First off, I haven't been to this site in years and am so impressed at how it's progressed! Great job everyone on the "Tom's Team."
I also haven't built a gaming rig (or even looked at components) for almost five years and am unfamiliar with today's pc abilities. What I want to build is something that can smoothly stream HD internet video to a typical 1080p lcd tv while simultaneously running modern games on a separate monitor. Hopefully some of you awesome readers have something similar going on in your homes. I've been researching components and their benchmarks for a couple days but really need to know how streaming HD video in the background will affect my performance.
If possible on one lone system, I'd like to follow these guidelines:
1-The ability to run 90% of games on max settings with exceptional fps, even with the tv streaming HD in the background.
2-On principal, I'd prefer to have only one video card rather than run SLI/CF. If it's needed to achieve my goals then I'll do it, but I despise that design/marketing tactic and would like to avoid the extra heat as well. I still only use one roll of toilet paper at a time...
3-No water-cooling and no video cards with high TDP without an aftermarket cooler.
4-My current monitor is a 27" Samsung that runs 1920x1080 which is fine for me now. 2560x1440 would be great but I don't feel the "need" yet.
5-I'd like to stay around $2,000. Less would be awesome but can push that budget up quite a bit if the benefits outweigh the costs. Looking for the case and everything that goes in it and hoping to not upgrade for 4-5 years.
Thanks everyone for your interest and time!
I also haven't built a gaming rig (or even looked at components) for almost five years and am unfamiliar with today's pc abilities. What I want to build is something that can smoothly stream HD internet video to a typical 1080p lcd tv while simultaneously running modern games on a separate monitor. Hopefully some of you awesome readers have something similar going on in your homes. I've been researching components and their benchmarks for a couple days but really need to know how streaming HD video in the background will affect my performance.
If possible on one lone system, I'd like to follow these guidelines:
1-The ability to run 90% of games on max settings with exceptional fps, even with the tv streaming HD in the background.
2-On principal, I'd prefer to have only one video card rather than run SLI/CF. If it's needed to achieve my goals then I'll do it, but I despise that design/marketing tactic and would like to avoid the extra heat as well. I still only use one roll of toilet paper at a time...
3-No water-cooling and no video cards with high TDP without an aftermarket cooler.
4-My current monitor is a 27" Samsung that runs 1920x1080 which is fine for me now. 2560x1440 would be great but I don't feel the "need" yet.
5-I'd like to stay around $2,000. Less would be awesome but can push that budget up quite a bit if the benefits outweigh the costs. Looking for the case and everything that goes in it and hoping to not upgrade for 4-5 years.
Thanks everyone for your interest and time!
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