Hello forum,
I spent all of my day reading and researching and trying to come up with a good build. So far this is what I've got: BUILD.
I'd like to be able to play MGSV and Witcher 3 on Ultra. I also want to use it to stream gameplay, video editing and 3D rendering. The video editing and 3D rendering takes a backseat to playing games on Ultra though, as I'm used to waiting a long time for stuff to render.
Some feedback I've received is to switch out the PSU for an EVGA SuperNOVA but I'm afraid EVGA stuff is quite difficult to get here in Singapore.
Also, I've been told to switch out the Nvidia card for an AMD R9 390. A long time ago I ran into trouble with my old AMD card when I tried to play Mirror's Edge and the game slowed to a crawl. Eventually I fixed it by disabling Nvidia's PhysX but I guess I'm still wary of AMD. Upon researching though I found out that the 390 swept the 970 across the board in all the benchmarks I looked at. Though I also found out that the 970 can be overclocked to perform the same as, if not better, than the 390 but at lower wattage. I'm not sure if I'll need the extra VRAM that comes with the 390 though.
In any case I'm not too attached to the parts inside but I'd really like to keep the NXZT Phantom case because I think it looks cool.
Some other info: I have an AOC monitor that runs at 1920x1080 that I exclusively use for games and movies. I have another Samsung monitor that runs at 1680x1050 that I use for utility. I'm not sure if it's worth it for a monitor upgrade now since I don't think this setup will run at 4k anyway. I might hand the Samsung over to my brother since I plan on giving him this computer once I'm done with the new build. Either that or I'd turn this current one into a home cinema/steam machine.
I used this website to roughly ball park my figures. But my budget is around 2-3k Singapore Dollars.
Sorry for the long message forum. Thanks for all your help!
I spent all of my day reading and researching and trying to come up with a good build. So far this is what I've got: BUILD.
CPU Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212X 82.9 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card
Case NZXT Phantom 630 Windowed Edition (Black) ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)
I'd like to be able to play MGSV and Witcher 3 on Ultra. I also want to use it to stream gameplay, video editing and 3D rendering. The video editing and 3D rendering takes a backseat to playing games on Ultra though, as I'm used to waiting a long time for stuff to render.
Some feedback I've received is to switch out the PSU for an EVGA SuperNOVA but I'm afraid EVGA stuff is quite difficult to get here in Singapore.
Also, I've been told to switch out the Nvidia card for an AMD R9 390. A long time ago I ran into trouble with my old AMD card when I tried to play Mirror's Edge and the game slowed to a crawl. Eventually I fixed it by disabling Nvidia's PhysX but I guess I'm still wary of AMD. Upon researching though I found out that the 390 swept the 970 across the board in all the benchmarks I looked at. Though I also found out that the 970 can be overclocked to perform the same as, if not better, than the 390 but at lower wattage. I'm not sure if I'll need the extra VRAM that comes with the 390 though.
In any case I'm not too attached to the parts inside but I'd really like to keep the NXZT Phantom case because I think it looks cool.
Some other info: I have an AOC monitor that runs at 1920x1080 that I exclusively use for games and movies. I have another Samsung monitor that runs at 1680x1050 that I use for utility. I'm not sure if it's worth it for a monitor upgrade now since I don't think this setup will run at 4k anyway. I might hand the Samsung over to my brother since I plan on giving him this computer once I'm done with the new build. Either that or I'd turn this current one into a home cinema/steam machine.
I used this website to roughly ball park my figures. But my budget is around 2-3k Singapore Dollars.
Sorry for the long message forum. Thanks for all your help!
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