I'm planning to build a new computer as, after 8 years of faithful service, this one is starting to fail. I'd like to be able to run modern games on high settings at 1440p and 120+ FPS, and for the system to last for at least 4 years.
I have some money so I'm not capping the budget. But the prices of some parts are eye-watering - especially since I haven't looked at this stuff in 8 years! - and so I'm looking to keep costs on a leash and get value for money where possible.
The other thing I'm conscious about is power draw. Not just because of electricity bills, but also the additional costs and complications in terms of exotic cooling systems, and the general inconvenience of a system that belches heat and noise.
Hopefully this gives you an idea of how, after looking at lots of reviews, benchmarks and comment threads courtesy of this fine site and community, I hit upon this strange proposition.
My hope would be that the savings on the 5800K3D (and attendant savings on mobo, DDR4 etc) would offset the price of the 4070Ti while not compromising on game performance, while also keeping power draw low. I figure I could live with the relative under-performance for other tasks.
I am however all too aware that I might end up with a lamed system that bottlenecks an expensive GPU with an inadequate CPU. In other words, an exercise in futility and hubris!
I wondered if you fine folks could weigh in on which outcome you consider more probable. And if you had any suggestions for alternative pairings, I'd be grateful for those too. I was considering waiting on the 7000K3D series reviews to come in, but looking at the specs it seems much of the (perceived) advantage in terms of savings and power efficiency would not be preserved.
Please be gentle, I'm new to much of this!
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Approximate Purchase Date: within the next couple of months
Budget Range: not entirely sure, but perhaps $2.5-3.5k
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, general productivity
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Scan, Amazon (not sure where else to look)
Location: UK
Overclocking: not a priority
I have some money so I'm not capping the budget. But the prices of some parts are eye-watering - especially since I haven't looked at this stuff in 8 years! - and so I'm looking to keep costs on a leash and get value for money where possible.
The other thing I'm conscious about is power draw. Not just because of electricity bills, but also the additional costs and complications in terms of exotic cooling systems, and the general inconvenience of a system that belches heat and noise.
Hopefully this gives you an idea of how, after looking at lots of reviews, benchmarks and comment threads courtesy of this fine site and community, I hit upon this strange proposition.
My hope would be that the savings on the 5800K3D (and attendant savings on mobo, DDR4 etc) would offset the price of the 4070Ti while not compromising on game performance, while also keeping power draw low. I figure I could live with the relative under-performance for other tasks.
I am however all too aware that I might end up with a lamed system that bottlenecks an expensive GPU with an inadequate CPU. In other words, an exercise in futility and hubris!
I wondered if you fine folks could weigh in on which outcome you consider more probable. And if you had any suggestions for alternative pairings, I'd be grateful for those too. I was considering waiting on the 7000K3D series reviews to come in, but looking at the specs it seems much of the (perceived) advantage in terms of savings and power efficiency would not be preserved.
Please be gentle, I'm new to much of this!
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Approximate Purchase Date: within the next couple of months
Budget Range: not entirely sure, but perhaps $2.5-3.5k
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, general productivity
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Scan, Amazon (not sure where else to look)
Location: UK
Overclocking: not a priority
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