Hi,
my current system is around 4 years old and my good old HD5870's fan recently startet to simulate a lawnmower. First i thought about to replace it with a budget of about 150-200€ but my P55D board doesn't support PCIe 3.0. So I decided its time for a new system.
As my system run without problems at all for four years (just reinstalled once after installing SSDs) I'm really not up to date with current hardware, so I spend some time the last days refreshing up some PC wisdom.
What I want? - Mainly gaming. I don't need to play all the games on ultra 4xAA for the next years. I want to go more the way of price/effeciency and be able to have an acceptable system in 3+ years (while I accept to not play anything on high settings then).
I came up with following for my new system:
Keeping my Lian Li case, two SSDs, three HDs, my 26" 1920x1200 screen and replace the rest with following:
PSU - be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 650W
Board - MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
CPU - i5-4670K (want to run it at 4GHz)
CPU Cooler - Thermalright HR-02 Macho Rev.A
RAM - G.Skill DIMM 16 GB DDR3-2400 Kit CL10-12-12-31
OS - Windows 8.1
GPU - ???
Why did I have choosen this components?
PSU - I know that PSU gives more juice then I need and there are cheaper ones supporting 650/680W. But as my system currently runs in the living room I hope the few extra bucks are worth a quiet system.
Board - I think it has all the features I need. Don't plan to go SLI/Crossfire some day. Don't think I need any extra PCIe cards, but when I have some ports.
CPU - Thought a while about getting the i7-4770K instead. But price is 300€ vs 200€, don't think its worth 50% more. Or am I wrong?
CPU Cooler - Read it is sufficient for the i5-4670K running on 4GHz. Also it should keep all four DIMMs free if I ever want to upgrade some RAM.
RAM - Well, one of the harder choices. Started with 1866 CL8-9-9-24, had a look at 2133 CL9-11-11-28 and landed at 2400 CL10-12-12-31 (All G.Skill, all 2x8GB Kits). Don't remember the link, but read something about dividing frequenzy through timer and then the higher value is better!? After this the 2400 one is slightly better at also a slightly better prize. Or are there some drawbacks on it?
OS - Currently running Win7 64bit. Saw the 8.1 preview on a friends system with SSD and was enthusiastic how fast it boots.
GPU - The big question where I am really unsure. :/ Currently tending mostly to a MSI R9 280X Gaming 3GB at 280€. Also looking after a GTX770 OC 4GB which seems to be only slightly better at costing 430€. Heard next gen consoles will have lots of GPU RAM and so next ported games may need 4GB GDDR5!? Another question is how will be the R9 290X and how much will the 770's drop in price then?
So I hope to get some advice, mainly on the GPU question, but also on RAM and the other components.
Oh, and someone knows a link to some sort of checklist for building the system and installing the OS and drivers? Had one back which told what the important BIOS settings are, which drivers and tools to install, what system settings to change, and especially in which order. Was such a great help and surely will be!
my current system is around 4 years old and my good old HD5870's fan recently startet to simulate a lawnmower. First i thought about to replace it with a budget of about 150-200€ but my P55D board doesn't support PCIe 3.0. So I decided its time for a new system.
As my system run without problems at all for four years (just reinstalled once after installing SSDs) I'm really not up to date with current hardware, so I spend some time the last days refreshing up some PC wisdom.What I want? - Mainly gaming. I don't need to play all the games on ultra 4xAA for the next years. I want to go more the way of price/effeciency and be able to have an acceptable system in 3+ years (while I accept to not play anything on high settings then).
I came up with following for my new system:
Keeping my Lian Li case, two SSDs, three HDs, my 26" 1920x1200 screen and replace the rest with following:
PSU - be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 650W
Board - MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
CPU - i5-4670K (want to run it at 4GHz)
CPU Cooler - Thermalright HR-02 Macho Rev.A
RAM - G.Skill DIMM 16 GB DDR3-2400 Kit CL10-12-12-31
OS - Windows 8.1
GPU - ???
Why did I have choosen this components?
PSU - I know that PSU gives more juice then I need and there are cheaper ones supporting 650/680W. But as my system currently runs in the living room I hope the few extra bucks are worth a quiet system.
Board - I think it has all the features I need. Don't plan to go SLI/Crossfire some day. Don't think I need any extra PCIe cards, but when I have some ports.
CPU - Thought a while about getting the i7-4770K instead. But price is 300€ vs 200€, don't think its worth 50% more. Or am I wrong?
CPU Cooler - Read it is sufficient for the i5-4670K running on 4GHz. Also it should keep all four DIMMs free if I ever want to upgrade some RAM.
RAM - Well, one of the harder choices. Started with 1866 CL8-9-9-24, had a look at 2133 CL9-11-11-28 and landed at 2400 CL10-12-12-31 (All G.Skill, all 2x8GB Kits). Don't remember the link, but read something about dividing frequenzy through timer and then the higher value is better!? After this the 2400 one is slightly better at also a slightly better prize. Or are there some drawbacks on it?
OS - Currently running Win7 64bit. Saw the 8.1 preview on a friends system with SSD and was enthusiastic how fast it boots.
GPU - The big question where I am really unsure. :/ Currently tending mostly to a MSI R9 280X Gaming 3GB at 280€. Also looking after a GTX770 OC 4GB which seems to be only slightly better at costing 430€. Heard next gen consoles will have lots of GPU RAM and so next ported games may need 4GB GDDR5!? Another question is how will be the R9 290X and how much will the 770's drop in price then?
So I hope to get some advice, mainly on the GPU question, but also on RAM and the other components.
Oh, and someone knows a link to some sort of checklist for building the system and installing the OS and drivers? Had one back which told what the important BIOS settings are, which drivers and tools to install, what system settings to change, and especially in which order. Was such a great help and surely will be!
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