Hi all,
As the title suggests, I'm looking to spend ~£1400 (max) on a PC that is capable of producing playable frame rates at 4K, and would be interested to hear any feedback anyone might have. I've already got a couple of reference 4GB Sapphire R9 290X's lying around, as well as the relatively affordable Samsung U28D590D 60HZ display (and other peripherals), so I'll probably stick with them. Other than that, nothing's really set in stone.
A few points of consideration:
- I'm relatively tempted by SKT 2011 and the i7 4930K, even though its impact on gaming will (I'd imagine) be minimal over one of the better i5/i7 Haswell chips.
- I'll probably OC the processor, so good cooling (liquid Corsair H60 or H100 perhaps?) is preferable.
- I don't care about having a designated SSD. I don't care about opening applications more quickly. I do care about boot times. A hybrid drive like the 2TB SEAGATE ST2000DX001 2TB/8GB SSHD would be more than sufficient.
- I want the PC to be able to play the latest games at max settings at a minimum of 1440p for the next 2 years. I realise my choice of gpu's has largely already dictated how well the PC shall play games, but I guess my point is that I don't want to suffer from noticeable CPU bottle-necking 2/3 years down the road if I end up only upgrading the GPU's. It's also worth pointing out that my current PC has an i7 3820 oc'd to 4.7 GHZ, so I'd preferably want something a little better than that.
- Because of the whole 'future-proofing' thing - as outlined above - 16GB RAM would probably be the minimum I'd consider. Ideally, I'd like 24/32GB.
Questions:
- Is it really worth splurging on a more expensive motherboard than the ASUS P9X79 LE? Coincidentally, I have the motherboard installed in my current PC, and it has performed adequately (allowing for a decent OC of CPU and RAM) for the year-or-so I've had it.
- Games coming out in the next 2/3 years are likely to utilize a greater number of CPU cores, so while possessing 6 cores is superfluous at present, do you think it is worth it in the long run?
- 850 or 1000W? (I'm tempted to go for the latter)
As the title suggests, I'm looking to spend ~£1400 (max) on a PC that is capable of producing playable frame rates at 4K, and would be interested to hear any feedback anyone might have. I've already got a couple of reference 4GB Sapphire R9 290X's lying around, as well as the relatively affordable Samsung U28D590D 60HZ display (and other peripherals), so I'll probably stick with them. Other than that, nothing's really set in stone.
A few points of consideration:
- I'm relatively tempted by SKT 2011 and the i7 4930K, even though its impact on gaming will (I'd imagine) be minimal over one of the better i5/i7 Haswell chips.
- I'll probably OC the processor, so good cooling (liquid Corsair H60 or H100 perhaps?) is preferable.
- I don't care about having a designated SSD. I don't care about opening applications more quickly. I do care about boot times. A hybrid drive like the 2TB SEAGATE ST2000DX001 2TB/8GB SSHD would be more than sufficient.
- I want the PC to be able to play the latest games at max settings at a minimum of 1440p for the next 2 years. I realise my choice of gpu's has largely already dictated how well the PC shall play games, but I guess my point is that I don't want to suffer from noticeable CPU bottle-necking 2/3 years down the road if I end up only upgrading the GPU's. It's also worth pointing out that my current PC has an i7 3820 oc'd to 4.7 GHZ, so I'd preferably want something a little better than that.
- Because of the whole 'future-proofing' thing - as outlined above - 16GB RAM would probably be the minimum I'd consider. Ideally, I'd like 24/32GB.
Questions:
- Is it really worth splurging on a more expensive motherboard than the ASUS P9X79 LE? Coincidentally, I have the motherboard installed in my current PC, and it has performed adequately (allowing for a decent OC of CPU and RAM) for the year-or-so I've had it.
- Games coming out in the next 2/3 years are likely to utilize a greater number of CPU cores, so while possessing 6 cores is superfluous at present, do you think it is worth it in the long run?
- 850 or 1000W? (I'm tempted to go for the latter)
Also, if you're using reference cards then you may want to think about changing the cooling system to something better, the non-reference cards can run a lot quieter and cooler and get better performance due to them being cooler.