Help with build

[TomCartledge]

I am hoping to build a computer soon. I was wondering what combination of hardware I should get/wait for? I have a budget of about £1000 but also a birthday in early June.

Is it worth to wait for Polaris over Pascal?
Is it worth to wait for Kabylake over skylake?
Is it worth to wait for zen over the 2 above?

Thanks

One idea was build with skylake in June and run on integrated graphics until Pascal a few weeks later?

 

[SylentVyper]

According to AMD, Polaris is going to be lower-end, or 'mainstream'. Your budget is much higher than what they refer to as mainstream, so I wouldn't worry about Polaris.

 

[geofelt]

Worth is something only YOU can determine.

Pascal is rumored to launch in June.
No doubt, amd is not going to sit idly by.
You will probably get fair value for your money with either.

Kaby lake processors are not due out until the end of the year.
No telling what the desktop performance will be.
Probably best to buy a Z170 motherboard and the skylake cpu of your choice. For a top end gamer, that will be a i5-6600K and plan on a overclock.

Zen today is a rumor. I would not wait. Only benchmarks will tell if it is up to the hype.

I would have no problem with running integrated HD 530 graphics initially. Some games will be ok. And, it does take some time to get windows right.

If you want, you could buy a EVGA card, planning to use their 90 day step up program for a stronger card later.
Read the details on the evga web site.

 

[gondo]

Polaris and early Pascal will be lower end. Gaming oriented cards will be the better Pascal and AMD Vega both out around late 2016/early 2017.

Nobody knows about Zen. If I wanted to build now I'd go Skylake and get the DDR4. ZEN won't be a huge difference like night and day. It's jsut going to get AMD back in the game. Intel is huge, and based on efficiency they rule the mobile market.

So there is a good year yet before the Polaris/Vega stuff comes to market, and Skylake is good with future stuff like USB 3.1 and DDR4. I'd buy now.

I'd get an I5 k version CPU for value and overclockability. A Z170 board for overclocking. And I'd get an AMD 390/390x just so I could pair it with a 1440p 27" 144HZ Freesync monitor. I'm putting my trust in Freesync that it will be more popular in 2 years time and a better value. And I also think AMD is getting ready for a big splash, they have to or they're dead. I'm putting my money on some sort of ZEN/Vega combo that's just great. If I'm spending $700 on a nice monitor it's going to be freesync.

I'd definitely buy today. The CPU, board, RAM will hold it's own in a year when Zen is released. It will be AMD's first crack at DDR4. And todays video card will run 1440p just fine. There may not be a need to upgrade to Pascal/Vega for a while after it's released. You'd be good for 2 years.

Now if I wanted to get a 4k monitor, I'd get a 390x Freesync, get poor framerates for now not caring since freesync will smooth it out, and then upgrade to a 4k capable Vega once released in a year. I would try to crossfire anything just to run 4k now....too much investment required.