Hey guys,
In the future, I will be creating my own PC. The main usages for this PC will be content production as well as gaming. With content production being the main focus.
Content production ranges from game production, to video editing, to graphics design, modelling, etc. Gaming will take place time-to-time, and when it is, will be recorded most of the time - the games played will be light to heavy.
The overall budget is around £2000. Peripherals have their own separate budget, but it would be nice to include the peripherals into the overall budget. Here is the PC build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor (£303.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£90.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (£170.00)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£143.74 @ More Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£58.74 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£264.97 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£264.97 @ Aria PC)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£80.76 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£123.47 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£72.30 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1660.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-10 15:47 GMT+0000
My questions are:
- Does FreeSync really make a difference for a build like this?
- Does refresh rate really matter in a build like this?
And things that would help are:
- A good monitor within the price range which is 1440p and uses the answers from the questions.
- Advice for getting a monitor.
- Improvements for the build.
Yes, I could fit a 1440p, 144hz, IPS monitor into this price range. But that is a lot of the budget eaten up. I just wanna see where I can save money.
This is also coming from someone who has a really bad current monitor - and will probably be blown away by any new monitor.
Thanks in advance.
In the future, I will be creating my own PC. The main usages for this PC will be content production as well as gaming. With content production being the main focus.
Content production ranges from game production, to video editing, to graphics design, modelling, etc. Gaming will take place time-to-time, and when it is, will be recorded most of the time - the games played will be light to heavy.
The overall budget is around £2000. Peripherals have their own separate budget, but it would be nice to include the peripherals into the overall budget. Here is the PC build:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor (£303.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£90.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (£170.00)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£143.74 @ More Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£58.74 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£38.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£264.97 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) (£264.97 @ Aria PC)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£80.76 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£123.47 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.00 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£72.30 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1660.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-10 15:47 GMT+0000
My questions are:
- Does FreeSync really make a difference for a build like this?
- Does refresh rate really matter in a build like this?
And things that would help are:
- A good monitor within the price range which is 1440p and uses the answers from the questions.
- Advice for getting a monitor.
- Improvements for the build.
Yes, I could fit a 1440p, 144hz, IPS monitor into this price range. But that is a lot of the budget eaten up. I just wanna see where I can save money.
This is also coming from someone who has a really bad current monitor - and will probably be blown away by any new monitor.
Thanks in advance.