Hey all, first time builder looking for some advice.
I'm looking for a suggested build similar to the $1250 build here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-pc-builds,4390.html#p1
I'm not using that for a couple reasons,
1) If you scroll down to the bottom, where the parts and prices are listed, the GPU is missing for the $1250 build. Looking up the GPU (GeForce 1080 8gb) puts its price at around $700, which looks like it's about double the GeForce 1070. Is the performance really worth it?
2) The case is out of stock on the site listed.
I have a couple other questions too:
1) From the wording of the article, the author doesn't seem very enthusiastic about the $1500 build, saying that a lot of money is being used there to go to X99 over the actual specs of the machine. Is that true, and if so do you guys recommend going for maxed LGA1151 over low to mid range X99 builds?
2) Do you guys know how frequent the Best Builds is published? If it's something monthly I'd probably wait for the next one, but if it's annually or something similar, I'd rather get something sooner.
With that said, do you guys have any suggested builds that meets the above and:
1) Has a larger SSD (240gb min but if you guys think it's worth investing in a bigger one please let me know)
2) Costs between $1250 and $1500, only including the parts listed in that article.
3) Supports 2 monitors. (monitor price not included in the budget)
Primary use is gaming, but I do use it for web surfing, watching videos, working/coding, etc.
As an aside, I'll need to buy windows 10 with it, is the best place to buy that just Microsoft?
Thanks in advance!
I'm looking for a suggested build similar to the $1250 build here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-pc-builds,4390.html#p1
I'm not using that for a couple reasons,
1) If you scroll down to the bottom, where the parts and prices are listed, the GPU is missing for the $1250 build. Looking up the GPU (GeForce 1080 8gb) puts its price at around $700, which looks like it's about double the GeForce 1070. Is the performance really worth it?
2) The case is out of stock on the site listed.
I have a couple other questions too:
1) From the wording of the article, the author doesn't seem very enthusiastic about the $1500 build, saying that a lot of money is being used there to go to X99 over the actual specs of the machine. Is that true, and if so do you guys recommend going for maxed LGA1151 over low to mid range X99 builds?
2) Do you guys know how frequent the Best Builds is published? If it's something monthly I'd probably wait for the next one, but if it's annually or something similar, I'd rather get something sooner.
With that said, do you guys have any suggested builds that meets the above and:
1) Has a larger SSD (240gb min but if you guys think it's worth investing in a bigger one please let me know)
2) Costs between $1250 and $1500, only including the parts listed in that article.
3) Supports 2 monitors. (monitor price not included in the budget)
Primary use is gaming, but I do use it for web surfing, watching videos, working/coding, etc.
As an aside, I'll need to buy windows 10 with it, is the best place to buy that just Microsoft?
Thanks in advance!