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Budget 4K Gaming Build with Overclock

scooby81
By scooby81
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Hello all,

Longtime reader, first time poster.

 

Long story short:

Looking to build a PC that can play modernish games at 4K at 60 FPS

FPS limit of 60 set by my display (TV)

Expect quality settings on visuals to be low - med

Examples of games I play: GTA V, Fifa 19, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Hitman II


Looking to get advice and guidance on:

Which components I should use 

Specific configuration and overclock advice

This is my first experience with overclocking components

 

The components I have to choose from (I'm lucky I have a few options already in hand):

 

CPU

Intel Core i5-2500 2500K OR

Intel Core i5-4670K 

 

AIO CPU LIQUID COOLER

Corsair Hydro Series H80 OR

Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 OR

Hydro Series H100i PRO RGB

 

Motherboard

ASUS P8Z77-M PRO OR

ASUS GRYPHON Z87

 

RAM

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 X 4GB) DDR3 1866HZ

 

GPU

Asus GTX 1060 DUAL OC, 6GB

 

OTHER BITS

PSU: Corsair CS750M ATX 750W

SSD: Corsair 3 Series 120GB SATA III SSD (CSSD-F120GB3-BK)

HDD: Toshiba 500GB SATA III 5400RPM Hybrid SSD (MQ02ABF050H)

CASE: Corsair Carbide 88R Mid Tower

 

All input welcomed.

 

Thanks.

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a GTX 1060 6gb is not going to give you 4k60fps gaming on none of these GTA V, Fifa 19, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Hitman II games.

 

You will have to go LOW on all settings and even then frame rate will be poor, what's the point of 4k if your image quality will be garbage on ALL LOW?

 

The whole computer you have in mind is insufficient for 4k60fps gaming.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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5 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

a GTX 1060 6gb is not going to give you 4k60fps gaming on none of these GTA V, Fifa 19, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Hitman II games.

 

You will have to go LOW on all settings and even then frame rate will be poor, what's the point of 4k if your image quality will be garbage on ALL LOW?

 

The whole computer you have in mind is insufficient for 4k60fps gaming.

I guess I will have to see. Some people are reporting that it is in fact possible with a GTX 1060 6GB albeit with an i5 4690k @ 4.4GHz (I have a 4670K)

 

 

 

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the lowest GPU that you can go to for 4k is the 1070. this is super weak still for 4k. you want AT LEAST a 1080, vega 64, or 2070. that's an AT LEAST. 

 

the optimal is a rtx 2080, 2080ti, gtx 1080ti, or Vega Radeon 7. 

Rig 1: i7-9700k OC'd to 5.0ghz all core | EVGA XC RTX 2080Ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | ASUS PRIME Z370-P | Asetek 550LC 120mm | ADATA 480GB SSD & Toshiba P300 3TB | Cooler Master Masterbox MB500 | Win 10 Home | Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum, G502 Proteus Spectrum, G933 Artemis Spectrum Snow Wireless Limited Edition, Corsair MM300 Mouse Pad | 2 MSI Optix Curved 27" FHD Monitors 

 

(before i sold the WD drive and MSI gpu - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11946219 171 gaming. felt good.)

 

Rig 2: i7-7700k Stock clocks | MSI Armor GTX 1070 | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8GB | MSI Z270 A-Pro | WD Green 240GB SSD & 2TB Seagate HDD | Thermaltake Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition | Win 10 Home | 2 HP Omen FHD 144hz 24.5" Monitors 

 

Rig 3: i7-6700 | GT 730 & GT 645 OEM | Some random DDR4 2133mhz 2x8gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | WD Black 2TB HDD & Toshiba 1TB HDD | Win 10 Home | 3 27" Dell FHD Monitors 

 

Rig 4: i7-4770 | EVGA SSC 1050ti | Some random DDR3 ram 2x2gb and 2x4gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | Stock Cooler | 1TB WD Black HDD | Win 7 Home 

 

RIP 

 

Rig 5 (dead and dismantled and sold) : i7-7820X OC'd to 4.8ghz all core | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | Gigabyte X299 UD4 PRO | Asetek 240mm AIO | WD Green 240gb SSD | Other various components that I can't remember

 

Rig 6 (same fate as rig 5) : i7-8700k stock clocks | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8gb | MSI Z370 A-Pro | Asetek 550LC 120mm | WD Green 240GB SSD & Toshiba 2TB HDD | Other various components that I can't Remember 

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