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- 19 Jul 2010
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It’s been a long time since I’ve had a proper PC but over the last few years my daughter has got more & more into gaming and I’ve been toying with the idea of getting a gaming/multi-use PC setup.
Then I saw Starfield. Mmm… shiny, would like to give that a shot myself.
This will be a project over several months (3 or 4) but once I get going, I’ll probably strip the lead off the roof to get it over the line sooner.
Phase 1:
Play Minecraft & Roblox
Streaming/Video capture
Phase 2:
Starfield etc. at 1440p
Phase 3:
Music & video creation/editing
Just looking at getting a solid base right now to build upon initially. So that probably means MB, CPU, 16GB RAM, Case/cooler etc. Might buy a cheap/2nd hand GPU initially to get up & running then upgrade to a better one for Starfield & video creation/editing.
For the audio/video side of things, other than adding more memory, I'm not sure. Are the external interfaces the better approach these days? Back in the day I had a creative sound blaster that went in the drive bay which was the bees-knees. Will be mostly for guitar & vocals. I guess that’s not really important righty now anyway, getting the base unit sorted is the main thing.
Is intel the way to go given that this won’t be a straight up gaming machine? Been trying to read up on some of the best configurations and some say that the CPUs are so good/fast/powerful now that it doesn’t really matter but my head hurts from getting stuck in all these rabbit holes, so thought I would ask here. Ideally, I don’t want to upgrade for a couple of years (or if I do not a system overhaul).
Total budget around £1500 (hopefully).
Then I saw Starfield. Mmm… shiny, would like to give that a shot myself.
This will be a project over several months (3 or 4) but once I get going, I’ll probably strip the lead off the roof to get it over the line sooner.
Phase 1:
Play Minecraft & Roblox
Streaming/Video capture
Phase 2:
Starfield etc. at 1440p
Phase 3:
Music & video creation/editing
Just looking at getting a solid base right now to build upon initially. So that probably means MB, CPU, 16GB RAM, Case/cooler etc. Might buy a cheap/2nd hand GPU initially to get up & running then upgrade to a better one for Starfield & video creation/editing.
For the audio/video side of things, other than adding more memory, I'm not sure. Are the external interfaces the better approach these days? Back in the day I had a creative sound blaster that went in the drive bay which was the bees-knees. Will be mostly for guitar & vocals. I guess that’s not really important righty now anyway, getting the base unit sorted is the main thing.
Is intel the way to go given that this won’t be a straight up gaming machine? Been trying to read up on some of the best configurations and some say that the CPUs are so good/fast/powerful now that it doesn’t really matter but my head hurts from getting stuck in all these rabbit holes, so thought I would ask here. Ideally, I don’t want to upgrade for a couple of years (or if I do not a system overhaul).
Total budget around £1500 (hopefully).