I just want to build myself a reliable work machine. My Titan laptop is now 6 years ago and I want a desktop now (hopefully better and quieter thermal solutions). I’m not a 3D gamer but want to drive two 4K displays and maybe play a game my kids recommend here and there. I am NOT a gamer. By priorities are: Reliability and QUIET. I do mostly Chrome work (Google Sheets, docs, etc.), some Photoshop / Lightroom / Illustrator but not much. I “think” I need more than just “integrated graphics” so I can play an occasional game and occasional SolidWorks viewing?
I was thinking of an i9-9900 on an MSI ACE Z390 motherboard using NVMe drives / 64GB. I have seen The Guru of 3D articles: https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_1660_super_gaming_x_review,7.html and https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_1660_super_gaming_x_review,9.html ... and also like this GPU comparison table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wGRZ-5sl7G9DhIgwW36g2KnrwVfZqBW7GDKHOd2vbaM/edit#gid=0 (from this article: https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...-a-sortable-database-of-desktop-gpus.3163659/)
I’m still confused though…
Can someone recommend a good GPU which:
My current laptop has a 5 year old 6GB GTX1060. Can't tell if my CPU or GPU are causing hiccups in silly 2D games.. slither.io for example (don't laugh at me )... and I hate the fan that is constantly running (even when sitting on a coolmaster pad).
Thanks for your help.
-Ed
I was thinking of an i9-9900 on an MSI ACE Z390 motherboard using NVMe drives / 64GB. I have seen The Guru of 3D articles: https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_1660_super_gaming_x_review,7.html and https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_1660_super_gaming_x_review,9.html ... and also like this GPU comparison table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wGRZ-5sl7G9DhIgwW36g2KnrwVfZqBW7GDKHOd2vbaM/edit#gid=0 (from this article: https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...-a-sortable-database-of-desktop-gpus.3163659/)
I’m still confused though…
Can someone recommend a good GPU which:
- Support 2 Display ports and can drive two 4K monitors doing “productivity” workloads like spreadsheets, Visual Studio, Adobe Illustrator etc., and
- Is super quiet? No fan at idle would be ideal. I'm willing to pay more for lower noise levels.
My current laptop has a 5 year old 6GB GTX1060. Can't tell if my CPU or GPU are causing hiccups in silly 2D games.. slither.io for example (don't laugh at me )... and I hate the fan that is constantly running (even when sitting on a coolmaster pad).
Thanks for your help.
-Ed