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Izo
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Friend wants to spend 2k-2500 on a gaming rig for himself. I kinda feel like the monitor and GPU are excessively costly but if the cost isn't an issue...thoughts?
PCPartPicker part list/Price breakdown by merchant
CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor($279.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard:Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard($99.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory:Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive($164.00 @ Amazon)
Storage:Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive($70.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card($739.00 @ Amazon)
Case:Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case($149.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply:EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply($109.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor:Asus PB278Q 60Hz 27.0" Monitor($402.99 @ Amazon)
Total:$2148.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-17 22:24 EDT-0400
PCPartPicker part list/Price breakdown by merchant
CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor($279.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard:Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard($99.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory:Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive($164.00 @ Amazon)
Storage:Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive($70.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card:Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card($739.00 @ Amazon)
Case:Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case($149.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply:EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply($109.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor:Asus PB278Q 60Hz 27.0" Monitor($402.99 @ Amazon)
Total:$2148.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-17 22:24 EDT-0400
Neither Best Buy or Office Depot would price match the GTX 980 for $236. Doesn't help that the card isn't searchable through their website and only works when using the link listed above.
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Don't get an ASUS video card, video cards shit the bed a lot and their support sucks.
There's really no reason not to get an EVGA if you want quality support. Gigabyte has better coolers than ASUS on their high end cards. I think the only advantage ASUS has is that they might be a bit quieter.
There's really no reason not to get an EVGA if you want quality support. Gigabyte has better coolers than ASUS on their high end cards. I think the only advantage ASUS has is that they might be a bit quieter.
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Stretching the budget to his $2500 limit lets you replace that monitor with a gsync monitor. It seems like a shame to have all that goodness without one.
Acer XB270HU bprz 144Hz 27.0 Monitor (XB270HU bprz) - PCPartPicker
om nom nom.
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Bingo. That Acer is the best 1440p gsync out atm. If he wants to stay under $2500 just change the 4790k to a 4690k and get the Acer. Will notice zero difference between the 4690k and 4790k unless he does encoding or something but will be a huge difference between the monitors.
Ill be picking up the Acer myself in another month or so assuming something better doesnt come out before then.
Ill be picking up the Acer myself in another month or so assuming something better doesnt come out before then.
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ASUS cards are generally fine, and all support can end up a nightmare. Look at EVGA reviews on Newegg or something, there are a ton of horror stories like there are for all companies.
Anything sounds smart if generalized enough. My advice is to research specific brands based on specific generations, as there will be variance there. For instance, the Asus 780 DirectCU was an absolutely amazing, cool, quiet, rock solid card, but there have been other generations I'd recommend avoiding.
Izo
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Is 144Hz really that important vs 4k for light gamers? Looking to upgrade my piss old monitor to something like a 1440p or 4K IPS, 27-30' size. I don't plan on getting a crazy new gpu atm, and don't hardcore game. Mostly office work, browsing and photos. What do you guys recommend that has a better panel than, say the iCrap?
DoNOTget the Evo 212. The 4790k at 4.4 GHz all cores easily obliterates its ability to cool. This is the new 212:Amazon.com: Thermalright True Spirit 140 Power: Computers Accessories
Skip the EVGA PSU rebrands. Lots of them are bad news. Get a Seasonic. More $, but they are the standard of quality and reliability.
Also, skip the WD black. WD Blue 1 TB is just as good for the purpose, but a lot less $.
So...
New PSU. Got a hard reboot in Lara Croft something, same as before. After some digging around, found that my old PSU wasn't bad, but Nvidia's GPU Boost was causing the problem. Not an uncommon problem. Underclocked it my 100 MHz...no more hard locks. Same for WoW.
No sour grapes, because now I have a complete test system, roots to leaves.
I just need to figure out how to mod my 970's BIOS to turn off GPU Boost so I don't have to futz with profiles or shortcuts.
New PSU. Got a hard reboot in Lara Croft something, same as before. After some digging around, found that my old PSU wasn't bad, but Nvidia's GPU Boost was causing the problem. Not an uncommon problem. Underclocked it my 100 MHz...no more hard locks. Same for WoW.
No sour grapes, because now I have a complete test system, roots to leaves.
I just need to figure out how to mod my 970's BIOS to turn off GPU Boost so I don't have to futz with profiles or shortcuts.
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Ive only ever had 1 gpu go bad, and it was an asus but they also did ERS for it. More often than not i notice SSDs go bad than anything else. However to chime in on what others said you dont need the WD black and id get better cooling on your CPU - I recently got the 4790k myself and temps havent gone over 37c w/ my noctua.
About the price matching, yeah its hard to get it done when you cant search for it easily - however you can get them to google it - "$price, card name, city, store" i think pulled it up for the one bestbuy rep i talked to - i also had a tinyurl made for them to go to.
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Izo
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Izo
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MEDIOCRE, hehe. Thanks man, looks legithttp://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=377_sl said:
