1200$ (dual system gaming machine) is it possible?

[Kesho]

Hello,

 

After watching Linus movie about "Two gamers One Rig" I felt in love with that concept, and tough that would be way to go for my needs.
Currently I am sharing PC with my Girl we like to play together or separably but in the same time.
My current build is really old and rusty but its ok as CS GO potato which I spend most of the time at - but like to play BF4 time to time and like to play at decent graphic with playable fps.
We would like to start playing Blade&Souls or Black Desert and some new multiplayer titles at TV@1080p(60Hz).

My current build:

• Motherboard: Asus P5Q PRO
• Procesor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
• Memory: 2x OCZ PCZ 6400 (800Hz)
• Graphic Card: AMD Radeon HD 7770 Sapphiere VAPOR-X GHZ edition 1G DDR5
• HDD: 1TB ST1000DM003-1CH162
• Power Supply: Corsair TX650W

Build I am aiming for:

PC Part Picker list - Total 1038 $
Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor                                  $319.99    
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler      $34.89
MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard                                    $129.99
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory                      $57.99    
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory                      $57.99    
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive                          $149.45
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card                              $324.99
Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply             owned
SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 7770 DirectX 11 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5     owned
 

There are some of my toughs I have atm:

 

Does my power supply will handle all of it?
Can I create virtual machine on this parameters where Virtual Machine will have access to (lets say):
- 8GB of RAM
- Dedicated graphic card (SAPPHIRE)

So on Host machine I want to game into newer tittles, and in the same time I would like to play ex. CS GO at my POTATO guest machine (setup of 8GB of ram+SAPPHIRE is just fine for CS purposes).

Would it be better if I have Two SSD (250GB each) instead of one 500GB one? (for purposes of visualizing?) I am going to add my current 1TB of HDD as storage. I tough about maybe this would be more efficient: 2x SSD (250GB)+1TB HDD (every system installed separately on one SSD and both system have access to every disk in case).
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive                $87.77    x2=$175,54
                                                       
This cost 26$ more but if that will rise efficiently I can go for it. 

 

PS: I will be gaming at 1080p (on both) and it wont change to 4k at least with that build.


Thanks for your tips and advice!

Kesho

[Moonzy]

not to burst your bubbles

 

sharing one pc is romantic and all

but its extremely impractical and u might as well buy 2 seperate rigs `-`

 

the i7 4790k being split into 2(3, one for host)

you're left with 2c4t, 1c2t and 1c2t (i think)

essentially, poop performance, like an i3

 

you'll want something like an i7 5960x with 8c 16t

to it'll be 4c8t 3c6t and 1c2t

about an i7, an i6(it doesnt exist, intel doesnt make 3 core processors), and something to host the host `-`

 

or wait for the latest 6590x, 10c20t

 

but then after you bought the processor, you can build a decent gaming rig with that price already lol

[MagnusGrønstad]

17 minutes ago, Kesho said:

Hello,

 

After watching Linus movie about "Two gamers One Rig" I felt in love with that concept, and tough that would be way to go for my needs.
Currently I am sharing PC with my Girl we like to play together or separably but in the same time.
My current build is really old and rusty but its ok as CS GO potato which I spend most of the time at - but like to play BF4 time to time and like to play at decent graphic with playable fps.
We would like to start playing Blade&Souls or Black Desert and some new multiplayer titles at TV@1080p(60Hz).

My current build:

• Motherboard: Asus P5Q PRO
• Procesor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
• Memory: 2x OCZ PCZ 6400 (800Hz)
• Graphic Card: AMD Radeon HD 7770 Sapphiere VAPOR-X GHZ edition 1G DDR5
• HDD: 1TB ST1000DM003-1CH162
• Power Supply: Corsair TX650W

Build I am aiming for:

PC Part Picker list - Total 1038 $
Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor                                  $319.99    
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler      $34.89
MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard                                    $129.99
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory                      $57.99    
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory                      $57.99    
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive                          $149.45
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card                              $324.99
Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply             owned
SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 7770 DirectX 11 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5     owned
 

There are some of my toughs I have atm:

 

Does my power supply will handle all of it?
Can I create virtual machine on this parameters where Virtual Machine will have access to (lets say):
- 8GB of RAM
- Dedicated graphic card (SAPPHIRE)

So on Host machine I want to game into newer tittles, and in the same time I would like to play ex. CS GO at my POTATO guest machine (setup of 8GB of ram+SAPPHIRE is just fine for CS purposes).

Would it be better if I have Two SSD (250GB each) instead of one 500GB one? (for purposes of visualizing?) I am going to add my current 1TB of HDD as storage. I tough about maybe this would be more efficient: 2x SSD (250GB)+1TB HDD (every system installed separately on one SSD and both system have access to every disk in case).
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive                $87.77    x2=$175,54
                                                       
This cost 26$ more but if that will rise efficiently I can go for it. 

 

PS: I will be gaming at 1080p (on both) and it wont change to 4k at least with that build.


Thanks for your tips and advice!

Kesho

650w should be fine. just go ahead. but keep in mind that performance will not be good.

[Kesho]

Hmm so what you are telling about cores and threads maybe I might consider  AMD FX-8350 or AMD FX-9590 it's got 8c16t.Versus that i7 AMD performance is lower but while running benchmark. Is it possible that while dual system it might be slightly more efficient due to 8cores

[Herman Mcpootis]

running a virtual machine is just too troublesome to be feasible. go for 2 seperate gaming rigs instead, or http://www.phanteks.com/Enthoo-MiniXL-DS.html 2 gaming rigs in 1 case. both will be better than a VM(i recommend the traditional 2 rigs)

[SLAYR]

10 hours ago, Kesho said:

Hmm so what you are telling about cores and threads maybe I might consider  AMD FX-8350 or AMD FX-9590 it's got 8c16t.Versus that i7 AMD performance is lower but while running benchmark. Is it possible that while dual system it might be slightly more efficient due to 8cores

The 8350, and 9590 do not have hyperthreading they just have 8 cores 8 threads,

 

Edit: something like the e5 2670 8c/16t are cheap on ebay, but even splitting that in two gives a 2.7Ghz sandybridge i7, but is probabbly more efficient to create two seperate $600 pcs.

Edited April 11, 2016 by SLAYR
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