Hello everyone. I've already done a heap of silent searching on this forum while I've been looking into a spec for my latest build. Would be great for any and all to weigh in on the following. But first a bit of background that may help:
1) I live in Australia. It's very hot at times and I have no air conditioning.
2) This will be my 3rd build, but 1st for over 5 years so I'm a little behind on the latest toys
3) I have a 50" 4K TV screen I can connect to
4) I have a 5.1 surround sound I can connect to
5) I hate, and I mean hate slow technology. Having said that I don't want to blast much more than 2500-3000 AUD if I can avoid it.
With that in mind my planned spec so far is as follows:
Corsair Obsidian 450D Mid Tower Case (like the window), or
Nanoxia Deep silence Rev B Anthracite case (no window but has a chimney!)
Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX 240 MM liquid cooler
Intel core i5 4690K (acceptable overclocking planned)
Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" SATA
Samsung 850 Evo Series 500 Gig SSD
Corsair HX750i 80 Plus Platinum 750W Power Supply
Corsair Vengence CMZ16Gx3M2A 1600C 10 (2x8 GIG) RAM
Asus Z97-Pro WiFi/AC Mobo
GPU - Undecided
Monitor - Undecided
I'm open to opinions on any of the content above but the basics of what I wanted to find out specifically are:
1) Are there any current bottlenecks that anyone can spot
2) Can someone recommend a GPU for ~$500 that will avoid 1) and also deliver excellent gaming performance (main use). I'm looking for a years worth of future proofing to cover some awesome titles on their way
3) Bearing in mind I have a 4K 50" TV screen, can someone suggest a monitor that will suffice for every day gaming while the other half is watching TV. I don't need an epic screen, but I want a good one.
4) I like a quality product, but are there any efficiencies that I can make on the cost without sacrificing performance or quality. I've gone for what I know above, but as I said it's been a few years, Quality changes.
4) Have I missed any parts. Been nearly 5 years since my last build, I might be missing something very very obvious
Thanks everyone. Feel free to ask for any further information, and happy to answer questions
1) I live in Australia. It's very hot at times and I have no air conditioning.
2) This will be my 3rd build, but 1st for over 5 years so I'm a little behind on the latest toys
3) I have a 50" 4K TV screen I can connect to
4) I have a 5.1 surround sound I can connect to
5) I hate, and I mean hate slow technology. Having said that I don't want to blast much more than 2500-3000 AUD if I can avoid it.
With that in mind my planned spec so far is as follows:
Corsair Obsidian 450D Mid Tower Case (like the window), or
Nanoxia Deep silence Rev B Anthracite case (no window but has a chimney!)
Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX 240 MM liquid cooler
Intel core i5 4690K (acceptable overclocking planned)
Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" SATA
Samsung 850 Evo Series 500 Gig SSD
Corsair HX750i 80 Plus Platinum 750W Power Supply
Corsair Vengence CMZ16Gx3M2A 1600C 10 (2x8 GIG) RAM
Asus Z97-Pro WiFi/AC Mobo
GPU - Undecided
Monitor - Undecided
I'm open to opinions on any of the content above but the basics of what I wanted to find out specifically are:
1) Are there any current bottlenecks that anyone can spot
2) Can someone recommend a GPU for ~$500 that will avoid 1) and also deliver excellent gaming performance (main use). I'm looking for a years worth of future proofing to cover some awesome titles on their way
3) Bearing in mind I have a 4K 50" TV screen, can someone suggest a monitor that will suffice for every day gaming while the other half is watching TV. I don't need an epic screen, but I want a good one.
4) I like a quality product, but are there any efficiencies that I can make on the cost without sacrificing performance or quality. I've gone for what I know above, but as I said it's been a few years, Quality changes.
4) Have I missed any parts. Been nearly 5 years since my last build, I might be missing something very very obvious
Thanks everyone. Feel free to ask for any further information, and happy to answer questions