thebigtman :
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/30pp4
I added in a SSD that went on special today. I changed the mobo as suggested. I also changed the gpu to an evga unit and am considering the g-sync as Bee-Dee posted. I see that the monitor is a little over $500 shipped to me with the g-sync module installed. Mojo - I added back in 4x4gb of ram since I just wanted to be done with it now instead of doing it again later. Overkill for me at this point, maybe. I know what you'll say, "it's your money to spend."
Any other feedback?
Does the case look ok for what I'm doing?
i might go for a $500 G-Sync LCD right away. Usually i wait for 2nd generation stuff because it's cheaper and better. (For example LED IPS, i bet, for 2nd generation G-Sync. Versus TN LCD panels now. But they are the best TN panels and a Gaming LCD doesn't need to have all the perks of an IPS LED.)
But, i kind of have my heart set on a 1440p G-Sync (144Hz) LCD. Because i've wanted an LCD with higher resolution for over two years. (I've had 1920x1200 and 60Hz for over five years.) And i've wanted an LCD with higher Hz, for over a year. And the G-Sync sounds perfect and has both higher resolution and Hz. But the 1440p G-Sync LCDs will be way more than $500. So waiting could result in much better and much cheaper. So a $500 1080P G-Sync may have to do for me if i can't wait... and i can't... WAIT!
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And i just checked Ebay for Socket LGA1366 stuff. (The type of PC i use now and built three years ago.) The CPUs are only $45 and maybe less if u searched. And LGA1366 MOBOs are just $75. LGA1366 Triple channel (12GB) RAM is only $65. Total=$180 for CPU, MOBO and RAM. Your set-up is $210+$170+$160= $540. Difference=$360.
The only reason I still recommend LGA1366; besides the cheap price and high performance of Video games IF you have the newest Video card; is especially because the next generation of i5-4670K (Haswell), are going to be awesome. Mostly because the size will be greatly reduced but also because the true power of the Haswell line of CPUs will be reached with newer technology in it. Remember, i always research future technology while pricing current technology and i weigh the difference in performance and divide by price. And guess wat an LGA1366 system with the latest Video card technology, versus the current Haswell with the same video card, will get you?
the difference in FPS is null. Maybe 10%. And when you're talking a game that runs 75 FPS that equals just 7 FPS. So that's just 68FPS versus 75FPS. NULL! (Spend on the Video cards now available because they have reach enormous lows. And can't get any lower. Really!)
So why not search for technology that will be released later this year and start pricing it? Use LGA1366 in the meantime and don't be upset when the 2nd generation Haswell is out shortly. (Just take note the highest price it sells for and monitor, the drop in price, over time. It is actually very rewarding when u not only get a great price, but by that time u also discover the all around truly best and proven best over time Hardware, too.) And when it becomes affordable in 2015 get it then. And in the meantime suffer with just a mere 7 FPS less in a game that could run 75 FPS; but using LGA1366 for a mere $180 for MOBO, CPU and RAM; runs 68 FPS. After all, when the LGA1366 was released it was considered the biggest best breakthrough ever in PC Gaming rigs due to it having the first Triple Channel Memory ever. (The $75 LGA1366 MOBO i found on Ebay was an ASUS that originally sold for over $300. It STILL ROCKS with the best Video card in it. Because, the Video card is the bottleneck in all games out now and for the past few years. NOT the CPU; like back when Crysis was first released and ur CPU mattered as much if not even more as ur Video card. )
Oh, and that reminds me. The 2nd generation Haswell will implement Quad-Channel Memory! (The first Quad channel Memory in a gaming rig will ROCK!) So wait for it, save ur money up, research like crazy and get the best for the cheapest. Don't get the best for the money now. It will be old so fast you won't believe it. And u can't notice 7 FPS difference (68FPS) in a game that could run 75 FPS on a Haswell . Never purchase current technology without researching it for many months if not two years. (The only exceptions to the rule are things like G-Sync. But only if it is a single exception. I am a master of doing some of the most complex permutations imaginable; ten years before before i ever used a PC 16 years ago.)
The best price i ever got was a State of Art CPU for $250. (AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo 2.4GHz ADA4800DAA6CD. Took me 10 seconds to find the folder on my PC with that name and to copy and paste it.)
😉 And just two years before i bought it, it sold for an unbelievable $1,100.
I used that CPU on a gaming rig for over 3 years and then it ran my HTPC for 4 years. Just last Football season it finally got put on the shelf as a backup. Because the PC it was in didn't have enough memory to simultaneously record multiple (4) HDTV channels. But my old Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache 65W... does now! lol
GL (think i've said enough for now.)
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