Hi,
First off I want to thank those of you with the know-how to take the time to read my post. This is my 1st post here and when it comes to being tech-savvy concerning computers, I just know that I'm a "lolnoob". Hence I appreciate whatever advice and help you're willing to offer.
My old PC died recently (again) and though I've managed to revive it quite a few times in the past with my limited know-how and the help of uncle google, I've decided it might finally be that time to move on. The old Dual-core served me loyally for well over 7 years now.
I've had bad experiences with local retailers which it seemed like a better idea to buy from a webstore, in my case the Belgian variant of Alternate ( Alternate.be , I hope I'm causing no ill here linking a store ).
I've had a look trough with their 'pc-builder' tool and a look at what is available, I have a rough idea of what seems like a decent new setup coming from that store.
[-> I'd appreciate any advice on alternatives for Alternate (buying from belgium ofc). should you have any leads. For the moment however they seem to be the best choice to me.]
Enough of my babbling and attempting to get to the point;...
- Picking parts for a "high-end" (relative term ofc.) gaming rig.
- Trying to strike a balance between quality output and pricing.
- Focus on durability and longevity in the setup where possible.
- Budget; 1000EUR. to 2000EUR. Though I'd prefer to stay on the lower end of that budget where reasonable.
Processor; [I've always preffered Intel over AMD in this regard, but feel free to correct me if this may currently not be the best choice]
I was thinking about a Quad-core i5 Skylake.
Why i5 and not i7?; Someone with more knowhow than me told me that the only up on i7 was hyperthreading and according to him this was useless for any gaming pc.
Quad-core cause it seems to be the new standard for some games out there. I hope it will stay in the running for a while...
How important is the clockspeed to concider? I7 has 4.000 Mhz, which seems pricy, and I5 has a few at the 3.200 and 3.500 Mhz range that seem like good choices.
Can I make do easily with an i5 at 3.200 Mhz? Or is the i5 with 3.500 Mhz really worth the extra 50EUR.? Or am I looking at the wrong processors alltogether?
How important is my socket choice looking to the future? Currently looking at socket 1151 with those Skylakes.
link to the store components: http://
Motherboard; I am completely witless here as to what the proper choice would be. prices seem to vary heavily enough. What I can say; the socket choice should be obvious enough once the processor is properly determined. Good/decent onboard audio-quality would be nice too.
Tower/Housing ; Mainly a matter of personal taste I am guessing. My eye fell on the White Aerocool P7-C1W tower. http://
That seems to imply that i can not get an internal blu-ray. But I'm ok with getting an external model at some later time. Please advise if this choice seems for some reason unwise.
RAM Memory: I've made do with 8GB for the past 7+ years. Going forward with 16GB somehow seems like the logical next step. But I have to admit I'm again in the dark here and the components list offers so many brands and additional numbers on the technical side I'm just not savvy about.
Any advise is wholly appreciated.
Data Storage/Hard Drives; The new trend these last years seems to be combining flash drive efficiency with classic hard drive capacity. Thus making this a 2-parts purchase.
For the SSD I went by the number of positive reviews and am inclined to choose the Samsung 850 EVO, 250 GB SSD at a 100EUR. pricetag.
HD: Sata Western Digital [WD] Red, 2 TB. (I do so like to get attached to huge amounts of useless data.....)
[Will probably try to add my old PC's HD as well, to secure and sort out all the data still on there.]
GPU; Nvidia's Geforce series still seem to be the most popular choice. I am at odds between choosing either a GTX 1060 or a GTX 1070.
- I do like to play such Bethesda games like The Elder Scrolls (not the mmo) or Fallout series and mod them to smithereens.
- And I do appreciate good visuals while also enjoying a steady performance.
- I do not often play competitive online games but may do so on occasion.
- I will probably not get into VR into the foreseeable future, It's a luxuary i just can't rlly afford at the moment, nor do I concider it so important.
- High resultion media; My current screen is an older Samsung SyncMaster P2770 and doing fine at that for the time being. So any performance that's over my screens capacity is probably redundant anyway.
So which GPU would be a good choice for me right now. GTX 1060 or 1070? And if so, which one (Brand/model) would be the better choice? Or do you think I'd be better off with another GFX card entirely?
Eitherway this choice seems to be greatly going to affect both my total pricetag and my choice of PSU.
Power Supply; Advise here will probably strongly depend on my choice of GPU, assuming I would go for a GTX 1070, i guess I should get a PSU of around 600 to 700W?
I've no idea which the better models or choices are here again. Good durability/quality and less noise are always a '+' of course.
Any advise again welcome.
Operating System; I'll be buying a copy of Windows 10 Home edition. And I'm hoping they'll be able to install my entire system in English (The whole thing, not just windows.)
I noticed that this can be clunky in windows on my now broken pc as some parts would still appear in Dutch language even though I've tried to make windows 10 set everything over to English.
The store only seems to offer "Microsoft Windows 10, Software
(Nederlands=Dutch)" Any advise there? Should I ask them to try and get me an 'actual' English version of the software? Anyway compatibility issues between hardware/bios or other things i should be aware of when choosing software of a different language than is standard in my country?
Bottom line: While being a Dutch speaking Belgian I'd like my PC to be fully set in English while avoiding any hardware/software conflicts.
2ndly; Am I right to assume that Windows 10 home is completely fine for any gaming PC and there's no reason to buy Windows 10 Pro instead?
I think that would pretty much be everything I'd like help with in figuring out..
I'm sorry for writing so much, I'm just afraid I might miss something important I guess... ^^'
Again I thank you all for having the courage just to wade trough my wall of text and I look forward to learning from your insights.
"Thank you all."
First off I want to thank those of you with the know-how to take the time to read my post. This is my 1st post here and when it comes to being tech-savvy concerning computers, I just know that I'm a "lolnoob". Hence I appreciate whatever advice and help you're willing to offer.
My old PC died recently (again) and though I've managed to revive it quite a few times in the past with my limited know-how and the help of uncle google, I've decided it might finally be that time to move on. The old Dual-core served me loyally for well over 7 years now.
I've had bad experiences with local retailers which it seemed like a better idea to buy from a webstore, in my case the Belgian variant of Alternate ( Alternate.be , I hope I'm causing no ill here linking a store ).
I've had a look trough with their 'pc-builder' tool and a look at what is available, I have a rough idea of what seems like a decent new setup coming from that store.
[-> I'd appreciate any advice on alternatives for Alternate (buying from belgium ofc). should you have any leads. For the moment however they seem to be the best choice to me.]
Enough of my babbling and attempting to get to the point;...
- Picking parts for a "high-end" (relative term ofc.) gaming rig.
- Trying to strike a balance between quality output and pricing.
- Focus on durability and longevity in the setup where possible.
- Budget; 1000EUR. to 2000EUR. Though I'd prefer to stay on the lower end of that budget where reasonable.
Processor; [I've always preffered Intel over AMD in this regard, but feel free to correct me if this may currently not be the best choice]
I was thinking about a Quad-core i5 Skylake.
Why i5 and not i7?; Someone with more knowhow than me told me that the only up on i7 was hyperthreading and according to him this was useless for any gaming pc.
Quad-core cause it seems to be the new standard for some games out there. I hope it will stay in the running for a while...
How important is the clockspeed to concider? I7 has 4.000 Mhz, which seems pricy, and I5 has a few at the 3.200 and 3.500 Mhz range that seem like good choices.
Can I make do easily with an i5 at 3.200 Mhz? Or is the i5 with 3.500 Mhz really worth the extra 50EUR.? Or am I looking at the wrong processors alltogether?
How important is my socket choice looking to the future? Currently looking at socket 1151 with those Skylakes.
link to the store components: http://
Motherboard; I am completely witless here as to what the proper choice would be. prices seem to vary heavily enough. What I can say; the socket choice should be obvious enough once the processor is properly determined. Good/decent onboard audio-quality would be nice too.
Tower/Housing ; Mainly a matter of personal taste I am guessing. My eye fell on the White Aerocool P7-C1W tower. http://
That seems to imply that i can not get an internal blu-ray. But I'm ok with getting an external model at some later time. Please advise if this choice seems for some reason unwise.
RAM Memory: I've made do with 8GB for the past 7+ years. Going forward with 16GB somehow seems like the logical next step. But I have to admit I'm again in the dark here and the components list offers so many brands and additional numbers on the technical side I'm just not savvy about.
Any advise is wholly appreciated.
Data Storage/Hard Drives; The new trend these last years seems to be combining flash drive efficiency with classic hard drive capacity. Thus making this a 2-parts purchase.
For the SSD I went by the number of positive reviews and am inclined to choose the Samsung 850 EVO, 250 GB SSD at a 100EUR. pricetag.
HD: Sata Western Digital [WD] Red, 2 TB. (I do so like to get attached to huge amounts of useless data.....)
[Will probably try to add my old PC's HD as well, to secure and sort out all the data still on there.]
GPU; Nvidia's Geforce series still seem to be the most popular choice. I am at odds between choosing either a GTX 1060 or a GTX 1070.
- I do like to play such Bethesda games like The Elder Scrolls (not the mmo) or Fallout series and mod them to smithereens.
- And I do appreciate good visuals while also enjoying a steady performance.
- I do not often play competitive online games but may do so on occasion.
- I will probably not get into VR into the foreseeable future, It's a luxuary i just can't rlly afford at the moment, nor do I concider it so important.
- High resultion media; My current screen is an older Samsung SyncMaster P2770 and doing fine at that for the time being. So any performance that's over my screens capacity is probably redundant anyway.
So which GPU would be a good choice for me right now. GTX 1060 or 1070? And if so, which one (Brand/model) would be the better choice? Or do you think I'd be better off with another GFX card entirely?
Eitherway this choice seems to be greatly going to affect both my total pricetag and my choice of PSU.
Power Supply; Advise here will probably strongly depend on my choice of GPU, assuming I would go for a GTX 1070, i guess I should get a PSU of around 600 to 700W?
I've no idea which the better models or choices are here again. Good durability/quality and less noise are always a '+' of course.
Any advise again welcome.
Operating System; I'll be buying a copy of Windows 10 Home edition. And I'm hoping they'll be able to install my entire system in English (The whole thing, not just windows.)
I noticed that this can be clunky in windows on my now broken pc as some parts would still appear in Dutch language even though I've tried to make windows 10 set everything over to English.
The store only seems to offer "Microsoft Windows 10, Software
(Nederlands=Dutch)" Any advise there? Should I ask them to try and get me an 'actual' English version of the software? Anyway compatibility issues between hardware/bios or other things i should be aware of when choosing software of a different language than is standard in my country?
Bottom line: While being a Dutch speaking Belgian I'd like my PC to be fully set in English while avoiding any hardware/software conflicts.
2ndly; Am I right to assume that Windows 10 home is completely fine for any gaming PC and there's no reason to buy Windows 10 Pro instead?
I think that would pretty much be everything I'd like help with in figuring out..
I'm sorry for writing so much, I'm just afraid I might miss something important I guess... ^^'
Again I thank you all for having the courage just to wade trough my wall of text and I look forward to learning from your insights.
"Thank you all."