Hello, I've sadly been stuck with an alienware x51 gen 1 as a gift w a crappy 1080p asus monitor and a gtx 1050ti i put in it a while back but to be honest though it's served me well and never had any major problems. decided its time to upgrade as that PC is mini and the tower/parts all need to be redone into a new machine that i can upgrade from now on.
not going for any insane machine/setup just want to be able to play every game at max and get no lag/fast loads and bootup time. which i think ill get much more from what ive seen, and upgrading to 1440p as well
my friend has built multiple PCs and worked IT and has been giving me suggestions and ive been doing a ton of research
so here's what we've come up with so far (nothing 100% or ordered yet):
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 270R CC-9011105-WW Black Steel Windowed ATX Mid Tower (i like the looks and has good ports/placing i need as well as dust covering that i desperately need, its cheap but if something MUCH better is out there im open, i just alrdy have a lot of corsair things and do enjoy the brand, just dont want/need tempered glass and mostly steel/metal is perfect instead)
Monitor:Dell Gaming S2417DG YNY1D 23.8-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitor with G-SYNC
1440p 144hz 1ms response(basically all good besides panel, for same $300~ can get fresync w IPS but i really would prefer nvidia card which is why i need to know free/gsync vs IPS/tn panels. or to relaly just try and get both? open for monitor suggesttions as its my least sure item)
Mobo: MSI X470 M7 Gaming
PSU: Corsair FULLY modular 750w RX750m (now heres another part im not sure is overkill, alot of builds similar i see using 650w, also the difference btwn semi and fully modular? one comes with 0 preattached cables and one just has the 1? how much does this matter? and with this build will i be okay dropping to an evga/corsair 650w full modular? id prefer that anyway)
RAM: G.Skill Tridentz 16gb DDR4 (these were suggested by him but seem just fine, was looking at corsair vengeance too but i think theyre more for the asus mobo?)
GPU: Nvidia Evga GTX 1080 "FTW" (this is just kind of a placeholder, really not sure which to go with: Asus, MSI, or Evga. I've watched vids and understand the basic differences but would like to hear more opinions, also my friend keeps suggesting a vega 56 even tho 64 is more close to this card. i dont really want amd or a 1070ti as id just like decent performance out of the box im just conflicted w the CPU/monitor/freee/gsync stuff, if its BY FAR more worth it to go with a vega and freesync as it was hard to find any gsync monitor cheap. let me know for sure)
CPU: Ryzen 7 2700X (Another concern here, im saving money by not needing a cooler, but ive always had i5s/i7s pretty much whole life. im taking his word here and numbers ive seen that its a perfectly good processor, i dont need anything crazy i just would love to see 20 second boot times and no loading screens really ingame, but not sure if this is overkill. bad to mix with nvidia cards/amd parts or what. also what difference going to maybe a 2600X or a i7 8700k, besides price, would i see? is 8 cores even nessecary? lol)
SSD: SAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2 2280 250GB PCIe Gen3. X4, NVMe 1.3 64L V-NAND 3-bit
(this was reccomended by him also, i looked at it and would really love to have that fast speeds but i was also being told by another source that this SSD wouldnt be supported in this build and can only use an 860 which seems ot be MUCH slower. i have no idea? my friend swears itll work and can set it up np (he DOES work IT, so i believe him, i just want to see other opinions)
HDD: Crappy Western Digital 7200rpm 1-2tb just so i have extra space
And as you can probably see I am pretty new to all this but understand the basics, 26 years old here so don't need something for a kid with flashy stuff, but i do want a good gaming PC thatll give me longevity and not having to constantly upgrade parts, hence spending 2k.
so i can save alot of money by downgrading to ryzen 5? and going for a freesync monitor and a vega 56 i GUESS, but from a gamer's standpoint, is this worth it? should i just be going intel? i CAN technically afford it, im just trying to figure what's "best" but not overpay or get anything i wont be even utilizing. i do understand im going to be mostly maxxing every game in 1440p w this system on ultra but thats what i want and in years to come will hold up and only have to replace parts and for the first time not the entire rig
So any comments/info/criticiszm (as long as theres help lol)/whatever you'd think help, i just want to be sure this is all okay and worth it. mainly just trying to figure out the AMD/intel/nvidia stuff though. if it really is just preference and numbers i probably wont even notice, or if im going to hurt my performance by mixing, or what.
Sorry for the essay but really appreciate any info! ty!
not going for any insane machine/setup just want to be able to play every game at max and get no lag/fast loads and bootup time. which i think ill get much more from what ive seen, and upgrading to 1440p as well
my friend has built multiple PCs and worked IT and has been giving me suggestions and ive been doing a ton of research
so here's what we've come up with so far (nothing 100% or ordered yet):
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 270R CC-9011105-WW Black Steel Windowed ATX Mid Tower (i like the looks and has good ports/placing i need as well as dust covering that i desperately need, its cheap but if something MUCH better is out there im open, i just alrdy have a lot of corsair things and do enjoy the brand, just dont want/need tempered glass and mostly steel/metal is perfect instead)
Monitor:Dell Gaming S2417DG YNY1D 23.8-Inch Screen LED-Lit Monitor with G-SYNC
1440p 144hz 1ms response(basically all good besides panel, for same $300~ can get fresync w IPS but i really would prefer nvidia card which is why i need to know free/gsync vs IPS/tn panels. or to relaly just try and get both? open for monitor suggesttions as its my least sure item)
Mobo: MSI X470 M7 Gaming
PSU: Corsair FULLY modular 750w RX750m (now heres another part im not sure is overkill, alot of builds similar i see using 650w, also the difference btwn semi and fully modular? one comes with 0 preattached cables and one just has the 1? how much does this matter? and with this build will i be okay dropping to an evga/corsair 650w full modular? id prefer that anyway)
RAM: G.Skill Tridentz 16gb DDR4 (these were suggested by him but seem just fine, was looking at corsair vengeance too but i think theyre more for the asus mobo?)
GPU: Nvidia Evga GTX 1080 "FTW" (this is just kind of a placeholder, really not sure which to go with: Asus, MSI, or Evga. I've watched vids and understand the basic differences but would like to hear more opinions, also my friend keeps suggesting a vega 56 even tho 64 is more close to this card. i dont really want amd or a 1070ti as id just like decent performance out of the box im just conflicted w the CPU/monitor/freee/gsync stuff, if its BY FAR more worth it to go with a vega and freesync as it was hard to find any gsync monitor cheap. let me know for sure)
CPU: Ryzen 7 2700X (Another concern here, im saving money by not needing a cooler, but ive always had i5s/i7s pretty much whole life. im taking his word here and numbers ive seen that its a perfectly good processor, i dont need anything crazy i just would love to see 20 second boot times and no loading screens really ingame, but not sure if this is overkill. bad to mix with nvidia cards/amd parts or what. also what difference going to maybe a 2600X or a i7 8700k, besides price, would i see? is 8 cores even nessecary? lol)
SSD: SAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2 2280 250GB PCIe Gen3. X4, NVMe 1.3 64L V-NAND 3-bit
(this was reccomended by him also, i looked at it and would really love to have that fast speeds but i was also being told by another source that this SSD wouldnt be supported in this build and can only use an 860 which seems ot be MUCH slower. i have no idea? my friend swears itll work and can set it up np (he DOES work IT, so i believe him, i just want to see other opinions)
HDD: Crappy Western Digital 7200rpm 1-2tb just so i have extra space
And as you can probably see I am pretty new to all this but understand the basics, 26 years old here so don't need something for a kid with flashy stuff, but i do want a good gaming PC thatll give me longevity and not having to constantly upgrade parts, hence spending 2k.
so i can save alot of money by downgrading to ryzen 5? and going for a freesync monitor and a vega 56 i GUESS, but from a gamer's standpoint, is this worth it? should i just be going intel? i CAN technically afford it, im just trying to figure what's "best" but not overpay or get anything i wont be even utilizing. i do understand im going to be mostly maxxing every game in 1440p w this system on ultra but thats what i want and in years to come will hold up and only have to replace parts and for the first time not the entire rig
So any comments/info/criticiszm (as long as theres help lol)/whatever you'd think help, i just want to be sure this is all okay and worth it. mainly just trying to figure out the AMD/intel/nvidia stuff though. if it really is just preference and numbers i probably wont even notice, or if im going to hurt my performance by mixing, or what.
Sorry for the essay but really appreciate any info! ty!
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