I'll start by following the build advice sticky.
Approx Purchase Date December 31st, 2016 [End of the year]
Budget $10,000
Usage Gaming, internet, movies.
Buying a monitor? 3 4Ks. Don't know much about monitors outside of bigger refresh rate is better and lower response time is better. 60hz minimum.
Parts to Upgrade Building the entire thing from scratch except for mouse and keyboard.
New OS? Yes
Preferred Websites Newegg, Amazon
Location Manchester NH
Parts Preference Intel, Nvidia, Samsung for SSDs.
Overclocking I'm too afraid to do it myself. Not sure what a turbo clock actually is or if that has anything to do with overclocking but the bigger the better right? Either way, I'm not messing with any of that.
SLI Very definitely. 2x minimum. I've done some research on 3x and 4x and the articles I read from last year showed minimal gains for them in most games but substantial gains in games built for it. Would like opinions on the benefits of 3x and 4x.
Monitor Resolution Getting 3 new 4k 16:9 monitors.
Additional Comments This is an ego machine. I want to see the insides. Thinking about a wall mounted case. The more LEDs and bling the better.
Also just because I essentially have a bottomless budget doesn't mean I'm looking to spend all of it. If a CPU costs 1K more for only a 10% performance boost then that's not worth it to me.
Why I'm Upgrading My financial situation has taken an incredibly fortunate turn and I can finally safely afford the finer aspects of my favorite hobby. One of my friends has an incredible collection of video game figurines, another has a powerful sports car, another the finest set of band equipment I've seen. I want this to be "my thing".
So I've never built my own computer from scratch. I've upgraded every single component of my current rig many times over the past few years except for the PSU. I'm kinda nervous about buying all the parts individual and setting them up myself, particularly water cooling. The main question I'm asking myself right now is if I should go for it and build it from scratch or buy a system from a site like ibuypower.com. I'm mostly concerned about part compatibility and making sure I'm taking advantage of all the features the parts I get have. Particularly the motherboard. Those things have so many features on them that mean nothing to me it's mind boggling.
TLDR: A fool and his money are soon parted. Please help me not be a fool.
PS: The advice I got from this site last year about upgrading was simply brilliant. The advice I got was nowhere near what I expected and it turned out to be a simply brilliant setup that has gotten me a year of flawless use.
Approx Purchase Date December 31st, 2016 [End of the year]
Budget $10,000
Usage Gaming, internet, movies.
Buying a monitor? 3 4Ks. Don't know much about monitors outside of bigger refresh rate is better and lower response time is better. 60hz minimum.
Parts to Upgrade Building the entire thing from scratch except for mouse and keyboard.
New OS? Yes
Preferred Websites Newegg, Amazon
Location Manchester NH
Parts Preference Intel, Nvidia, Samsung for SSDs.
Overclocking I'm too afraid to do it myself. Not sure what a turbo clock actually is or if that has anything to do with overclocking but the bigger the better right? Either way, I'm not messing with any of that.
SLI Very definitely. 2x minimum. I've done some research on 3x and 4x and the articles I read from last year showed minimal gains for them in most games but substantial gains in games built for it. Would like opinions on the benefits of 3x and 4x.
Monitor Resolution Getting 3 new 4k 16:9 monitors.
Additional Comments This is an ego machine. I want to see the insides. Thinking about a wall mounted case. The more LEDs and bling the better.
Also just because I essentially have a bottomless budget doesn't mean I'm looking to spend all of it. If a CPU costs 1K more for only a 10% performance boost then that's not worth it to me.
Why I'm Upgrading My financial situation has taken an incredibly fortunate turn and I can finally safely afford the finer aspects of my favorite hobby. One of my friends has an incredible collection of video game figurines, another has a powerful sports car, another the finest set of band equipment I've seen. I want this to be "my thing".
So I've never built my own computer from scratch. I've upgraded every single component of my current rig many times over the past few years except for the PSU. I'm kinda nervous about buying all the parts individual and setting them up myself, particularly water cooling. The main question I'm asking myself right now is if I should go for it and build it from scratch or buy a system from a site like ibuypower.com. I'm mostly concerned about part compatibility and making sure I'm taking advantage of all the features the parts I get have. Particularly the motherboard. Those things have so many features on them that mean nothing to me it's mind boggling.
TLDR: A fool and his money are soon parted. Please help me not be a fool.
PS: The advice I got from this site last year about upgrading was simply brilliant. The advice I got was nowhere near what I expected and it turned out to be a simply brilliant setup that has gotten me a year of flawless use.
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