Buyer's Guide II: Extreme, High-End, Mid-Range, Budget, and Entry Level Systems - Part 3

[Hailgod]

why reccomend a ryzen over an intel for a gaming pc when they clearly perform worse in tests all over the internet.

 

[5star_pundit]

hoot some pc components from amazon now undecided whether I should water cool or not :

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
MSI B350 Tomahawk Arctic
MSI Nvidia GTX1080 Gaming X Edition
Adata xpg spectrix d40 2400mhz 2x8gb
Sharp 32" living room TV
Samsung 950 Pro 512gb + WD Black NVMe 512Gb
be Quiet Dark Base Pro 900
Enermax Platimax DF Platinum 1200w
Edifier S1000db
Windows 10

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

hoot some pc components from amazon now undecided whether I should water cool or not :

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
MSI B350 Tomahawk Arctic
MSI Nvidia GTX1080 Gaming X Edition
Adata xpg spectrix d40 2400mhz 2x8gb
Sharp 32" living room TV
Samsung 950 Pro 512gb + WD Black NVMe 512Gb
be Quiet Dark Base Pro 900
Enermax Platimax DF Platinum 1200w
Edifier S1000db
Windows 10

if u intend to do high lvl OC den get a WC, if not doing high OC den air cooler should be fine.

 

[-Synchronicity-]

why reccomend a ryzen over an intel for a gaming pc when they clearly perform worse in tests all over the internet.

Yep. Intel is a better performer. Ryzen 5 1600 is around 90% of the performance at about 30% cheaper. Also i suggested waiting for coffeelake which isnt out yet. Check out the video below

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t8K2yc11eC4

 

[Shearer1]

Hi
Upgrading my PC from Intel i7-4771k ~2014, DDR3 16 gig.

Keeping my EVGA GTX 1080 FTW and ASUS PG279Q Monitor, Corsair H100i Cooler, and RM850 PSU


Thinking of:

SSD: Samsung 960 Pro M.2 512 gb
CPU: 7700K or wait for Coffee Lake
MOBO: ?
RAM: ?
Casing: ?
Speakers (Optional but pref good quality at decent price, say 1-200)

Assuming budget is okay but not too out of whack. Any suggestions?

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Hi
Upgrading my PC from Intel i7-4771k ~2014, DDR3 16 gig.

Keeping my EVGA GTX 1080 FTW and ASUS PG279Q Monitor, Corsair H100i Cooler, and RM850 PSU


Thinking of:

SSD: Samsung 960 Pro M.2 512 gb
CPU: 7700K or wait for Coffee Lake
MOBO: ?
RAM: ?
Casing: ?
Speakers (Optional but pref good quality at decent price, say 1-200)

Assuming budget is okay but not too out of whack. Any suggestions?

but tbh ur pc is still quite capable of handling current games, and if u still end up wanna to upgrade, i still think u should keep waiting for kopileg.

 

[Shearer1]

but tbh ur pc is still quite capable of handling current games, and if u still end up wanna to upgrade, i still think u should keep waiting for kopileg.

I agree with you. just itchy to squeeze out 20~% more frames on ultra 1440p AAA games. kopileg seems good tho.

 

[lalawhee]

Hi All

Looking to upgrade my current rig:

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790
MB: ASRock B85M Pro4
RAM: Kingston PC1600 DDR3 8GB X2
GPU: Zotac GTX 960 2GB Twin Fan OC
SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB
HDD: Seagate 3.5" 4TB SATA3 HDD
ODD: Samsung 24X CD/DVD Writer
PSU: Seasonic S12G 450W [80 Plus Gold]

Looking to upgrade also because of a persistent problem:
My desktop keeps restarting on it's own.

Sometimes it can last me quite awhile, after a half/an hour usage it will restart.
Once the restart kicks in, it will keep restarting after the log in. Its a cycle loop. log in restart, log in restart.

Only after i off it for sometime then it can last me another half/an hour again.

I also realised if i watch videos, some files will restart immediately.
I check my temperature and fan, all is fine.

Any advice anyone?

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Hi All

Looking to upgrade my current rig:

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790
MB: ASRock B85M Pro4
RAM: Kingston PC1600 DDR3 8GB X2
GPU: Zotac GTX 960 2GB Twin Fan OC
SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB
HDD: Seagate 3.5" 4TB SATA3 HDD
ODD: Samsung 24X CD/DVD Writer
PSU: Seasonic S12G 450W [80 Plus Gold]

Looking to upgrade also because of a persistent problem:
My desktop keeps restarting on it's own.

Sometimes it can last me quite awhile, after a half/an hour usage it will restart.
Once the restart kicks in, it will keep restarting after the log in. Its a cycle loop. log in restart, log in restart.

Only after i off it for sometime then it can last me another half/an hour again.

I also realised if i watch videos, some files will restart immediately.
I check my temperature and fan, all is fine.

Any advice anyone?

well for your system i still think that the cpu is overkill for your usage, unless u are really playing for high end gpu games do consider upgrading your gpu.

but to solve your issues, my guess will be either your mobo, psu or rams.

if your system is still under warranty, u can send it down for testing, but if its now u can consider going down to SLS to have a check. and see if mobo is it required to change or not. but please do ask if they still have haswell chipset board as your CPU is more than enough for your current usage.

 

[lalawhee]

well for your system i still think that the cpu is overkill for your usage, unless u are really playing for high end gpu games do consider upgrading your gpu.

but to solve your issues, my guess will be either your mobo, psu or rams.

if your system is still under warranty, u can send it down for testing, but if its now u can consider going down to SLS to have a check. and see if mobo is it required to change or not. but please do ask if they still have haswell chipset board as your CPU is more than enough for your current usage.

Thanks for the advice!
Any recommendation which stores i can check out in SLS for a quick fix?

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Thanks for the advice!
Any recommendation which stores i can check out in SLS for a quick fix?

Can look for nigel at lvl 2 "pc solution" sonething

 

[5star_pundit]

My water cooling project

Watercooling Components:

AMD EK-Supremacy EVO , EK-FC1080 GTX TF6, EK-FC1080 GTX TF6 Backplate, EK-XTOP Revo D5 Pump, EK-CoolstreamPE 240 low profile radiators). EK reservoir + some a mixture of Bitspower and EK fittings.

 

[kechiki]

Hello everyone, thinking of getting a new rig. Used for gaming (but I game less than 5 hours a week now). Mostly play hearthstone and maybe some pubg. Currently using a 4k 28" Samsung monitor. Budget is $1k - $1.5k.

CPU: Ryzen 1500
Mobo: Asrock AB350M Pro4
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 2400 MHZ 2x4gb
GPU: GTX 1060 6gb
SSD: OCZ 240gb Sata3 TL-100 SSD
HDD: WD Blue 1TB 7200 rpm
PSU: Seasonic M12II 620W
Casing: ??
OS: Windows 10

Thanks!

 

[Casper83]

Wah... I feel damn old coming out of the darkness... Thinking of upgrading my trusty old i7...

With a budget of $1k, any kind soul can recommend something?

Would like to keep my casing and PSU if possible. hahahaha!

 

[-Synchronicity-]

Can look at the new i5-8400. Price to performance is pretty crazy even if you are paying extra for the z370.

 

[GOMlxA1]

Hi everyone

i am thinking of building a gaming pc with a budget of about 1.5k~1.7k is now a good time to build or should i wait for any upcoming releases of parts?

 

[sannoh]

hi everyone, i would need a recommendation for a system build for gaming using a small tower case. Budget is around 1k. price would include OS. Needs WIFI card and bluetooth card as well. Price list preferably from PC themesthanks guys!

 

[boshnel]

Hey guys I'm planning to buy a new gaming PC and I would like to have some feedback of the build that I've listed here:

CPU: Intel - Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Motherboard: MSI - Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory

Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GAMING X Video Card

Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case

Power supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

OS: Windows 10 Home

Case Fan: Cooler Master - MasterFan Pro 120 Air Balance RGB 42.7 CFM 120mm Fan

 

[-Synchronicity-]

Makes more sense to get a i7 8700k and z370 motherboard. Pay a little more for 2 extra cores and 4 more threads. For cooler, would recommend a cryorig h7 over evo 212.

No ssd? Highly recommended to add one.

 

[Shearer1]

Hi
Upgrading my PC from Intel i7-4771k ~2014, DDR3 16 gig.

Keeping my EVGA GTX 1080 FTW and ASUS PG279Q Monitor, Corsair H100i Cooler, and RM850 PSU


Thinking of:

SSD: Samsung 960 Pro M.2 512 gb
CPU: 7700K or wait for Coffee Lake
MOBO: ?
RAM: ?
Casing: ?
Speakers (Optional but pref good quality at decent price, say 1-200)

Assuming budget is okay but not too out of whack. Any suggestions?

Rocking a SoundblasterX Katana currently

Considering 8700K + Asrock Taichi
1) What's the best ram to pair with the above? Strongly considering Gskill Trident Z
2) Are there 3200mhz CL14 ddr4 in the local market? Only see it online usually
4) Any practical different between CL14 and CL16, and frequencies higher than 3200Mhz?