Constipated Crow
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Where I live, I can only get a hold of DDR5 ram (64gb) for £50-60 more than its DDR4 counterpart. So even though DDR5 will undoubtedly perform better, I'm not sure the trade-off is worth it, especially since I have a relatively tight budget for this upgrade. Same with the PSU - I know I'm undoubtedly gonna be better off with a Tier A or B PSU, but my current budget (with the performance bump expectations I have) isn't suited for a more expensive PSU unfortunately -
I work with pretty intense & demanding After Effects/Premiere Pro projects, so ram is definitely one of my bottlenecks right now sadly...
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Would you say the parts I linked below are good as they are? Do you think there's a major bottleneck somewhere here that would need to be addressed? Whether performance-wise, or power-wise? Or does it look good to you? https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Constipated_Crow/saved/#view=HkjL7P Thanks!
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Budget (including currency): Around £500 ($600) is my ideal top range Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Heavy gaming & heavy video editing (demanding After Effects animations, Premiere Pro, etc.) Other details: Here's my current build: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Constipated_Crow/saved/#view=4hKGjX I'm guessing that my current bottleneck is my CPU (i7 4790k) - since it's around a decade old at this point. I'm also stuck with my ancient motherboard that only supports DDR3 RAM, so I'm ideally looking to upgrade a few things in my system: Motherboard: This will need to be upgraded anyways, since the architecture on my MOBO is really ancient. CPU: I'd love to get a powerful CPU as an upgrade, as I do relatively heavy gaming & video editing. PSU: My PSU is also around a decade old at this point, so I'd like to upgrade that too. RAM: DDR4 is the goal - 32gb would be a minimum (64 would be ideal if I can get it within my budget) for my video editing. Any and all help/suggestions would be appreciated, as I've been absent from the "cutting edge components" scene for a while, so I have no idea what's good value right now. Do you agree with my list of the 4 components I'd like to upgrade? Or is there a better route I can take to upgrade my PC? My graphics card (GTX 1080) is still okay ish in my opinion, as it's probably the most powerful (and power-hungry) component I have right now. I may upgrade it in the future, but right now, I'm relatively happy with it - I think the other components are a bigger priority atm. My storage isn't ideal either. I'd love to get M.2 drives instead of my slower SSDs, but I think that'll have to wait too. I'd like to spend my £500 budget on the 4 components I listed above, and have the option of upgrading my storage down the line. Thanks in advance!
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Hey there, Before I resume with my question, here's my motherboard with its on-board audio: Asrock Z97M ANNIVERSARY MATX Motherboard Socket 1150 (Intel Z97, 4x DDR3, 4x SATA III) I won't be purchasing a DAC or sound card with these headphones by Massdrop, because many have told me that my motherboard should be good enough to provide everything the headphones have to offer, and a DAC/sound card would do nothing to actually improve the SOUND QUALITY of the headphones. My question is to the people who own these headphones, or have some sort of experience with them. Preferably even with and without a DAC/sound card to accompany it, so I know whether the headphones are worth the $200 (plus $25 to UK shipping), and whether I'm making the right decision by not purchasing a DAC/sound card along with these headphones. Thanks!
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Awesome, cheers for all the help!
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Thank you so much for the lengthy response, and for all the help. Would you recommend, for purely gaming purposes, to buy an external sound card for my specific motherboard and headphones of choice, or to simply save that money? I don't listen to too much music on my PC anyway, so these headphones and the DAC (if I get one) would simply be for gaming, and nothing else. I'd like somewhat of a "surround sound" setup to be able to pin-point locations and sounds in games, and don't really need any other fancy features a DAC would provide. Would my motherboard be sufficient to provide what the AKG K7XXs have to offer in terms of sound quality and a good auditory experience on its own? Thanks again for the help!
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For purely gaming purposes, would you recommend me cashing out a bit more for the DAC, or do you find it completely unnecessary? I'm mainly getting these headphones because I want to be able to have a "surround sound" setup, and be able to confidently and precisely pin-point sounds coming from certain areas of the game, for games like Rainbow Six Siege and Battlefiend 1. Thanks for the help again!
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I don't really have any sound interference with my current motherboard and all, so does that mean that I should be able to simply buy these headphones, plug them into my motherboard and not have to fear "worse sound quality" than if I had a DAC? Cheers for the help!
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I understand what you're saying, but I'm not 100% sure whether my motherboard even supports 7.1 virtual surround sound, to be able to even take advantage of the open back headphones and the open sound stage of the headphones. Even so, I thought that motherboards made quite a big difference in sound quality, but maybe I just need to research it further Btw, I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 at the moment, but will be picking up the Galaxy S8 when it comes out early next year. Besides, I thought mobile soundcards can't really take advantage of high-end headphones like the K7XXs.
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You mean that I'd be able to experience everything the headphones have to offer, purely from my motherboard without external DACs? I heard from quite a few people that onboard audio drivers were quite bad if you have headphones which are $200+, since you don't get the whole audio quality, and have somewhat of a "bottleneck" with the onboard audio drivers not being able to provide everything the headphones would have to offer.
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Hey there, I'm currently using a somewhat cheap pair of earphones for most of my daily audio endeavours, including music listening, video watching, and mainly gaming.Though my earphones have served me well for quite some time now, I feel that I am ready to invest in a good pair of cans, primarily for gaming. I've had the AKG K7XXs by Massdrop in mind for a while, but my only worry is that I won't be able to receive everything the headphones would have to offer, due to my relatively budget-friendly motherboard without great on-board sound, and the lack of a soundcard or DAC. This is my current motherboard: Asrock Z97M ANNIVERSARY MATX Motherboard Socket 1150 (Intel Z97, 4x DDR3, 4x SATA III) I'm not an exact audiophile, and have never really owned any great pairs of headphones, and have very little experience with very good sound quality in gaming, but I feel that going ahead with my plan to invest in good headphones will not only allow me to have an "enhanced auditory experience that Solitaire has to offer", but will generally improve my general setup. So, my question is, what external soundcard/DAC would be the recommended one? I'm not looking to spend too much, as the investment into the AKG K7XXs would already rinse most of my budget. The maximum I'd ideally be spending on a good DAC, is around £50 (around $60-$70). Thanks in advance to anyone who responds!
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I'm going on holiday, what should I do with my PC?
Constipated Crow posted a topic in Power Supplies
Hey there, I'm going to be away from my PC for the next month or so, and after having used my custom built PC for the past 2 years almost every single day, I don't know if there's anything I need to do before I depart. Is it better to simply leave the PC turned off, should I put it to sleep, or hibernation? Is there anything I should download beforehand, or am I simply overthinking this? Cheers for all the replies! -
Hi there, Before I continue with my question, here is my current build: -Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Strix Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5, PCI Express 3.0) -Intel Core i7 i7-4790K CPU (Quad Core 4GHz, Socket H3 LGA-1150) -Asrock Z97M ANNIVERSARY MATX Motherboard Socket 1150 (Intel Z97, 4x DDR3, 4x SATA III) -HyperX FURY Series 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1866MHz CL10 DIMM Memory Module Kit - Black -EVGA 500B 500W 80+ BRONZE PC Power Supply -LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x SATA Half Height Internal DVDRW Drive -Seagate Barracuda 3.5 inch 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB 6GB/S Internal SATA Drive -Fractal Design Core 1000 Series Micro ATX Case My current case is definitely not one of the most impressive ones out there, but it's served me well for over a year. I would however, like to upgrade from my current case, due to mine not having a cable management side panel (I literally have cables in front of my components, which I know causes extra heating), and it doesn't quite have the greatest cooling or silence. I'd like to get a new 'budget' case for no more than £50 if possible. I would definitely like a side panel where I can tuck away all the cables out of sight (it doesn't have to have a glass side panel, a solid case would be fine), and preferably a case with great cooling. I don't really mind sound all that much, as long as my PC isn't overheating. Thank you to anyone who responds. Cheers!
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Hi there, -XFX FX-777A-ZNF4 Radeon HD 7000 Series; AMD; Radeon HD 7770; 1000 MHz; CrossFire; 2048 x 1536 pixels; 2560 x 1600 pixels (FX-777A-ZNF4) -Intel Core i7 i7-4790K CPU (Quad Core 4GHz, Socket H3 LGA-1150) -Asrock Z97M ANNIVERSARY MATX Motherboard Socket 1150 (Intel Z97, 4x DDR3, 4x SATA III) -HyperX FURY Series 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1866MHz CL10 DIMM Memory Module Kit - Black -EVGA 500B 500W 80+ BRONZE PC Power Supply -LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x SATA Half Height Internal DVDRW Drive -Seagate Barracuda 3.5 inch 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB 6GB/S Internal SATA Drive -Fractal Design Core 1000 Series Micro ATX Case As you can probably tell, my PC is severely bottlenecked, with my GPU not being up-to-date with my CPU. I was thinking of buying an ASUS GTX 970 STRIX for Christmas, and it's around £260 here (roughly $380-$390), but my friend recently offered me an R9 290X: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00G6LDB58?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_ldGCwbPTZPEJN (This is the exact model) for around £170 (roughly $250). Which one do you think I should go for? Keep in mind that my PSU is only a 500W PSU, and the card is a reference, 300W TDP card. I know that the GTX 970 is slightly better, benchmark-wise, but I'm not sure whether the price difference is good enough to go for the 290x or not. Thanks to anyone who replies!
