Hi all,
First post here. I woke up yesterday morning and decided it was time I built a gaming PC. It's been a long time since I had a PC, the graphics card in the last one I had was a X1900XT or something like that. I changed to console gaming due to a chronic back injury preventing me from sitting at my desk but thats improved. I've been out of the game so long I'm quite lost at the moment though. I never really knew a LOT about PCs so please use layman's terms as much as possible!
There was a spanner thrown in the works of my plan when I rang my brother up to tell him my great idea. He told me about Pascal and how it will be out soonish and it is a massive jump in technology. I initially thought I'd hold off but it looks like it mightn't be out til the end of the year, and if I buy it as soon as it comes out it would blow the budget, so I probably would be looking at early next year to build at best, and that's too long a wait.
So my new plan is to build a computer relatively cheap now and then upgrade all the parts needed to switch to Pascal in about 1.5-2 years. That will give the prices some time to go down, and reviews and different models would be available. For the build now I plan to get 2nd hand parts (or cheap new parts) where possible for the pieces that will be upgraded for Pascal and then spend top dollar on important parts that I can keep when moving to Pascal.
So first question is just if this sounds like a smart idea?
2nd is what parts can I keep for Pascal? (the Pascal build will be 4k resolution, this one 1440 or 1080) I'm thinking only the Case, Keyboard and Mouse, Speakers, maybe SSD, Hard disk, DVDRW?
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming. Specifically, I'd like to play Fallout 4 at 1440 on max settings if possible (can lower to 1080 if 1440 blows the budget a lot). I'm not too fussed about future games cos I have quite a backlog to get through that will keep me occupied til my Pascal upgrade.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Hoping to spend about AU$2000-2500 (US$1400-1700) with tax and shipping included. Can spend more if a lot of parts can be kept for a Pascal build. I was hoping to spend 6-7k in total over both builds.
3) Which country do you live in?
Australia
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
Case, PSU, Basic Cooling?, Motherboard, CPU, RAM, GPU, SSD, Hard disk, DVDRW, Sound Card, Speakers, Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Windows 10 64bit home. Not sure if I've missed any other essential parts for a PC build. I don't really need advice on Speakers, Keyboard, Mouse, DVDRW, Hard disk, I can find reviews online for things like that. Mainly looking for advice on the big things like GPU needed for Fallout, Motherboard, CPU, RAM, PSU etc. that will get me to Pascal.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
Starting from scratch.
6) Will you be overclocking?
I've never done it before so probably not.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Need to buy one for the build. Hopefully 24-27" 1440 resolution (but 1080 if need be) and then 27"+ 4k resolution when I upgrade to Pascal.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP!
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
Nothing special because I'm assuming I'll need an upgrade for Pascal.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Want to buy Windows 10 64bit for the build.
So I'm just basically wanting to build something that will run Fallout 4 on max settings at 1440 resolution, only spending good money on parts that will survive the move to Pascal.
Sorry for the long winded post, just quite excited about building this PC and didn't want to miss anything.
Cheers
First post here. I woke up yesterday morning and decided it was time I built a gaming PC. It's been a long time since I had a PC, the graphics card in the last one I had was a X1900XT or something like that. I changed to console gaming due to a chronic back injury preventing me from sitting at my desk but thats improved. I've been out of the game so long I'm quite lost at the moment though. I never really knew a LOT about PCs so please use layman's terms as much as possible!
There was a spanner thrown in the works of my plan when I rang my brother up to tell him my great idea. He told me about Pascal and how it will be out soonish and it is a massive jump in technology. I initially thought I'd hold off but it looks like it mightn't be out til the end of the year, and if I buy it as soon as it comes out it would blow the budget, so I probably would be looking at early next year to build at best, and that's too long a wait.
So my new plan is to build a computer relatively cheap now and then upgrade all the parts needed to switch to Pascal in about 1.5-2 years. That will give the prices some time to go down, and reviews and different models would be available. For the build now I plan to get 2nd hand parts (or cheap new parts) where possible for the pieces that will be upgraded for Pascal and then spend top dollar on important parts that I can keep when moving to Pascal.
So first question is just if this sounds like a smart idea?
2nd is what parts can I keep for Pascal? (the Pascal build will be 4k resolution, this one 1440 or 1080) I'm thinking only the Case, Keyboard and Mouse, Speakers, maybe SSD, Hard disk, DVDRW?
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming. Specifically, I'd like to play Fallout 4 at 1440 on max settings if possible (can lower to 1080 if 1440 blows the budget a lot). I'm not too fussed about future games cos I have quite a backlog to get through that will keep me occupied til my Pascal upgrade.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Hoping to spend about AU$2000-2500 (US$1400-1700) with tax and shipping included. Can spend more if a lot of parts can be kept for a Pascal build. I was hoping to spend 6-7k in total over both builds.
3) Which country do you live in?
Australia
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
Case, PSU, Basic Cooling?, Motherboard, CPU, RAM, GPU, SSD, Hard disk, DVDRW, Sound Card, Speakers, Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Windows 10 64bit home. Not sure if I've missed any other essential parts for a PC build. I don't really need advice on Speakers, Keyboard, Mouse, DVDRW, Hard disk, I can find reviews online for things like that. Mainly looking for advice on the big things like GPU needed for Fallout, Motherboard, CPU, RAM, PSU etc. that will get me to Pascal.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
Starting from scratch.
6) Will you be overclocking?
I've never done it before so probably not.
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
Need to buy one for the build. Hopefully 24-27" 1440 resolution (but 1080 if need be) and then 27"+ 4k resolution when I upgrade to Pascal.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP!
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
Nothing special because I'm assuming I'll need an upgrade for Pascal.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Want to buy Windows 10 64bit for the build.
So I'm just basically wanting to build something that will run Fallout 4 on max settings at 1440 resolution, only spending good money on parts that will survive the move to Pascal.
Sorry for the long winded post, just quite excited about building this PC and didn't want to miss anything.
Cheers