Hey All,
I am new to these forums, well posting, Ive been searching through them for a few weeks looking at other posts to similar questions and have found a lot of helpful guides and opinions on builds and components so first of all thanks for all that!
I have had my current gaming rig for around 7 years now I believe and it has lasted me very well but its getting on a bit and I am now in a position to upgrade to something new. I have spent a fair bit of time researching and looking into new gear for buying and I have made my mind up on the majority of the parts but im struggling with the processor really.
When I bought my current PC from new it cost around 1600-1700 I believe and was, at the time, relatively future proof. I did have to upgrade the GFX card to an nVidia 460 GTX which I am currently running. The processor is an AMD phenom II X4 955 3.2Ghz with 4GB of ram.
Im probably looking to spend around the same today for a similar setup which will hopefully last a good few years.
I will put up the parts list that I intend to buy and my reason, if you have any input good or bad it would be very much appreciated as I am somewhat out of the loop these days when it comes to some bits.
So here we go:
Case: Corsair Vengence C70
I LOVE the look of thise case, plus it has handles, thats awesome for me! Plus the basics it has ideal places for cable management and airflow and generally a nice looking case.
PSU: Branded 1000w
Cant mention the name of the PSU as its name is also a competitor so well leave it at that, ideally a more powerful one as wouldnt mind going SLI with a 980 in time when I need to.
CPU: Intel i7-5930K
Now, this is my original choice for a processor, ill explain my conundrum below
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT
Love the look of this, was going to for the H100 but for the little extra I like the idea of it filling the case a bit more and just looking "beefier"
Motherboard: Noooooo idea, will need help here!
RAM: 16GB (4x4GB) Corsair Vengence Pro
First one that popped up really, dont mind what kind it is as long as its decent, not sure about frequencies though!
GFX Card: MSI / EVGA nVidia GeForce 980 GTX
Looking to go all out and get nVidias big one for the PC, considering im running a GTX 460 now, this will be a huge step up, planning to SLI in time when it needs it
HDD1: Samsung EVO SSD 250GB
Heard SSDs are great for main OS drive, can get a brand new one of these for 75 which seems to be a decent price so it has taken my pick for primary drive.
HDD2: Western Digital Caviar BLACK 1T
Again heard this is ideal for installing the likes of steam on and running games from so sounds like a good second HDD.
So there we have it, that was my rough guide.
Ideally advice on a processor/mobo/ram combo would be greatly appreciated. Someone I know suggested to me that the i7-4790K would be fine for me, which may be true, but if things are moving forward to the X99 and 2011 socket way I would like to just go for that now and ideally go future proof, hense the idea of the i7-5930k now.
I know the 5930k has more cores, less Ghz and more PCI lanes, but do these really count and / or will they count in a few years ahead.
As I say folks I would really appreciate and advise and tips you lot in the know might have in regards to my build.
Many thanks for your time!
Adam
I am new to these forums, well posting, Ive been searching through them for a few weeks looking at other posts to similar questions and have found a lot of helpful guides and opinions on builds and components so first of all thanks for all that!
I have had my current gaming rig for around 7 years now I believe and it has lasted me very well but its getting on a bit and I am now in a position to upgrade to something new. I have spent a fair bit of time researching and looking into new gear for buying and I have made my mind up on the majority of the parts but im struggling with the processor really.
When I bought my current PC from new it cost around 1600-1700 I believe and was, at the time, relatively future proof. I did have to upgrade the GFX card to an nVidia 460 GTX which I am currently running. The processor is an AMD phenom II X4 955 3.2Ghz with 4GB of ram.
Im probably looking to spend around the same today for a similar setup which will hopefully last a good few years.
I will put up the parts list that I intend to buy and my reason, if you have any input good or bad it would be very much appreciated as I am somewhat out of the loop these days when it comes to some bits.
So here we go:
Case: Corsair Vengence C70
I LOVE the look of thise case, plus it has handles, thats awesome for me! Plus the basics it has ideal places for cable management and airflow and generally a nice looking case.
PSU: Branded 1000w
Cant mention the name of the PSU as its name is also a competitor so well leave it at that, ideally a more powerful one as wouldnt mind going SLI with a 980 in time when I need to.
CPU: Intel i7-5930K
Now, this is my original choice for a processor, ill explain my conundrum below
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GT
Love the look of this, was going to for the H100 but for the little extra I like the idea of it filling the case a bit more and just looking "beefier"
Motherboard: Noooooo idea, will need help here!
RAM: 16GB (4x4GB) Corsair Vengence Pro
First one that popped up really, dont mind what kind it is as long as its decent, not sure about frequencies though!
GFX Card: MSI / EVGA nVidia GeForce 980 GTX
Looking to go all out and get nVidias big one for the PC, considering im running a GTX 460 now, this will be a huge step up, planning to SLI in time when it needs it
HDD1: Samsung EVO SSD 250GB
Heard SSDs are great for main OS drive, can get a brand new one of these for 75 which seems to be a decent price so it has taken my pick for primary drive.
HDD2: Western Digital Caviar BLACK 1T
Again heard this is ideal for installing the likes of steam on and running games from so sounds like a good second HDD.
So there we have it, that was my rough guide.
Ideally advice on a processor/mobo/ram combo would be greatly appreciated. Someone I know suggested to me that the i7-4790K would be fine for me, which may be true, but if things are moving forward to the X99 and 2011 socket way I would like to just go for that now and ideally go future proof, hense the idea of the i7-5930k now.
I know the 5930k has more cores, less Ghz and more PCI lanes, but do these really count and / or will they count in a few years ahead.
As I say folks I would really appreciate and advise and tips you lot in the know might have in regards to my build.
Many thanks for your time!
Adam
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Will update soon with some purchases!