It has been more than 20 years since I built a computer from the ground up. My aging setup with its GTX 960 has finally hit a wall that I can not pass (does not run X4 Foundations reliably). It will be a few months before I can build this as I have to wait for income tax refund money.
I am wanting to build something that will last me at least 2 years before requiring a full system rebuild. I am not into FPS's and most of my gaming will be sims and RPG's which for the most part are not particularly demanding. I am not trying to build a machine that will run a current game at max specs, but will run one at least a year from now at medium specs.
This is the current build I have in mind. I know that things can and do change quite a lot in 3 months but this is my starting point. I have 24" monitor which, while getting a little old, suits my purposes. I tried to find a way to share my Newegg wishlist but was unsuccessful.
1. Tower: Fractal Design Meshify C
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352072
I do not care about tower noise, my priority here is good airflow/cooling and room for the GPU. I will be purchasing 4 140mm fans and a 120mm fan to use all the airflow options available to me. Was thinking of arranging them with the front and bottom sucking and the top and rear exhausting.
2. Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438094.
650 watts might be a little excessive but I want to make sure I have plenty of overhead with the GPU and 2 HD's and maybe a SSD. If I can get away with lower power and cost please let me know.
3. Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z370-H Gaming LGA 1151 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX6HD6693
This might be where I can save the most money. As long as it will work with everything else on this list and not provide any bottlenecks this is very flexible.
4. Ram: 32 gig
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233724
I am running 32 gig right now with no issues. I do on occasion play modded Minecraft so an obscene amount of memory is helpful.
5. CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K Coffee Lake 6-Core 3.7 GHz
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117827
From what I have seen AMD is not quite on the same level as Intel for gaming. I am running an I7 4790 right now.
5a. CPU cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 92mm SSO2 CPU Cooler
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAADY4B02495
6. GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 1070
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814126111
This is probably the area where I am most inflexable. I want something that is going to last me 2 years without be half of the cost of the build.
7. Storage: WD Black 4TB along with old WD 4TB drive
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=234-000G-000W6
Steam is a pig and I need the space. I have 3 HDs in my current system for a total of 6 gig(1 4tb and 2 1tb) of which about 2.5 gig is in use
8. OS: OEM Windows 10 Home
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416892
This list puts me at about $1700.00. I know that prices are pretty volatile and might move up or down although mostly down.
Thanks in advance for any advice and reading this monster post.
I am wanting to build something that will last me at least 2 years before requiring a full system rebuild. I am not into FPS's and most of my gaming will be sims and RPG's which for the most part are not particularly demanding. I am not trying to build a machine that will run a current game at max specs, but will run one at least a year from now at medium specs.
This is the current build I have in mind. I know that things can and do change quite a lot in 3 months but this is my starting point. I have 24" monitor which, while getting a little old, suits my purposes. I tried to find a way to share my Newegg wishlist but was unsuccessful.
1. Tower: Fractal Design Meshify C
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352072
I do not care about tower noise, my priority here is good airflow/cooling and room for the GPU. I will be purchasing 4 140mm fans and a 120mm fan to use all the airflow options available to me. Was thinking of arranging them with the front and bottom sucking and the top and rear exhausting.
2. Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438094.
650 watts might be a little excessive but I want to make sure I have plenty of overhead with the GPU and 2 HD's and maybe a SSD. If I can get away with lower power and cost please let me know.
3. Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix Z370-H Gaming LGA 1151 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX6HD6693
This might be where I can save the most money. As long as it will work with everything else on this list and not provide any bottlenecks this is very flexible.
4. Ram: 32 gig
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233724
I am running 32 gig right now with no issues. I do on occasion play modded Minecraft so an obscene amount of memory is helpful.
5. CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K Coffee Lake 6-Core 3.7 GHz
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117827
From what I have seen AMD is not quite on the same level as Intel for gaming. I am running an I7 4790 right now.
5a. CPU cooler: Noctua NH-L9i 92mm SSO2 CPU Cooler
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAADY4B02495
6. GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 1070
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814126111
This is probably the area where I am most inflexable. I want something that is going to last me 2 years without be half of the cost of the build.
7. Storage: WD Black 4TB along with old WD 4TB drive
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=234-000G-000W6
Steam is a pig and I need the space. I have 3 HDs in my current system for a total of 6 gig(1 4tb and 2 1tb) of which about 2.5 gig is in use
8. OS: OEM Windows 10 Home
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416892
This list puts me at about $1700.00. I know that prices are pretty volatile and might move up or down although mostly down.
Thanks in advance for any advice and reading this monster post.