Is that setup good for 1080p, 120hz gaming on new titles?

[HeftyNugget]

I'm not a fan of 4K and I'm not so eager to buy a 3rd monitor to be able to run games in 4K - but I have to replace my CPU, GPU and Motherboard to something newer since the latest titles tend to have too high demands for my setup.

 

My current specs are:

Mobo: Gigabyte 970A-D3 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 OC to 4.8GHz 

GPU: Radeon Gigabyte GHz Ed. HD7970 

PSU: Corsair 650W TX 

RAM: Corsair Vengeance - 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR 3

SSD: Samsung Pro 840 - 256GB 

Cooler: SilentiumPC HE1225 

Case: Cooler Master HAF-932 Adv.

 

What I want to get:

Mobo: Some Z97, not certain which - would be great if someone suggested me one

CPU: i7-4790K, picking this due to hyperthreading, some titles even work 30% better than the i5 which proved to the best for gaming.

GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 980 Ti OC, some might say it's an overkill for 120hz gaming - but I would love to play games smoothly on that 120hz, I'm open for suggestions tho.

 

The purpose of this thread is to help myself find a proper motherboard and possibly replace the CPU/GPU I want to get with something else.

My main reasons for replacing my current CPU, GPU and Mobo are the electricity costs, warmth it generates in my room and fact that it can't run latest titles on ultras without stutter.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Sir Asvald]

 

I'm not a fan of 4K and I'm not so eager to buy a 3rd monitor to be able to run games in 4K - but I have to replace my CPU, GPU and Motherboard to something newer since the latest titles tend to have too high demands for my setup.

 

My current specs are:

Mobo: Gigabyte 970A-D3 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 OC to 4.8GHz 

GPU: Radeon Gigabyte GHz Ed. HD7970 

PSU: Corsair 650W TX 

RAM: Corsair Vengeance - 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR 3

SSD: Samsung Pro 840 - 256GB 

Cooler: SilentiumPC HE1225 

Case: Cooler Master HAF-932 Adv.

 

What I want to get:

Mobo: Some Z97, not certain which - would be great if someone suggested me one

CPU: i7-4790K, picking this due to hyperthreading, some titles even work 30% better than the i5 which proved to the best for gaming.

GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 980 Ti OC, some might say it's an overkill for 120hz gaming - but I would love to play games smoothly on that 120hz, I'm open for suggestions tho.

 

The purpose of this thread is to help myself find a proper motherboard and possibly replace the CPU/GPU I want to get with something else.

My main reason for replacing my current CPU, GPU and Mobo are the electricity costs, warmth it generates in my room and fact that it can't run latest titles on ultras without stutter.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

You can use most of your current hardware. Such as your PSU, ram and GPU, HDD, SSD. 

 

Also, what currency do you use?

[HeftyNugget]

You can use most of your current hardware. Such as your PSU, ram and GPU, HDD, SSD. 

 

Also, what currency do you use?

I know I can, thus only wanting to replace CPU/GPU/MOBO, have you not read it entirely ?

My currency is PLN, I'm Polish.

[Guest]

-snip-

Getting a 980ti for 1080p gaming to get 120hz doesnt exactly scream value

but if you really want a 980ti i wont stop you.

 

Btw have you considered skylake (z170)?

[Sir Asvald]

I know I can, thus only wanting to replace CPU/GPU/MOBO, have you not read it entirely ?

My currency is PLN, I'm Polish.

I read it. I just like to write it.  

 

Umm, I don't know your currency. Can you buy in Euros/Dollars? 

[Guest]

I know I can, thus only wanting to replace CPU/GPU/MOBO, have you not read it entirely ?

My currency is PLN, I'm Polish.

Will you be overclocking?

[Xenift]

980Ti definitely.

 

As even if you reach 140fps on a 120hz screen, there is noticeable stutter present in almost all games that drop it down to 70-100fps.

 

Only if your budget allows it, of course.

[HeftyNugget]

Getting a 980ti for 1080p gaming to get 120hz doesnt exactly scream value

but if you really want a 980ti i wont stop you.

 

Btw have you considered skylake (z170)?

Well, the idea behind it is - if I ever want to do 4K gaming, or do 1440p gaming - I won't need to buy a better GPU.

I went for budget gaming 2 years ago, now I have to pay AGAIN for a new PC to play the new titles - it was a stupid thing to do, but worked temporairly.

 

 

Will you be overclocking?

Definitely, my CPU cooler is gigantic and proved worthy of overclocking my CPU - even the oh-so-hot AMD FX-8350 up to 5.2

 

 I read it. I just like to write it.  

 

Umm, I don't know your currency.   Can you buy in Euros/Dollars? 

Złoty Polski is the our currency in my language.

But I can pay in dollars since I might be paying with Paypal.

[HeftyNugget]

 

980Ti definitely.

 

As even if you reach 140fps on a 120hz screen, there is noticeable stutter present in almost all games that drop it down to 70-100fps.

 

Only if your budget allows it, of course.

Don't want to brag, but my budget is triple or more times the cost of GTX 980 Ti.
The thing is - I don't want to spend all my 2 years long savings for a PC, when I already have one - that works and works well.

[Xenift]

 

 

Don't want to brag, but my budget is triple or more times the cost of GTX 980 Ti.

The thing is - I don't want to spend all my 2 years long savings for a PC, when I already have one - that works and works well.

 

If you are up for challenges then water cool it .

 

Full build with overclocks can run as long as 6 years, and seems like the CPU side ain't gonna grow so fast.

 

If you still wanna wait you can, pascal is on it's way.

[HeftyNugget]

If you are up for challenges then water cool it .

 

Full build with overclocks can run as long as 6 years, and seems like the CPU side ain't gonna grow so fast.

 

If you still wanna wait you can, pascal is on it's way.

I was more of looking for downsides of going with this build, but it doesn't seem like it has any other than paying extra for future performance in future titles.

Ergo, kind of pre-purchasing performance

 

Sorry for the grammatically and meritoricaly failing sentences - my english isn't actually top-grade today.

[SeanAngelo]

 

I'm not a fan of 4K and I'm not so eager to buy a 3rd monitor to be able to run games in 4K - but I have to replace my CPU, GPU and Motherboard to something newer since the latest titles tend to have too high demands for my setup.

 

My current specs are:

Mobo: Gigabyte 970A-D3 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 OC to 4.8GHz 

GPU: Radeon Gigabyte GHz Ed. HD7970 

PSU: Corsair 650W TX 

RAM: Corsair Vengeance - 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR 3

SSD: Samsung Pro 840 - 256GB 

Cooler: SilentiumPC HE1225 

Case: Cooler Master HAF-932 Adv.

 

What I want to get:

Mobo: Some Z97, not certain which - would be great if someone suggested me one

CPU: i7-4790K, picking this due to hyperthreading, some titles even work 30% better than the i5 which proved to the best for gaming.

GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 980 Ti OC, some might say it's an overkill for 120hz gaming - but I would love to play games smoothly on that 120hz, I'm open for suggestions tho.

 

The purpose of this thread is to help myself find a proper motherboard and possibly replace the CPU/GPU I want to get with something else.

My main reasons for replacing my current CPU, GPU and Mobo are the electricity costs, warmth it generates in my room and fact that it can't run latest titles on ultras without stutter.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

I would get the 4790k if you have the cash, and the Z97 Krait from MSI is more than enough for the motherboard. I would get an EVGA or Gigabyte card instead.

[Luckylock]

If you have a high refresh rate monitor, you'll want the FPS that go with it. You'll hit CPU bottleneck a lot with this AMD processor. I highly recommend going with an Intel i5-4690k and overclock it. Should last your for a long time and even through your next GPU upgrade.

 

It's very easy to lower settings to ease the load on the GPU, but you can't do much when your CPU is the bottleneck.

[HeftyNugget]

I would get the 4790k if you have the cash, and the Z97 Krait from MSI is more than enough for the motherboard. I would get an EVGA or Gigabyte card instead.

I've tested both EVGA and Gigabyte, ASUS STRIX was superior to them.

We are talking about 9 to 18 FPS differences in games, at cost of 40-80$

 

 

If you have a high refresh rate monitor, you'll want the FPS that go with it. You'll hit CPU bottleneck a lot with this AMD processor. I highly recommend going with an Intel i5-4690k and overclock it. Should last your for a long time and even through your next GPU upgrade.

Please read the entire post

[SeanAngelo]

If you have a high refresh rate monitor, you'll want the FPS that go with it. You'll hit CPU bottleneck a lot with this AMD processor. I highly recommend going with an Intel i5-4690k and overclock it. Should last your for a long time and even through your next GPU upgrade.

 

It's very easy to lower settings to ease the load on the GPU, but you can't do much when your CPU is the bottleneck.

PLEASE read before posting  :angry:

 

 

I've tested both EVGA and Gigabyte, ASUS STRIX was superior to them.

We are talking about 9 to 18 FPS differences in games, at cost of 40-80$

Oh, if that's the case then just stick to the Strix then

[Luckylock]

Please read the entire post

 

Woops, I just quickly looked at the listed specs of your "current system" and thought that was what you were going to buy.. my bad

[HeftyNugget]

I diagress - does that mobo have good OC capabilities?

[Guest]

 

 

Don't want to brag, but my budget is triple or more times the cost of GTX 980 Ti.

The thing is - I don't want to spend all my 2 years long savings for a PC, when I already have one - that works and works well.

 

But skylake? You want that?

[HeftyNugget]

But skylake? You want that?

I'm clueless about that

[HeftyNugget]

Why do all threads on LTT end so quickly?

Like - after 30 minutes everybody stops replying.

[Guest]

I'm clueless about that

The new intel processors are codenamed skylake.

[Guest]

Why do all threads on LTT end so quickly?

Like - after 30 minutes everybody stops replying.

Because it has fell out of reason topics and you aren't quoting people so they aren't getting any notifications

[HeftyNugget]

Because it has fell out of reason topics and you aren't quoting people so they aren't getting any notifications

I see..

But aren't these CPU's sky-high in terms of price?

[Guest]

I see..

But aren't these CPU's sky-high in terms of price?

yes the i7 6700k is around hte same price as the 5820k but most people are wanting skylake system because htey have higher ipc and and because its newer

[HeftyNugget]

yes the i7 6700k is around hte same price as the 5820k but most people are wanting skylake system because htey have higher ipc and and because its newer

But why would I want it, if it has minimal improvement over i-4970K Devils Canyon that I want to get.