- Aug 18, 2002
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Hey yall,
Been a while since i looked into this, I am helping a family member upgrade their dinosaur of a PC. They are looking to continue playing games like LoL, WoW and get into games like Tera (which their current system can't do apparently), among other things like the usual web and streaming stuff and some video editing that may happen and other games that come out in the next while.
what they had in mind when they came to me was:
case: reuse existing CM 690
psu: evga supernova 80 plus bronze 750w
mobo: asus H170M
cpu: i7 6700k
hsf: deepcool gammax 400
ram: g skill 16GB
gpu: msi R9 390
hdd: 2TB green
o/s: win10 (they are still on XP, afaik they have not received any free upgrade offers, lol)
they've stated a budget between $1000 and $1500, so I am thinking we can upgrade the case, this NZXT seems pretty nice: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...146149&cm_re=NZXT_h440-_-11-146-149-_-Product
only issue with that is we're in Canuckistan, and while at $109 that case seems decent, it's $150 here
so definitely open to case ideas. I've seen a lot of nice cases lately, from Fractal Design, NZXT and of course many others. This person cares about performance/dollar value, and doesn't care too much about how it looks and the size/noise is not that important to them.
looking at something like this for the motherboard instead of the Asus: http://www.ncix.com/detail/gigabyte-z170-hd3-rev-1-0-lga-75-112511-1956.htm , open to ideas as i'm out of the loop a bit, but this one seems to have more USB ports and be a better value, i think.
Definitely looking to stick in a good SSD, 500GB ish size if budget allows. The 16GB RAM is probably more than enough for this user. The video card is probably a bit overkill as they will be at 1080 for some time to come, but they also want to be *somewhat* futureproofed. i suspect that there is a fair bit of wiggle room on the gpu unless they will upgrade to higher resolution ..
i'm somewhat partial to seasonic power supplies, but am open to any ideas or deals going on for something appropriate. not likely that they will expand significantly or add multiple gpu or anything.
for the cpu cooler, some corsair watercooling units are interesting, or otherwise a trusty 212 EVO might be an ideal standard choice.. i welcome any new ideas on that front.
for the cpu itself, i feel like it might be overkill, but i'd like your thoughts. they want to futureproof to a point, but i know there is always a sweet spot for performance/value, and typically the cpu is not the bottleneck.
really appreciate any and all feedback, thank you!
Been a while since i looked into this, I am helping a family member upgrade their dinosaur of a PC. They are looking to continue playing games like LoL, WoW and get into games like Tera (which their current system can't do apparently), among other things like the usual web and streaming stuff and some video editing that may happen and other games that come out in the next while.
what they had in mind when they came to me was:
case: reuse existing CM 690
psu: evga supernova 80 plus bronze 750w
mobo: asus H170M
cpu: i7 6700k
hsf: deepcool gammax 400
ram: g skill 16GB
gpu: msi R9 390
hdd: 2TB green
o/s: win10 (they are still on XP, afaik they have not received any free upgrade offers, lol)
they've stated a budget between $1000 and $1500, so I am thinking we can upgrade the case, this NZXT seems pretty nice: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...146149&cm_re=NZXT_h440-_-11-146-149-_-Product
only issue with that is we're in Canuckistan, and while at $109 that case seems decent, it's $150 here
so definitely open to case ideas. I've seen a lot of nice cases lately, from Fractal Design, NZXT and of course many others. This person cares about performance/dollar value, and doesn't care too much about how it looks and the size/noise is not that important to them.looking at something like this for the motherboard instead of the Asus: http://www.ncix.com/detail/gigabyte-z170-hd3-rev-1-0-lga-75-112511-1956.htm , open to ideas as i'm out of the loop a bit, but this one seems to have more USB ports and be a better value, i think.
Definitely looking to stick in a good SSD, 500GB ish size if budget allows. The 16GB RAM is probably more than enough for this user. The video card is probably a bit overkill as they will be at 1080 for some time to come, but they also want to be *somewhat* futureproofed. i suspect that there is a fair bit of wiggle room on the gpu unless they will upgrade to higher resolution ..
i'm somewhat partial to seasonic power supplies, but am open to any ideas or deals going on for something appropriate. not likely that they will expand significantly or add multiple gpu or anything.
for the cpu cooler, some corsair watercooling units are interesting, or otherwise a trusty 212 EVO might be an ideal standard choice.. i welcome any new ideas on that front.
for the cpu itself, i feel like it might be overkill, but i'd like your thoughts. they want to futureproof to a point, but i know there is always a sweet spot for performance/value, and typically the cpu is not the bottleneck.
really appreciate any and all feedback, thank you!
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