- Jul 29, 2013
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Hey guys,
First off - I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of the knowledgeable PC enthusiasts who give advice out here. I have come by so many threads that have really clued me up on building my PC and knowing how to fix stuff.
Now that I finally have a good job and a load of student debt (thanks conservatives), I really wanted to tick off one of my life ambitions and build my own monster gaming PC.
The Gaming PC it will be replacing is a 7 year old Mesh. it's been through a lot with me, and I'm sad to be leaving it. But I have a good friend who wants to get away from console gaming and into PC gaming, so I was going to give my rig to him. It's actually NOT that bad! But the motherboard is starting to glitch up. Specs are as follows:
Now, I've been stalking a few recent posts, and many youtube videos. I have a few good little builds that have been recommended, but I still have a few questions that I can't find the answer to. When building my Rig, it will be used for high-end gaming and streaming using multiple monitors at maybe 1080p/2k. These are my factors:
AMD vs nVidia - I know, I know. Cliche. When I was shopping for this PC and my 7870, AMD, AMD vs nVidia, Intel was basically AMD was great value for money, but didn't have the swag-tag. But now, it looks like in the graphics card market that AMD are loosing badly next to nVidia who are more efficient and have bigger beasts. And in all of the benchmarking charts I struggle to find any AMD processor that can keep up with Intels!
I have always prefered AMD because of cost/value and because I hear nVidia are not as good of a company as ATI (gender paygap, company ethics, market ethics). At the moment though, I am leaning towards nVidia because of superior card performance. Thoughts?
New nVidia card coming out soon? - I heard that a new type of GPU was going to come out from nVidia this year. If that's true, and the normal effects are true (current gen cards are going to come down in price, perhaps new cards will be awesome enough to upgrade to dispite price), should I just use my old gaming rigs card for now and wait until buying a new GPU?
4 core, 6 core, xeon, i7, AMD - Seriously. Still so confused. If I want to be able to play a high quality game and stream and do some other things on my other monitor, should I look at more cores? Or is 4 core still the go-to norm. Should I even consider AMD? What would you do?
Sound Card? - I have a pair of Steelseries H Wireless headphones. If I get a good enough motherboard, should I care about a soundcard?
Any and all help appreciated
Thanks guys!
Peace out.
First off - I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of the knowledgeable PC enthusiasts who give advice out here. I have come by so many threads that have really clued me up on building my PC and knowing how to fix stuff.
Now that I finally have a good job and a load of student debt (thanks conservatives), I really wanted to tick off one of my life ambitions and build my own monster gaming PC.
The Gaming PC it will be replacing is a 7 year old Mesh. it's been through a lot with me, and I'm sad to be leaving it. But I have a good friend who wants to get away from console gaming and into PC gaming, so I was going to give my rig to him. It's actually NOT that bad! But the motherboard is starting to glitch up. Specs are as follows:
Processor : AMD Phenom™ II X4 920 Quad Core Processor AM2+ (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache)
Motherboard : ASUS M4A78 Pro AMD Socket AM2+ Phenom ATX Mainboard
HDD : 128GB SSD & 1TB HDD
Graphics Card : AMD Radeon 7870
PSU : + 550W PSU - Silver (lol)
Now, I've been stalking a few recent posts, and many youtube videos. I have a few good little builds that have been recommended, but I still have a few questions that I can't find the answer to. When building my Rig, it will be used for high-end gaming and streaming using multiple monitors at maybe 1080p/2k. These are my factors:
Must have a great see-through side case that can be opened by a handle
Must be water cooled (swag-tag)
Must have cool LED lights
Must be future proof (can have non-critical parts replaced to keep up to date with gaming trends)
Preferable to be reasonable value for money
Preferable to have a DVI out in the Graphics card
Budget - £1000 to £1500 (I'd like to stick to the lower end if possible!)
AMD vs nVidia - I know, I know. Cliche. When I was shopping for this PC and my 7870, AMD, AMD vs nVidia, Intel was basically AMD was great value for money, but didn't have the swag-tag. But now, it looks like in the graphics card market that AMD are loosing badly next to nVidia who are more efficient and have bigger beasts. And in all of the benchmarking charts I struggle to find any AMD processor that can keep up with Intels!
I have always prefered AMD because of cost/value and because I hear nVidia are not as good of a company as ATI (gender paygap, company ethics, market ethics). At the moment though, I am leaning towards nVidia because of superior card performance. Thoughts?
New nVidia card coming out soon? - I heard that a new type of GPU was going to come out from nVidia this year. If that's true, and the normal effects are true (current gen cards are going to come down in price, perhaps new cards will be awesome enough to upgrade to dispite price), should I just use my old gaming rigs card for now and wait until buying a new GPU?
4 core, 6 core, xeon, i7, AMD - Seriously. Still so confused. If I want to be able to play a high quality game and stream and do some other things on my other monitor, should I look at more cores? Or is 4 core still the go-to norm. Should I even consider AMD? What would you do?
Sound Card? - I have a pair of Steelseries H Wireless headphones. If I get a good enough motherboard, should I care about a soundcard?
Any and all help appreciated
Thanks guys!Peace out.
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