New Build 1440p vs 1080p

[Uonze]

I'm planning on building my first custom build PC by the end of this year (I have been gamming on a laptop for years).

Although money isn't much (I have been waiting for more than a year to build this PC) I would like to build a good machine to be able to have a good gaming experience with a budget from 1500$ to 2000$.

The purpose of this build is to game, do some programming and casual browsing. Also I would like to play some games to my TV using something like Steam Link.

 

My main doubt is to build for a 1080p resolution or a 1440p (single display on both) and I need to purchase a monitor.

I have this two builds (the build prices are actually in euros from Portugal retailers):

For 1080p: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/tyJYHN

For 1440p: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/2RLtpb

(For the 1440p build I went with a G-Sync display, Although  expensive I think in this case may be worth it)

 

Is the extra money on the 1440p worth it? what do you guys think of the builds?

 

[RuLeZ]

370$ for a GTX 1060? Oh, you should look for some RX 480/470 then.

750W is overkill, unless you want to do SLI, the rest seems good.

 

PS: If you want 1440p, you will need to upgrade your computer ofter.

[Uonze]

 

The RX480 is around 300€ (332$) in Portugal, but yeah a RX480 with a freesync monitor like AOC G2460PF (around 250$ in Portugal) could be a good option.

 

The 750W PSU is to leave room for a GTX 1070 SLI update in the future.

[RuLeZ]

30 minutes ago, Uonze said:

 

The RX480 is around 300€ (332$) in Portugal, but yeah a RX480 with a freesync monitor like AOC G2460PF (around 250$ in Portugal) could be a good option.

 

The 750W PSU is to leave room for a GTX 1070 SLI update in the future.

And how much the GTX 1060 costs? Please quote if you want answers.

[Uonze]

34 minutes ago, RuLeZ said:

And how much the GTX 1060 costs? Please quote if you want answers.

 

Asus GeForce GTX1060 Turbo 6GB - 294€ (325$)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X - 359€ (398$)

 

The cheaper RX480 I can get is about 289€ (320$)

[RuLeZ]

37 minutes ago, Uonze said:

 

Asus GeForce GTX1060 Turbo 6GB - 294€ (325$)

MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X - 359€ (398$)

 

The cheaper RX480 I can get is about 289€ (320$)

Without counting freesync/gsync, the GTX 1060 seems better, but if you want freesync/gsync I would get the RX 480, freesync is a lot cheaper.

[Quaker]

I don't quite understand why there are so many differences in your two builds.

I'd recommend:

i5-6600K

Z170 motherboard (preferably with an M.2 slot)

CM Hyper 212 (EVO)

16Gigs of DDR4-2400 (no real need for anything faster)

550watt 80+ power supply (is enough for even the GTX-1080)

Whatever case you like.

250 or 500Gig SSD

HDD optional (or a 250Gig M.2 for OS and games plus a 500Gig SATA SSD for data.)

 

and then:

GTx-1080 if you go for 1440p

or

GTX-1060 or 1070 if you go for 1080p

 

[Quaker]

1 minute ago, Quaker said:

oops

 

[Uonze]

8 minutes ago, Quaker said:

I don't quite understand why there are so many differences in your two builds.

I'd recommend:

i5-6600K

Z170 motherboard

CM Hyper 212

16Gigs of DDR4-2400

550watt 80+ power supply (is enough for even the GTX-1080)

Whatever case you like.

250 or 500Gig SSD

HDD optional.

 

and then:

GTx-1080 if you go for 1440p

or

GTX-1060 or 1070 if you go for 1080p

 

 

The motherboard difference is because for the 1080p build I don't need SLI support, since even if i go with the 1060 it doesn't support SLI. So probably I can save a few bucks there.

Regarding the CPU, probably the 6600k is worth the extra cost, I can agree with that.

 

@Quaker you don't recommend the 1070 for 1440p?

[Quaker]

3 minutes ago, Uonze said:

 

The motherboard difference is because for the 1080p build I don't need SLI support, since even if i go with the 1060 it doesn't support SLI. So probably I can save a few bucks there.

Regarding the CPU, probably the 6600k is worth the extra cost, I can agree with that.

For the 1440p build you don't "need" SLI either.

Actually, if you don't plan to overclock, just get an i5-6500 or 6600 and an H170 motherboard and use a smaller cooler like a CM Hyper 101i or similar. (You can get H170 motherboards that SLI)

[Uonze]

5 minutes ago, Quaker said:

For the 1440p build you don't "need" SLI either.

Actually, if you don't plan to overclock, just get an i5-6500 or 6600 and an H170 motherboard and use a smaller cooler like a CM Hyper 101i or similar. (You can get H170 motherboards that SLI)

 

The 1070 SLI would be in the future when the card started to display fewer FPS for more demanding games, probably I could buy a used/cheaper 1070 and still keep good framerates.

[Quaker]

In the future, when your GTX-1070 starts to display fewer fps, you're more apt to buy the new GTX-3070 than buy another old 1070.

Unless you plan to do SLI right now, or in the very near future, I wouldn't worry about possible "future" SLI.