Hi,
I've had my machine for over four years now and things have moved on to the point where some of the latest games are running a little slowly and I'm not able to make use of some features such as recording xBox streams due to the vintage graphic card.
I'm also wishing my general Windows experience was a bit more zippy and things like video encoding happened faster than they do today.
My current machine is this:
I don't do a huge amount of PC gaming due to not having a vast amount of free time, but I would like the opportunity to run some of the latest games if I so wished.
I enjoy flight sims, like the look of Planet Coaster - that kind of thing.
As I work from home my machine gets heavily used all day for browsing, office as well as some graphics and video.
I semi-regularly encode videos for YouTube, the iPad or the Car, all of which use Handbrake.
I do an amount of video editing for my kids and of our holiday videos.
I like my machine to work quickly and I have a reasonable amount of money to throw at this machine.
I'd like it to last for another good four years without seeming too outdated.
I've been playing around and have come up with this, which I'd welcome any comment on.
As I work from home noise is important, hence the cooling options I've chosen.
I don't strictly need to push the button today, but it feels like I'm getting to the point where I'd notice the difference an upgrade would make.
If there's something new just around the corner, I can hold out.
I didn't spec any storage drives into the system as I plan to use the ones from my current machine (2 x WD Black WD4003FZEX in RAID).
I assume a new drive wouldn't give much benefit - these are already 6Gb SATA drives and seem solid.
I'll be pairing it up with my 27" 2560 x 1440 monitor (http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/products/lcd/VP2770-LED.php)
Thanks
I've had my machine for over four years now and things have moved on to the point where some of the latest games are running a little slowly and I'm not able to make use of some features such as recording xBox streams due to the vintage graphic card.
I'm also wishing my general Windows experience was a bit more zippy and things like video encoding happened faster than they do today.
My current machine is this:
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Corsair Carbide Series™ 500R White Mid Tower Case
Overclocked Intel® Core™I7-2600K Quad Core (3.40Ghz @ Max 4.80Ghz)
Asus® Sabertooth P67 (New Rev 3.0): Usb 3.0, Sata 6.0Gb/S, Thermal Armor!
16Gb Kingston Hyper-X Genesis Dual-Ddr3 1600Mhz, X.M.P (4 X 4Gb Kit)
1.25Gb Nvidia Geforce Gtx 570 - 2 Dvi, Hdmi, Dp - 3D Vision Ready
120Gb Kingston Hyperx Ssd, Sata 6 Gb/S (Upto 555Mb/Sr | 510Mb/Sw)
2 X 2Tb Seagate Barracuda Sata 6Gb/S Hdd, 64Mb Cache (7200Rpm)
10X Lg Blu-Ray Re-Writer Drive, 16X Dvd ±R/±Rw
Corsair 650W Enthusiast Series™ Tx650 V2-80 Plus® Bronze
Coolit Eco Ii A.L.C Fat Boy (Advanced Liquid Cooler)I don't do a huge amount of PC gaming due to not having a vast amount of free time, but I would like the opportunity to run some of the latest games if I so wished.
I enjoy flight sims, like the look of Planet Coaster - that kind of thing.
As I work from home my machine gets heavily used all day for browsing, office as well as some graphics and video.
I semi-regularly encode videos for YouTube, the iPad or the Car, all of which use Handbrake.
I do an amount of video editing for my kids and of our holiday videos.
I like my machine to work quickly and I have a reasonable amount of money to throw at this machine.
I'd like it to last for another good four years without seeming too outdated.
I've been playing around and have come up with this, which I'd welcome any comment on.
As I work from home noise is important, hence the cooling options I've chosen.
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Case
THERMALTAKE CORE X31 (RGB) MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-6850K (3.6GHz) 15MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE V EXTREME/U3.1: E-ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6 GB/s
Memory (RAM)
32GB HyperX SAVAGE DDR4 3000MHz (4 x 8GB Kit)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
FREE GEARS OF WAR 4 with select GTX 10 Series GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
1TB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW & SOFTWARE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£89)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i V2 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans (£109)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Apache Black Quiet Fan (fitted to extract from rear/roof) (£25)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Build Time
FAST TRACK 5 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (£29)I don't strictly need to push the button today, but it feels like I'm getting to the point where I'd notice the difference an upgrade would make.
If there's something new just around the corner, I can hold out.
I didn't spec any storage drives into the system as I plan to use the ones from my current machine (2 x WD Black WD4003FZEX in RAID).
I assume a new drive wouldn't give much benefit - these are already 6Gb SATA drives and seem solid.
I'll be pairing it up with my 27" 2560 x 1440 monitor (http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/uk/products/lcd/VP2770-LED.php)
Thanks
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