Hey guys! I've been looking to build a PC for Fallout 4/other games at 1440p lately, and after quite a bit of research, I've come up with these two builds. I'll start by saying that I'm personally leaning towards Build A, as it has a 980 ti and I could potentially fit an i7 4790k into it (if not that, it'd still be cheaper than build B). Build B on the other hand, has an R9 Fury, a step down from the 980 ti, but has an awesome freesync 27" monitor that is also 1440p. The tradeoff with build A is that it doesn't take advantage of G-Sync, as I can't squeeze a 1440p G-Sync monitor into it as it is. That's where you help me decide; GTX 980 ti or Fury/Freesync? Thanks!
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($349.99 @ B&H) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Asus H170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($103.75 @ OutletPC) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($48.65 @ OutletPC) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card ($279.99 @ Amazon) Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($63.18 @ Amazon) Total: $952.53 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-25 19:39 EST-0500
- - Main thing is you can always run newer games at say 1440p if they're too taxing on the GPU for 4k, and down the line you'll have a 4k monitor ready for when 4k capable GPUs start to come out.
@vault111 Your systems don't make much sense. Crap motherboard, very few power phases for a K part CPU, no SSD (really, it's almost 2016!), the monitors don't look that great to me. Also 8GB of RAM seems to me like it's not really enough these days, but I might be mistaken on that one.
I plan on adding an SSD in the near future, I just wanted to do the best on the vital parts as I can at $1700, and I can live with longer boot times for a few months. What would you suggest I do for $1700, @Sihastru?
I would look at the used market for some of the items, especially since you're not interested in the latest and greatest as it seems.
List of safe-ish used parts: CPU, cooler, SSD, memory, video card, monitor List of not so safe-ish used parts: motherboard, PSU, HDD
It's always nice to have a brand new case, to give it that brand new look. Usually monitors are safe to buy used, if you can test it and return it if you don't like it. If not, you can buy new.
And yes, there are used high end components available. Even GTX 980Tis.
First off Ditch the EVGA power supply.. go XFX for seasonic... you wont regret it... I would go fury X if I were you plus you get free sync and a bigger monitor... why get an unlocked processor and then get an H97 board dude really? Go zed or go non K if your not overclocking. Also MSI? not a very good choice in motherboards just saying. Id go gigabyte or asrock.. theres a reason the msi boards are cheap LOL..
Overall go build 2 and you could probably tweak that a bit man. See if you can go with certain changes. PC partpickers is great but its smaller prices can be a little bit tricky
I hate EVGA period.. never liked them.. they should die because all they do is get in bed with NVIDIA... i wouldnt be surprised if all the execs were previous nvidia employees lol
I don't care about their resumes or where they sleep at night. I only care about the quality of their products. When it comes to video cards, they are doing fine. Minus some coil whine.
Alright, tweaked it, only I don't see why I should change the monitor. I don't think I'll mind a 27" monitor, especially because I've never been one for huge monitors. How's this?
Thats a lot better.. I really like the nzxt power supplies.. im not sure who they oem but they are really good... Yeah if your not one for bigger monitors change the other build a bit... but the 27 inch is really nice.. you see a monitor is more of a long term item than an upgrade all the time item