Ya93sin
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Hi there,
Been a couple years since I was posting regularly on these forums, hope you are all doing OK.
I first joined this forum when building my first PC:
So it's been about 30 months/2.5 years that I've had that PC now, everything is running great. However it's moving downstairs to the study so my Dad can run his Unix software off of it.
I'll be building a PC again, and to be honest my criteria are much the same as last time out, with a couple differences.
My four top priorities are (in no particular order):
1. Serious gaming performance. I'll probably go for the 780Ti as it's the fastest single core GPU out there (iirc). I used the same strategy when buying the nVidia GTX 580 and it still runs everything on at least high settings which is quite remarkable.
2. Good multimedia capabilities. This is mostly around a sound card, though I don't know what effect this has on the GPU cooling. I'm keeping my Corsair SP2500 speakers.
3. Quiet operation (except when gaming). Mainly prioritising good fans but I reckon the case makes a difference too?
4. Small-ish size factor. My motherboard would most likely be ATX form factor.
I've prepared an Excel doc which shows where I am at with deciding components, I'd really appreciate it if you guys could advise me on how to fill the blanks:
One key thing I was wondering about was the CPU and consequently the motherboard, if you have advice on those two it's much appreciated.
I might dabble around with overclocking, underclocking and playing about a little.
Oh and I don't have to exhaust that budget! (and probably have no need to)
Been a couple years since I was posting regularly on these forums, hope you are all doing OK.
I first joined this forum when building my first PC:
So it's been about 30 months/2.5 years that I've had that PC now, everything is running great. However it's moving downstairs to the study so my Dad can run his Unix software off of it.
I'll be building a PC again, and to be honest my criteria are much the same as last time out, with a couple differences.
My four top priorities are (in no particular order):
1. Serious gaming performance. I'll probably go for the 780Ti as it's the fastest single core GPU out there (iirc). I used the same strategy when buying the nVidia GTX 580 and it still runs everything on at least high settings which is quite remarkable.
2. Good multimedia capabilities. This is mostly around a sound card, though I don't know what effect this has on the GPU cooling. I'm keeping my Corsair SP2500 speakers.
3. Quiet operation (except when gaming). Mainly prioritising good fans but I reckon the case makes a difference too?
4. Small-ish size factor. My motherboard would most likely be ATX form factor.
I've prepared an Excel doc which shows where I am at with deciding components, I'd really appreciate it if you guys could advise me on how to fill the blanks:
One key thing I was wondering about was the CPU and consequently the motherboard, if you have advice on those two it's much appreciated.
I might dabble around with overclocking, underclocking and playing about a little.
Oh and I don't have to exhaust that budget! (and probably have no need to)
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I'll also be moving out in a few months so will need my own setup.
