Hey guys! The other day I made a post asking for build suggestions and advice. I've taken those suggestions and expanded my budget a bit to get some higher end hardware parts.
Here's the build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LvNft6
I opted for a 144hz monitor so I don't bottleneck the fps, sorry if I misused the term, but I assume that's what would happen because doesn't 60hz mean 60fps can be delivered max? But with the GPU and CPU I should pull over 60fps in a lot of games.
I've heard a lot about the i7 being overkill, I guess I assumed more games down the road may potentially utilize the HT so I figured spending the $100ish more might pay off. Not sure if GTA V or Evolve would take advantage of it. Those are newer and I'd love to be able to run them.
I figured I'd have enough speed here to not really worry about overclocking, so the option is there if I ever want to learn more about it and try it out, but unless it really matters I probably won't do it. That being the case I figured the GPU cooling would be fine as it is as would the CPU with that extra cooler I picked out.
The tower case itself I thought I may need to change. Such as opting for a more expensive one, unless a cheaper priced one like the one in the build is fine. Not sure is price equates to quality on those.
So it's just pushing over $1800. If I upped the tower case I'd like to lower something else to keep it right around that $1800 price. For instance the keyboard, it looks really quality but I'm not sure I need that keyboard starting out. So if I got a $40 higher tower case I might go for a $40 cheaper keyboard.
If the i7 is truly unnecessary I may opt for the i54690k (I think that's right?) or the Xeon as somebody in my previous thread mentioned and that would save me ~$100. Though, and do correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems useful enough to go for as a sense of future proofing a bit more.
Anyways, sorry for the length, tried to break it up so no wall of text, just wanted to explain where I'm coming from as a newbie! But let me know what you guys think. Thanks again guys (and gals)!
Here's the build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LvNft6
I opted for a 144hz monitor so I don't bottleneck the fps, sorry if I misused the term, but I assume that's what would happen because doesn't 60hz mean 60fps can be delivered max? But with the GPU and CPU I should pull over 60fps in a lot of games.
I've heard a lot about the i7 being overkill, I guess I assumed more games down the road may potentially utilize the HT so I figured spending the $100ish more might pay off. Not sure if GTA V or Evolve would take advantage of it. Those are newer and I'd love to be able to run them.
I figured I'd have enough speed here to not really worry about overclocking, so the option is there if I ever want to learn more about it and try it out, but unless it really matters I probably won't do it. That being the case I figured the GPU cooling would be fine as it is as would the CPU with that extra cooler I picked out.
The tower case itself I thought I may need to change. Such as opting for a more expensive one, unless a cheaper priced one like the one in the build is fine. Not sure is price equates to quality on those.
So it's just pushing over $1800. If I upped the tower case I'd like to lower something else to keep it right around that $1800 price. For instance the keyboard, it looks really quality but I'm not sure I need that keyboard starting out. So if I got a $40 higher tower case I might go for a $40 cheaper keyboard.
If the i7 is truly unnecessary I may opt for the i54690k (I think that's right?) or the Xeon as somebody in my previous thread mentioned and that would save me ~$100. Though, and do correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems useful enough to go for as a sense of future proofing a bit more.
Anyways, sorry for the length, tried to break it up so no wall of text, just wanted to explain where I'm coming from as a newbie! But let me know what you guys think. Thanks again guys (and gals)!
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