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Budget Between 2000 and 3000 euro for the PC. Already have a great UW 144hz monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc. Goal I'm building this system primarily for gaming on my 4k television and ultrawide monitor on ultra/high settings. It's also being used for software engineering tasks and running multiple virtual machines at once. Therefor the 3900x and 32GB RAM. What I'm looking for I'm looking for a powerful workhorse which is as silent as possible under heavy load. That's why I've picked the case and AIO watercooling. I'd rather buy a more powerful pc right now and be able to use it for heavier tooling in the future than having to upgrade in a few months. My current systems are a Dell XPS 7590 BN79015 and a Dell XPS 9570 BNX97003. I'm looking for a PC which is more powerful and hopefully a lot more silent when running a few VM's. I'm going for a closed off case (home-office) so RGB is not a necessity at all. What I need help with 1. Are all the components compatible with each-other? 2. Are there components worth a down- or upgrade for my goal? 3. Are there upgrades available (necessary) to make the PC as silent as possible? Parts PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor £599.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk CPU Cooler Corsair H150i PRO 47.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler £139.98 @ Amazon UK Motherboard Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard £242.98 @ Laptops Direct Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory £148.38 @ Aria PC Storage Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £94.79 @ Amazon UK Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £52.38 @ Aria PC Video Card MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card £729.99 @ CCL Computers Case Fractal Design Design Define R6 USB-C Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case £138.65 @ Overclockers.co.uk Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply £94.00 @ AWD-IT Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total £2240.74 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-06 14:51 BST+0100 * Don't look at the prices shown in the PCPP table, I'm ordering from The Netherlands and there are almost no stores affiliated with the website. Therefor the euro prices are completely out of normal store rates.

Hi guys, I currently have the following system: Intel Xeon 1230 v3 at running at stock speed 3.3 Ghz Asrock B85 Pro4 Nvidia PNY GTX 1080ti 16.0 GB DDR3 running at 1600 MHz Cryorig H5 Ultimate cooler LG 27UK650 4K monitor Samsung 850 EVO 256 GB boot drive 650 W power supply I use the system mainly for two things: editing photos as I am a working professional photographer and playing games at 4K. For the editing part, the system runs OK but it's obviously not blazing fast. When I have large batches of photographs to process as I often do, CPU usage hits 100% and it does struggle a bit. How much faster would Ryzen 2700x be in this specific scenario? When it comes to gaming I noticed that even though the GTX 1080ti should be enough to run games at 4K 60 fps with high details, sometimes I only hit 50 fps on average and the game play isn't the smoothest. Would an upgrade to the Ryzen 2700X noticeably improve my FPS in games? Remember that I only want to achieve smooth 4K 60 fps frame rate. Would it be better to wait until 2019 and the coming Ryzen 3 CPUs? Thanks in advance!

Hi. I want to get a new Gaming PC. But I'm not sure if I should get an Ryzen 7 3700x or an 3900x. I know that Games don't use that much CPU Power, but I don't know how it is in 4k gaming. And although there are games like GTA 5 that need a lot of CPU power. So I'm asking you for your experiences or knownledge in this Topic. *(I'm very sorry if I typed some mistakes in this text. I am not english so sorry for this.)

So... as the title suggests, i'm running 2x EVGA 1080 Ti - SC 2 GAMING iCX SLI with 2x Asus ROG PG27U monitors. For the LIFE of me, I cannot figure out how to maximize my settings to make this work. I'd like to game in 4k WoW, but can't break past 30-50 FPS and my mouse is all wonky. Are my expectations not realistic? Gear wise i'm running: i9-7980XE Processor 64 GB GSKILL Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 2x NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti - 11GB - EVGA SUPERCLOCKED 2 GAMING iCX MoBo: ASUS Prime X299 Deluxe PSU: 1200 Watt - EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2 Platinum Primary SSD: 2 TB Samsung 860 PRO SSD M.2 SSD: 2x2 TB Samsung 970 EVO M.2 PCIe NVMe looking to try and maximize my investment with the PG27U but not really sure where to look. I've been mostly an Apple user until recently.

Hey all, I plan to have my pc in another room to mitigate noise, if i use another pc in another room and hook it up to a 4k monitor, can i stream from my main pc to that one and game at 4k?

Hey I trying to buy a desktop for mostly gaming and video editing for YouTube and streaming too!! I have few concerns.. I was given a specification list by a PC maker and he told, We can use dual 4k monitors with this specification.. My main concern is can I play 4k gaming with dual 4k monitor if not can I at least game with 1 4k monitor. The specs are 1. Cpu- i7-8700 up to 4.60 (6cores) 2. Gpu- mail gtx 1060 oc v2 6gb 3. Motherboard- gigabyte-B360M-DS3H 4. RAM- 16gb 5. Power supply- Corsair VS550 (550W)

Hi, LTT. I am building a computer for a friend for video editing/light gaming (csgo, Fortnite, etc). He has a 4k monitor and wants to game/work at native resolution. I am wondering whether a 1080 ti would be necessary if all he is doing is light gaming and editing some 4k footage every once-in-a-while. I also suggested that he not go for 32gb of ram right away as the prices are through the roof right now. I'll link the pc part picker list below. Thanks for any recommendations. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/eman596/saved/HDdqkL

Creating this post to get some ideas whether should i rebuild a new system from scratch or get a ready made one off the shelf from acer/msi/asus? Current build, i5 7500, aorus atc700 cooler, 550w psu, msi b250 gaming mobo, 2x8gb ddr4 rams, galax gamer gtx1060 6gb, galax m.2 240gb boot drive, 1tb seagate hdd, hkc 2k 144hz monitor -.- current build cant give me good frame rates even in 1080p, am planning to upgrade but this issue hits me, i've been using this build for a year now, previously using 120mm aio cpu cooler, failed me in less than 6months -.-, and quite often i need to reset default settings on bios and sometimes games are unable to launch n need to remove n put back the gpu, kind of fed up with it n feels like the whole set up is unstable. Am thinking of upgrading my cpu to a i7 8700k, new mobo, new psu and gtx1080. After considering the cost of upgrade, im afraid it might be unstable again(i hate small fixes here n there), might as well i sell my current rig with the $$ i go get a ready build cpu from well known brands like acer/msi/asus? Should i upgrade/rebuild a new system or get a ready made system off the shelf?!? (no need to give advices on using any ryzen or amd stuffs, im only accepting intel stuffs on my desk! haha)

Hey guys I'm planning to get a gaming PC but it should handle 4k 60 fps and that PC should cost about $600 or below I will play Rocket league, Doom, CSGO, Battlefield 1 and probably fortnite Actually i play rocket league in 1024x768 with a playable 10 fps. So i thought for an upgrade from my 9 years old Thinkpad. So guys please help me giving some PC parts list which should handle 4k 60 fps.

Hi, i am currently running a Ryzen 7 1700x on an asus prime x370. At this moment I have a gtx 1060 6gb in the rig. I was too broke to buy anything better, and I already had two 1080p gaming monitors from asus that maxed out at 60hz. i am hoping to upgrade my monitors to either a 4K setup, or a really wide 1440p monitor. I plan on upgrading the gfx card down the line. any suggestions regarding the best bang for the buck 4K displays for work and gaming, or an ultra wide to replace both? My budget is no more than $1000.

Would these parts be able to run 4K res. monitor at roughly 60FPS consistently? Or do I need to look into more expensive parts - in which case would GPU upgrade alone do it ex. 1070ti or would I also need to spend more on a CPU/mobo ex. i5 8600K? - Assuming higher game settings - though not necessarily maxed out on all games - Games will be mixed genres (so some more cpu dependent vs others) and assume at least some will be current and up coming triple A games - Assume full tower build with 16GB RAM, NVMe SSD, aftermarket cpu cooling & non-ref cards - so there shouldn't be other system component limitations. I will use the PC for work & other things too but none of it requires much performance power at all relative to gaming. Thanks.

Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum and wanted to reach out and see if anyone could help me with a problem I'm having. I have a Gigabyte Areo 15x laptop with an i7-8750H CPU, GTX 1070 Max Q GPU, 16 GB RAM, and 512 GB SSD. I'm hooking my laptop up in my living room to my Samsung NU8000 TV via an HDMI 2.0 cable. My laptop has a 1080p display, but the TV is 4k, so I set the display settings in windows to be 4k output, and mirror the screen so I've got images on both displays (at different resolutions of course). When I go to play games with this set up, there's noticeable lag between the laptop display and the TV display which is affecting my ability to accurately play games. I've got the TV in "game mode" which according to Rtings.com should have my TV somewhere around 16-18ms of input lag. I'm not sure if this is a normal effect of utilizing HDMI or if there's an underlying setting that I'm missing here. Thanks for the help everyone!

Dear All, I recently got a Zotac GTX 1060 AMP edition 6GB. I tried running FIFA 17 DEMO at 4k ultra setting locke to 60 FPS and the game play was so smooth. Couldn't recognise any stuttering or lag. But the Temperature goes upto 87 degrees and there is a drop in the complete display for as long as 3 seconds and switches on> I have a Corsair VS 550 and the gtx 1060 has a stock cooler. I really have no idea about the reason behind this issue. Is my PSU out of power or My GPU is unable to handle so much of load? Thank you Yogesh,

Jackfrags put up a video of Battlefield 1 4K ingame footage colour corrected and it looks FUCKING AMAZING, i'm so blown away with this, I cannot wait for this to come out. Tried to embed the video but couldn't work it out, here are some screenshots. Full video and article

Hello guys, My uncle gave me his desktop after a (ultra) upgrade and it made me very interested in all topics, so I`m kinda new to all this stuff but I`ve been studying for over two months about computer specs in all ways. I'm a geology student, almost finishing the course here in Brazil. My goal is to work with modelling process (FEM, and other algorithms), but I'm also a gamer. So, I'm saving money for gearing up this desktop and I'd like so much if you guys could help me deciding what to buy. My current status are: Motherboard: Asus z87 Deluxe Processor: Intel i5-4400 RAM: 2x 4GB DDR3 1333 GPU: none Monitor: Samsung UHD 28" Storage: 1TB hard drive Power Supply: can't remember and I'm not home right now =( I'm thinking of upgrading the following in a shor time: RAM: 2x 8GB DDR3 1866 HyperX GPU: Zotac GTX 1070 AMP Extreme Storage: 240GB SSD uv400 The programs I (for now) are: -GIS programs (ArcGIS, QGIS); -CorelDraw/Photoshop/Lightroom -Other modelling/imagery programs The main game I play is WoW, and soon want to play others like Crysis, BattleField, etc. What you think of those specs? What to change, and why? In one year from now I think of upgrading motherboard / processor and of course RAM. Could I build one desktop that matches the necessities that I have (and want), like 4k gaming and geoprocessing and geomodeling of data? Just for saying, I'm a huge fan of LinusTechTips and would like to thank for the knowledge you guys pass over the years and for everyone that helps making it better. Thank you so much, Yuri Castilho.

Hi everyone ! Just discovered this amazing forum Well My Pc is 8 year old (nearly 9 now) and at that time there were plenty of information about gaming in 1080p, now that the pc struggle to do most of recents games i want to upgrade, but not just to better 1080p, i would like to go to 4k (cause i think it will become more and more popular in the next 10 year) So ... I've searched for some infos and i'm not sure about some things so i'm coming here to have your insight about it ... So i'll start with the new monitor i'll go with an Asus ROG Swift PG27AQ (4K G-Sync + ROG functions that are pretty nice for me ...) the only thing about it is the displayport 1,2 who limit it to 60hz if i've understand correctly Next i'll go with a gtx 1080 (maybe a 2nd in SLI in some years (probably like 5 at least i hope) then one won't be enough) For the CPU i have a biggest hard time to decide, an i7 6700k (4Ghz 4/8 core (HT) OR a biggest CPU (6 or 8 core ?) ? What would be better for a 10 year investisment ? I think the i7 6700k would be nice but won't it limit at some point ? The CPU will determine the motherboard but i'll listen to your though about the chipset who you think woild be best ... For Ram i'll go with 16 or 32 GB (will decide after motherboard/CPU for the best speed / latency i can find. For PSU i'll go with a new one modular, the other one may bave enough power (need to see if it is ...) but the cables were a mess to deal with ... so i'll see what i can do with this later Well ... I want to play lastest game in 4k and maybe do stream/recording in 1080p (and i have the tendency to have LOTS of internet pages launched at the same time (like youtube + future thing to do and never have time to really do it ...) And recording mean editing and rendering (i may do it while i don't play actually but while i'm watching video or something ) And i'll have my current monitor (1080p) at 2nd monitor for control/TS (and never used 2 screen before so don't know how it work ...) So I think my original idea with i7 6700k and 16 (maybe 32 GB ?) of ram should be enough but i prefer to have other people thoughs about it ... So ... What do you think ? Btw sorry for my engrish it's not my native language so i may have made some error ps my last pc build was 800€ without HDD and optic drive (they are cheap anyway), for this one i have some money saved so i'll go full out (but not too much if possible !)

Hi guys i am building my very first custom PC build please help me choosing the parts Following are the parts that i had chosen till now please tell me if i need and corrections intel Core i7 6700k Asus Strix R9 380 gb MSI H170 Gaming M3 - 6th Generation DDR4 Motherboard Kingston Technology HyperX FURY Black 8 GB 2133 MHz CL14 DIMM DDR4 Internal Memory i will be using 2 of them(ram) this is my Case Deepcool Dukase

So, random question. If I'm currently using a 4790K OC'd to 4.7Ghz in my main rig currently and I want to setup a computer that can have a host and 2 VMs while still having the performance of the 4790K for each VM, what CPU would be best for this type of system (if any)? Go with an i7 Extreme like the 5960X? Or go with a Xeon? Also, if I need a Xeon, would it be better to go with a mobo that has X79 or X99 chipsets vs. going with a mobo that utilizes C602 or C612? And before I forget to ask, can you utilize SLI or Crossfire for a single VM or can you only have one GPU per VM? Disclaimer: This is based off of Linus' 1 PC/2 VM gaming build video on Youtube. So, in theory, this is to reduce the number of overall physical PCs in the office, to reduce power consumption from multiple devices, to game @ 4K UHD for both VMs, to do editing as a hobby. I'm planning on having a separate media server on the LAN, so no need for to worry about that. This is more of because I can do it, not because I necessarily need it. Plus, I want to learn more about VMs and Linux (if need be) and what not.

Hey Peeps, I am planning to build a Rig. I would like to know something in advance before doing it. Will be good to crossfire R9 390 or go for a single gtx 980ti for a full fledged 4k gaming experience. Please dont suggest me to SLI two Gtx 980 ti's which I am not even considering to do. Gtx 980 ti's are very expensive in India. Please do give your suggestions. Thank you!!

I am curious if i should get a R9 390 or R9 390X to run 4k games, i know the R9 390X is better but it also costs more, so is it worth the extra money to get the R9 390X? I have a AMD FX 8350 running at 4.6GHz, will this bottleneck either of these cards making the choice easier ??

So I'll be building my new pc in the next month or so, but I'm not sure about what mobo I should get... Specs will most likely be i7-6700k GTX 980 Ti (EVGA) 16GB Savage RAM I'm going to game at 4k, as well as using 3D-Sofrware and Photoshop etc., but I'm not sure whether I should buy the Asus Z170A or the Asus Maxumis VIII Hero, or even a mobo from another producer... Any help appreciated!

Hi guys...can you tell me if this specs for 4k gaming? INTEL Core i7 6700K BOX, s. 1151, 4.0GHz, 8MB cache MSI Z170A XPower Gaming Titanium, Intel Z170 EVGA Geforce Titan X 12 Gb CORSAIR Vengeance LPX black, DDR4 2666Mhz 32 Gb SSD 500.0 GB SAMSUNG 850 EVO Basic HDD WESTERN DIGITAL Caviar Black 1 TB COOLERMASTER MasterCase Pro 5 1000 W EVGA SUPERNOVA P2 Corsair Hydro H105 BD-RW LG BH16NS40 16x SATA tnx for help guys

Hi Everyone, Good day. Here's my review of the Asus Republic of Gamers G501 4K Gaming Laptop. Here are some minor information and images. Asus sent me a review sample unit only. Specs : Display 15.6-inch 3840 x 2160 IPS UHD Processor: 2.6GHz Intel Core i7-4720HQ Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 960M Operating System: Windows 8.1 Storage: 512GB PCIe x4 SSD Memory: 16GB DDR3L 1600 MHz SDRAM Connectivity: 3x USB 3.0, 1x Mini Displayport, 1x HDMI, 1x SD card slot, 3.5mm audio jack, Integrated 802.11ac or 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 Dimensions: 15.07” x 10.03” x 0.83” Weight: 4.5lbs Base Price: $1,699 Closer look : Definitely one of the slimmest gaming laptop I've ever seen. Watch the review video here : <Link Removed> I hope you find this useful. Thank you for viewing!

I am currently using a TV as a main monitor. It looks ok but I defiantly need better. Ive saw mixed opinions on wether the 970 can 4K game or not. So first off if I get a 4K will it look better on medium graphics than a 1080p TV running 60 hz? I do but I honestly dont know that much about monitors. My second question is do you think i would be better off getting a 144 hz monitor. I have an intel i5 4670K overclocked at 3.8 and 970 and 16 gigs of ram. If you need any more specs just ask

I don't have that kind of knowledge for the parts so I would like you guys to build me up a super good 4k gaming pc, I am planning to build it up in July/August for about £4000. Hope that the AMD 3XX series come up by that time or would you per fare the Titan X.