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Hi everyone,
So it's time for me to get a new pc (the last one died and was a 2011 laptop). I decided I wanted to be able to play some recent games, and don't have an immense budget so I settle for a custom config I will assemble myself. I never did before but I'm patient and looking forward to learn.
I settled on this configuration:
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K [with a Be Quiet pure rock slim cooler since it seems the cpu is sold naked]
MoBo: Asus PRIME z270-P motherboard (ATX format)
GPU: Radeon RX590 8G
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666 (2x16Go) C16 XMP 2.0
PSU: Corsair TX850M Gold (850W)
[Link if you prefer: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bwscr6]
I am already slightly over my budget (which was 900-1000)
I have several PCs which died recently and therefore have lots of decent HDD around, so I don't buy storage.
Why this build?
-> I want to be able to play recent games (and do so in the future), however I am not a hardcore gamer and I'm fine playing some games that arn't the newest. I would like my PC to stay relevant for at least 5 years (knowing that at the end of these 5 years I won't be playing the newest games obviously).
-> I had choices to make, and decided to go for the i7-7700K because it's the fastest quadcore on the market (I think?). From what I have seen, we don't need more than 2 cores for gaming and I won't be multitasking hard, and frequency is a bigger factor? So I decided to go with this one so that when it will become slightly dated, it will be slightly dated but used at 100% (compared to a CPU 8 cores which would become dated but only using 4 cores out of 8 when it becomes dated, making the initial higher investment questionnable). Also I suppose overclocking basically works with percentage and I suppose I will be able to get slightly more overclocking possibilities with a higher frequency gain when it will become dated, increasing again slightly its lifetime.
Is the logic correct or flawed?
-> I go for 32Gb RAM because I might want to upgrade later for the cheaper cost possible so I don't want to buy 2x8Gb now and in 3 years sell them to buy 4x16Gb. Some new games seem to start to require 16Gb (in recommended) so getting 32Gb now is likely not a waste for the 1/2 years to come. 2666MHz because it's the max listed with the CPU, and after watching some tests it seems the improvement with faster ramsticks is marginal. Also I think the GPU will be the weakest part of the gaming config for the 2 days to come, so faster rams don't make much sense.
-> I had a choice between getting very good GPU and less of the rest, or get this config and a cheaper but still good graphics card. I am okay to have a pc working very fine and easy upgrade in the years to come (by buying more RAM and upgrading the GPU). Also, I'm expecting this one to work just fine as I will play in 1080p and don't need millions of FPS to play. I'm also okay to play in MID settings in general.
-> This cooling fan seems excellent value for a "cheap" price and I need one, so better get a good one (maybe it will be enough to get some (very) slight overclock when needed also. Not putting to much hopes there though)
-> I suppose the PSU is way higher than needed, but I suppose it will give good power stability which is allways desirable. Also I don't want to be starved for power when upgrading the GPU and RAM in 2/3 years. Also it's not much more expensive than the 650W so why not, it might be reusable later.
Here are my questions:
-> Is there anything you find stupid or dubious in the setting?
-> Is the plan of getting a setup now that will be easily upgradable with 2x16Go RAM (if needed) and changing the graphics card in 2/3 years stupid?
-> Will quadcore become a liability for gaming?
-> Is this graphic card good? I was going for the RX580 initially, but I found this one for slightly cheaper and it seems to have a better frequency. Are there better alternatives for $330 or less?
-> I plan to reuse a very old case (the big ones from like 20 years ago) because I don't give a sh*t about aesthetics. Is it doable or should I forget about it?
-> SSD seems to be only useful for faster boot times on startup and load times during gaming, I don't care about that so I didn't go for it. Am I missing something?
I understand that's a lot of questions and a long thread, but I want to give you as much information as possible. I'm new to making a pc config and I don't want to waste my money
Thanks a lot for having read everything (if you did, otherwise thank you a little for helping anyways!)
So it's time for me to get a new pc (the last one died and was a 2011 laptop). I decided I wanted to be able to play some recent games, and don't have an immense budget so I settle for a custom config I will assemble myself. I never did before but I'm patient and looking forward to learn.
I settled on this configuration:
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K [with a Be Quiet pure rock slim cooler since it seems the cpu is sold naked]
MoBo: Asus PRIME z270-P motherboard (ATX format)
GPU: Radeon RX590 8G
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666 (2x16Go) C16 XMP 2.0
PSU: Corsair TX850M Gold (850W)
[Link if you prefer: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bwscr6]
I am already slightly over my budget (which was 900-1000)
I have several PCs which died recently and therefore have lots of decent HDD around, so I don't buy storage.
Why this build?
-> I want to be able to play recent games (and do so in the future), however I am not a hardcore gamer and I'm fine playing some games that arn't the newest. I would like my PC to stay relevant for at least 5 years (knowing that at the end of these 5 years I won't be playing the newest games obviously).
-> I had choices to make, and decided to go for the i7-7700K because it's the fastest quadcore on the market (I think?). From what I have seen, we don't need more than 2 cores for gaming and I won't be multitasking hard, and frequency is a bigger factor? So I decided to go with this one so that when it will become slightly dated, it will be slightly dated but used at 100% (compared to a CPU 8 cores which would become dated but only using 4 cores out of 8 when it becomes dated, making the initial higher investment questionnable). Also I suppose overclocking basically works with percentage and I suppose I will be able to get slightly more overclocking possibilities with a higher frequency gain when it will become dated, increasing again slightly its lifetime.
Is the logic correct or flawed?
-> I go for 32Gb RAM because I might want to upgrade later for the cheaper cost possible so I don't want to buy 2x8Gb now and in 3 years sell them to buy 4x16Gb. Some new games seem to start to require 16Gb (in recommended) so getting 32Gb now is likely not a waste for the 1/2 years to come. 2666MHz because it's the max listed with the CPU, and after watching some tests it seems the improvement with faster ramsticks is marginal. Also I think the GPU will be the weakest part of the gaming config for the 2 days to come, so faster rams don't make much sense.
-> I had a choice between getting very good GPU and less of the rest, or get this config and a cheaper but still good graphics card. I am okay to have a pc working very fine and easy upgrade in the years to come (by buying more RAM and upgrading the GPU). Also, I'm expecting this one to work just fine as I will play in 1080p and don't need millions of FPS to play. I'm also okay to play in MID settings in general.
-> This cooling fan seems excellent value for a "cheap" price and I need one, so better get a good one (maybe it will be enough to get some (very) slight overclock when needed also. Not putting to much hopes there though)
-> I suppose the PSU is way higher than needed, but I suppose it will give good power stability which is allways desirable. Also I don't want to be starved for power when upgrading the GPU and RAM in 2/3 years. Also it's not much more expensive than the 650W so why not, it might be reusable later.
Here are my questions:
-> Is there anything you find stupid or dubious in the setting?
-> Is the plan of getting a setup now that will be easily upgradable with 2x16Go RAM (if needed) and changing the graphics card in 2/3 years stupid?
-> Will quadcore become a liability for gaming?
-> Is this graphic card good? I was going for the RX580 initially, but I found this one for slightly cheaper and it seems to have a better frequency. Are there better alternatives for $330 or less?
-> I plan to reuse a very old case (the big ones from like 20 years ago) because I don't give a sh*t about aesthetics. Is it doable or should I forget about it?
-> SSD seems to be only useful for faster boot times on startup and load times during gaming, I don't care about that so I didn't go for it. Am I missing something?
I understand that's a lot of questions and a long thread, but I want to give you as much information as possible. I'm new to making a pc config and I don't want to waste my money
Thanks a lot for having read everything (if you did, otherwise thank you a little for helping anyways!)
. But on a quick search I found that the i7-7700K still has higher frequency than the 8th and 9th generation 6-cores (they seem to have stopped making quad-cores). So, are these CPUs really better for gaming? Won't I just waste cores, and lose some overclock potential since they have less base GHz?
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