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Hey all,
A while back when I upgraded my old PC I asked for help here and you were all extremely helpful and pointed out things I'd missed, I'm planning to build a new PC and wanted to see if anyone had any advice.
The PC will be for things like 3D modeling/Photoshop and gaming/level creation ("mapping"). The kinds of games I play are very heavy on CPU/RAM and require good SSD performance (Rust/DayZ and other large open world games). I still want a decent GPU but I have concentrated on RAM and CPU more for these reasons. Some of the programs I use for making game levels absolutely kill my current 16gb DDR3/1600mhz RAM so I'm not too bothered with buying 32gb.
My current plan can be viewed here:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/tMkBMZ
Some issues I'd like some advice on:
I'd like to use those two 970 EVO SSDs in RAID0 for the very slight performance gain, and because the 500gb one was actually slightly more than 2 separate ones (£30 more). Is it worth having a 1TB SSD for OS/general files and this RAID0 system with the two EVOs to act as 500gb storage for games or is there another way I can do this for a better price to power ratio? Also, does the MOBO I've selected support having this setup? I'm struggling to figure that part out.
I'm not happy with the case, the reason I have this as a placeholder is because according to http://www.logicalincrements.com/ (which this build is based off of under the "Outstanding" option) it physically houses both the MOBO and Noctua fan which are both quite large. What would you suggest as a cheaper alternative that doesn't skip out on decent cooling? I still want good cooling, but I couldn't care less for how the case looks. Not interested in paying extra for looks/decals/LEDs. £140 is extremely steep for a case in my opinion. If I could choose one component to save on, it would be the case. As long as it functions I'm happy.
Do I go with the RTX 1070 or do I go with a GTX 1080? I do not care for ray trace lighting but from benchmarks it seems they're not that far apart price-wise yet the 1070 seems to get better performance. If I do get the 1070, is the one I selected a good choice? I'm unfamilar with Gigabyte and as I understand it's factory overclocked with better cooling. I found an MSI one that wasn't factory overclocked but it was the exact same price, so to me it seems logical to get the Gigabyte one I've selected.
Other than this I'm quite happy with the build. I have a decent mouse/keyboard setup and a 144hz monitor that can take advantage of higher framerates, which is why I've gone a little overboard on this build. Is there anything else I've missed out on? Any advice you'd like to give or any compatibility issues I may have missed (including physical size compatibility lol).
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Nearly forgot to mention -- which components are worth buying second hand? I was thinking maybe RAM/GPU. I'm fine with buying 2nd hand parts except maybe CPU because I won't know how well it was taken care of until I actually get my hands on it.
Budget is the lower end of £1500-2000. I'd like to be as close to £1500 as possible without missing out on small improvements that are worth it and being able to avoid bottlenecks.
Many thanks for your help in advance.
A while back when I upgraded my old PC I asked for help here and you were all extremely helpful and pointed out things I'd missed, I'm planning to build a new PC and wanted to see if anyone had any advice.
The PC will be for things like 3D modeling/Photoshop and gaming/level creation ("mapping"). The kinds of games I play are very heavy on CPU/RAM and require good SSD performance (Rust/DayZ and other large open world games). I still want a decent GPU but I have concentrated on RAM and CPU more for these reasons. Some of the programs I use for making game levels absolutely kill my current 16gb DDR3/1600mhz RAM so I'm not too bothered with buying 32gb.
My current plan can be viewed here:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/tMkBMZ
Some issues I'd like some advice on:
I'd like to use those two 970 EVO SSDs in RAID0 for the very slight performance gain, and because the 500gb one was actually slightly more than 2 separate ones (£30 more). Is it worth having a 1TB SSD for OS/general files and this RAID0 system with the two EVOs to act as 500gb storage for games or is there another way I can do this for a better price to power ratio? Also, does the MOBO I've selected support having this setup? I'm struggling to figure that part out.
I'm not happy with the case, the reason I have this as a placeholder is because according to http://www.logicalincrements.com/ (which this build is based off of under the "Outstanding" option) it physically houses both the MOBO and Noctua fan which are both quite large. What would you suggest as a cheaper alternative that doesn't skip out on decent cooling? I still want good cooling, but I couldn't care less for how the case looks. Not interested in paying extra for looks/decals/LEDs. £140 is extremely steep for a case in my opinion. If I could choose one component to save on, it would be the case. As long as it functions I'm happy.
Do I go with the RTX 1070 or do I go with a GTX 1080? I do not care for ray trace lighting but from benchmarks it seems they're not that far apart price-wise yet the 1070 seems to get better performance. If I do get the 1070, is the one I selected a good choice? I'm unfamilar with Gigabyte and as I understand it's factory overclocked with better cooling. I found an MSI one that wasn't factory overclocked but it was the exact same price, so to me it seems logical to get the Gigabyte one I've selected.
Other than this I'm quite happy with the build. I have a decent mouse/keyboard setup and a 144hz monitor that can take advantage of higher framerates, which is why I've gone a little overboard on this build. Is there anything else I've missed out on? Any advice you'd like to give or any compatibility issues I may have missed (including physical size compatibility lol).
edit
Nearly forgot to mention -- which components are worth buying second hand? I was thinking maybe RAM/GPU. I'm fine with buying 2nd hand parts except maybe CPU because I won't know how well it was taken care of until I actually get my hands on it.
Budget is the lower end of £1500-2000. I'd like to be as close to £1500 as possible without missing out on small improvements that are worth it and being able to avoid bottlenecks.
Many thanks for your help in advance.
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