First 1080p PC Build

[Bosstralia]

Hey guys, first post, for a question about my first pc build. If i limit myself to 1080p 60FPS, can't i get away with a R9 380? Before I did much research i told myself i was going to limit myself to 1080p 60fps because i know i enjoy that image quality already, and I'm the type of person who would drop $2000 just to say i have a 4k dream machine and live off ramen for the next 6 months. Everywhere I look i see that the best price for money is had with a i5 4690k and gtx 970/R9 390, and to me a build with these components comes in at around $1000. But looking at benchmarks, It seems to me if a get a 1960x1080 60Hz monitor, a lot of this performance will be lost. So I guess I'm just looking for some verification that i don't have to buy a 970 or 390 to be able to game at 1080p high setting for the next 3-4 years. Thanks for reading.

[79wjd]

A 380 can't max out ALL current games now at 1080p 60fps. So if you're okay with turning settings down to medium~ish then you can probably get 4 years from a 380.

[reesercollins]

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/7Rmdpg

 

Thanks,

Reese

[79wjd]

14 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

But if you plan on keeping the PC for a while (i.e. futureproofing) you might want to spend an extra 20 on a skylake CPU, like the 6600k.

Even a Sandy Bridge i5/i7 doesn't really hinder performance. OP would be better off going with a Xeon E3 1231v3 than a 6600k. 

[79wjd]

 

4 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Xeons have compatibility issues with consumer grade hardware....

No they don't. 

[79wjd]

8 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Linus mentions in this video: 

that some consumer-centered features will be missing from xeons on consumer grade hardware, most notably overclocking. Again, not that big of a deal, but why give that up?

Using overclocking as an example is like saying that an i5-4460 will have compatibility issues since it can't be overclocked either. And because a hyperthreaded quad core will be more beneficial in the future than an overclocked quad core at the rate that games are going. 

[Bosstralia]

thanks for all your timely reply guys, will be coming back for more answers/opinion, thanks!

[IoWii]

Gigabyte G1 Gaming r9 380 user here, overclocked to 1100MHz on the core and 1600MHz on memory. Can run GTA V 55-60fps without MSAA (i think), everything else turned all the way up. Happy with it, and it has LEDS on it that fit my theme haha. Though people say that Sapphire is the best and is quiter and cooler then Gigabyte.

[diapersarefullofshit]

9 hours ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

that some consumer-centered features will be missing from xeons on consumer grade hardware, most notably overclocking. Again, not that big of a deal, but why give that up?

You buy certain xeon processors for consumers when you want more cores bang4buck. Best example i can think off for daily gamers could be streaming games on twitch, the 4 cores+hyperthreading can handle that alot more efficient then similar priced K-processors. Most people do not overclock anyway, they want a processor that works fine out of the box without having to buy a big cpu cooler and a bigger or more expensive mobo+case+psu+memory then they actually want.