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Hi there,
I'm looking into building a gaming rig. Budget is $2000 to $2500 for rig alone. This will be my first time. I would prefer buying the components during the thanksgiving sale next week.
I looked at various sites and created this component list:
AeroCool StrikeX-Air Black SECC Open Case Computer Case $150
AMD Radeon R9-295X $800
Intel Core i7-4790K $340
ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $204.99
CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 Desktop Memory Model $178
Segate Hybrid Drive ST4000DX001 4TB MLC/8GB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s NCQ 3.5" Desktop SSHD $169.99
EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 80 PLUS GOLD Certified 1300W $195
Pioneer Blu-ray Burner SATA BDR-209DBK $55
ASUS PCE-N15 Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express 300/300Mbps $30
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card $30
I would like to use a bigger display and since I'm mainly going to be gaming on this rig, I think this should be good for my needs:
Samsung UN50HU6950FXZA 50" UHD 4K Smart LED TV $800
For the graphics card, I looked at 290 and 290X but they both seem to run very hot which is why I figured that the 295 X will be a much better choice. I also looked at the GeForce 780Ti SLI configuration but R295x2 seems to be a much better performer.
For the CPU, I did look at the new Hashwell-E processors but since I'm not going to be doing any video editing and so on at present, the 4790K seemed like a much more economical choice that would satisfy my requirements just as well.
List of games I plan on playing on PC is given below. I would like to run all these games @4k/60 fps with ULTRA settings on all
Current Releases:
Shadow Warrior
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain
Watch Dogs
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Far Cry 4
Assassins Creed Unity
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4)
Alien: Isolation (PS4)
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Civilization 4
Civilization 5
Civilization: Beyond Earth
Guild Wars 2
Tera
Future Releases (I would like to run these at ULTRA at @4k/60 fps as well):
The Witcher 3
Cyberpunk
The Divison
Final Fantasy XV (Not sure if this'll make it to the PC)
Batman: Arkham Knight
I would like to know if:
1. This build is sufficient for the next 2 years or so. Can I run games @4k/60 fps for the next year or 2? Or will I have to dial down to 1080p/60 fps?
2. What are the chances of me hitting a consistent 120 fps @1080p on most games with this build?
3. Do I need liquid cooling or can I just get away with stock components itself?
4. I have not looked at a CPU cooler. Do I need one or can I use the stock component?
5. Will I be able to achieve ULTRA settings @4k/60 fps on most games without having to overclock anything (I plan on overclocking in the future once I learn more about it and get some experience building a PC)
6. Is the HDTV I've chosen good enough (I'm hoping somebody has some experience with using 4k TVs for gaming)
7. Will playing at 60 FPS give me some kind of soap opera effect? I have seen newer TVs in stores and stuff and I don't like the way movies/TV shows look on them. However, I do understand that movies and games is not a 1:1 comparison and the soap opera effect could be a result of the TV trying to do some kind of smoothing to the image etc. Additionally games render things differently so higher frame rates in games need not bring about the soap opera/realistic effect. Basically, I just want to know how different games look at 60 or even 120 fps from 30 fps. I'm hoping some of the people who own PCs and consoles and regularly game at both 30 and 60 fps can provide some input.
8. This is the PC Upgrade path I'm planning:
(a) Upgrade RAM to 32 GB after a year or two
(b) Upgrade HDD to SSD after two years maybe (hopefully SSD costs will come down and 2TB SSDs will be more affordable)
(c) Add another R295x2 graphics card after 2 - 3 years
(d) Move CPU + Motherboard to X99 architecture (or whatever else is better and reasonably priced at the time) and maybe add liquid cooling (if needed)
If somebody could please take a look at my build and my gaming requirements and give me some guidance I would be very grateful for the help.
Thanks a lot in advance
I'm looking into building a gaming rig. Budget is $2000 to $2500 for rig alone. This will be my first time. I would prefer buying the components during the thanksgiving sale next week.
I looked at various sites and created this component list:
AeroCool StrikeX-Air Black SECC Open Case Computer Case $150
AMD Radeon R9-295X $800
Intel Core i7-4790K $340
ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $204.99
CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 Desktop Memory Model $178
Segate Hybrid Drive ST4000DX001 4TB MLC/8GB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s NCQ 3.5" Desktop SSHD $169.99
EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2 80 PLUS GOLD Certified 1300W $195
Pioneer Blu-ray Burner SATA BDR-209DBK $55
ASUS PCE-N15 Wireless Adapter IEEE 802.11b/g/n PCI Express 300/300Mbps $30
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card $30
I would like to use a bigger display and since I'm mainly going to be gaming on this rig, I think this should be good for my needs:
Samsung UN50HU6950FXZA 50" UHD 4K Smart LED TV $800
For the graphics card, I looked at 290 and 290X but they both seem to run very hot which is why I figured that the 295 X will be a much better choice. I also looked at the GeForce 780Ti SLI configuration but R295x2 seems to be a much better performer.
For the CPU, I did look at the new Hashwell-E processors but since I'm not going to be doing any video editing and so on at present, the 4790K seemed like a much more economical choice that would satisfy my requirements just as well.
List of games I plan on playing on PC is given below. I would like to run all these games @4k/60 fps with ULTRA settings on all
Current Releases:
Shadow Warrior
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain
Watch Dogs
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Far Cry 4
Assassins Creed Unity
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (PS4)
Alien: Isolation (PS4)
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Civilization 4
Civilization 5
Civilization: Beyond Earth
Guild Wars 2
Tera
Future Releases (I would like to run these at ULTRA at @4k/60 fps as well):
The Witcher 3
Cyberpunk
The Divison
Final Fantasy XV (Not sure if this'll make it to the PC)
Batman: Arkham Knight
I would like to know if:
1. This build is sufficient for the next 2 years or so. Can I run games @4k/60 fps for the next year or 2? Or will I have to dial down to 1080p/60 fps?
2. What are the chances of me hitting a consistent 120 fps @1080p on most games with this build?
3. Do I need liquid cooling or can I just get away with stock components itself?
4. I have not looked at a CPU cooler. Do I need one or can I use the stock component?
5. Will I be able to achieve ULTRA settings @4k/60 fps on most games without having to overclock anything (I plan on overclocking in the future once I learn more about it and get some experience building a PC)
6. Is the HDTV I've chosen good enough (I'm hoping somebody has some experience with using 4k TVs for gaming)
7. Will playing at 60 FPS give me some kind of soap opera effect? I have seen newer TVs in stores and stuff and I don't like the way movies/TV shows look on them. However, I do understand that movies and games is not a 1:1 comparison and the soap opera effect could be a result of the TV trying to do some kind of smoothing to the image etc. Additionally games render things differently so higher frame rates in games need not bring about the soap opera/realistic effect. Basically, I just want to know how different games look at 60 or even 120 fps from 30 fps. I'm hoping some of the people who own PCs and consoles and regularly game at both 30 and 60 fps can provide some input.
8. This is the PC Upgrade path I'm planning:
(a) Upgrade RAM to 32 GB after a year or two
(b) Upgrade HDD to SSD after two years maybe (hopefully SSD costs will come down and 2TB SSDs will be more affordable)
(c) Add another R295x2 graphics card after 2 - 3 years
(d) Move CPU + Motherboard to X99 architecture (or whatever else is better and reasonably priced at the time) and maybe add liquid cooling (if needed)
If somebody could please take a look at my build and my gaming requirements and give me some guidance I would be very grateful for the help.
Thanks a lot in advance
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