you're using a 144hz display you don't need an unlocked CPU, and you'd be fine with something like the Xeon 1231v3 which is basically an i7 with no iGPU, but I guess you already have the Z97 board https://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646e31231v3
Instead of the 2 980s for example, you could just get a Nano and a 4k IPS free-sync display, although it's only 27" and 40" is better for productivity
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 Nano 4GB Video Card ($484.98 @ Newegg) Monitor: LG 27MC67-B 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($500.00 @ Amazon) Total: $984.98 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-22 19:34 EST-0500
Wow man thanks for taking your time to help me with this, especially with this massive amount information. I definitely appreciate the tips and will take everything into major consideration. Thanks.
I would say buy a hard drive precious material like photos, vids, or like documents or something. It doesnt have to be internal as you can get an external. Just a recommendation.
I suggest that you get a 980ti hybrid of some sort instead of getting 2 980s in sli. Then if you need more frame rate down the road, you can get a cheap/used 980ti (since a lot of people who buy 980ti's will end up upgrading quickly anyway). A FuryX is also a really good option. There are just too many bad things with sli when it could be simply prevented by buying a single card that fits your needs perfectly fine