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Posted: 10/19/2014 1:51:39 AM EDT
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It's been a few years since I've built my PC, but I'm about ready to retire my current build. I need some recommendations on a chipset and some RAM for what I think I desire: At least maybe an i5 processor At least 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM Nvidia GTX series card Probably around a 600-700 watt PSU. Not sure on sound card yet, might not even buy one. I'll probably get a SSD with at least 160 GB of storage for my OS and bigger sim games like DCS and FSX. Then I'll back up important files on my current 1TB HDD and use it for storage and other games. I'm not trying to play on a 40 or 50 inch HDTV, so I don't need best of the best here. I've bee an avid simmer for over 15 years consistently. Currently it's DCS, IL2 COD, Rise of Flight and FSX. The only things I'd suggest are at least a 2 gb vid card, more than 8 gb of ram, at least a quad core and 800 watts on the psu. It's always better to have more power than you need. Vid cards are getting bigger and asking for more power. My current rig is using an AMD 6 core, 2 gb card, 12 gb of ram and 1000 watt psu. I run my sims near or at the highest settings. Its getting about time for me to add another 4 gb of ram and another 2 gb vid card or jump to a 3 or 4 gig card. |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 5:27:43 AM EDT
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Figure out your config at Logical Increments, then go to PC Part Picker to get the retailers with the best prices for the hardware you want (Know that you'll have to register at many of these sites to order from them).
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Posted: 10/19/2014 10:27:29 AM EDT
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Physical TV size has NOTHING to do with how much processing power is required.
Budget? Just a baseline suggestion: Intel i5-4750k Z97 motherboard Whatever RAM you want GTX 970 from ASUS, eVGA, or Gigabyte No need for a dedicated sound card SSD: Samsung, Intel, Crucial, or Mushkin HDD: Western Digital Black Seasonic power supply Quote HistoryQuoted:
I've bee an avid simmer for over 15 years consistently. Currently it's DCS, IL2 COD, Rise of Flight and FSX. The only things I'd suggest are at least a 2 gb vid card, more than 8 gb of ram, at least a quad core and 800 watts on the psu. It's always better to have more power than you need. Vid cards are getting bigger and asking for more power. My current rig is using an AMD 6 core, 2 gb card, 12 gb of ram and 1000 watt psu. I run my sims near or at the highest settings. Its getting about time for me to add another 4 gb of ram and another 2 gb vid card or jump to a 3 or 4 gig card. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It's been a few years since I've built my PC, but I'm about ready to retire my current build. I need some recommendations on a chipset and some RAM for what I think I desire: At least maybe an i5 processor At least 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM Nvidia GTX series card Probably around a 600-700 watt PSU. Not sure on sound card yet, might not even buy one. I'll probably get a SSD with at least 160 GB of storage for my OS and bigger sim games like DCS and FSX. Then I'll back up important files on my current 1TB HDD and use it for storage and other games. I'm not trying to play on a 40 or 50 inch HDTV, so I don't need best of the best here. I've bee an avid simmer for over 15 years consistently. Currently it's DCS, IL2 COD, Rise of Flight and FSX. The only things I'd suggest are at least a 2 gb vid card, more than 8 gb of ram, at least a quad core and 800 watts on the psu. It's always better to have more power than you need. Vid cards are getting bigger and asking for more power. My current rig is using an AMD 6 core, 2 gb card, 12 gb of ram and 1000 watt psu. I run my sims near or at the highest settings. Its getting about time for me to add another 4 gb of ram and another 2 gb vid card or jump to a 3 or 4 gig card. Not really. Graphics card are getting more powerful and efficient. A good 600 watt PSU is more than enough for single video card systems. |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 11:59:03 AM EDT
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A good 500w would be enough to power any single videocard assumed nothing is heavily overclocked. I haven't been kept up to date in the past year or so but I would go with a
z97 motherboard i5 8gb of ram, 16 of you actually need more 1tb WD hdd, if used as storage, get whatever you find cheapest but I would avoid green atleast a 126gb SSD (crucial, samsung, and intel are the main brands and the most reliable) as they are pretty cheap Videocard I can't help you since i don't know what's latest |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 6:30:58 PM EDT
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Thanks for the suggestions so far y'all.
 I don't know when I'll get around to purchasing parts. I keep wanting to buy more gun stuff, but it feels like a barely have anywhere to play with the gun stuff I buy where I live. 
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Physical TV size has NOTHING to do with how much processing power is required. Budget? Just a baseline suggestion: Intel i5-4750k Z97 motherboard Whatever RAM you want GTX 970 from ASUS, eVGA, or Gigabyte No need for a dedicated sound card SSD: Samsung, Intel, Crucial, or Mushkin HDD: Western Digital Black Seasonic power supply Wouldn't a large TV be more demanding because you're having to run it at such a large screen resolution? |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 6:35:37 PM EDT
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Intel i5-4750 doesn't return any results, but a 4570 does.
Would this one be sufficient from Newegg.com? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116896&cm_re=Intel_i5-_-19-116-896-_-Product ETA: Any good aftermarket CPU and case fans that are fairly affordable? |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 6:58:17 PM EDT
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So, after shopping around:
Asus Z97 motherboard Intel i5-4570 Haswell Quad Core 3.2 Ghz Team Elite 8Gb DDR3 1600 Mhz RAM (1 stick) Raidmax Vampire 800 watt PSU PNY Nvidia GTX 760 2Gb DDR5 PCI-E card Corsair Force LS series 120 Gb SATA III SSD Adds up to $774 without shipping so far. |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 7:44:36 PM EDT
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Vast majority of TV regardless of size is 1920x1080. Most monitors are the same resolution.
No point in getting a Z97 board with a non-k processor. Look for a Seasoned power supply. |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 7:46:49 PM EDT
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Vast majority of TV regardless of size is 1920x1080. Most monitors are the same resolution. No point in getting a Z97 board with a non-k processor. Look for a Seasoned power supply. Seasoned as in used? What mobo would be better for that processor? |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 7:57:03 PM EDT
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Right now I use a Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33 Ghz. Would I be better off just getting an upgraded motherboard to use DDR 3 ram, or stay with the intention of getting an i5?
Keep in mind that I'm going more for budget here. ETA: I just really think my bottleneck here is my RAM. I could upgrade my PSU and Graphics card, but what's the use if I can't get past 4 gigs of DDR2 RAM? |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 8:12:32 PM EDT
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Physical TV size has NOTHING to do with how much processing power is required. Budget? Just a baseline suggestion: Intel i5-4750k Z97 motherboard Whatever RAM you want GTX 970 from ASUS, eVGA, or Gigabyte No need for a dedicated sound card SSD: Samsung, Intel, Crucial, or Mushkin HDD: Western Digital Black Seasonic power supply Not really. Graphics card are getting more powerful and efficient. A good 600 watt PSU is more than enough for single video card systems. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Physical TV size has NOTHING to do with how much processing power is required. Budget? Just a baseline suggestion: Intel i5-4750k Z97 motherboard Whatever RAM you want GTX 970 from ASUS, eVGA, or Gigabyte No need for a dedicated sound card SSD: Samsung, Intel, Crucial, or Mushkin HDD: Western Digital Black Seasonic power supply Quoted:
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It's been a few years since I've built my PC, but I'm about ready to retire my current build. I need some recommendations on a chipset and some RAM for what I think I desire: At least maybe an i5 processor At least 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM Nvidia GTX series card Probably around a 600-700 watt PSU. Not sure on sound card yet, might not even buy one. I'll probably get a SSD with at least 160 GB of storage for my OS and bigger sim games like DCS and FSX. Then I'll back up important files on my current 1TB HDD and use it for storage and other games. I'm not trying to play on a 40 or 50 inch HDTV, so I don't need best of the best here. I've bee an avid simmer for over 15 years consistently. Currently it's DCS, IL2 COD, Rise of Flight and FSX. The only things I'd suggest are at least a 2 gb vid card, more than 8 gb of ram, at least a quad core and 800 watts on the psu. It's always better to have more power than you need. Vid cards are getting bigger and asking for more power. My current rig is using an AMD 6 core, 2 gb card, 12 gb of ram and 1000 watt psu. I run my sims near or at the highest settings. Its getting about time for me to add another 4 gb of ram and another 2 gb vid card or jump to a 3 or 4 gig card. Not really. Graphics card are getting more powerful and efficient. A good 600 watt PSU is more than enough for single video card systems. I should've worded it that way. Some sims are CPU dependent, some are GPU dependent. For those that are GPU dependent you may want to eventually use 2 cards, therefore requiring more power. |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 9:03:29 PM EDT
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Seasoned as in used? What mobo would be better for that processor? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Vast majority of TV regardless of size is 1920x1080. Most monitors are the same resolution. No point in getting a Z97 board with a non-k processor. Look for a Seasoned power supply. Seasoned as in used? What mobo would be better for that processor? Oops auto correct. Seasonic power supply. Where in Texas are you? Are you near a microcenter? If so look for a i5 4570k and z97 motherboard bundle. |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 9:05:21 PM EDT
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I should've worded it that way. Some sims are CPU dependent, some are GPU dependent. For those that are GPU dependent you may want to eventually use 2 cards, therefore requiring more power. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Physical TV size has NOTHING to do with how much processing power is required. Budget? Just a baseline suggestion: Intel i5-4750k Z97 motherboard Whatever RAM you want GTX 970 from ASUS, eVGA, or Gigabyte No need for a dedicated sound card SSD: Samsung, Intel, Crucial, or Mushkin HDD: Western Digital Black Seasonic power supply Quoted:
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It's been a few years since I've built my PC, but I'm about ready to retire my current build. I need some recommendations on a chipset and some RAM for what I think I desire: At least maybe an i5 processor At least 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM Nvidia GTX series card Probably around a 600-700 watt PSU. Not sure on sound card yet, might not even buy one. I'll probably get a SSD with at least 160 GB of storage for my OS and bigger sim games like DCS and FSX. Then I'll back up important files on my current 1TB HDD and use it for storage and other games. I'm not trying to play on a 40 or 50 inch HDTV, so I don't need best of the best here. I've bee an avid simmer for over 15 years consistently. Currently it's DCS, IL2 COD, Rise of Flight and FSX. The only things I'd suggest are at least a 2 gb vid card, more than 8 gb of ram, at least a quad core and 800 watts on the psu. It's always better to have more power than you need. Vid cards are getting bigger and asking for more power. My current rig is using an AMD 6 core, 2 gb card, 12 gb of ram and 1000 watt psu. I run my sims near or at the highest settings. Its getting about time for me to add another 4 gb of ram and another 2 gb vid card or jump to a 3 or 4 gig card. Not really. Graphics card are getting more powerful and efficient. A good 600 watt PSU is more than enough for single video card systems. I should've worded it that way. Some sims are CPU dependent, some are GPU dependent. For those that are GPU dependent you may want to eventually use 2 cards, therefore requiring more power. Given his prior computer, specified mid range, and budget. It is pointless to plan for a future upgrade to a multi gpu solution. |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 9:27:10 PM EDT
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Oops auto correct. Seasonic power supply. Where in Texas are you? Are you near a microcenter? If so look for a i5 4570k and z97 motherboard bundle. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Vast majority of TV regardless of size is 1920x1080. Most monitors are the same resolution. No point in getting a Z97 board with a non-k processor. Look for a Seasoned power supply. Seasoned as in used? What mobo would be better for that processor? Oops auto correct. Seasonic power supply. Where in Texas are you? Are you near a microcenter? If so look for a i5 4570k and z97 motherboard bundle. Amarillo, TX. I don't think I am. Fry's is the only place like that I've ever been to. I used to love it when I got the opportunity to go there. |
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