xsimplyjosh

Kinda wasted lol a 1080ti is more suboptimal for 1440p144 (almost nearly) n 4k60... unless ur doing something like 240hz on a 1080 them "maybe" 1070 altho kinda ex is more suited for the task. If 1070>1080 price then jump for 1080 ud be better off imo

One word . Mining. Same case with amd rx 400/500 series they are approaching 1070 prices literally.... so mY case was looking at 1070 for a short thing but..... that being said because the price hike brought it close to a 1080 of this i bought a 1080ti after doing a pure analysis of 1080 n 1080ti in comparison since these are less likely affected due to their high tdp (mining requires efficient power use over 24/7 activity afaik n these two hv higher tdp values) it is possible to mine with the higher two mentioned but that depends on ur electricity cost/hr n such... so sure its more expensive but i had to look at it as a 6-8 year purchase and i was like this is never going to drop ever lol despite it being lesser to the 1080/ti for gaming plus is future proofed for 4k 90% later on but my main intention was to do 1440p144hz ideally plus i have no buyers remorse its performing lovingly (1150aud). (and i save 200aud off by not giving into aussie retail shops) So all in all is sorta worth.. plus im not evading or anything, just amazon is where its at. Wait was longer (11 business days) but made no sense to pay more for same thing

So i guess I can say i built my budget pc in 2011 around 1200aud... with non-wow parts, just enough to get 1080p running now im upgrading a few parts [minus case, ssd, hdd] for another 1700-1800aud in 6+ years... i guess its sorta okay? kinda got the urge lols after eofy sales on ebay imo if i look at it now phone every 2-3 years depending on what the competition offers. for pc i just use it till parts are slowing/dying down. tbh the reason for jumping on PC over laptop is the fact they have longer lifetime use in contrast to laptops, which i find inferior for my type of use [not to mention for same specs of PC-like laptop, it will be expensive by a factor of 1.5-2x...]

imo shoot for 1080 [non-ti if you need to save abit]... or if you can find a very good 1080ti below 1150aud equiv or close then shoot for that... primarily 1070 is not worth it [6-9 days ago i got an asus strix 1080 11gbps @ 750aud... now the 1070 is literally just above at 799aud which is absurd imo given so or more ... [I am referring to asus as an example in this scenario, surely there are lower ones but looking at the big picture 1070 raised by 170aud from what i've seen [629>799]]] kinda ridiculous but then again, you do want the best bang for your buck so imo i'd say go for a 1080... or 1080ti if u can stretchit

looks worth to me... 970$ is really low. as the few cards i've seen range around 1150aud+ [1099aud is the reference blower variant]

Yea like what most poeple said, do not cheap out on the psu it makes absolutely no sense... if it was me i'd spring for the rm750x corsair as thats the one im currently using.... if you can afford ~750/800$ for a abv tweaked graphics card, why skimp on a psu thats not above 200$? edit: also cheaper psus tend to have less regulation in terms of quality... this even includes some of corsairs lower end tier where components are not as premium [non-jap capacitors as an example]... and theres a reason why psus cost alot and they are the core backbone to your entire system... efficiency/better regulation/better ripple supression => all add up in the long run. so my advice, dont cheap out on psu Pair quality products [1080ti] with quality products [psu]. better to be safe than sorry and makes more sense imo.

in australia [on pccasegear] asus strix 1070 variant literally went from 629$ >> 729$ in a matter of 2-4 days span... nuts af. and most of australia's gpu lineup is technically very expensive so to speak...

I'd say go with the 1070, personally. It's capable of pulling 144Hz @ 1080p which is what you desire.

two words: cryptocurrency mining amd cards more efficient afaik for mining over the nvidia counterparts [not to mention the cost of the cards are so much cheaper for what you get]. in a way their cost goes up due to surge in demand but depletion of supply ie Qdemand > Qsupply [ideal economics], value wise not really going up as its more of an entry-mid tier graphic... my opinion, feel free to correct if i said anything wrong

i think is more of a balance between the two purposes [Productivity/Gaming] ... thats my issue... i will still Have a bit of time to tinker, because im essentially going this upgrade cycle step path one step at a time not all at one go... gpu > monitor > Cpu/mobo/ram [all in 1 go since i see it as 1 entire block]... so this allows me abit of time to read more. but i really appreciate everyones input in time, i don't want to say one person is wrong because they all help me in this short time duration and each opinion is valauble. Yea I don't follow the socket changing game every year so I'm bound to be stuck to the one processor for 6-7 years minimum... i mean i managed to survive on ivybridge for this long . interesting looking at this now... [i will update this reply when i have gone thru it.] Yea I did edit my original post 10 years would be amazing if i can even get up to that, it was just some wording by my mistake and I was aware of it... thats the thing, if a processor was so ideal that it'd fit everyone's need without having a certain compromise there wouldn't be this [dillema that im facing] today but i like that graph, did see it a few days ago... but the 2nd one was amazing considering amd's 1800x is 1/2 the price of a 6900k here o_o [In Australia]

Wow just came back , thank you for all the suggestion and opinions I am slowly reading them one by one & will reply to each [if needed]. Just goes to show there's more than what meets the eyes.

Newbie question but my first post, LTT seems like a friendly and critical community to ask this question. What do I intend to use the computer for: equal parts 50% workstation 50% gaming. Workstation involves lightroom/photoshop as i do photography. Videography also i use adobe premiere pro cc. Gaming. I play counter strike GO, League of Legends, Dota2, mass effect on maxed out settings... [Edit: looking at more games later on in future primarily fps based] Reason why i said equal parts is i don't relatively lean towards one side or the other too much as I feel the way I operate the computer seems balanced between the two of them. Currently I have a gtx 1080 asus on shipment. and I'm upgrading from my 1st built pc [i5 3550, 16GB ram ddr3 1.6GHz] to a new one and im upgrading part by part. First GPU then PSU [nonmodular to modular. god i hate nonmodular setups willing to pay extra cost for that added benefit of tidyness] Given the two CPU chips advertised above in the title, I'm allowing this thread to attract a lot of comments/criticisms/etc these chips are very competitively priced near to each other [Ryzen 7 1700 @ 439aud, intel i7 7700 [non K] @ 429aud from where i live. So the difference from a skeletal perspective doesnt look like alot +/- 10$, however I've been using intel in the past and I'm unsure of ryzen as i've never touch based on AMD platforms before as a whole. Budget isn't an issue, it's my 2nd upgrade and i would like to go further on a more improved setup. ideally i want the computer to last around 10 years or so if at best but at 6-8 years is technically still okay. i dont really play the yearly upgrade game as it will be too expensive for such investment* so... Which of these chips is better for my purposes described above? because i'm stuck in this dilemma. Essentially which chip is suitable will also dictate my motherboard and ram [which is relatively easy to pick since they use new ddr4 and new chipsets iirespectively]. skeleton of my upcoming build: ram: typically 16GB ddr4, 2133-3000MHz depending on which price cheapest but not an issue. cpu: above gpu: asus strix 1080 11GBps variant [Not the Ti] [on shipment] psu: 750w 80+ plat case: n/a monitor: most likely a 1440p144Hz monitor at a nice price. haven't seen much use with 4k as of yet as for production i feel is sufficient with 1080p. but might consider later on. mobo: [depends on cpu choice as above] storage: sorted, using old ones since they still function well after 6 years+ and no need to buy more. any help/criticism/comments is seriously welcomed. Thank you. - Josh