Thanks a bunch in advance.
So I am trying to decide on wether or not to build a desktop for myself or upgrade my current laptop. I don't travel to often but when I do I like to take the gaming peice with me. I usually only travel around major holidays and during the summer.
The current laptop I own is the ASUS ROG G75VW and if I were to upgrade my laptop I would get the ASUS ROG G750JS-DS71. The current laptop I have now runs perfectly fine and I don't really have any issues with it. I can run games suchs as BF4 on mostly high settings without any issues and still get a decent quality out of it while mainting a relativiley high frame rate. My concern is as new games come out I may loose performence to quality which is the reason I am looking to upgrade my laptop and still maintain gaming while I travel portion of it.
My other thought is that since I don't travel very often that I still want to have a relativley up to date machine and be able to sustain the performace to quality ratio. And by building a desktop I would still have a semi decent laptop to game on the go with. I primarly play games but I also stream videos and movies such as Netflix. Other than games or movies I run a moderate amount of basic applications. I don't do any video editing graphic design etc. If I do end of building a machine I will overclock it.
Since the laptop I would plan to purchase is aroung $1800 (+/-) that is probably my price range. Given that a I need a lot for a desktop including a monitor, keyobard and mouse if it goes a little over I would not be that upset.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($122.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($126.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($144.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($264.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Chroma Wired Gaming Keyboard ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Other: NZXT HUE ($32.99)
Total: $1833.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 07:55 EDT-0400
The only other thing that I will need in addition to this stuff is the OS which will most likely be Window 8.1.
So I am trying to decide on wether or not to build a desktop for myself or upgrade my current laptop. I don't travel to often but when I do I like to take the gaming peice with me. I usually only travel around major holidays and during the summer.
The current laptop I own is the ASUS ROG G75VW and if I were to upgrade my laptop I would get the ASUS ROG G750JS-DS71. The current laptop I have now runs perfectly fine and I don't really have any issues with it. I can run games suchs as BF4 on mostly high settings without any issues and still get a decent quality out of it while mainting a relativiley high frame rate. My concern is as new games come out I may loose performence to quality which is the reason I am looking to upgrade my laptop and still maintain gaming while I travel portion of it.
My other thought is that since I don't travel very often that I still want to have a relativley up to date machine and be able to sustain the performace to quality ratio. And by building a desktop I would still have a semi decent laptop to game on the go with. I primarly play games but I also stream videos and movies such as Netflix. Other than games or movies I run a moderate amount of basic applications. I don't do any video editing graphic design etc. If I do end of building a machine I will overclock it.
Since the laptop I would plan to purchase is aroung $1800 (+/-) that is probably my price range. Given that a I need a lot for a desktop including a monitor, keyobard and mouse if it goes a little over I would not be that upset.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($122.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($126.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($144.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($349.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($264.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Chroma Wired Gaming Keyboard ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Other: NZXT HUE ($32.99)
Total: $1833.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-07 07:55 EDT-0400
The only other thing that I will need in addition to this stuff is the OS which will most likely be Window 8.1.