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Not a gaming rig, but I'm building a new PC/workstation that can handle some games. I mostly need rendering power, so I might go all out on the CPU. Any thoughts? Trying to keep it around 1200$. I may upgrade it later.
AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor $209.99 Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard $122.98 Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $160.98 Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $160.98 Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $97.99 EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card $278.00 Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case $96.78 EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $57.99
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McParadigm wrote:
I keep hoping this is a thread devoted to video game masterpiece Big Rigs.
Do you know Alex Navarro?
BurtReynolds wrote:
Not a gaming rig, but I'm building a new PC/workstation that can handle some games. I mostly need rendering power, so I might go all out on the CPU. Any thoughts? Trying to keep it around 1200$. I may upgrade it later.
AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor $209.99 Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard $122.98 Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $160.98 Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $160.98 Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $97.99 EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card $278.00 Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case $96.78 EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $57.99
I need to do this soon myself. The last time we bought a computer was when the trailer for The Force Awakens was released. I remember because that was the first thing I watched to test the wireless connection.
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The latest AMD procs have closed the gap with Intel for rendering in Adobe, but if the Intel proc is only $50 to $100 more, it'd be worth the investment.
An enigma of a man shaped hole in the wall between reality and the soul of the devil.
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run2death wrote:
The latest AMD procs have closed the gap with Intel for rendering in Adobe, but if the Intel proc is only $50 to $100 more, it'd be worth the investment.
Yeah the Intel Core i7-8700K looks like the best of the best, but its about $130 more.
An enigma of a man shaped hole in the wall between reality and the soul of the devil.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:13 pm Posts: 39812 Location: 6000 feet beyond man and time.
I've had this one about six years. Surprised it's lasted this long. I had a couple of hard drives failures but otherwise it's been a good one up until recently. It can still play games on lower settings, but Windows chugs.
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BurtReynolds wrote:
Not a gaming rig, but I'm building a new PC/workstation that can handle some games. I mostly need rendering power, so I might go all out on the CPU. Any thoughts? Trying to keep it around 1200$. I may upgrade it later.
AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor $209.99 Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard $122.98 Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $160.98 Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $160.98 Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $97.99 EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card $278.00 Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case $96.78 EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $57.99
serious question from a mac user: you're looking at roughly $1100 here, plus the labor and potential S&H headaches. Why not just buy a good comp off the shelf? how much more would a comparable stock rig run you?
An enigma of a man shaped hole in the wall between reality and the soul of the devil.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:13 pm Posts: 39812 Location: 6000 feet beyond man and time.
tragabigzanda wrote:
serious question from a mac user: you're looking at roughly $1100 here, plus the labor and potential S&H headaches. Why not just buy a good comp off the shelf? how much more would a comparable stock rig run you?
Maybe I've just been lucky, but I haven't had much trouble putting them together, and its kinda fun. Plus, I'm picky about what I want in them. and pre-built ones are so ugly!
The prices are a lot closer lately though. If I could find one I liked, I might get one.
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Buying an off-the-shelf/prebuilt computer rarely makes sense.
For instance, companies charge $300 to "upgrade" from 16GBs to 32GBs of comparable RAM that Burt listed.
"Upgrading" to an 500GB SSD will cost you another $150.
"Upgrading" to a decent graphics card will cost you $200.
Those are basically the prices you pay for buying those components outright, so in many instances the base price is for the tower, processor, them building it and a shitty warranty.
As far as I can tell Burt ends up saving at least $600 AND that prebuilt system would have a shitty power supply and shitty, non-upgradable motherboard.
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