Zealecia

Take my like good sir.

This particularly amusing persona has had ten years worth of specialised education in computing hardware, programming and interface design and is currently developing a game. An 18-year-old who is merely close to graduation from high school and happens to be a forum power user who has over 2000+ posts does not represent your knowledge that well. To make matters worse, you have openly declared yourself as an Apple hater on this very forum. It is quite hard to then ascertain that you can be impartial when making supposedly fair comparisons without a certain degree of arrogance due to that open bias you have. It is funny but at the same time, sad. Say, in the worst case scenario that every single point this particularly amusing persona made was wrong, it is pertinent that his ignorance shall be corrected. However, your arrogance shall similarly be rectified. This was a post quite obviously targeted at Android "butthurt fanboys". I.e. The true tech wannabes that sing praises for all the specs their Android devices provide without actually knowing their stuff. Seeing that you, sir, have been offended by such a post, it reflects poorly on the self-proclaimed "Delusional Fanboy [slayer]" title you have given yourself. You have to understand that you are the one over-extrapolating the several distinct issues this particularly amusing persona has with Android butthurt fanboys. The A8X chip was mentioned in comparison to the chips present in the Nexus 9. After which it ended there, and moved on to another point Android butthurt fanboys love to boast about. In no part of the original post did the particularly amusing persona mention that the iPad Air 2 has 1GB of RAM. Rather he specifically mentions "older Apple devices". Your poor comprehension skills just lumped the newest device under "older Apple devices" as well. So much for your self-proclaimed "Highly Critical" part of your given title. Even then, the particularly amusing persona did not mention he felt the A8X chip is better "because it was on par with NVIDIA's Denver K1 Tegra chip in the Nexus 9". You seem to have a very particularly amusing habit of over-extrapolating ideas in your head. While "exponential performance boost" may be too exaggerated in the original post, I believe the particularly amusing persona feels that having all apps post February 2015 optimised for 64bit would help bring iOS app performance up by a great amount. And if you are not a tech wannabe, I'm sure you know there exists up to a 30% performance boost from transitioning from 32bit to 64bit. Kindly refrain from taking words out of this particularly amusing persona's mouth or adding words he didn't even type in his original post. In no part of his posts nor comments did he proceed to mention it being stupid to compare single threaded performance. Again, you are over-extrapolating. Thankfully not. I usually at least face them head on without attempting to seek mental solace on a separate forum thread. I shall hope that I will not regret replying to this and observe the same lack of difference as you did.

I suppose I "might" notice a slight difference since I'll be having to consistently load assets into the game engine I'll be utilising in making my games. The price difference between the EVO and Pro versions isn't too much either so I decided to go for it. Thanks for all your time and advice!

Hmm, perhaps I just got caught in a marketing gimmick. *shrugs* :huh: But good sir, I hear you and I've changed the motherboard as well. I opted for the Gigabyte G1.Sniper that still possesses the networking and audio features found in my previous choice. It is updated here as well: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Zealecia/saved/dkfV3C And yes! Definitely getting myself a G-SYNC capable monitor (eyes on that Asus ROG Swift but still waiting for affordable options till March 2015). Also, I've changed my SSD choice to a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB. I hope that's a good balance of value and performance. On that final note, I believe you can click on "Follow this topic" on the top-right-hand of every thread. It's on the same horizontal level as the stars above the title of this thread. I actually followed my own topic to ensure I get notifications the moment someone replies. And thanks for your advice again!

Gee, thanks for all the advice! I just discovered PC Part Picker and so I made some edits to my build according to your advice. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HWWdJx Pretty much followed your advice on everything save for the motherboard. Really digging it because of the built in networking and audio features. I changed it to the less pricey but non-factory-stress-tested version of the same motherboard though. That is assuming that the extra cost is really only for the stress-testing. Also, from the cost savings, I decided to squeeze in a second GTX 970 for my own gaming pleasure (and it is only gonna slightly exceed my budget). I'm gonna be gaming at 2560 x 1600 so I'm sure that I'll benefit somewhat from the more optimised games. For reference, I got convinced to squeeze that second one in from this site: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_970_SLI/1.html Lastly, any recommendations for a decent SSD? Really appreciate all the helpful comments thus far!

Not too sure about double posting rules when it comes to bumping. But I still need advice on my configuration so let this slide?

Feel free to ignore shipping so long as your recommendations/advice are within the budget as stated.

Haha, yeah! Gotta pamper myself after not upgrading for years!

UPDATE: Followed Mistersprinkles' advice and have since updated the parts as listed in the following link. http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Zealecia/saved/dkfV3C Do use this link for the most updated components that I have picked and once again, thanks for all the helpful advice! <end update> I kinda felt bad signing up at LTT just for that Zotac GTX 980 giveaway, so I decided to seek advice from the experienced community as well! I've read those specific pinned posts before posting this so I sincerely hope I'll be getting spot-on advice for the following. Well, here goes! 1. Budget & Location I reside in Singapore which is a small country located in the SEA region. The budget I'm considering is up to SGD$3000 or approximately USD$2200 since I'm likely to be shipping them via a courier service from within the US to Singapore. 2. Aim I am an aspiring game developer and also an avid gamer. However, I don't exactly intend to create games that require top-of-the-line hardware to play at max settings which is why I am opting for a GTX 970 as a benchmark for the next 3 years. Also, this rig isn't something I plan to get immediately. Rather, I'll be getting it sometime from March 2015 onwards. That's when I'll be cleared from certain commitments and be able to devote my time to game development. 3. Monitors There isn't a need to factor the price of the monitor into the budget. I'm already considering the Asus ROG Swift as a must-have but already have a 27-inch monitor so I'll be using it till either the price of the mentioned monitor drops, or a better one comes up. 4. Peripherals Already own several that I will still be using. For the OS, I will be using Windows 10 Tech Preview since I want to optimise my game for the future and will be purchasing it when it's retailing. 5. Why are you upgrading? It's my first time building a rig and I would simply like to make it the best first experience ever. Plus it'll be quite the performance jump from my old comrade Alienware M11x R1. 6. Current choice on parts http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Zealecia/saved/dkfV3C

Yes, yes. I'm new to the forums. Have only one post (this one). And nope, I doubt I'll be winning this but hey, I'm now part of the community and will likely be learning a lot more from now on. Thanks Linus Tech Tips for the giveaway. And Zotac too.