Hello and happy Christmas!
So the time has come, or the time is coming I should say, to push my PC further into Frankenstein territories and pray to god it doesn't combust.
Here's what will be carried over into my new PC, as such, components will have to be built around them.
Hey ladies and gents, it's that time!
TOTAL BUDGET: £1000 IDEAL - £1200 IN A PUSH.
USAGE: GAMING - UNIVERSITY WORK (Not intensive, primarily word at best.)
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What we have
AMD-FX 9590 4.7Ghz 8-core. Very beefy CPU, but has a huge power demand and heat output of a Nuclear Power Plant.
Crosshair V Formula Z - The edgiest motherboard ever. Does the job splendidly
RAM - 16GB of overclocked ram for needless reasons.
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What we need
CASE
A case capable of sustaining a cooling system adequate for the 9590 and the rest of the system. Personal results have shown that the 9590 struggles with even the most powerful of fan-cooling systems. Many quote different results but I would argue against them on personal experience. As such, a powerful water-cooling system if only for the 9590 would be a borderline necessity. Adequate space for comfortable cable management and (whilst few don't do this) space for an optical drive is a must.
Strong cooling and fan control is a must.
Shiny LED lights for swagfactor preferable.
CPU Cooler
As mentioned above, the 9590 is atrocious to keep cool, and a closed water system would probably yield the best results. Obviously, said cooler will have to be AM3+ compatible and very, very powerful. Noise is relatively unimportant.
PSU
It's got to have the right sockets, it's got to have power to spare (obviously not a huge amount), and its got to be reliable.
GPU
I'll let you guys have a bit of free reign on this. Many here will be better able to judge where CPU and GPU will bottleneck each other. I'll simply allow you guys to draw this out of the overall budget.
STORAGE
Internal or external, I would love a system that had the capability of loading some of the more demanding video games out there comparatively quickly. At least a terabyte worth of space.
OS
I really, really like Windows 7 still because I'm scared.
I will consider a newer OS of course.
MONITOR
Good resolution and quality takes priority over size, although if my budget permits then I wouldn't mind it being larger by no means (hurr hurr)
If anyone could give me suggestions and recommendations that'd be amazing.
If anyone has a build that, without current parts, could top it, that too would be amazing.
Finally, should I just hold off and cut my losses due to the new AMD chipset coming out in (supposedly) Q1 of 2017?
So the time has come, or the time is coming I should say, to push my PC further into Frankenstein territories and pray to god it doesn't combust.
Here's what will be carried over into my new PC, as such, components will have to be built around them.
Hey ladies and gents, it's that time!
TOTAL BUDGET: £1000 IDEAL - £1200 IN A PUSH.
USAGE: GAMING - UNIVERSITY WORK (Not intensive, primarily word at best.)
----
What we have
AMD-FX 9590 4.7Ghz 8-core. Very beefy CPU, but has a huge power demand and heat output of a Nuclear Power Plant.
Crosshair V Formula Z - The edgiest motherboard ever. Does the job splendidly
RAM - 16GB of overclocked ram for needless reasons.
-----
What we need
CASE
A case capable of sustaining a cooling system adequate for the 9590 and the rest of the system. Personal results have shown that the 9590 struggles with even the most powerful of fan-cooling systems. Many quote different results but I would argue against them on personal experience. As such, a powerful water-cooling system if only for the 9590 would be a borderline necessity. Adequate space for comfortable cable management and (whilst few don't do this) space for an optical drive is a must.
Strong cooling and fan control is a must.
Shiny LED lights for swagfactor preferable.
CPU Cooler
As mentioned above, the 9590 is atrocious to keep cool, and a closed water system would probably yield the best results. Obviously, said cooler will have to be AM3+ compatible and very, very powerful. Noise is relatively unimportant.
PSU
It's got to have the right sockets, it's got to have power to spare (obviously not a huge amount), and its got to be reliable.
GPU
I'll let you guys have a bit of free reign on this. Many here will be better able to judge where CPU and GPU will bottleneck each other. I'll simply allow you guys to draw this out of the overall budget.
STORAGE
Internal or external, I would love a system that had the capability of loading some of the more demanding video games out there comparatively quickly. At least a terabyte worth of space.
OS
I really, really like Windows 7 still because I'm scared.
I will consider a newer OS of course.
MONITOR
Good resolution and quality takes priority over size, although if my budget permits then I wouldn't mind it being larger by no means (hurr hurr)
If anyone could give me suggestions and recommendations that'd be amazing.
If anyone has a build that, without current parts, could top it, that too would be amazing.
Finally, should I just hold off and cut my losses due to the new AMD chipset coming out in (supposedly) Q1 of 2017?
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