1440p PC Build coming up soon... but what processor should i get?

[Frankasaurus]

Right, so; Whilst browsing around local hardware sites for a couple of minutes, i lost track in all the different amounts of cores, clock speeds, and sockets. Checking out a couple of Linus' video's (obviously), didn't get me much further to what i actually need. Higher clock speeds, more cores, and what features are handy dandy to have, like hyperthreading. So here i am...

 

What purpose? you might ask. Gaming (duhh), video recording, and rendering, the latter of the 2 happening rarely, but are nice to have anyway since i plan on using my expensive software more often. I usually play simple stuff like Farming Simulator (yes, i know...), Grow Home, Minecraft (sorry), and a little bit of GTA V, but i am okay having to turn off stuff like high quality shadows for instance. FPS goal sits around 60fps, but for me, 40fps is just the same.

Also, while i'm at it; is gaming on one screen and having something like a browser open on a second screen performance heavy? Just a question.

 

Budget. Don't expect too much. I'm an underaged McDonalds employee (of the month i might add), but have little to no expenses. Saving up is easy, so i can sit around €200 ($230-ish) comfortably. Where i would draw the line is €350 ($390). Don't focus on stuff like the motherboard (unless they get on the wrong side of €150 as well) or RAM i need; i know enough about them, it's just my CPU knowledge thats a bit on the rusty side.

 

Yeaahhh you're not going to cut it with whatever you are asking. Could be. That build is still a fantasy, and nothing has been ordered yet. Any alternatives are greatly aprecated too.

(If you want) You can give me any advice you'd like to share, or other tips i might need in my ventures of giving extraordinairy amounts of hard earned salary's to a great Tech-experience (techsperience?...). Have a nice day anyways.

 

Frank

[iBabySlapper]

Maybe wait for the new ZEN FX cpus? They'll probably be affordable.

[Frankasaurus]

7 minutes ago, ibabyslapper said:

Maybe wait for the new ZEN FX cpus? They'll probably be affordable.

Heard of them yeah. Planned the build for December anyway. By then the 1080 i plan on putting in it Should Be more affordable

[iBabySlapper]

1 minute ago, Frankasaurus said:

Heard of them yeah. Planned the build for December anyway. By then the 1080 i plan on putting in it Should Be more affordable

Or go for an all team red build with a RX 480 or RX 490 (if that's out then). My FX 8320 and 6950 are getting a little old so I'm thinking of doing that.

[Katsunaka]

You could in all honesty start gathering parts now and have it sooner. 

 

Just as an example, 

Cpu - 6600k - 220

Cpu Cooler -  CM Hyper 212 Evo - 30

Mobo - Asus Z170-A  Mobo - 150

PSU - EVGA 750GQ - 90 

GPU - GTX 1070 - 420

Case- Phanteks Enthoo Pro M - 90

SSD - Samsung 850 Evo 500gb - 150

HDD - Western Digital Blue 1TB -  50

Windows 10 - 100

 

 

For roughly 1300 bucks, it'll get you everything you need, to build a capable 1440p machine. Plus there's no point in building a 1440p machine if your running a 1080p monitor, so add a couple more hundred bucks for a 24-27 inch 1440p monitor.

[ZestyJalapeno]

18 minutes ago, Frankasaurus said:

 By then the 1080 i plan on putting in it Should Be more affordable

No it won't be. It's £600 now and the only price drops you'll get are from Christmas deals, if any. Why? Because AMD is not releasing their competitor until the next year.

[Frankasaurus]

15 hours ago, Dogeystyle said:

No it won't be. It's £600 now and the only price drops you'll get are from Christmas deals, if any. Why? Because AMD is not releasing their competitor until the next year.

I'll see what GPU's are on the market when i'm building. For now i still need a CPU