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Press Attache
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Posted - 2016.02.28 17:04:00 -
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There are so many considerations that go into choosing a PC, but the more informed you are about what you specifically need, the better your end result will be.
The best piece of advice I can give is to create a list of what you are getting the PC for, and perform a ranking.
The next item, budget, comes with a second factor most people don't talk about, which is time. Any electronics investment has a lifespan, and how you allot your budget can result in huge swings in value over time.
As an example, someone who is focused only on 1080p gaming today is best served by picking up a 970 as the pretty much optimal price/performance option. Will run every current title at ultra at solid framerates. As long as that person only gamed in 1080, they would get a good return on value over time. If they decided in 8 months that they want to step up to 2k or even 4k, then they would have been better served by spending a little bit more now and getting say a 390x or 980, which have the headroom to get good 2k performance , and when sli'd good 4k.
That same value applies to CPUs. If you are someone who has no interest in over clocking or water cooling, there is no benefit in spending the extra money on an unlocked multiplier on Intel's higher priced SKUs. If you know that you will absolutely water cool a year down the road, investing early in a well binned K series part will payout on extending the lifetime of your platform. The granularity of PC upgrading can really help you get a lot for small regular investments.
Motherboards are one of the places where knowledge of your long term goals is extremely beneficial. Knowing what features are must have versus preferred goes a long way here. Given the wide array of chipsets and manufacturers, you can do either a world of good or hurt to your overall plan here more than anywhere else. Think long term here as well. If you are looking towards 4k and sli, getting a board with only a single 16x PCIe slot isn't going to serve down the road when you add the second card.
Finally, a word of caution if you are buying in the next two months, AMD is on the verge of putting out a new line of cards that will hopefully bring down there sky high power consumption. Given the problems with the 970 at 4k because of the VRAM issue, I would wait out the next gen of cards from AMD in the late spring if you can and are in the 400-600 range.
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Posted - 2016.02.28 22:56:00 -
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TooMany Names AlreadyTaken wrote:I bought a solid gaming PC for around $650 at a discount during the Reboot InfoGamer event in Zagreb, Croatia last year.
Only problem is, It didn't come with a fan to force the hot air out of the case so I'm still looking for one that would fit. The screw holes for the back fan placement are 105mm apart and I don't know which size fan would fit properly. Help? There's no 105mm fan, just 90mm and 120mm, at least in my country's online stores...
90mm
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Posted - 2016.02.28 23:21:00 -
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JAKE REDBLOOD wrote:My rig cost me around -ú500 all in... And I run any game I want in sweet ultra HD 
No 500 euro rig is getting close to good frames per second at 4k.
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Posted - 2016.02.28 23:39:00 -
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JAKE REDBLOOD wrote:Press Attache wrote:JAKE REDBLOOD wrote:My rig cost me around -ú500 all in... And I run any game I want in sweet ultra HD No 500 euro rig is getting close to good frames per second at 4k. Pounds breh, and thinking about it I suppose more -ú550-600
So 850 US dollars? A single 980 ti costs 650 USD and won't hit 30 FPS in BF4 at 4k on ultra.
Want to try again with your cool story, bro?
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