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ZacharyH

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what im looking for is someone more knowledgeable then me (as many MANY of you are), to give the parts I have selected to put into my PC a fair rating. Maybe tell me where i could get a better part, or tell me if this is going to keep me from playing any tax heavy games.
I intend to use this PC for; gaming, some video rendering, messing around with blender, Unreal 4 engine, in that order.

PARTS:
CPU = i7-930 2.8Ghz (was given to me for free)
MOBO = ASUS P6X58-E Pro ATX Form Factor (supports up to DDR3 2200)
GPU = EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW
PSU = EVGA SuperNova 750 80+ Gold
CPU COOLER = be quiet! Dark Rock TF (220W TDP the CPU is a 130 TDP)
RAM = HyperX Fury 1866 DDR3 - 2x8gb
DRIVE = Seagate 1TB Firecuda SSHD

The motherboard supports the i7-9XX series so i can see myself maybe upgrading in the future to a i7-990x to give myself 2 more cores if Unreal Engine 4 maxes out what i have but from what i understand gaming isnt multiple core heavy. So would this build i many people opinion work for games like Overwatch, Witcher3, DayZ, CSGO, COD, etc.

I was kinda hoping that the SSHD and the slightly better GPU (yes i know it isnt a 1080 but
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) would make up for the CPU short comings.

I am a little worried that the CPU's supported memory might bottleneck the speed that the RAM can go to.

Thank you in advance! And hit me with the bad news :)



 
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First off, I want to know why you are going with a 1st gen CPU and a new gen GPU? Also getting a hybrid hard drive isn't that best bet. You would want to get a 120/250gb SSD and a 1TB hard drive ($150 altogether). If you are spending this much money, I would get a i5-6500 or i5-7500 with a decent motherboard and drop down to either the RX 580 or GTX 1060.

This all depends on how much you are wanting to spend, what resolution are you wanting and what quality are you TRULY aiming for (medium isn't bad if graphics don't matter).
 
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A strong gpu will not makeup for a weak cpu. The weak CPU will just hold back the GPU from achieving it full performance. Honesty I would go with a Pentium G4560 over that old i7, that Pentium actually has a good upgrade path. The PSU is overkill a good 550w PSU would be plenty and would allow you to free up funds for other components. Whats the budget? We could likely throw together a system using a newer cpu and motherboard.
 
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I have the 1070 because a friend sold it to me at half the cost since he was upgrading to the 1080 Ti. As for the old gen cpu that i got free at a neighbors garage sale (i helped out and he let me have it) so i don't even know for certain if it works or not. In reality this was me trying to stretch those two components together.
So here is want i have so far already sitting on a shelf,

The 930 cpu (would be willing to change this)
The HyperX 1866 ddr3 Ram
the 750watt PSU (yes overkill i have a whole other story about how i ended up with this)
The 1070 GTX EVGA FTW
and a pack of SATA cables i got from the same garage sale.

So i need to still get the hdd, mobo, and cpu cooler, (and apparently a new cpu)

I am sticking to an ATX form factor.

Suggestions for these still needed components that would work with what i already have?

Altogether i have about 600$ for everything but the hdds (i have a like 6 2.5 sitting in a drawer that i can use for a while and upgrade later)




 
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Not sure how this works but i replied to someone else and covered what you mention in the reply, just wanted to make sure you saw it because i want your opinion
 
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