With my perpetual annoyance that I have with my laptop, my precedent idea of a build arise more and more in my mind. So it would be a black, purple, white themed-built, in reference to the godly Nep-nep. The leds in the part list are there as I want to change the power led and the hdd activity led. The Hue+ will be use to produce a purple light that will illuminate the white components, giving a purple-ish look to all the build.
So I'm just wondering if any of you would know any ways to lower the price while keeping the overall aesthetic (like using an AMD GPU, I'm not good enough with there naming scheme to be able to choose one)? Or any recommendations.
Also, which name sounds best: Neptune or Nepgear ?
(The prices are in CAD, if you want to refer to an item in US$, add 30% to the price to have an idea of the price in CAD (no joke, our dollar is so weak now))
It will be an all-rounder. School work, datasheet, image editing, light to medium gaming. My most demanding game might be Civ 5 to put in perspective. And yes, I only have the mouse and my audio setup as peripherals. I need also to find a good mechanical keyboard (with brown switches).
I don't plan to overclock so the k processor might be useless for me and as well I need the 500gb ssd. Will see for the rest (that case was one of my choice also) (and I still have an edge on the aesthetic side ^^ plan to put the case on the desk)
well if you dont plan to overclock, then you could basicly also look into the i5-6500 + H170 motherboard to save some money there. Or if you set on the Asus Z170-A for esthetics, then just change the cpu for the i5-6500. You wont realy need an aftermarket cooler then either.
Well, I'd get a 4k display, but that's just me, as I don't care at all about asthetics really as it's mostly just a waste of money
4k IPS Free-sync display, Civ V will probably run at 4k, but otherwise the 380 is going to be good for 1080p, and you get free-sync for smoothness, in addition you basically never have to buy another display again
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.74 @ DirectCanada) Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($106.50 @ Vuugo) Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($50.98 @ Amazon Canada) Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($169.99 @ NCIX) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($68.75 @ Vuugo) Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 380 4GB royalQueen OC Video Card ($269.98 @ Canada Computers) Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($41.99 @ Canada Computers) Power Supply: SeaSonic 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.88 @ Canada Computers) Monitor: LG 27MU67 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($636.48 @ Amazon Canada) Total: $1664.29 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-18 22:04 EST-0500 - - Of course if you don't really need CPU performance, you could always go for a GPUless APU build, and that should run civ V no issue at 1440p, and then you'd have an ultra tiny, quiet PC
Here's an APU running civ V on 3 1080p displays, though normally 1080p displays suck for portrait mode
is there a point in getting a 4K monitor @ less than say... 40"?
@27" I'd think 1440p is plenty for half the price or less... text @ native resolution on a 27" is about right... a little smaller than a 21.5" 1080p... 4K would be on a 27" would be completely illegible unless scaled...
163.18 PPI not too bad 32" is a decent middle ground but they cost as much as the 40" displays, just gotta use it somewhat close, the 7" 800p windows 8 tablets are sharper and still fairly usable.