Results 1 to 11 of 11

Thread: Building a gaming computer

  1. #1
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2016
    Posts
    2
    Thanks
    8
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Rep Power
    0
    Reputation
    10

    Question Building a gaming computer

    G'day, I'm fairly new to the whole building computers and would like some advice or recommendations from people with experience. I've got a $2500 budget and this is what I already have in mind

    Fractal Design Define S Mid Tower with Window Black
    Corsair Dominator Platinum CMD16GX4M2B3200C16 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4
    Intel Core i7 6700K
    MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming Z 8G
    ASUS H170 PRO GAMING Motherboard
    Corsair RM750i 80Plus Gold 750W Modular Power Supply
    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD
    Western Digital WD Blue 1TB WD10EZEX
    Corsair Air Series SP120 Fan Twin Pack

    I'm planning to use this computer to play games such as, Rust, Ark, Dayz and a few other select handful. I play a lot of FPS competitive games as well so I'm looking for the best performance with the set budget.

    Cheers.



Look Here ->
  • #2
    LSemmens
    lsemmens's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Rural South OZ
    Posts
    10,585
    Thanks
    11,867
    Thanked 7,061 Times in 3,338 Posts
    Rep Power
    3153
    Reputation
    132592

    Default

    I'm not a gamer so cannot comment on the suitability of the components you are proposing, however, given the requirements of high end graphics cards and the like, I'd probably be investigating a slightly bigger PSU.
    I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...

  • The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to lsemmens For This Useful Post:

    admin (20-10-16),Bigfella237 (20-10-16),Goodgame (17-10-16)

  • #3
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2016
    Posts
    2
    Thanks
    8
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Rep Power
    0
    Reputation
    10

    Default

    Would an 850W PSU be enough? If not I'll just go straight for the 1000W.

  • #4
    Crazy Diamond
    Tiny's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    Tasmania
    Age
    64
    Posts
    6,391
    Thanks
    10,996
    Thanked 5,436 Times in 2,651 Posts
    Rep Power
    2156
    Reputation
    89057

    Default

    That looks like an excellent build, good choice of components.
    When you are finished, let us know how much the build cost.
    This was my first attempt at a video rig, & it's still the best thing I ever did for a video editing PC.
    I don't do games, however I don't doubt it would do great.

    According to the specs your CPU is rated at 91w & that GPU only consumes 150w with a recommended PSU of 500w; so the 750 would do the job; actually depending on your other components power requirements (fans etc) you could probably get away with a 500w however that would be near maxed out & leave no room for add ons to the system.
    Try using this Computer Power supply Calculator & get creative ,

    Last edited by Tiny; 18-10-16 at 09:34 AM.
    Cheers, Tiny
    "You can lead a person to knowledge, but you can't make them think? If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
    The information is out there; you just have to let it in."

  • The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Tiny For This Useful Post:

    admin (20-10-16),Bigfella237 (20-10-16),Goodgame (18-10-16),levend (31-12-16)

  • #5
    Premium Member
    mandc's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Gold Coast
    Age
    70
    Posts
    3,747
    Thanks
    1,994
    Thanked 2,560 Times in 1,311 Posts
    Rep Power
    907
    Reputation
    29275

    Default

    I can vouch for the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD.

    Just fitted one to a gutless celeron powered netbook (use it for travelling) and the thing flies now.

  • The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to mandc For This Useful Post:

    admin (20-10-16),Bigfella237 (20-10-16),Goodgame (18-10-16)

  • #6
    Senior Member

    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    14 Wombat Cres, Goanna Heights NSW
    Posts
    1,405
    Thanks
    731
    Thanked 1,150 Times in 576 Posts
    Rep Power
    603
    Reputation
    20563

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Goodgame View Post
    Fractal Design Define S Mid Tower with Window Black
    Corsair Dominator Platinum CMD16GX4M2B3200C16 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4
    Intel Core i7 6700K
    MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming Z 8G
    ASUS H170 PRO GAMING Motherboard
    Corsair RM750i 80Plus Gold 750W Modular Power Supply
    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD
    Western Digital WD Blue 1TB WD10EZEX
    Corsair Air Series SP120 Fan Twin Pack
    Just going through this myself as it happens, although my setup is a little more beefy (but twice the price too).

    The Skylake processor (ie the 6700 series) seems to be the gamer's choice, it's only quad core but most games seem to rely more on GPU power than the CPU, but I need my PC to also run some applications that are more parallel-processing-centric so I'm going for one of the Broadwell processors, most likely the 8 core but I am tempted by the new 6950X with it's 10 cores, pity it's so damned expensive (around AU$2600)!

    I went with a Corsair Obsidian 750D case and an AX1500i PSU (1500W) but I'm running two GTX1080's and a custom water cooling setup with four radiators (one external to the PC that I can drop in an ice bucket) and ten fans on a dedicated controller so it will be power hungry. But if you plan on over-clocking the CPU and/or GPU's then you gotta do something about cooling, even non-OC'd the GPU will run pretty hot, you can expect 60°C+ on air or half that on water. If you're staying with air cooling then don't skimp on the fans, bolt in as many of the biggest fans you can fit in the case.

    And I'm going with a Gigabyte motherboard, I did look at the ASUS line and there's some nice boards there, but I've just always gone with Gigabyte boards before and they haven't let me down yet, plus I can water cool the chipset/VRM/MOSFETs/etc. too with mine, I couldn't find any waterblocks for the ASUS boards (although I must admit I didn't look very hard).

    Finally, 16GB of RAM is okay I guess but a little on the low-side in these "High Definition graphics" days, although you can always add to that later if need be so probably a good starting point. The price of RAM is fairly linear anyway, around AU$160 for 16GB, $320 for 32GB, $640 for 64GB, etc. so there's no financial disadvantage in adding extra later, and Corsair seems a reputable brand.

    I've got 4TB of SATA HDD storage that I'll be transferring out of my old PC (can't remember the brand but I think they're WD), I've not really had anything to do with Solid State Drives before but I am thinking about giving them a go, any pros/cons?

    Andrew

  • The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Bigfella237 For This Useful Post:

    admin (20-10-16),Goodgame (22-10-16),tristen (19-10-16)

  • #7
    Premium Member
    mandc's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Gold Coast
    Age
    70
    Posts
    3,747
    Thanks
    1,994
    Thanked 2,560 Times in 1,311 Posts
    Rep Power
    907
    Reputation
    29275

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Bigfella237 View Post

    I've got 4TB of SATA HDD storage that I'll be transferring out of my old PC (can't remember the brand but I think they're WD), I've not really had anything to do with Solid State Drives before but I am thinking about giving them a go, any pros/cons?

    Andrew
    Cons:
    1.Much dearer per Gb storage
    2. Hard to find bigger than 1TB size and be prepared to pay about $1200 for a 2TB SSD drive.
    3. I've read if they fail there is no data retrieval possible and you get no prior warning.
    4. Not all SSD's are created equal...some are much faster than others. The Samsung 850 Evo's with NAND tech are a good compromise between cost and speed.

    Pros:
    1. Fast!!. My old netbook went from 2-3 mins bootup on win 7 to about 10 sec....I'll admit it was also a fresh install of win 7 so that would have helped a lot. POST is of course the same speed but when it clicks over to win bootup you really see the difference.
    Last edited by mandc; 20-10-16 at 08:48 AM.

  • The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to mandc For This Useful Post:

    Bigfella237 (20-10-16),Goodgame (22-10-16)

  • #8
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Posts
    224
    Thanks
    19
    Thanked 82 Times in 55 Posts
    Rep Power
    221
    Reputation
    1240

    Default

    Pro: No Moving Parts

  • The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to irwazza For This Useful Post:

    Bigfella237 (20-10-16),Goodgame (22-10-16),mandc (20-10-16)

  • #9
    Senior Member

    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    14 Wombat Cres, Goanna Heights NSW
    Posts
    1,405
    Thanks
    731
    Thanked 1,150 Times in 576 Posts
    Rep Power
    603
    Reputation
    20563

    Default

    I've also been reading that SSDs come in many different forms too, yes some are mounted in a 2.5" "hard drive" enclosure, but many chips are permanently fixed to the motherboard in smaller tablets and laptops, others to a PCIe add-in card, and then there's these new M.2 PCIe "keys", which connect to the MB and have direct access to the CPU via x1/x2 PCIe lanes.

    Of course there's always the possibility of any drive failing, but I get your point in that HDD data may still be able to be recovered even if the drive stops working whereas an SSD likely can't be recovered, but in other ways they're a "safer" storage medium in that they'll take a lot more rough handling than a HDD.

    The way I see it, if we regularly backup our data (we all do that, right? ), then the only real downside to SSDs is the price?

    Andrew

  • #10
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Posts
    224
    Thanks
    19
    Thanked 82 Times in 55 Posts
    Rep Power
    221
    Reputation
    1240

    Default

    SSD for OS and Applications/Games, Magnetic Drive for storage... Can't go wrong.

    I can't believe the specs of your PC and you don't have a SSD... Haha

  • The Following User Says Thank You to irwazza For This Useful Post:

    Goodgame (22-10-16)

  • #11
    Senior Member
    irritant's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2014
    Posts
    1,684
    Thanks
    5,055
    Thanked 3,664 Times in 831 Posts
    Rep Power
    1636
    Reputation
    73270

    Default

    Can you do the RAM at 32 GB instead of 16 GB? Maybe saves you a bit of hassle and cash in the future. Then again, gaming machines in stores I see are at 16 GB. I dunno, up to you.

    I guess it's just me, but whatever I see in the store as the going RAM for a good machine, if I buy a machine, I usually double it.
    Last edited by irritant; 20-10-16 at 08:49 PM.

  • The Following User Says Thank You to irritant For This Useful Post:

    Goodgame (22-10-16)

  • Tags for this Thread

    Bookmarks

    Posting Permissions

    • You may not post new threads
    • You may not post replies
    • You may not post attachments
    • You may not edit your posts
    •