- Oct 24, 2013
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Hi all,
This is my first post on tom's hardware's forums even though I've been a reader of the site for a long time. My apologies if my thread is placed in the wrong place.
I'm looking to build a new gaming rig for my living room and would like to hear your suggestions on the components. My budget is €2000 and I want to buy everything from scratch instead of upgrading my current box (i7-2600k, 6950 flashed to 6970, 120gb ssd, Asus P8P67 motherboard) because I want to keep that as a secondary PC.
I'm currently playing games on a 50" 1080p screen and am considering replacing it with a 4k monitor some time next year. I care about playing with 60fps on max settings. Last but not least, I generally replace my PC every 2.5 to 3 years and would like it to work on those settings for that time-period. I've never delved into watercooling or gone beyond the stock cooler for my CPU but I would certainly be interested in that.
Here are some ideas I had for the components:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K (€302.95)
GPU: MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming 4G (€362.71)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro PC3-14900 (DDR3-1866) 2 x 8gb (€139.98
Motherboard: Asus Republic Of Gamers Z97 MAXIMUS VII HERO (€174.99)
Storage #1: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (€113.99)
Storage #2: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001, 3TB (€92.80)
PSU: Antec HCP-1000 Platinum (€215.90)
Case: ???
CPU Cooler: ???
Other components: ???
Total (so far): €1403.32
With my goal of at least 1080p @ 60fps for the next 2-3 years, is this a set-up good enough? Moreover, what do you recommend for the case, cooler and other potential components I may have missed?
This is my first post on tom's hardware's forums even though I've been a reader of the site for a long time. My apologies if my thread is placed in the wrong place.
I'm looking to build a new gaming rig for my living room and would like to hear your suggestions on the components. My budget is €2000 and I want to buy everything from scratch instead of upgrading my current box (i7-2600k, 6950 flashed to 6970, 120gb ssd, Asus P8P67 motherboard) because I want to keep that as a secondary PC.
I'm currently playing games on a 50" 1080p screen and am considering replacing it with a 4k monitor some time next year. I care about playing with 60fps on max settings. Last but not least, I generally replace my PC every 2.5 to 3 years and would like it to work on those settings for that time-period. I've never delved into watercooling or gone beyond the stock cooler for my CPU but I would certainly be interested in that.
Here are some ideas I had for the components:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K (€302.95)
GPU: MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming 4G (€362.71)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro PC3-14900 (DDR3-1866) 2 x 8gb (€139.98
Motherboard: Asus Republic Of Gamers Z97 MAXIMUS VII HERO (€174.99)
Storage #1: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (€113.99)
Storage #2: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001, 3TB (€92.80)
PSU: Antec HCP-1000 Platinum (€215.90)
Case: ???
CPU Cooler: ???
Other components: ???
Total (so far): €1403.32
With my goal of at least 1080p @ 60fps for the next 2-3 years, is this a set-up good enough? Moreover, what do you recommend for the case, cooler and other potential components I may have missed?
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