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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 11 June 2017

I'd rather get a Ryzen 5 1600 and use the money for a 1070 than get an i7 with a 1060 cause a 1070 can achieve 4k where as a 1060 cannot. Now lets not get confused, when people say you need a 1070/1080 to achieve 4k on a pc, what people mean is on ultra settings... If you are fine with say medium-low settings, then yea, a 1060 can certainly achieve 4k but really though. It's getting to get a Ryzen 5 1600 + 1070 than i7 + 1060 for gaming.



                  

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OdinHades on 11 June 2017
LipeJJ said:

Interesting! Thanks for the info. Yeah, I was worried that would be the case for 1060. Btw, I know it's not simple, but do you think a 1070 would do its job for 3 years? 

If you don't mind setting the sliders to the left here and there, sure, no problem whatsoever. 



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 11 June 2017
LipeJJ said:
Captain_Yuri said:
Budget Plox
caffeinade said:
We need a price to work with.

About $2000. I hope that's enough. xD if not, pls tell me how much more would be needed.

Jeez, with that kind of money, assuming it's usd, you can get a 1080 Ti + an i7.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/W9GXzM

Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/W9GXzM/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.89 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.84 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus - STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($189.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($169.99 @ Dell Small Business) 

Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.44 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  ($768.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($103.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($133.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $2038.10

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-11 13:22 EDT-0400

You can get even lower than that but I just quickly did it.



                  

PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850

JEMC on 11 June 2017
caffeinade said:
JEMC said:
There's a huge difference between playing at 1080p@60Hz and playing at 4K@30Hz. For the first thing, a GTX 1060 6GB or a RX 580 is enough, for the later a GTX 1080 is the minimum you should get.

Also, get faster RAM if you can, and don't forget an SSD, even if it's a small one just for the OS.

Your budget would also help to know what you can get.

2400MHz is plenty.

2400MHz is enough, but we don't know what else he'll do with the PC. As I said, he should try to get faster RAM if he can.

OdinHades said:
JEMC said:

RAM prices won't go down anytime soon. With more and more smartphones using DDR4 memory, the demand right now is simply too high.

I don't know about that. From what I'm hearing production will get a significant boost in the third quarter of 2017 which could bring the prices down again. We don't know for sure of course, but since 8 gigs are enough for the moment, I wouldn't spend more than needed. 

It's not the first time they say that production will be increased, and so far we haven't noticed that effect on the prices. Also, every year we see smartphones with more and more memory, so that increased demand could be swallowed again by that segment.

Besides, there are games that run better with 16GB, like Battlefield, so imho it's better to go all the way from the start insteat of making half-step.



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LipeJJ on 11 June 2017
Captain_Yuri said:
I'd rather get a Ryzen 5 1600 and use the money for a 1070 than get an i7 with a 1060 cause a 1070 can achieve 4k where as a 1060 cannot. Now lets not get confused, when people say you need a 1070/1080 to achieve 4k on a pc, what people mean is on ultra settings... If you are fine with say medium-low settings, then yea, a 1060 can certainly achieve 4k but really though. It's getting to get a Ryzen 5 1600 + 1070 than i7 + 1060 for gaming.
OdinHades said:
LipeJJ said:

Interesting! Thanks for the info. Yeah, I was worried that would be the case for 1060. Btw, I know it's not simple, but do you think a 1070 would do its job for 3 years? 

If you don't mind setting the sliders to the left here and there, sure, no problem whatsoever. 

Im seriously starting to consider getting a 1080ti guys, especially if it lasts a good time (3 years) running games that well. Can it tho? 

Also, how much SSD would you guys recommend me? 



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 11 June 2017
LipeJJ said:
Captain_Yuri said:
I'd rather get a Ryzen 5 1600 and use the money for a 1070 than get an i7 with a 1060 cause a 1070 can achieve 4k where as a 1060 cannot. Now lets not get confused, when people say you need a 1070/1080 to achieve 4k on a pc, what people mean is on ultra settings... If you are fine with say medium-low settings, then yea, a 1060 can certainly achieve 4k but really though. It's getting to get a Ryzen 5 1600 + 1070 than i7 + 1060 for gaming.
OdinHades said:

If you don't mind setting the sliders to the left here and there, sure, no problem whatsoever. 

Im seriously starting to consider upping the budget and getting a 1080ti guys, especially if it lasts a good time (3 years) running games that well. Can it tho? 

Also, how much SSD would you guys recommend me? 

With that budget, I'd say 500. I know people say 256gb/128gb is enough for OS but imo, 500 or more cause you will put stuff on that ssd and it will fill up quickly. Get the Samsung 850 Evo 500gb ssd.



                  

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OdinHades on 11 June 2017

A 1080 Ti is a friggin' beast, that card will serve you well for at least 5 years if you don't need ultra settings all the time.



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Qwark on 11 June 2017
LipeJJ said:
Captain_Yuri said:
Budget Plox
caffeinade said:
We need a price to work with.

About $2000. I hope that's enough. xD if not, pls tell me how much more would be needed.

OdinHades said:
If you're aiming for 4K, go for a 1070 because future proving and shit. 1060 can run a lot of games in 4K, but it already struggles with some and it will only get worse in the future. So I'd say for that a 1070 is the minimum, better yet 1080. If you're like "fuck 4K" then the 1060 is good enough though.

CPU doesn't matter too much, get anything with i7 on it and it will run games of the next 10 years no problem. I would recommend Ryzen though. It's a really nice and relatively cheap platform. About dat RAM, doesn't matter either. Even 8 gigs are enough for gaming. As the prices for RAM are through the roof right now, I's recommend just getting a single 8 gigs DIMM and upgrading once the prices go down again.

Interesting! Thanks for the info. Yeah, I was worried that would be the case for 1060. Btw, I know it's not simple, but do you think a 1070 would do its job for 3 years? 

As long as 4k 30fps is your goal I wouldn't see why not. Your rig is considerably more powerful than a Scorpio if that's any indication. But if you want to be truely sure there is always the GTX1080. Buy the MSI one btw since it looks awesome and has better cooling than the original.

 

If you buy a 1080TI you can play games at 4k/30 for at least the next 5 years. You would also have a great GPU for VR btw.



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monocle_layton on 11 June 2017

1080ti will obliterate anything you want for the next 5 years. Heck, it'll probably still be usable for much longer

pretty sure it'd be capable of 4k/60fps



caffeinade on 11 June 2017
Captain_Yuri said:
LipeJJ said:

About $2000. I hope that's enough. xD if not, pls tell me how much more would be needed.

Jeez, with that kind of money, assuming it's usd, you can get a 1080 Ti + an i7.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/W9GXzM

Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/W9GXzM/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($328.89 @ OutletPC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.84 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus - STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($189.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($134.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($169.99 @ Dell Small Business) 

Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.44 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  ($768.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Corsair - Crystal 460X RGB ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($103.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($133.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Total: $2038.10

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-11 13:22 EDT-0400

You can get even lower than that but I just quickly did it.

Get a OEM Windows key for about half the price (or just pirate)
Reduce the case
Reduce the SSD to a 128GB drive (a the Samsung 960 Pro M.2 drive)
Get slower RAM if you can get a better deal
PSU is a bit overkill
Maybe consider a Ryzen system or go for a 7700 (you don''t really need a k SKU)

and a cheaper Mobo will suffice.

Shoud be able to shave 250 - 500 off the price.