Want help? >State the budget & CURRENCY >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 based on current pricing: >Athlon 200GE - HTPC, web browsing, bare minimum gaming (can be OC'd on most mobos with the right BIOS) >R3 2200G - Recommended minimum gaming >R5 2600/X - Great gaming or multithreaded use CPUs >i7 8700/K or i7 9700K - Extreme setup for absolute max FPS >R7 2700/X - VM Work / Streaming / Video editing
RAM: >Always choose at least a two stick kit; 2x 8GB is recommended >CPUs benefit from high speed RAM; 3000CL15 or 3200CL16 is ideal >AMD B and X chipsets and Intel Z chipsets support XMP
Graphics cards based on current pricing: >Used cards can be had for a steal; inquire about warranty 1080p >RX 570 8GB - good performance with great value >GTX 1660 - standard >RTX 2060 - very high framerates (requires complementary CPU and monitor) 1440p >RTX 2060 - standard >RTX 2080 - very high framerates (requires complementary CPU and monitor) 2160p (4K) >RTX 2080 - standard >RTX 2080Ti - better fit for 4K but expensive
General: >PLAN YOUR BUILD AROUND YOUR MONITOR IF GAMING >A 256GB or larger SSD is almost mandatory; consider m.2 form factor >Bottleneck checkers are worthless
I need to always stay above 90 FPS, at 2880 x 1600. Which GPU can handle this? Is my only option the RTX 2080?
Brayden Jenkins
Thoughts on the Intel 660P Series 2TB SSD? Why is it so much significantly cheaper than any other M.2 SSD? I know that it's half the write speed of Samsung's M.2 SSD's, but that's it?
well it depends on what you're running m8 shit live overwatch and csgo can manage that with lower specs, they're designed for running well on toasters. the aaa flavor of the month, not so much
Ayden Stewart
Yeah, that makes sense. The application is rather diverse though. It's to drive a Vive Pro virtual reality headset, which has a 2880 x 1600 resolution at 90 Hz. When frames drop, it is very noticable, because it stutters the motion of your entire vision. I think VR games are rather optimized so they shouldn't be too demanding, but my current RX 480 just can't keep up at all. Right now, games are automatically scaled down to like 50% resolution and some games still stutter.
This is on sale right now. My old Samsung T240HD stopped working. It was fine and then all of a sudden it powers up, then goes black. I don't know if it's totally dead because I can still see the notification that it is plugged in to DVI or HDMI or whatever, but it doesn't show anything.
I just use it for playing a few games and what not. My old monitor was 1920x1600 and this one is 1440. I can currently run the division 2 with medium/high setting at good framerates with a 2700x and 970GTX. It won't run as well at 1440 obviously.
Nicholas Ward
I am thinking about buying R5 2600 with following mobos. MSI B450-A PRO or MSI X470 GAMING PLUS
Which one would be good for getting overclock to 4.0GHz?
