- Jul 8, 2014
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Learning stuff on hardware here and on other sites in order to asseble my first pc (planned to be around 1500€) i've came across a fair number of systems ideas. A thing i can't uderstand is the proper balance between the money you put on the processor and the ones going to the video card (and ram memory to some extent):
the mainstream opinion seems to be that an high-end i5 processor (like 4670k if i got it right) is all I will ever need to play games at 1080p or 1440p, so if i have more than those 200€ to spend i should invest in a better video card instead of taking a more expensive i7 (like the 4770k, 280€ on amazon).
The same goes for RAM, with high-end expert rigs like this:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/pc-system-build-value-compared,review-32983.html
mounting 8GB of RAM even on 1600 dollar machines because more than that would bewasted as even games in ultra def don't use 8GB of RAM (from what i've understood).
But then looking to nvidia smartboxes or alienware gaming desktops i see many of theirs machines mount i7 and 16 GB (if not even 32 GB of RAM), sometimes on systems with mid-level graphic cards (like the alienware aurora: 16 GB of ram, i7-4820K, AMD Radeon (TM) R9 270).
even some experts builds from this site seem to like systems with video cards around 300€ and i7 processors, 16 GB of ram instead of saving those 100-150€ to get an higher tier card.
so what am i missing? how do i decide where to allocate the money? are the fastest i7 and 16GB of RAM useful for something below the 4k resolution or it's only a waste of money? will i5 and 8 GB of RAM be a bottleneck under a +/- 500€ card like the nvidia GTX 780 or the radeon axr9 290x ?
(i should mention that i have the specific wish to play planetside 2 at ultra settings, i heared it's particulary heavy on processor but again, so heavy that an i5 can't handle it?)
the mainstream opinion seems to be that an high-end i5 processor (like 4670k if i got it right) is all I will ever need to play games at 1080p or 1440p, so if i have more than those 200€ to spend i should invest in a better video card instead of taking a more expensive i7 (like the 4770k, 280€ on amazon).
The same goes for RAM, with high-end expert rigs like this:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/pc-system-build-value-compared,review-32983.html
mounting 8GB of RAM even on 1600 dollar machines because more than that would bewasted as even games in ultra def don't use 8GB of RAM (from what i've understood).
But then looking to nvidia smartboxes or alienware gaming desktops i see many of theirs machines mount i7 and 16 GB (if not even 32 GB of RAM), sometimes on systems with mid-level graphic cards (like the alienware aurora: 16 GB of ram, i7-4820K, AMD Radeon (TM) R9 270).
even some experts builds from this site seem to like systems with video cards around 300€ and i7 processors, 16 GB of ram instead of saving those 100-150€ to get an higher tier card.
so what am i missing? how do i decide where to allocate the money? are the fastest i7 and 16GB of RAM useful for something below the 4k resolution or it's only a waste of money? will i5 and 8 GB of RAM be a bottleneck under a +/- 500€ card like the nvidia GTX 780 or the radeon axr9 290x ?
(i should mention that i have the specific wish to play planetside 2 at ultra settings, i heared it's particulary heavy on processor but again, so heavy that an i5 can't handle it?)
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