Can it be done?!

It'd still work in in 7 years time, but the kind of people that buy a high end machine would usually also want a high end machine between now and 7 years time.
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Good point! So expensive being part of the PC Masterrace ha!

Might put down 700 and get 700 on finance and buy this bad boy
 
joedeath332 said:
Sorry to jump in but if in future I change my 60hz screens to 144hz screens will I be always tied to either amd or Nvidia gpu's depending if I choose G sync or free sync .
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No, G-Sync/Free Sync simply refers to the monitor synchronising its refresh rate with the frame output from the card. Its designed to create a great smooth image and eliminate tearing with no input lag (ala V-Sync). The refresh rate of 144hz is literally going to work whatever, but it wont guarantee you zero tearing depending on the FPS the GPU is putting out without G/Free Sync.

@OP be completely aware G-Sync choice isnt massive and price is higher on average... What you havent specified is what you are expecting game wise - everything above will be 'good' but to give you an idea you won't be chucking all new games on high/extra with that spec. Even now many games are using more VRAM than the 980 has. If you went with a 970 it would be a good card on budget, but expect you might be playing next years titles on medium. 980 would probably be better, but still next year you might be on medium. 980Ti is probably adequate for a few years I would think... This all depends a lot on you running 1080 or 1440+. Example: Black Ops 3, not the most graphically amazing game but it uses something like 5.5GB VRAM at times on high/extra settings at 1440, a 970 has 3.5 (no it doesnt actually have 4) and a 980 has 4. Based on that an 8GB R390 might be a better option in your budget situation.

If you are looking to SLI some cards then bump the PSU to about 850w, some cards like a 980Ti are going to eat 250w each. If you can wait until spring/summer and cross your fingers the above cards should drop in price IF Pascal is released.
 
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Got pretty much an endless amount of cash now. Just wondering if i want to spend that much cash if that makes sense. I waste a ridiculous amount of cash each month on various stuff but for some reason 1500 for a pc that'll last me years is making me hold off :/ I can't seem to make a decision on it.

Not really after anything other than I kind of want a new pc and want to be able to play cs:go and stuff @ bare frames per second.
 
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I've got a 7 year old pc. it's still pretty good but I'm bored of it. it churns out about 100 fps on cs:go but i'm going to give it to my mum to play facebook on
 
I just spent a little over £600 on a new machine (minus monitor and peripherals mind) and it plays CS:GO at a near stable 200fps...

Source games are pretty well made and you can get a high FPS count with half your budget.
 
Well for £1,500 you could build something pretty beastly, probably 6700k+980Ti combo would be good - both of which are both easily overclocked and probably good for a number of years. The skylake chip might be a bit overpriced right now but its future proofing you in terms of the DDR4 options, there is also quite a range of good motherboards. The 980Ti is a solid card and a close match to a Titan performance in many cases with more future proof VRAM amounts over a 980 - for another £100-150 though.

You never really know what the future will bring but I can't see you regretting it in 3 years time... the only thing is the pending GPU Pascal launch, which is why i've got 1 980Ti in my recent build not 2 because i'm going to swap it out for a few of those if they do come out soon.

You'd probably be able to spec a number of options for the £500 more, question will always be how much you want to spend on the screen though... Potentially you may nudge the budget again because its always tempting to go for it if you are spending more on the hardware. I've just spent about £1600 on similar hardware, but with the addition of £450 in water cooling/£430 on a Dell G-Sync when it was boxing day sales. You could probably build the same hardware with closed loop cooling on the CPU (air on GPU) and compromise on a few areas to bring it in for about £1250 (i.e. PSU, RAM, MOBO, Case). Have a shop around, give it some thought, ultimately you probably use the PC daily so as long as you can afford the outlay you won't regret it...
 
Hi Smffy, great advice. Very helpful, thank you.

I think you're right. I only really use the PC once a day for a map or two of CS:GO but perhaps I'll get into it more and always good to have a pc :)

Not sure 1500 would stretch to a 980ti when I need to include windows, keyboard, mouse etc unfortunately.
 
monster_munch said:
Yeah, this is what I am thinking mate! Maybe I should just do this. What's your spec?
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  • Intel i5 6400 (non-K but with the motherboard and some specific drivers, can be OC'd, which I may do in the near future)
  • MSI Z170m Morter mATX motherboard
  • 8gb DDR4 3000mhz RAM
  • Gigabyte GTX 960 4gb GDDR5 GPU
  • 350w PSU
  • 240gb SSD
 
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