Want to Build a PC? Come here, I'll help you.

[Wewum 5]

Background

So I was looking around the forum at the gameplay sections, and I saw that everyone else was better than me. So I used what I'm good at (computers) to help you guys out.

Purpose

To help people with potatoes/toasters design and/or build a PC

How This Thread Works

You can either 

A. Put your potential build on PCPP (pcpartpicker.com) and share it. Give me a budget, purpose of the build, and anything else you want me to know.

B. (This is if you have no idea how to build or design a computer) Tell me your budget, country, and purpose of the build. I'll design a PC for you and give you an analysis on why I chose each part.

 

Anyone can give suggestions!!!

 

My build: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/yVNNnQ

[Deus__Ex__Machina 989]

4 minutes ago, Wewum said:

Background

So I was looking around the forum at the gameplay sections, and I saw that everyone else was better than me. So I used what I'm good at (computers) to help you guys out.

I like this^

way to find the good in things gg bud. 

[KingYoshiLuca 771]

I designed this once when I was bored,  to build when I have money, in 1-2 years.  

Is it bad or super bad?

I got a 970 so thats not in there.

[SoliDeoGloria 417]

Good idea, I hope you find some people, many here are well knowledged in building PCs as it is, so you have competition.

[Assassin7 4,353]

Folter now has competition

[OOPMan 1,266]

Battle of the Builders, Round 1: @Folterknecht vs. @Wewum

Winner gets to build a PC from the losers bones!

FIGHT!

[Archaic_One 1,853]

Folter's bones migrated to the cloud years ago . . .

[H4NI 138]

Paired with i5- 4690 what's the best buy GPU for 1080p gaming?

Or another question: caseking.de // computeruniverse.net 

budget: 600euros. I need cpu,mbo,gpu and ram. Current psu is corsair cx500m (it will eventually be replaced)

[Folterknecht 2,257]

9 minutes ago, H4NI said:

Paired with i5- 4690 what's the best buy GPU for 1080p gaming?

Or another question: caseking.de // computeruniverse.net 

budget: 600euros. I need cpu,mbo,gpu and ram. Current psu is corsair cx500m (it will eventually be replaced)

do you own the 4690 already?

[H4NI 138]

6 minutes ago, Folterknecht said:

do you own the 4690 already?

No, it was a planned upgrade in a build within those 600E. Doesn't have to be that cpu, I'm open to all suggestions.

[Folterknecht 2,257]

6 minutes ago, H4NI said:

No, it was a planned upgrade in a build within those 600E. Doesn't have to be that cpu, I'm open to all suggestions.

 What do you plan to use that PC for beside gaming?

[H4NI 138]

Just now, Folterknecht said:

 What do you plan to use that PC for beside gaming?

photoshop,illustrator, solidworks, autocad (or any other CAD software), sometimes after effects. I play only WoT, rest of the games are installed only for a few days.

[OOPMan 1,266]

41 minutes ago, H4NI said:

photoshop,illustrator, solidworks, autocad (or any other CAD software), sometimes after effects. I play only WoT, rest of the games are installed only for a few days.

Sounds like maybe you need a workstation-grade graphics card?

[Folterknecht 2,257]

39 minutes ago, OOPMan said:

Sounds like maybe you need a workstation-grade graphics card?

you are his sponsor?

http://geizhals.de/?cat=gra16_512&xf=131_GDDR5~1440_Fire~132_2048~139_256&sort=p

 

 

 

[H4NI 138]

nah, i need regular gpu, nothing too fancy (gtx970 max)

[OOPMan 1,266]

8 minutes ago, H4NI said:

nah, i need regular gpu, nothing too fancy (gtx970 max)

Then get a GTX 970?

23 minutes ago, Folterknecht said:

you are his sponsor?

http://geizhals.de/?cat=gra16_512&xf=131_GDDR5~1440_Fire~132_2048~139_256&sort=p

 

 

 

Ahahahahahaha. No

 

[KingYoshiLuca 771]

19 hours ago, KingYoshiLuca said:

I designed this once when I was bored,  to build when I have money, in 1-2 years.  

Is it bad or super bad?

I got a 970 so thats not in there.

 

[Haswell 2,399]

Less than 24 hours and Folt attempts his takeover.

[Wewum 5]

On 2/20/2016 at 4:39 PM, KingYoshiLuca said:

I designed this once when I was bored,  to build when I have money, in 1-2 years.  

Is it bad or super bad?

I got a 970 so thats not in there.

In one or two years, lots of new technology (CPUs GPUs, etc.) will have been released. Today, it isn't that bad, except I'd remove one set of RAM, unless you plan on doing rendering.

15 hours ago, H4NI said:

Paired with i5- 4690 what's the best buy GPU for 1080p gaming?

Or another question: caseking.de // computeruniverse.net 

budget: 600euros. I need cpu,mbo,gpu and ram. Current psu is corsair cx500m (it will eventually be replaced)

Question 1: The R9 390 would be the best one, but a CX500M is simply not enough.

#2: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/p/P4rhQ7

My apologies for going over by a little, but it is definitely worth it. My recommendation would be to save a few extra euros. If you have a CX500M, it needs to be replaced. 

http://de.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220gs0650v1 is my recommendation for a PSU.

@Haswell I like your username

[Folterknecht 2,257]

Spoiler

http://de.pcpartpicker.com/user/F0lterknecht/saved/KG2v6h

 

I know it's slightly over budget, but you get a Xeon CPU with 4 cores and 8 Threads equal to a i7 4770 and 16GB of RAM for your work.

On the Z97 you can even overclock it a little bit via BCKL (up to 104MHz should be safe - with some luck to 107 MHz - resulting in 3950-4050 MHz)

power draw on this CPU is around 140-150W (whole system) with all cores fully loaded via Prime95.

 

 

 

The GPU (R) 380X) can handle everything you throw at it @1080p - fastest 1080p card. The next step up would be GTX970 or R9 390 at 300+ €

With a pure gaming/office/internet build I would have gone with a cheaper CPU with only 4 cores and 4 threads, putting more money into the GPU.

Your PSU can handle handle that system for a while as long as you dont play Prime95 + Furemark all day long for months.

 

16 GB of RAM come in handy with your work (photoshhop, CAD programms) especially if you other things like browsers and so on open in the background.

 

[KingYoshiLuca 771]

2 hours ago, Wewum said:

In one or two years, lots of new technology (CPUs GPUs, etc.) will have been released. Today, it isn't that bad, except I'd remove one set of RAM, unless you plan on doing rendering.

Well, I do.

[Wewum 5]

On 2/22/2016 at 0:38 AM, KingYoshiLuca said:

Well, I do.

In that case, I'd recommend picking up a single set of 32GB, not 2 16GB sets. It's nearly always cheaper.

[Goldflag 110]

Is 2 GB graphics card memory good enough for WoT or should I get 4 GB so it lasts longer (or does wot have insane textures)?

[Haswell 2,399]

8 hours ago, Goldflag said:

Is 2 GB graphics card memory good enough for WoT or should I get 4 GB so it lasts longer (or does wot have insane textures)?

Depends on your resolution, but even for 1440p with everything maxed 2GB is way more than enough.

WoT isn't graphically demanding at all, it's always a processor bottleneck because no multithreading and piss poor optimization.

[Folterknecht 2,257]

My observations with MSI-Afterburner OSD @1920x1200 resolution with 4GB total VRAM available:

 

SD-Client: ~1450MB VRAM usage

HD-Client (only a few games played): ~1950MB VRAM usage

 

Seems for WoT @FullHD 2GB VRAM (GDDR5) is fine. But ofter more modern games are starting to stutter with only 2GB @FullHD.