Want help? >State the budget & CURRENCY for your build >List your uses - e.g. Gaming, Video Editing, VM Work >For monitors, include purpose (e.g. photo editing, gaming) and graphics card pairing (if applicable)
CPUs >R3 2200G - Bare minimum gaming (dGPU optional) >R5 2400G - Consider IF on sale >R5 2600/X - Good gaming & multithreaded work use CPUs >i7-8700K - Best for 1080p gaming, but most expensive when factoring in delid, high-end cooler, etc. >R7 2700/X - Best high-end gaming/mixed usage on a non-HEDT platform >Threadripper/Used Xeon - HEDT
Motherboards >Only Z300 series Intel boards can utilize fast memory
RAM >8GB - Enough for most gaming use >16GB - Standard for heavy use >32GB - If you have to ask, you don't need this much >Current CPUs benefit from fast RAM; 2933MHz+ is ideal
Graphics cards >GPU prices have gone down 1080p >RX 570/580 /w Freesync or 1060 6GB are standard 1080p 60fps+ options >1050Ti or RX560 for lower settings 1080p, or older games >GTX 1070Ti/Vega 56 if seeking higher fps & you have a CPU + monitor to match 1440p >Vega 56 or Vega 64 /w Freesync, 1070Ti if you already have Gsync >GTX 1080Ti if seeking higher fps & you have a CPU + monitor to match 2160p(4K) >Titan V
Storage >Consider StoreMi >Consider getting a larger SSD (better GB/$) instead of small SSD & large HDD >2TB HDDs are barely more $ than 1TB >M.2 is a form factor, NOT a performance standard
Monitors >Always consider FreeSync with AMD cards >Lock to 72fps on 144hz non-Gsync monitors to prevent tearing on more demanding games >PLAN YOUR BUILD AROUND YOUR MONITOR IF GAMING
first for the 8700k is the only Intel CPU worth buying, and even then only if you delid and go meme cooling for 5+ GHz
Owen Hall
samsung c24hg73 or something i have friends with high end gsync monitors who don't even use the gsync feature but use it for ULMB instead because it makes competitive shooters much more crisp in motion and the 165hz of most gsync monitors and their good QC (compared to freesync) is an added bonus. most people don't need that though so i just use my monitor with it's backlight strobing feature which makes motion extremely crisp. you cant use these low motion blur features with gsync/freesync anyway so there's literally no reason to buy a monitor for adaptive sync when low motion blur settings exist.
see pic related, i just took pics of it just now. top one is when you use freesync/gsync. bottom is when you use low motion blur modes. you can see the huge difference in motion the bottom one is.
I don't need to worry about if things like the ssd and psu are on the qvl for the mobo, do I? It seems weird that the mx500 isn't qualified for the crosshair vii.
Eli Stewart
Do both your case fans need to be the same or does it not matter? My intake fan can be 25mm thick, but my exhaust can only be 20mm thick. Buy the same fan, two different fans, or mod the case so the exhaust fan can also be 25mm?
Xavier Ramirez
Doesn't matter, get what fits the slot
Carter Walker
Don't worry about it
Eli Davis
So fans with different air flow won't make a difference?
Eli Ward
So case specs be damned, I got a 298mm card in a case that doesn't support the length. That was not a fun fucking process to do though.
But yes, you can fit a 2.5 Slot 1080 TI into a 250D.
