Hello,
I've been building PC's in past but since over 10 years I was using only Laptops, therefore I'm bit out of touch with current hardware.
Therefore I ask you for help in determining components for my ne PC.
As title stated it will be used as:
- workstation, Photoshop being probably the most demanding app
- gaming rig, not the top shelf but not crappy one too
- streaming games in O.K. quality
- internet browsing, movie watching etc
My goal is to have balance between good fast machine
and low power use.
Ideally I would like to be able use different profiles in Windows to switch off dedicated GPU whenever I do not to use it (web browsing, non gpu intensive work, movies etc).
Q1 : Is it possible to do and not draw loads of power despite big PSU?
Components:
CPU:
Starting point would be
i5-3570 or even i5-3470 if you think it would be enough for gaming+streaming.
i7-3770 is another possibility if you would think that price difference is warranted for gain.
(note that those are non-K versions, as I do not OC)
All those CPUs have TDP of 77 W.
I will be running two monitors, but one probably would be connected to discrete GPU, therefore i7-3770 would be an advantage (unless no big difference between HD 4000 and HD 2500 ?)
GPU:
Starting point would be
GeForce GTX 660 (140 W), going through
GeForce GTX 660 Ti (150 W),
GeForce GTX 670 (170 W),
GeForce GTX 760 (170 W) and finishing at
GeForce GTX 680 (190 W).
Do any of this cards have better power management while used for simple, non gpu intensive tasks?
Feel free to suggest something else, as those are just my types after few days of research.
Also please help me with rest of the components.
I think that I would like to do water cooling on CPU and GPU.
Use of small factor case would be preferred.
Hmm what else... is 16 GB RAM making any difference over 8 GB?
I will use SSD, probably Samsung 840 Pro, plus storage 2.5" HDD (have 500 and 750 GB from laptops).
For sure I forgot about some important details, so please help me refine this
Oh, I would say money wise I have up to £ 1000 but I think it's gonna be cheaper
I've been building PC's in past but since over 10 years I was using only Laptops, therefore I'm bit out of touch with current hardware.
Therefore I ask you for help in determining components for my ne PC.
As title stated it will be used as:
- workstation, Photoshop being probably the most demanding app
- gaming rig, not the top shelf but not crappy one too
- streaming games in O.K. quality
- internet browsing, movie watching etc
My goal is to have balance between good fast machine
and low power use.
Ideally I would like to be able use different profiles in Windows to switch off dedicated GPU whenever I do not to use it (web browsing, non gpu intensive work, movies etc).
Q1 : Is it possible to do and not draw loads of power despite big PSU?
Components:
CPU:
Starting point would be
i5-3570 or even i5-3470 if you think it would be enough for gaming+streaming.
i7-3770 is another possibility if you would think that price difference is warranted for gain.
(note that those are non-K versions, as I do not OC)
All those CPUs have TDP of 77 W.
I will be running two monitors, but one probably would be connected to discrete GPU, therefore i7-3770 would be an advantage (unless no big difference between HD 4000 and HD 2500 ?)
GPU:
Starting point would be
GeForce GTX 660 (140 W), going through
GeForce GTX 660 Ti (150 W),
GeForce GTX 670 (170 W),
GeForce GTX 760 (170 W) and finishing at
GeForce GTX 680 (190 W).
Do any of this cards have better power management while used for simple, non gpu intensive tasks?
Feel free to suggest something else, as those are just my types after few days of research.
Also please help me with rest of the components.
I think that I would like to do water cooling on CPU and GPU.
Use of small factor case would be preferred.
Hmm what else... is 16 GB RAM making any difference over 8 GB?
I will use SSD, probably Samsung 840 Pro, plus storage 2.5" HDD (have 500 and 750 GB from laptops).
For sure I forgot about some important details, so please help me refine this
Oh, I would say money wise I have up to £ 1000 but I think it's gonna be cheaper
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