My First Build :)

[Max Piper]

 

 

0) Already acquired: - case

                                  - 8GB DDR3

                                  - Mouse 

                                  - I have 2 monitors, both 800X600. 

 

1) Location: Sydney, Australia. 

     Budget: Below $400 for monitor and $1200-1700 for the rest. 

 

2) Purpose: Gaming (Fallout 4 and other brand new AAAs running at ultra), Microsoft Office, beginner level programming. I want a lightning fast experience even when under load e.g. be playing a game with a bunch of web browsers, word, music player, steam etc. running in the background. I want it to be QUIET, I absolutely hate noisy computers. I will be OVERCLOCKING hence the beefy CPU cooler. 

 

3) Display: Currently a 800X600 monitor. Looking to upgrade to a 24" (1080HD?), so suggestions on this would be good as well. 

 

4) I need a cheap pair of speakers just so I don't always have to have headphones plugged in. If anyone has any suggestions for a pair of headphones with a mic around $100 (willing to go to $150 quality is excellent) I would appreciate it. 

 

5) I have never had a computer good enough to run decent games, my current computer can't even play Age of Empires 3 on the lowest settings! So I'm eager to jump into the PC world, especially Fallout 4 . 

 

My hopes are that the high quality PSU will last a really long time. The m.2 SSD is because they are essentially the same price as SATA SSDs at the moment, however, the cheapest motherboard I could find with m.2 connection was the one included. I was trying to plan for a possible SLI setup when the GTX 970 is no longer enough. Is it stupid to plan for SLI with a GTX 970 because of the VRAM? I'd buy an R9 390 but I keep reading about AMD issues with Fallout 4. 

 

Thanks a bunch for any help. 

 

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

for the AMD issues in fallout 4, i'm assuming you mean the heavy fps hit after turning on godrays. just turn it off, it won't make any difference anyways.

[Hero7750]

I would go for an r9 390 over a gtx 970.

[Streetguru]

3 hours ago, Max Piper said:

 

In fallout patch 1.3 the 390 now beats out the 970, and it has more performance in general in pretty much every other game

http://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-4-graphics-revisited-patch-13/

 

Overclocking won't be worth it either one sec

Also it's not worth getting an M.2 drive that isn't PCI-e and you'll have to double check how your motherboard's M.2 is wired in any case

 

You should just go skylake, the i7 6700 already turbos to 4ghz, so overall you really aren't going to get much faster with say a 6700K

 

single stick of RAM to make upgrading easier down the line

 

 

I would also say that it's not worth buying a 390, as polaris/pascal are just a few months away, supposed to be coming out in june anyways, and that extra near $200 you're spending now would get you probably 20-30% more performance for the same price

I also incluided a 1080p 144hz Free-sync display, would be great for gaming, also there wouldn't be any point in running a 390 or a 970 on a 1080p 60hz display

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/rMp6cf
Price breakdown by merchant: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/rMp6cf/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($439.00 @ CPL Online)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($96.00 @ CPL Online)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($44.00 @ Newegg Australia)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($118.82 @ Newegg Australia)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.00 @ CPL Online)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380 4GB PCS+ Video Card  ($299.00 @ CPL Online)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Mwave Australia)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($79.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Monitor: AOC G2460PF 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($396.00 @ IJK)
Total: $1589.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-02 02:24 AEST+1000

[Matias_Chambers]

3 hours ago, Max Piper said:

 

 

0) Already acquired: - case

                                  - 8GB DDR3

                                  - Mouse 

                                  - I have 2 monitors, both 800X600. 

 

1) Location: Sydney, Australia. 

     Budget: Below $400 for monitor and $1200-1700 for the rest. 

 

2) Purpose: Gaming (Fallout 4 and other brand new AAAs running at ultra), Microsoft Office, beginner level programming. I want a lightning fast experience even when under load e.g. be playing a game with a bunch of web browsers, word, music player, steam etc. running in the background. I want it to be QUIET, I absolutely hate noisy computers. I will be OVERCLOCKING hence the beefy CPU cooler. 

 

3) Display: Currently a 800X600 monitor. Looking to upgrade to a 24" (1080HD?), so suggestions on this would be good as well. 

 

4) I need a cheap pair of speakers just so I don't always have to have headphones plugged in. If anyone has any suggestions for a pair of headphones with a mic around $100 (willing to go to $150 quality is excellent) I would appreciate it. 

 

5) I have never had a computer good enough to run decent games, my current computer can't even play Age of Empires 3 on the lowest settings! So I'm eager to jump into the PC world, especially Fallout 4 . 

 

My hopes are that the high quality PSU will last a really long time. The m.2 SSD is because they are essentially the same price as SATA SSDs at the moment, however, the cheapest motherboard I could find with m.2 connection was the one included. I was trying to plan for a possible SLI setup when the GTX 970 is no longer enough. Is it stupid to plan for SLI with a GTX 970 because of the VRAM? I'd buy an R9 390 but I keep reading about AMD issues with Fallout 4. 

 

Thanks a bunch for any help. 

 

 

Get an i5 4690K and spend more on a GPU, just get the normal Samsung 850 EVO.

[Streetguru]

17 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Get an i5 4690K and spend more on a GPU, just get the normal Samsung 850 EVO.

If he were only looking at a 1080p 60hz display the GPU in there is already pretty overkill, and it wouldn't be worth putting the money there with the new GPUs so close to launch