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| Thread ID: 139131 | 2015-03-15 14:19:00 | PC GAMING ADVISE ???? | AppleFan (17097) | PC World Chat |
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| 1396459 | 2015-03-18 01:50:00 | @Dugimodo, The R9 290 may struggle at 4K with _some_ games. The 290X is fine most of the time. Not happy with Assassins Creed at that res. Get a 4K monitor and play it windowed or in a lower res full-screen. Even 28" worth of 1920x1080 looks fantastic on my rig! :D Cato sums it up nicely. Save your money, invest it immediately where it matters most. RAM is a cheap upgrade you can do later if required. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1396460 | 2015-03-18 19:32:00 | Thanks for all the advise by all of you . I think if i build it , i will have an i7 processor over 3Ghz and i will put in 16GB of Ram . In future i may put in more Ram if required . You're doing it wrong. The most important component in a gaming PC is the GPU. Start with that: www.tomshardware.com If budget matters, then better to buy last years higher end card than this years low or mid end card. Then second CPU: www.tomshardware.com Then RAm. And don't skimp on PSu, it needs to power all that, especially the GPU, stick with quality brands. Take your games, look at the required hardware specs they need. Ignore minimum, look at recommended. Take the highest one, then increase the hardware again (for future proofing) and thats what you need. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1396461 | 2015-03-18 20:38:00 | +1 for PCtek. If you want specific recommendations figure out a budget and let us know. For example for 1080P gaming on a moderate budget I'd recommend i5, 8GB RAM, GTX970 or R9 290 - that'll max out graphics settings on almost all games and get decent frame rates If that's too expensive stepping down to a 960 or 280X or shopping around for a deal on an older high end card as pctek suggests will still get you a good gaming machine that may have to tweak the graphics settings a bit on some titles for smooth gameplay. As a comparison a machine with an i7, 16GB of RAM, and a GTX 960 will almost always be worse at games than a machine with an i5, 8GB of RAM, and a GTX 970. Spending the money intelligently gets you the best gaming performance for your money. Personally I'd recommend reading through the posts pctek linked from the beginning to understand what they are getting at with the hierarchy chart. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1396462 | 2015-03-19 04:20:00 | ^^ Agreed. Those last two posts by pctek and dugimodo are gold IMO! You'd do well to take their advice onboard :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1396463 | 2015-03-21 06:24:00 | What pctek and dugimodo said. Most games are GPU dependent, you should try to spend more on GPU and less on CPU. (Doesn't mean you should get a Pentium processor with 3x SLI GTX 980) I'd recommend you to get Nvidia, considering that they are usually cooler and have less TDP. Here's some recommendations: Low budget build: nz.pcpartpicker.com This GTX 960 build should be great if you don't mind playing at highest settings, you should be able to play most games at high settings with 50-60 frame rates. (If you are going to play at highest settings, you'd get something between 35-40 FPS in Battlefield 4 for instance) Recommended build: nz.pcpartpicker.com I'd personally recommend this one if you don't really care about budget, this GTX 970 build should be perfect if you want to play games at max settings with 60+ FPS. (For instance, you can play BF4 at Max settings with 60-80 FPS) Overclockable and very high end build: nz.pcpartpicker.com I'd recommend you this if you are going to overclock your CPU, add 2nd GTX 980 for SLI and planning to constantly upgrade it (this is why I picked a beefy PSU). If you do not plan to do any of these, don't go with this build, even if you can afford it. It is not worth it if you are not going to overclock, use 4k monitor OR more than one screen. |
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