Somebody stop me... (Gaming PC Build Thread)

[Blerpa]

The pic isn't rotated for me.

Sharing directly from Google is asspain, yeah. I gave up years ago.

I had to edit it on the PC, that's why now you see it in correct orientation.
And yes, sharing from Drive sucks big time.

Thanks Freude for the suggestion!

[Alan P]

Pick yourself up a 1440p Freesync monitor to take advantage of that 580. It’s being held back by your 60Hz monitor.

[Blerpa]

I dunno, Alan, I would rather prefer to run any game at Ultra settings, 16x anisotropic and full AA with 60fps than lose that.
I've a 4K 50" HDR Samsung TV I could hook it up, but then the 580 would die trying to keep up the resolution and high settings.

[Blerpa]

So, I added a third HDD, the old mechanical one from the old PC.

So, right now the new PC has this setup: Crucial MX500 250GB SSD for the OS (Win 10 Pro), Crucial MX500 500GB SSD for the games and WD Blue 500GB HDD for my personal data.
It was a bitch to put the HDD rack inside the case since I've many cables in it, but I managed; I think the 3 storage solution is ideal so far.
I still have a 240GB Kingston SSD in my old PC, dunno what to do with it... maybe a quick external portable hdd?

Future purchases? a new backlit keyboard (possibly the wireless Logitech K800?) and some decent headphones - no stupid gaming headphones with useless USB connection needed - I'm going to look into Sharkoon or HyperX, otherwise jump to Sennheiser or AudioTechnica.
Many people swear by the cheap Superlux HD681EVO, but they are very fragile and I'm know to break products too flimsy (aside from the fact I find them ugly).
Still entused to buy the classic Sony studio headphones, but I dunno if I'd enjoy their flat, neutral, sound (still, I've used them working years ago and I think they are phenomenal).

[Yw-slayer]

The open back AT headphones are legendary for their placement. Very useful for FPS.

I did end up switching to Logitech G930s because of mic convenience though. Also because now I'm now no longer a h4rdc0r331!! 1!1! FPS (or indeed any) gamer.

[Rare White Ape]

Man with grey hair games on an (overclocked) AMD Ryzen 5 at potato settings with NO graphics card and still hits 60+ FPS.



Doom at 720/30 looks better than Switch but the little Nintendo thingy can only draw maybe 10 Watts from its battery and has to run a screen as well. The PC will be pulling 15-20x that number from the wall. But prior to that he’s getting 60-70 FPS out of Dirt Rally and it looks just great.

I think it’s instructive. Maybe you don’t need to spend $2500 to get into the PC master race. Maybe 1/4 of that will do.

Drew, what’s your opinionion on this?

[Blerpa]

Ryzen 5 2600, B350 mobo, 1 Crucial BX500 SSD with 250gb for the OS and a mechanical 1TB HDD for the other stuff, 8GB of 3000mhz DDR4, an AMD RX 580 8GB or 590 and you got yourself a decent PC to run 1080p 60fps for 600-700 euro about.
Hook it to an old 1080p monitor or your Full HD tv and you are good to go.
2500$ PC are overkill for most people.

[Yw-slayer]

I'm not really surprised given that graphics card speeds haven't advanced that much in the last few years.

[Blerpa]

Point is... you spend over 2000$ for a PC capable of 4K with 60fps. Over 1200-1400 for a PC capable of 2K 144Hz. Anything less on 1080p is cheap (relatively) and easy.

[Rare White Ape]

In that vein, a GTX 1660Ti looks intriguing.