When Is The Best Time To Buy Computers And Parts?
#1
Posted 20 December 2014 - 09:13 AM
#2
Posted 20 December 2014 - 09:20 AM
Edited by Flapdrol, 20 December 2014 - 09:20 AM.
#3
Posted 20 December 2014 - 09:33 AM
#4
Posted 20 December 2014 - 09:56 AM
A note to nvidia fans. This company always charges a little more. They set the high end price and AMD undercuts them. In the midline money makers they are about 10 dollars more but will compete very agressively. Low end who cares, new CPUs are faster and many times cheaper so buy a new CPU and enjoy better everything. Also it helps to note Nvidia responds to price changes slower. They will hold a price and will change price on not selling a product. AMD is fast to respond to the market and will change prices in hours of seeing the competition change prices. So if you are in for nvidia look for an AMD price drop and wait so see the responce. Holding the trigger will cause the drop.
http://www.nowinstoc...eocards/nvidia/
This can help but decide on a card first.
#5
Posted 20 December 2014 - 10:52 AM
I assume a z97 mobo would more than suffice, with 8GB DDR3 RAM.
The last thing I'm most in dark about is which gfx card to get. My concern is keeping my pre-fab price tag at around $1200, no more than $1500. Maintaining a MWO FPS of 60. Power supply matches for current gfx card and future upgrades.
My main priority is building the rig for MWO and it's nuances.
#6
Posted 20 December 2014 - 11:15 AM
CocoaJin, on 20 December 2014 - 10:52 AM, said:
I assume a z97 mobo would more than suffice, with 8GB DDR3 RAM.
The last thing I'm most in dark about is which gfx card to get. My concern is keeping my pre-fab price tag at around $1200, no more than $1500. Maintaining a MWO FPS of 60. Power supply matches for current gfx card and future upgrades.
My main priority is building the rig for MWO and it's nuances.
Personally I would try to spend a little more and go with either an x79 or x99 (although you will need new DDR4 RAM if you go with the x99) chipset Motherboard combined with the i7 5920K CPU as they will give you at least 3-4 years of solid performance. I always think it's better to spend a little more now that then lasts an extra year or more before needing to upgrade again but that's just my opinion.
#7
Posted 20 December 2014 - 01:16 PM
Corralis, on 20 December 2014 - 11:15 AM, said:
Personally I would try to spend a little more and go with either an x79 or x99 (although you will need new DDR4 RAM if you go with the x99) chipset Motherboard combined with the i7 5920K CPU as they will give you at least 3-4 years of solid performance. I always think it's better to spend a little more now that then lasts an extra year or more before needing to upgrade again but that's just my opinion.
Hmm, I'll look into the x79. The i7 5920k might eat into my gfx card budget though. I'm willing to slum it a bit in gfx as long as it gives me a reasonably reliable 60 FPS in MWO...the assumption being I can upgrade the gfx card within the year.
#8
Posted 20 December 2014 - 02:56 PM
CocoaJin, on 20 December 2014 - 01:16 PM, said:
A current gen Z97 will be fine, there is no need for X79 and DDR4 to play MWO.
Get an overclockable I5 and decent GPU 280 upwards or 970+ on the Nvidia side.
#9
Posted 20 December 2014 - 09:42 PM
CocoaJin, on 20 December 2014 - 01:16 PM, said:
I just realised I gave you some bad advice there, the 5920K only goes into the x99 motherboards as it's a 2011 socket CPU. I'm currently running a I7 2600K Sandybridge CPU on (I think) the x38 chipset motherboard. I do have a Radeon R9 290x 8GB GPU though and I get a pretty solid 60-90 FPS in MWO so you don't need anything amazingly fast to run this game and I have had this same CPU for about 3 years now so I'm looking into an upgrade at the moment but the point is, if you do get a decent CPU/Mobo combo it will last a very long time.
#10
Posted 22 December 2014 - 09:34 AM
Corralis, on 20 December 2014 - 09:42 PM, said:
I just realised I gave you some bad advice there, the 5920K only goes into the x99 motherboards as it's a 2011 socket CPU. I'm currently running a I7 2600K Sandybridge CPU on (I think) the x38 chipset motherboard. I do have a Radeon R9 290x 8GB GPU though and I get a pretty solid 60-90 FPS in MWO so you don't need anything amazingly fast to run this game and I have had this same CPU for about 3 years now so I'm looking into an upgrade at the moment but the point is, if you do get a decent CPU/Mobo combo it will last a very long time.
Thx for the correction
#11
Posted 22 December 2014 - 01:54 PM
For OP - An i5 4690K with a decent motherboard (pre-fab, you might want to go with an ASUS ROG desktop machine as it will definitely have an ASUS mobo). 8GB of DDR3 should be fine, I'd opt for DDR3-1866 if you can, though the performance difference between that and DDR3-1600 will only be 1-2fps at most. GPU-wise, I would go with Nvidia because of the much lower power draw than the current top AMD offerings, as a GTX 970 might still land in your price range. I haven't looked at pre-fab desktops since... well, since I started building mine in the 90s... so I'm not sure what kind of mark-up they have these days. Check newegg for a reference, and then once you have a specific model number shop around on other sites. Sometimes newegg will be the best deal, sometimes it won't.
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