If you want help: >State the budget & CURRENCY for your build >Post at least some attempt at a parts list >List your uses, e.g. Gaming, Video Editing, VM Work >For monitors, include purpose (e.g., photoediting, gaming) and graphics card pairing (if applicable)
CPUs: >NO R3 1200/1300X or R5 1400/1500X. THEY ARE DEFUNCT AND SUPERSEDED BY THE R3 2200G AND R5 2400G >R3 2200G - Lite gaming HTPC or gaming WITHOUT a graphics card >G5400 - HTPC, web browsing, or bare minimum gaming builds with a dedicated graphics card >i3 8100 - Budget gaming builds >R5 2600/X or i5 8400 - Great gaming or multithreaded use CPUs (especially the R5 2600 for multithread perf) >R7 2700/X or i7 8700K - VM Work / Streaming / Video editing
RAM: >Current CPUs benefit from high speed RAM; 3000-3200 MHz is ideal >Before buying RAM for Ryzen, check your Mobo's QVL or look for user reports
Graphics cards: >Crypto-Currency miners have driven GPU prices up (particularly Radeon) 1080p >MSRP of standard 1080p cards: 1050Ti, 140USD; 1060 3GB, $200; 1060 6GB, $230; RX 570 4GB, $170; RX 580 4GB, $200 >GTX 1070 if you're looking for very high (100+) framerates and you have a CPU and monitor to match 1440p >GTX 1070/Ti and 1080 are standard choices; currently overpriced >GTX 1080Ti if you're looking for very high (100+) framerates and you have a CPU and monitor to match 2160p (4K) >GTX 1080Ti
General: >PLAN YOUR BUILD AROUND YOUR MONITOR IF GAMING >A 240GB or larger SSD is almost mandatory; consider m.2 form factor
this is a little specific of a request, my build is a little dated, RX 480 4GB, i5 4690, but I only play older games anyway (2004-2009). Does anyone have suggestions for a simple/midrange monitor? Should I go 1080p, or higher resolution if my games are old/windowed mode and I do a lot of web surfing, netflix watching, programming? Id imagine because the games are old theres no point focusing on refresh rates right
i live in new zealand so its hard to find stuff. $350nzd would be a preferrable price point but i do have a job
Juan White
or is it the opposite - older games run at such high framerates its good to focus on that? im real dumb
Ian Kelly
Why do a lot of cases have shrouds covering the lower part/psu? Does it serve a function or is it just aesthetics? Feels a bit unintuitive airflow and temp-wise.
Logan Hughes
>people buying anything from the current Intel lineup How retarded do you have to be?
Mason Cruz
LOOK AT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD
Dominic Campbell
In 2009, 2560x1920 was the high-end test resolution. I wouldn't even spend $350 on a monitor. Get as big as you can for under $200. 60hz.
Nathan Edwards
What size boot/main storage do you use? I have a bunch of assorted storage, but there is no point to it.......9 years of buying HDDs and just keeping them in my old PC really.
I only have 780gb of stuff, and a lot of that is probably junk. One 120gb SSD is not really big enough for a boot drive, but it was really expensive when I bought it.
I was going to replace my tiny SSD with a Samsung 860 500gb SSD, but then thought that I would maybe get a 250gb m.2 instead, and replace all my internal HDD storage with one 2tb drive.
Noah Hill
Soo, i have pic related since 2002, upgraded motherboard and cpu in 2013. I´m think is fine but i only need a new gpu, any ideas that don´t bottleneck it?
