Hello!
I've been meaning to get myself a new PC, and usually I stick to a machine for 5 or more years once I acquire it. So, I've been doing research, but it seems every benchmark I read and every article about new tech gives more questions than answers.
For budget, it's a bit hard for me to set a pattern. But to leave some sort of reference, in the end, prices here are 3 times higher. So a US$450.00 GTX 580 could be acquired for ~R$1300.00 .
With that in mind, the setup I kind of settled for (which I'm ok with the price) is like this:
- Asus p8z68-v pro gen3
- Intel Core i5 2500k
- 2x Corsair Vengeance 4gb 1600mhz
- 850 W Corsair font
- 1 tb 7200rpm sata3 HD (from seagate)
- NZXT Phantom (Full Tower Case)
The Phantom tower is an item I'd rather not trade for anything else. Love this one's design.
For graphics, I was considering the radeon HD 6870, though I believe I could spend a tad more on the 7870 depending on how it's price is going to be here (new releases get too overpriced here).
I plan to buy it in early June (which is when I finish saving money for it), and maybe it's too far ahead, but on the other hand I could adjust should anything too drastic happen.
And now, the questions and stuff that's been bugging me:
Are there much better choices at that price? Or much cheaper choices with same performance/features?
What is that 'SSD as HDD cache' I've been reading about? I sort of grasp the concept, but how do I make that work? How big should it be? Is it motherboard dependant, or anything on that line?
PCIe 3.0, USB 3, SATA 3... I've got to admit that when talk start to get into 'hub' 'controllers' 'lanes', etc... I am clueless. What "USB ports that are disabled if the PCI is being used as 16x/16x" mean?
Since part of the plan is being able to upgrade it later, PCIe 3.0 feels like a must. But is it? Is there a reason not to worry about it?
More importantly, is that Motherboard choice a solid one?
Do I even have to worry about that if I don't plan any X-Fire or SLI? Or even multiple HDDs?
At this point I really prefer to stick to one card. But then, I could probably see myself buying another GPU to crossfire at year's end. I don't really plan on getting 3 monitors to play with, but while I won't actively go in that direction, how much would it cost to be ready for that?
Sometimes I've got to admit I would like to maybe tap into some light overclocking. But how does it work with stock fans, and how far can it go with air cooling? If I could get a non-stock (good) cooler how much harm could it make?
That's it. Sorry for the long post, but I guess it works better to explain what it is that I want from the PC and future intentions, than just ask if something is good now, while it could be not so good in a month.
Btw, it could be a good thing to consider future releases (that will happen before early june).
Thanks in advance,
-Dan
I've been meaning to get myself a new PC, and usually I stick to a machine for 5 or more years once I acquire it. So, I've been doing research, but it seems every benchmark I read and every article about new tech gives more questions than answers.
For budget, it's a bit hard for me to set a pattern. But to leave some sort of reference, in the end, prices here are 3 times higher. So a US$450.00 GTX 580 could be acquired for ~R$1300.00 .
With that in mind, the setup I kind of settled for (which I'm ok with the price) is like this:
- Asus p8z68-v pro gen3
- Intel Core i5 2500k
- 2x Corsair Vengeance 4gb 1600mhz
- 850 W Corsair font
- 1 tb 7200rpm sata3 HD (from seagate)
- NZXT Phantom (Full Tower Case)
The Phantom tower is an item I'd rather not trade for anything else. Love this one's design.
For graphics, I was considering the radeon HD 6870, though I believe I could spend a tad more on the 7870 depending on how it's price is going to be here (new releases get too overpriced here).
I plan to buy it in early June (which is when I finish saving money for it), and maybe it's too far ahead, but on the other hand I could adjust should anything too drastic happen.
And now, the questions and stuff that's been bugging me:
Are there much better choices at that price? Or much cheaper choices with same performance/features?
What is that 'SSD as HDD cache' I've been reading about? I sort of grasp the concept, but how do I make that work? How big should it be? Is it motherboard dependant, or anything on that line?
PCIe 3.0, USB 3, SATA 3... I've got to admit that when talk start to get into 'hub' 'controllers' 'lanes', etc... I am clueless. What "USB ports that are disabled if the PCI is being used as 16x/16x" mean?
Since part of the plan is being able to upgrade it later, PCIe 3.0 feels like a must. But is it? Is there a reason not to worry about it?
More importantly, is that Motherboard choice a solid one?
Do I even have to worry about that if I don't plan any X-Fire or SLI? Or even multiple HDDs?
At this point I really prefer to stick to one card. But then, I could probably see myself buying another GPU to crossfire at year's end. I don't really plan on getting 3 monitors to play with, but while I won't actively go in that direction, how much would it cost to be ready for that?
Sometimes I've got to admit I would like to maybe tap into some light overclocking. But how does it work with stock fans, and how far can it go with air cooling? If I could get a non-stock (good) cooler how much harm could it make?
That's it. Sorry for the long post, but I guess it works better to explain what it is that I want from the PC and future intentions, than just ask if something is good now, while it could be not so good in a month.
Btw, it could be a good thing to consider future releases (that will happen before early june).
Thanks in advance,
-Dan
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