Hey everyone,
First and foremost, thank you all so very much for taking some time out to help, really appreciate it
Bit of a clarification I should have mentioned in the OP. I already have the 980ti in my current rig, so upgrading to the 1080 isn't an option for me atm. However I do have an eye on one in the future, once Mrs. Jeffrey calms down from the price of getting the rig.....
Can you afford a 10 series card?
Hey Jim, as above, I've got the 980ti already so for the time being I'm going to stick with it until I upgrade to the 1080.
Well for the GPU..
This one is even cheaper then the GTX 980 ti.
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2862/geforce-gtx-1060-6-gb
Cheers Andrew, but as said above, the 980's already in place
It's better to grab the GTX 1080. It's actually faster and the 980ti is a older card now. No real reason to get that new anymore.
So yea, I'd advice getting a second hand 980ti somewhere, or getting a GTX 1070 or 1080. Depending on what resolutions you play, a 1070 or 1080 should be sufficient.
Cheers man! Again as above the old 980's stopping in place for the time being..
CPU - okay
GPU - Nvidia 10xx, a better buy
Ram - 16gb would do the job
SSD - okay , need about 60gb for windows 10
HDD - 1 or 2 TB would do for the average gamer
DVD - I don't have one an don't miss it, drivers are online now
PSU - okay
CASE - £149 on Amazon , average is about a £100
What motherboard ?
Hey Paul, thanks for the breakdown. The HDD I actually specified 4TB because I've got a fair bit of content. The current one is, I think, 2TB and its getting pretty full. That doesn’t even include old rF1 stuff I've removed and Race07 things!
DVD I agree, don't really need it. But, it was basically dirt cheap so put it in, just in case
Case - To be honest I have no idea about these things, my only spec I gave him was to keep away from stupid lights and horrible flashy stuff
Plenty of room to breathe and update internals in future. I'll have another look round see what I can find that's suitable. Thanks man.
Motherboard - Don't know. I'll ask and come back to you...
And yes, its proving to be expensive! No change from £1500 and that doesn't include the graphics card I already have!! Keep an eye out on the marketplace forum for my current pc going on sale at a bargain price soon
To add to the above, I think it's best if you first describe what you want to do with the pc and how much money you want to spend on it. Those 2 factors decide what the best build is for you.
Hey man, basically my sole purpose for this machine is sim racing. I want it to run the sims on triple screens, at high res, with good FPS in the most challenging conditions. I regularly race in an endurance league with 40 cars across 3 classes for between 6-12 & 24 hour events in rF2. This is the key one to get running at min 90fps in all conditions, with as higher settings as I can get away with.
Obviously I have an eye on VR going forward, once I've upgraded to the 1080 or upcoming 1080ti in future.
Budget isnt set as such. It basically depends on what the wife will let me spend! Its my hobby, I adore it, so every single penny I spend is, for me, well worth it.
Will you be investing in VR? If yes then a 1070 will be more suited and more powerful for the same price (here in the UK anyway). Also I think you could get away with a i5 6600k rather than an i7, a lot cheaper for a minimal performance loss in games. Also not sure you'll need 32GB of RAM. The only game that may use that is GTA-V which is hardly a racing game
Hello! Thanks for the comments man. Yes VR (as above) is something I want to engage with in the future for sure, but currently having a 980ti already I'm keeping my powder dry with that one atm.
So you think i5 should be ok? What sort of performance difference are we talking about? Basically I tried to future proof the system for a few years, would i5 be sufficient for a good while yet, or would I have to consider upgrading again in 12/18 months?
I've put RAM at 32 because its cheap
CPU - I don't think you need an i7 6700k I would rather go for the i5 6600k save yourself £80/£90 but make sure its a "k" version as these can be overclocked, the ones's without "k" can't
GPU - That 980ti is an awesome card these come with 6GB of memory a newer card the 1070 comes with 8GB memory, so good for triples. I would go with the newer tech the 1070 but if you have loads of money
the 1080 is the dogs boll....
RAM - 32GB is more than enough, memory is pretty cheap at the moment so stick with 32GB
SSD - Yes yes yes, makes hell of a difference on startup & running games, everything loads much much quicker
HDD - Yes cheap as chips these days massive storage and pretty fast too these days
DVDRW - Yes, always handy
PSU - would like to know the make, need a good quality one
CASE - Hmmm, I had a look of that case, its fine, but at £140ish, you can get just as good at half the price
Also any idea what motherboard is in that system?
Hey Paul, thanks for the notes mate
As mentioned above, I'll reconsider the CPU question, although what sort of performance difference are we talking about? If its less than £100 difference from 5 - 7 then it could be worth swallowing the cost and buying myself more "headroom" with the CPU?
GPU - Again as above, 980ti's already in, but would love to look some more at the 1070/80 in future (when the price comes down!)
PSU - I've asked for the make. Awaiting a reply. Same for mobo. Re the PSU, he came back with this the other day "I
recall you wanted to use your existing card and have sufficiently specified a PSU (650w Gold Rated) that will power that and should also run the top of the line 1080 version in the future assuming its power consumption is similar to the current version."
Cheers guys, sorry for the late reply and long winded post
