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mornelithe on 18 March 2015
JEMC said:

@mornelithe: Man, you're fast!

Anyway, if you were a billionaire and money was no problem... would you really buy that PC? I mean, really?  It's good to have dreams and always think big, but there's a point where bigger doesn't mean better and those Dream PCs pass that mark by a lot.

At least that's my opinion.

For me, my Dream Machine would be an i7-4790K with 32 GB of the fastest DDR3 sticks I could find, two of the new TitanX GPU cards (although that would be put on hold after the 390X comes out), with all of those components and the motherboard watercooled by 2 separate loops (1-CPU+Mobo+RAM and 2-GPUs), and then a 1TB SSD and a 4TB Caviar Black HDD, as well as a separate NAS box with 16TB of storage for Backup and also Media files.

And as a monitor, one of the 34" 21:9 screens from LG, Dell or Samsung.

That would cost me 3.5-4K (50% would be the GPUs and another ~1K for the monitor itself), and would last me until the end of this console generation if not even more.

Well, I think it comes down to definition of a 'dream'...sort of like your 'Dream Car'...there are budget Dream Cars (My friends 1997 Mark IV Premiere Supra, for example), for those who realize it's unlikely they'll ever be able to spend 250K-1M+ for a vehicle...and then there are DREAM Cars...like a...1962 Ferrari 250 GTO which sold at auction for $38M (or, mine would be a McLaren F1...still absurdly expensive).

So, whenever I see the term 'dream' come up, it's usually going to be the pinnacle, as opposed to the one we sacrifice for...you catch my drift?  Now, if I were a millionaire, I'd probably spend a good deal of time researching the best possible parts/builds of todays day and age, or, even hire a team of architects to provide me some ideas.  And I would not be opposed to waiting a few months until AMD/Nvidia/Intel etc... came out with the next new line of whatever, which is something most people simply cannot afford (buying the brand new top of the line everything).

But, we can dream :D



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JEMC on 18 March 2015
mornelithe said:
JEMC said:

@mornelithe: Man, you're fast!

Anyway, if you were a billionaire and money was no problem... would you really buy that PC? I mean, really?  It's good to have dreams and always think big, but there's a point where bigger doesn't mean better and those Dream PCs pass that mark by a lot.

At least that's my opinion.

For me, my Dream Machine would be an i7-4790K with 32 GB of the fastest DDR3 sticks I could find, two of the new TitanX GPU cards (although that would be put on hold after the 390X comes out), with all of those components and the motherboard watercooled by 2 separate loops (1-CPU+Mobo+RAM and 2-GPUs), and then a 1TB SSD and a 4TB Caviar Black HDD, as well as a separate NAS box with 16TB of storage for Backup and also Media files.

And as a monitor, one of the 34" 21:9 screens from LG, Dell or Samsung.

That would cost me 3.5-4K (50% would be the GPUs and another ~1K for the monitor itself), and would last me until the end of this console generation if not even more.

Well, I think it comes down to definition of a 'dream'...sort of like your 'Dream Car'...there are budget Dream Cars (My friends 1997 Mark IV Premiere Supra, for example), for those who realize it's unlikely they'll ever be able to spend 250K-1M+ for a vehicle...and then there are DREAM Cars...like a...1962 Ferrari 250 GTO which sold at auction for $38M (or, mine would be a McLaren F1...still absurdly expensive).

So, whenever I see the term 'dream' come up, it's usually going to be the pinnacle, as opposed to the one we sacrifice for...you catch my drift?  Now, if I were a millionaire, I'd probably spend a good deal of time researching the best possible parts/builds of todays day and age, or, even hire a team of architects to provide me some ideas.  And I would not be opposed to waiting a few months until AMD/Nvidia/Intel etc... came out with the next new line of whatever, which is something most people simply cannot afford (buying the brand new top of the line everything).

But, we can dream :D

A McLaren F1... pff, a Ferrari F40 is the car to get!

But I think we have derailed the thread too much, don't you think?



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Steam / Live / NNID : jonxiquet    Add me if you want, but I'm a single player gamer.

mornelithe on 18 March 2015
JEMC said:
mornelithe said:
JEMC said:

@mornelithe: Man, you're fast!

Anyway, if you were a billionaire and money was no problem... would you really buy that PC? I mean, really?  It's good to have dreams and always think big, but there's a point where bigger doesn't mean better and those Dream PCs pass that mark by a lot.

At least that's my opinion.

For me, my Dream Machine would be an i7-4790K with 32 GB of the fastest DDR3 sticks I could find, two of the new TitanX GPU cards (although that would be put on hold after the 390X comes out), with all of those components and the motherboard watercooled by 2 separate loops (1-CPU+Mobo+RAM and 2-GPUs), and then a 1TB SSD and a 4TB Caviar Black HDD, as well as a separate NAS box with 16TB of storage for Backup and also Media files.

And as a monitor, one of the 34" 21:9 screens from LG, Dell or Samsung.

That would cost me 3.5-4K (50% would be the GPUs and another ~1K for the monitor itself), and would last me until the end of this console generation if not even more.

Well, I think it comes down to definition of a 'dream'...sort of like your 'Dream Car'...there are budget Dream Cars (My friends 1997 Mark IV Premiere Supra, for example), for those who realize it's unlikely they'll ever be able to spend 250K-1M+ for a vehicle...and then there are DREAM Cars...like a...1962 Ferrari 250 GTO which sold at auction for $38M (or, mine would be a McLaren F1...still absurdly expensive).

So, whenever I see the term 'dream' come up, it's usually going to be the pinnacle, as opposed to the one we sacrifice for...you catch my drift?  Now, if I were a millionaire, I'd probably spend a good deal of time researching the best possible parts/builds of todays day and age, or, even hire a team of architects to provide me some ideas.  And I would not be opposed to waiting a few months until AMD/Nvidia/Intel etc... came out with the next new line of whatever, which is something most people simply cannot afford (buying the brand new top of the line everything).

But, we can dream :D

A McLaren F1... pff, a Ferrari F40 is the car to get!

But I think we have derailed the thread too much, don't you think?

Not really, I think the intent is still in-line w/ the OP, defining what we mean by Dream, is productive.  Besides, it was a small exchange, didn't really think it would require further discussion.

PS. F40's great, but, I just love the F1, always have.



Munkeh111 on 18 March 2015

I have:

i5-3570k
Asus Nvdia 670
8GB RAM
128GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
Sony blu-ray drive (got to keep my Sony fanboy going!)
750W Corsair modular power supply

2 x 23" ASUS 1080p monitors

I'm not sure what to do with my system. It's coming up to 3 years old and starting to show. I now have to turn things down to get 60 fps at 1080p, which I don't like

I'd quite like a 4k set up, but I'm not keen on relying on SLI, which means waiting a few more years I reckon. In that case, I add/replace the following

1070 in for a 970 (assuming it's released this year)
16GB RAM (my RAM is quite possibly a bit dodgy)
256 or 512 GB SSD and another 1TB HDD.

That way I can run Star Citizen on high (and on the SSD) and it will help solve my storage issues (Steam is 500GB...). I reckon the CPU is still strong enough and if it's not, I can throw in a new fan and overclock it

It also means another few years down the line I can go for a whole revamp, only keeping the storage drives and blu-ray. That way I can get a nice USB-C case, 4k monitors and the power to actually use that resolution or maybe even get VR working

If I was going for top end now, the only thing to really work about is the graphics card. The new GTX Titan X should take care of that. So long as you've got a recent processor and decent RAM, the graphics card is still going to be the bottleneck for gaming



Sentient_Nebula on 18 March 2015

Honestly, it really depends on what your budget is; any PC build will revolve around that. How much are you willing to spend? Do you want something capable of out-performing the PS4/Xbox One?

Also, don't worry too much about "waiting for something better" and just go for whatever is available now. With how fast technology is advancing, anything you buy now will become outdated in a couple of years anyway.



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-Samuel Clemens

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mornelithe on 18 March 2015
Sentient_Nebula said:
Honestly, it really depends on what your budget is; any PC build will revolve around that. How much are you willing to spend? Do you want something capable of out-performing the PS4/Xbox One?

Also, don't worry too much about "waiting for something better" and just go for whatever is available now. With how fast technology is advancing, anything you buy now will become outdated in a couple of years anyway.

Depends on what you're waiting for, and when you're planning on making the rig.  It's also heavily influenced by your first sentence, which is how much you have to spend.  I mean, if money isn't an object, waiting for a new chipset that'll be available in a couple months time, will only increase the longevity of your system.  Not to mention, the newer hardware will have a better chance of being compatible with future innovations (though, not a certainty).



JEMC on 18 March 2015

Munkeh111 said:
I have:

i5-3570k
Asus Nvdia 670
8GB RAM
128GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
Sony blu-ray drive (got to keep my Sony fanboy going!)
750W Corsair modular power supply


I'd quite like a 4k set up, but I'm not keen on relying on SLI, which means waiting a few more years I reckon. In that case, I add/replace the following

...

Why do you want to go with a 4K setup? So far I see it mostly as a trouble maker either because no single card can run the games at that res or because Windows (and most programs) scaling sucks at 4K. Specially for the smaller 24-28" UHD monitors.



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Steam / Live / NNID : jonxiquet    Add me if you want, but I'm a single player gamer.

Munkeh111 on 18 March 2015
JEMC said:

Munkeh111 said:
I have:

i5-3570k
Asus Nvdia 670
8GB RAM
128GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
Sony blu-ray drive (got to keep my Sony fanboy going!)
750W Corsair modular power supply


I'd quite like a 4k set up, but I'm not keen on relying on SLI, which means waiting a few more years I reckon. In that case, I add/replace the following

...

Why do you want to go with a 4K setup? So far I see it mostly as a trouble maker either because no single card can run the games at that res or because Windows (and most programs) scaling sucks at 4K. Specially for the smaller 24-28" UHD monitors.

They suck, for now!

I basically want to play Star Citizen in 4k, but I understand it's not really practical. The Titan X can nearly, but is still a little power shy. Hence I will consider the situation again in another couple of years



JEMC on 18 March 2015
Munkeh111 said:
JEMC said:

Munkeh111 said:
I have:

i5-3570k
Asus Nvdia 670
8GB RAM
128GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
Sony blu-ray drive (got to keep my Sony fanboy going!)
750W Corsair modular power supply


I'd quite like a 4k set up, but I'm not keen on relying on SLI, which means waiting a few more years I reckon. In that case, I add/replace the following

...

Why do you want to go with a 4K setup? So far I see it mostly as a trouble maker either because no single card can run the games at that res or because Windows (and most programs) scaling sucks at 4K. Specially for the smaller 24-28" UHD monitors.

They suck, for now!

I basically want to play Star Citizen in 4k, but I understand it's not really practical. The Titan X can nearly, but is still a little power shy. Hence I will consider the situation again in another couple of years

You could get a 27" 1440p monitor (or 2 to replace your setup)to get used to the sheer size of those monitors and, once there are £300 graphic cards that can handle 4K, make a double upgrade.

Or get the Dell 25" 1440p monitor. I've read very good things about it and it's very affordable. The only downside is the Windows scaling again.



Please excuse my bad English.

Currently gaming on a PC with an i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070

Steam / Live / NNID : jonxiquet    Add me if you want, but I'm a single player gamer.

Munkeh111 on 18 March 2015
JEMC said:
Munkeh111 said:

They suck, for now!

I basically want to play Star Citizen in 4k, but I understand it's not really practical. The Titan X can nearly, but is still a little power shy. Hence I will consider the situation again in another couple of years

You could get a 27" 1440p monitor (or 2 to replace your setup)to get used to the sheer size of those monitors and, once there are £300 graphic cards that can handle 4K, make a double upgrade.

Or get the Dell 25" 1440p monitor. I've read very good things about it and it's very affordable. The only downside is the Windows scaling again.

I need to keep dual monitors, really useful for stuff that isn't gaming!

But it's definitely a way down the road. I haven't made up my mind on anything other than I want an upgrade and 4k isn't viable yet