Gaming PCs Thread...time for a sticky / running thread?

[Jinx]

anonymous said:

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That's going to be a monster (I do like the look of the Hero M/B's) - don't forget to post pics....

[Lazadude]

The pro 4 and similar proper air coolers are mental, especially for price and noise. They're better than the majority of AIO coolers in all regards. I think tests put them slightly better than/ as a good as a 240/280mm AIO.

The only problem is that alot of cases I build in (mainly mItx) won't fit a tower, so I'm left with water cooling.

[Lazadude]

I'd try get to cl14 with the ram and leave it be.

The new ryzen stuff is so well optimised already out of the gate there isn't much oc head room and it actually means real world performance drops.

[BobSaunders]

Upgraded back in June - although should have waited a month for the Nvidia Super.

Intel I9-9900k
Nvidia Geforce RTX 2070
Corsair RM750X
Corsair LPX Vengence 32GB 2 x 16 3000mhz
Corsair H100i Hydro
Asus ROG Strix Z390-F
Samsung 500GB EVO SSD

ASUS PG258Q ROG SWIFT 25 Inch
Razer death adder elite
Cortsair K55 RGB
Corsair carbide 275R ATX
Corsair LL120 x 3

Will upgrade to a 2080 and upgrade to some faster memory at some point, but i want to see what happens in the next few months first with game development and ray tracing.

[Art0ir]

I'm looking at a new build probably after Christmas. Seems like performance for buck wise the 9700K or 3900X is the way to go. As always there's the fear that I'll hit the Buy button and Intel will drop a bomb a week later

[MissChief]

BobSaunders said:

Upgraded back in June - although should have waited a month for the Nvidia Super.

Intel I9-9900k
Nvidia Geforce RTX 2070
Corsair RM750X
Corsair LPX Vengence 32GB 2 x 16 3000mhz
Corsair H100i Hydro
Asus ROG Strix Z390-F
Samsung 500GB EVO SSD

ASUS PG258Q ROG SWIFT 25 Inch
Razer death adder elite
Cortsair K55 RGB
Corsair carbide 275R ATX
Corsair LL120 x 3

Will upgrade to a 2080 and upgrade to some faster memory at some point, but i want to see what happens in the next few months first with game development and ray tracing.

Beastly machine but I'd have been tempted to save on the CPU and put that into the GPU. Horses for courses though.

[BobSaunders]

MissChief said:

BobSaunders said:

Upgraded back in June - although should have waited a month for the Nvidia Super.

Intel I9-9900k
Nvidia Geforce RTX 2070
Corsair RM750X
Corsair LPX Vengence 32GB 2 x 16 3000mhz
Corsair H100i Hydro
Asus ROG Strix Z390-F
Samsung 500GB EVO SSD

ASUS PG258Q ROG SWIFT 25 Inch
Razer death adder elite
Cortsair K55 RGB
Corsair carbide 275R ATX
Corsair LL120 x 3

Will upgrade to a 2080 and upgrade to some faster memory at some point, but i want to see what happens in the next few months first with game development and ray tracing.

Beastly machine but I'd have been tempted to save on the CPU and put that into the GPU. Horses for courses though.

£100 difference between CPU, GPU difference > £500. 2070 now, 2080 later.

[RobDickinson]

Just ordered bits for my new pc, first since 2011!

Amd 3700x
Gigabyte X570 main board
Nzxt aio water cooler
2x16 pc3200 ram
1tb nvmv m.2 Samsung 970 plus ssd
Msi 2080 super ventus oc 8gb
Inwin 101 case
Corsair 750w plat psu
A 120mm lianli rgb fan

Should be a decent box

[RobDickinson]

Yeah I can flash with just a USB I think direct to the board.

I'll need at least 2 cores for all the rgb controlling software.

[techguyone]

Back in 2014 I had this built.

Case COOLERMASTER HAF 912 PLUS MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-4770k (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® MAXIMUS VI GENE: RoG, PCI-e 3.0, SATA 3.0, USB3.0, THX
Memory (RAM) 32GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (4 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card 3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Storage Drive 480GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
2nd Storage Drive 2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Storage Drive 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling Corsair H80i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Extra Case Fans 2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB/Thunderbolt Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Speakers Creative GigaWorks T20 Series II 2.0 Multimedia Speakers

With the exception of the SD which died after 4 yrs ON time (replaced with a Samsung 860 EVO 500GB) it's been solid.

Only thing I can think of that may need updating anytime soon is the graphics card.
Currently: 3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 780

Suggestions for something like a 2020 equivalent of what I have.I prefer Nvidia given the choice.

When I got it, it was supposed to be the best middle range gfx card around, but I don't think it's aged terribly well, it still plays things like Subnautica with everything at max though.

The monitor its driving isn't a 4k monster or anything complex just a Samsung C27F390 27-Inch Curved LED Monitor (1080p)

[Lazadude]

2020 equivalent of a 780 is a 2080... However that's overkill, Id suggest something like a 1660 ti for 1080p Gaming, should be around £250.

But then its dependant on your budget/how much you want to spend.

[techguyone]

Lazadude said:

2020 equivalent of a 780 is a 2080... However that's overkill, Id suggest something like a 1660 ti for 1080p Gaming, should be around £250.

But then its dependant on your budget/how much you want to spend.

Thanks for that, yea well overkilled and overpriced, funnily enough I was looking at 1660ti earlier, I'll check out the review etc

[Guvernator]

You can get a 2060 for about the same price as a 1660ti now, personally I'd go for the latest gen card and benchmarks show the 2060 should be about 14% faster than the 1660 and about 65% faster than your 780.

This is a good site that allows you to compare different cards so that you can work out how much extra gain you are getting over your existing card with various options.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-2...

[techguyone]

Guvernator said:

You can get a 2060 for about the same price as a 1660ti now, personally I'd go for the latest gen card and benchmarks show the 2060 should be about 14% faster than the 1660 and about 65% faster than your 780.

This is a good site that allows you to compare different cards so that you can work out how much extra gain you are getting over your existing card with various options.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-2...

Looks good. I wouldn't want to go more than that in price.

[Guvernator]

techguyone said:

Looks good. I wouldn't want to go more than that in price.

Yeah 2060-2070 seems to be about the sweet spot price wise but the 2060 is only about 10% quicker than my 980ti which still runs everything I need at 1440p. I do get tempted by the 2080 but then can't really justify the huge price jump.

[Lazadude]

That's why I said dependant on budget.

£50+ for a 2060 (2060 is EOL because of the 2060 super now, so stock choice is the fun part) over a 1660ti, to gain 15% performance. When you're already above 60 fps at 1080.

Sure, if you have room in the budget, get the best card you can for it.

I know OP said NVidia only, and that's fine, but personally I'd also look at AMD 5700's as they are marginally higher than a 2060 super if you dont care about ray tracing. (And you shouldnt with a 2060, still not enough grunt for the fad).

[xjay1337]

I'm going to be upgrading from 8GB to 16GB.

https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/TUF-B360M-PLU...

This is my Mobo, not the best but I'm not a millionaire.
I have a GTX1060 6GB and Intel I5 8400.

I'm thinking of going for this -https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01EI5YZSA/?coliid=I2JWNFQEI8O9WT&colid=27YDYIRSR9MLQ&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Is there anything better VFM I am missing?
or would I be better going to 2 x 16GB.
only problem is I can't find a 16GB stick in less than 3000Mhz - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMK16GX4M2B3000C1...

Would this work with my Mobo given it's max speed is 2667?

Edited by xjay1337 on Wednesday 27th November 11:19

[Mannginger]

Sod it, after putting my tower back on I was getting seriously irritated by the fan noise. The GPU (980ti) was fine by the CPU (i7-7700k) was really irritating me and I couldn't get a fan speed that wasn't all over the place, pulling into the 2000+ rpm even when opening chrome or simple software, far less when running games.

So...Black Friday sales are starting early it seems so I have (seriously) treated myself with a Corsair One I165. This comes with an i9-9900k CPU and an RTX 2080ti. 1TB SSD and 2TB HDD in a tiny form factor!

Reckon that should do me for a while! Now I need a good 4k monitor of course but that can wait until bonus time in the new year...


(Not my pic, just a reference for size)


I did a lot of research on the rig before buying and it seems that temperature control is very, very capable in such a small unit. I know lots of people will scoff at me for spending this kind of money but I'm not savvy enough to build my own machine really and for that kind of performance out of the box with low noise levels in a small form factor, I'm happy to splurge.

Hopefully it'll get to me before the weekend!

[techguyone]

I had Corsair fans etc in mine, so just used their software to do profiles, their 'quiet' profile barely makes a sound and doesn't throttle anything to the point that I noticed. 'performance' though sounds like concorde taking off.

[RobDickinson]

Finally built.. still waiting for a 120mm chassis fan to come but doesnt really need it..