I'm referencing that site as well as choosemypc.net. But how do I truly know what will meet my requirements and what will just squeeze by, which I don't want?
Who is into building PC's/Gaming rigs?
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I'm referencing that site as well as choosemypc.net. But how do I truly know what will meet my requirements and what will just squeeze by, which I don't want?
1080p is pretty cheap nowadays. Most iGPU's can hang decently even.
Great place to read completed builds along with PCpartpicker's completed builds section. https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc Just read read read!
If you're only going to be gaming i would suggest an i5 processor and a GTX-1070 and then pick some accompanying parts to suit. I'd start with a minimum 120GB SSD and a 2 TB storage drive as backup.
I'd say 256GB minimum for an SSD..but I agree with the rest.
Agreed, I have to be careful with my 256 and sometimes shuffle stuff around. Next round i'm going dual NVME 512+ GB in a RAID 0 just for shits.
I have an M.2 500GB SSD, I love it, and then I also have a 1tb 850 EVO for extra games.
Yep, i'm done with mechanical. I have some still, and will for quite some time i'm sure. But wont purchase anymore other than replacements.
Mechanical are still great for mass storage, I use a couple of 4TB WD Reds on my media center, but prices keep plummeting on SSD's, wouldn't be surprised if mechanical drives are done away with in the next 10-20 years.
They're definitely a great & cost effective storage dump. Anything "non-essential" for my daily operations goes on my HDD & all "essentials" go on my SSD..i.e. OS, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, ANSYS, hell even my excel & word, Etc...just the software though, the project files go onto my HDD still. I love everything starting in 5 seconds or less. lol.
+1 on the ssd's and to size accordingly for future expansion. I have a 250gb evo for my os and a 500gb evo for storage.
^ I'd like to know too, very interested in the performance of nvme using pci-e.
Certainly the most cost effective still, I have a pair of 5tb in raid 0. But I'll spend the money on future storage.
Nvme pci-e are ridiculous in raid 0. Like 4000+mb/s.
For those of you who are interested the battlefield 1 open beta is out till the 8th. I've been really enjoying this game. Runs really well on the GTX1080. 1440P Ultra settings at 100fps lol
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That's awesome your gonna build a PC! They are so fun to put together and get all the parts in. My CPU is older its an intel i7-3770 3.4GHz works well for me still.
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