I am planning to build my first PC and wanted to know if this build is optimal for 1080p and 60fp at leafs for most triple A games.
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/NBZ7Yr
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/NBZ7Yr
Is this good for triple A games?
- Thread starter Ernie G
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Silly_Sam
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Hello Ernie!
The part list good but there is room for improvement. I would recommend getting a ATX motherboard which gives room for upgrade in the future and has more functionality. Also if you want fast boot up i would recommend a smallish(90-250gb) SSD for just your OS. You could then put games and documents on HDD. You will be able to play most triple A titles with the current list but I would HIGHLY recommend the sugested updates.
Good Luck with the PC!
The part list good but there is room for improvement. I would recommend getting a ATX motherboard which gives room for upgrade in the future and has more functionality. Also if you want fast boot up i would recommend a smallish(90-250gb) SSD for just your OS. You could then put games and documents on HDD. You will be able to play most triple A titles with the current list but I would HIGHLY recommend the sugested updates.
Good Luck with the PC!
photonboy
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Hi,
For the GPU, I strongly suggest you either:
1) spend a bit more (approx $400USD) for the GTX1070 when it comes out (one of the after-market coolers)
or
2) wait slightly longer and get one of the new AMD Polaris cards (Polaris 10 likely the R9-490X or similar name)
Both newer series have lots of little improvements, though we only have solid info on NVidia's.
Update: I just saw THIS but haven't read it yet->
https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Polaris-Radeon-RX-480-will-launch-199-more-5-TFLOPS-compute
GTX1070:
GTX1080 link (same common info): http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/GeForce-GTX-1080-8GB-Founders-Edition-Review-GP104-Brings-Pascal-Gamers
- GTX1070 slightly faster than GTX980Ti
- 8GB VRAM
- VR up to 1.6X boost
- 2D/3D snapshots (Ansel software)
- other: HDR, HEVC, higher bandwidth connections
Too much to discuss, so you can read the article above.
*relative performance: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080/26.html
Use the Titan X which is about the same as a GTX1070->
roughly, that puts the GTX1070 about 36% faster than the R9-390
The GTX1070 is more expensive, however it's not just performance there's a lot of feature differences including VR support, and a huge difference in how much HEAT gets dumped into the room as well.
For the GPU, I strongly suggest you either:
1) spend a bit more (approx $400USD) for the GTX1070 when it comes out (one of the after-market coolers)
or
2) wait slightly longer and get one of the new AMD Polaris cards (Polaris 10 likely the R9-490X or similar name)
Both newer series have lots of little improvements, though we only have solid info on NVidia's.
Update: I just saw THIS but haven't read it yet->
https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Polaris-Radeon-RX-480-will-launch-199-more-5-TFLOPS-compute
GTX1070:
GTX1080 link (same common info): http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/GeForce-GTX-1080-8GB-Founders-Edition-Review-GP104-Brings-Pascal-Gamers
- GTX1070 slightly faster than GTX980Ti
- 8GB VRAM
- VR up to 1.6X boost
- 2D/3D snapshots (Ansel software)
- other: HDR, HEVC, higher bandwidth connections
Too much to discuss, so you can read the article above.
*relative performance: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080/26.html
Use the Titan X which is about the same as a GTX1070->
roughly, that puts the GTX1070 about 36% faster than the R9-390
The GTX1070 is more expensive, however it's not just performance there's a lot of feature differences including VR support, and a huge difference in how much HEAT gets dumped into the room as well.
photonboy
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AMD Polaris:
At a very quick glance, it looks like the R9-480 is going to be slightly faster than the R9-390 but:
a) Cost $200MSRP ($220+?)
b) use much less power (room not as hot)
c) will have NEW FEATURES for VR etc similar to what NVidia has announced.
So it looks like it will be a BETTER card than then R9-390 for perhaps $100 less.
*In the graph, the R9-480 has less cores etc, but it's GPU frequency will more than compensate for this. From what I understand the R9-480 should get at least 30% higher clock speeds than the last process node, possibly 40% or more.
So if this data is all correct we might get 20% faster than the R9-390.
At a very quick glance, it looks like the R9-480 is going to be slightly faster than the R9-390 but:
a) Cost $200MSRP ($220+?)
b) use much less power (room not as hot)
c) will have NEW FEATURES for VR etc similar to what NVidia has announced.
So it looks like it will be a BETTER card than then R9-390 for perhaps $100 less.
*In the graph, the R9-480 has less cores etc, but it's GPU frequency will more than compensate for this. From what I understand the R9-480 should get at least 30% higher clock speeds than the last process node, possibly 40% or more.
So if this data is all correct we might get 20% faster than the R9-390.
photonboy
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Mercian :
Sorry
you beat me to it. I think I will take a look at this card myself.
Yeah, the link just came out. That's one sweet card for the price, provided we don't see the prices jacked up. It will also be sold out in less than five minutes (not kidding). So launch and availability are two different things.
It might be worth BUILDING the system now and use an older graphics card while waiting, or if you have nothing there still build the computer and use the iGPU (in the CPU).
It's nice to have something NOW, but I suspect people would kick themselves later.
For VR, if AMD offers a similar feature to NVidia (we don't have those details yet), we could see a difference like THIS for the R9-480 vs R9-390:
1.3X perf difference,
1.6X VR
= 2x apprx
No idea if this is true as I said, but it MAY be that the R9-480 gets up to 2X higher FPS in virtual reality. Whether AMD supports this like NVidia does won't matter to must people though since VR won't be commonplace for a while.
photonboy :
Mercian :
Sorry
you beat me to it. I think I will take a look at this card myself.
Yeah, the link just came out. That's one sweet card for the price, provided we don't see the prices jacked up. It will also be sold out in less than five minutes (not kidding). So launch and availability are two different things.
It might be worth BUILDING the system now and use an older graphics card while waiting, or if you have nothing there still build the computer and use the iGPU (in the CPU).
It's nice to have something NOW, but I suspect people would kick themselves later.
For VR, if AMD offers a similar feature to NVidia (we don't have those details yet), we could see a difference like THIS for the R9-480 vs R9-390:
1.3X perf difference,
1.6X VR
= 2x apprx
No idea if this is true as I said, but it MAY be that the R9-480 gets up to 2X higher FPS in virtual reality. Whether AMD supports this like NVidia does won't matter to must people though since VR won't be commonplace for a while.
It is encouraging news regarding the 490/x.
photonboy
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The link we just got from PCPER doesn't have all the info, however if we just use the GPU cores it's:
R9-390: 2560
R9-480: 2304
We've already had info that showed Polaris getting at least 30% boost due to the die shrink (but not as high as NVidia did, but it's value we're looking at).
So, based on that we get some ROUGH calculations:
1.3/(2304/2560) = 1.17
So a conservative estimate (if data correct) says at least 17% higher performance so I said 20%. (my VR comment said 30%, sorry to confuse, that was meant as a best-case scenario if overclocks are higher)
It's always hard to say. The R9 480 will be a lot weaker and a lot cheaper then the GTX 1080 and even the GTX 1070, more of a competitor to the specualtive GTX 1060. Also the R9 4x cards have not been benchmarked yet. You can always buy your PC and run it on the onboard graphics if you wish to wait.
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