Approximate Purchase Date: End of August/Early September
Budget Range: $1100, hard-ish cap. Additionally I have a $75 debit card that I can use to purchase one item (most likely the case or RAM).
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Especially Planetside 2), high school and college tasks, video livestreaming at 1080p.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: I need basically an entirely new build. Can you use a wireless USB/mouse to install Windows for the first time? I have a mouse and keyboard for those old circular port things, but they're covered in a lot of dust.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Please note that if you're using an OEM license of Windows, you will need a new one when buying a new motherboard.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (e.g.: newegg.com, ncix.com -- to show us selection & pricing) No real preference.
Location: City, State/Region, Country - Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Parts Preferences: Preferably Intel and nVidia. I love AMD's 8-cores, but I prefer not having to overclock right out of the box just to get 30 fps. 1tb at the very least, 2tb preferable.
Overclocking: Yes, but not anytime soon.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, but not in this current budget please.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080.
Additional Comments: Would you guys do me a huge favor and do two builds, one with an i5-4670k and one with an i7-4770k?
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I'm an incoming high school senior, and I need to purchase a computer that will win me bragging rights in high school (haha, just kidding!) and be able to run games in the future. Not exactly looking for ultra settings in Crysis 5, or even 3 for that matter, but at least playable fps. (40fps for shooters, 30 elsewhere)
I know you guys tend to persuade people against getting an i7, especially with the budget I have. However, after experiencing the letdown with the "no game will ever use two cores" and then C2D becomes outdated in 2 years dilemma, I rather stay safe and cheap out on the part that most people upgrade before their CPU, the GPU. Also, I can transfer the old GPU to an older backup rig (hehe, guess the CPU on it) which you can't do with an i5-4670k. Also, I heard that streaming with an i5-4670k will only net 720p before it starts to impact performance too much. The virtual cores on the i7 SHOULD help with the 1080p streaming a lot.
Also, I have had to use Autodesk Inventor and MultiSim in the past, which took a lot of power from the CPU. I'm trying to stay safe because using my old rig to play with MultiSim was not fun.
Oh and if you don't have enough space for a monitor (like, adding a 1080p monitor will throw the budget off by $50), then leave it out. I can always just use the old one. I know this budget and the two builds are tall orders to fill, but I hope you guys can do it! Thanks!
Budget Range: $1100, hard-ish cap. Additionally I have a $75 debit card that I can use to purchase one item (most likely the case or RAM).
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Especially Planetside 2), high school and college tasks, video livestreaming at 1080p.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: I need basically an entirely new build. Can you use a wireless USB/mouse to install Windows for the first time? I have a mouse and keyboard for those old circular port things, but they're covered in a lot of dust.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Please note that if you're using an OEM license of Windows, you will need a new one when buying a new motherboard.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (e.g.: newegg.com, ncix.com -- to show us selection & pricing) No real preference.
Location: City, State/Region, Country - Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Parts Preferences: Preferably Intel and nVidia. I love AMD's 8-cores, but I prefer not having to overclock right out of the box just to get 30 fps. 1tb at the very least, 2tb preferable.
Overclocking: Yes, but not anytime soon.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, but not in this current budget please.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080.
Additional Comments: Would you guys do me a huge favor and do two builds, one with an i5-4670k and one with an i7-4770k?
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I'm an incoming high school senior, and I need to purchase a computer that will win me bragging rights in high school (haha, just kidding!) and be able to run games in the future. Not exactly looking for ultra settings in Crysis 5, or even 3 for that matter, but at least playable fps. (40fps for shooters, 30 elsewhere)
I know you guys tend to persuade people against getting an i7, especially with the budget I have. However, after experiencing the letdown with the "no game will ever use two cores" and then C2D becomes outdated in 2 years dilemma, I rather stay safe and cheap out on the part that most people upgrade before their CPU, the GPU. Also, I can transfer the old GPU to an older backup rig (hehe, guess the CPU on it) which you can't do with an i5-4670k. Also, I heard that streaming with an i5-4670k will only net 720p before it starts to impact performance too much. The virtual cores on the i7 SHOULD help with the 1080p streaming a lot.
Also, I have had to use Autodesk Inventor and MultiSim in the past, which took a lot of power from the CPU. I'm trying to stay safe because using my old rig to play with MultiSim was not fun.
Oh and if you don't have enough space for a monitor (like, adding a 1080p monitor will throw the budget off by $50), then leave it out. I can always just use the old one. I know this budget and the two builds are tall orders to fill, but I hope you guys can do it! Thanks!
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