#4363048 - 06/09/17 08:28 PM
Re: New PC
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Ah,I was referring to the i5 6600K you initially mentioned,I should have been more specific.
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#4363357 - 06/12/17 10:26 AM
Re: New PC
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Hmmm... no reason to go with a Z-series board if you're using a 6500... also, why go with a 270 on a Skylake chip? Granted there's not much price difference depending on which Z/H/270/170 board you're getting...
Curious as to why you're not spending the extra £20-25 to get a 6600K chip instead?
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#4363360 - 06/12/17 11:07 AM
Re: New PC
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Don't do what I did.I bought a i5 6600non-K CPU. It's fine for gaming now but I might regret that decision in a few years if I want to squeeze a bit more out of it. The price difference isn't great as Ice pointed out.
I know that you can overclock non-K CPUs but it's not officially supported and has a few issues,at least the last time I checked.
I don't think you will be disappointed with a 6600 non-K but I often wonder why Intel bother with it tbh.
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#4363368 - 06/12/17 11:46 AM
Re: New PC
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Well, if you're already considering a Z-series board, then I assume you've looked at their prices and you're comfortable with it.... which reminds me, you've not mentioned a budget yet...
Like I said, if you want to get a Z-series board (supports overclocking), then it should be because you're getting a K-series chip (overclockable CPUs). Looking at prices on Scan, the 6500 is only around £21 cheaper than the 6600K and the 7600 is only around £18 cheaper than the 7600K... for those price differences, I'd go for the K version if nothing but the security of knowing that I can overclock if I want/need to.
Comparing H270 boards and Z270 boards, there's a jump of anywhere from £20-£60 depending on the board you want to get. Comparing H170 boards and Z170 boards, there's a jump of around £10-£50..... but on either case, you can get a Z170 board for cheaper than a H170 and so on... just depending on what you want to get.
Looking at prices and considering future-proofing, I would suggest a 7600K chip and a Z270 board. The 7600K is £12 more than the 6600K, so might as well get the latest CPU. Z270 boards start at £110 while Z170 boards start at £100, so again, choices abound!
As for your GPU, a 1060 would work fine..... what monitor size and resolution are you using? What games do you want to run? The reason I'm not too bothered by GPU choice is because it's easy enough to upgrade the GPU later on. My i5 750, despite being purchased in 2010, went through 4 GPUs... a 5770, a 6970, a 7970, then a 980Ti.
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#4363377 - 06/12/17 12:39 PM
Re: New PC
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Ok, I am going to digest what you wrote because you've given me food for thought. Choices abound is the understatement!
My budget is initially around £700-800, however, this is to get all the main components. And I can add along the way as I am in no rush to build so from month to month I can save if I need to. I'd like the build to come in under 1k, and while I am not skint - the lower the better.
I already have a serviceable tower, plenty of HDD (sata), monitor, peripherals etc. I am going to order PSU, RAM and the SSD soonish and then can concentrate on the rest over the next couple of months.
Games, well, I am not looking to play the latest FPS etc but I would like Flight SImulator, DCS, Cold Waters, BMS and Steel Beasts. I am only interested in using it for gaming, I have a day to day desktop for all things Itunes etc.
I am only using a Samsung 21 inch, which I intend to replace but this is not as important as the build for now. I'm running it at 1680x1050 which I know is pretty basic.
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#4363385 - 06/12/17 01:20 PM
Re: New PC
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So £1K, ideally in the £700-800 range.... to buy a CPU, motherboard, RAM, and GPU... What is your current PSU? I would greatly suggest buying a 250GB SSD right from the get-go as well and put your OS there and a few select games. It'll be a nice boost to performance (boot and loading times) if all you're used to up to now is HDD drives. So... i5 7600K - £230 Z270 board - £150 16GB (2x8GB) 2800 DDR4 - £125 Total - £505... those are just ballpark figures as well. GTX 1060s of the 3GB flavor, sorry, flavoUr start at £185 and the 6GB variety start at £230. For a 1680x1050 screen, the 3GB one should do fine but I suggest going for the 6GB one so that it can handle better textures once you upgrade to a bigger monitor. I recommend getting the ones with two or three fans --- they can spin slower and still give adequate cooling. If you can find one that keeps the fans off under idle conditions, then you'll have a quiet GPU and the only time it's noisy is when you're gaming but you won't be paying attention to the PC case at that point anyway 250GB SSDs start at around the £80 mark and if anything, this one is well worth the money.
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#4365697 - 06/23/17 05:45 PM
Re: New PC
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So...............update!
I have taken the plunge, set aside time to actually get back up to speed with the hardware side. And thanks to all your thoughts, especially Ice's I have ordered my rig.
Intel Core I5 7600K 4.2Ghz Gigabyte Z270-HD3P Motherboard 16GB DDR4 2133Mhz Asus GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GDDR5, 1280 Core, 1506MHz Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB 2.5 inch Solid State Drive 3TB HDD Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Air CPU Cooler
Plus a new case, monitor and mouse. I found my budget was a little higher than I thought so wanted the 6GB 1060 instead.
Just awaiting delivery, then the build!
Incidentally, I ended up ordering Windows 10 Pro edition, but wanted to really stick with Windows 7 Pro - is there really any benefit of going 10?
Thanks again for all your help.
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#4365703 - 06/23/17 06:12 PM
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Congrats on the new build!!
I have that exact same cooler... but I'm using it on my old i5 750. I would say that the 7600K may warrant more cooling... but then it depends if you OC it or not. My cooler for my 6600K is a Noctua NH-D15. As for Win10, it depends on what you want to play. I've had issues with Win10 Creator's Update and had to roll back and stick with Win10 Anniversary Edition. The CU wasn't playing nice with my touchscreen setup.
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#4365735 - 06/23/17 09:29 PM
Re: New PC
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I'm not planning on overclocking for the near future - think I will be so impressed over the initial performance I will be reluctant to. But I do have options, the case has 3 fans which I plan to rig up to mobo just cos it's easier to do it during the build,. Plus I will attach that cooler in any case instead of the stock one.
I have Windows 10 on my basic desktop and cannot really complain, as long as my new beast runs Arma 3, Cold Waters, DCS, BMS etc then I am happy.
Are you happy with your setup as of now, I only ask as it is an endless task to keep up to date, hence me spending a bit more now so that in the long run my PC has legs for a few years. They truly are a moneypit!
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#4365754 - 06/23/17 11:05 PM
Re: New PC
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1. There really is no need to "keep up to date." The only reason I have my setup now is because my son's PC went kaput on Dec 2015, so that was the nudge I needed to upgrade. Had it not happened, I would've probably kept that setup for at least another year or two. i5 750 and HD 7970 and it could run all games at 1920x1080 res at very good levels. I only really multi-screened flight sims. People who think PC gaming is expensive because they think you need to upgrade every 6 months or so do not really have a clue about the hobby. 2. The K-series chips don't come with a stock cooler As for the CoolerMaster Hyper 212, it's a very good cooler for the price. However, if you can idle at 20 degrees C, well, I just think that's better than idling at 25 degrees C. I just think that overclocking or not, the cooler the CPU runs, the better it is for the hardware. 3. Not sure about Arma or CW or DCS, but some people have been having issues with their peripherals with BMS and Win10CU. I would best recommend getting Win10AE instead. 4. As for my current setup, yes, I'm quite pleased with it. I was looking for a case replacement for my Corsair Carbide 500R case and have not found a suitable candidate based on my needs/preferences. I'm not much of a fan of the new tempered glass "fad" or the side-vents on the front of the case. I like max airflow. I could probably upgrade to bigger-capacity SSDs later on, but I currently have a 250GB M.2 NVMe drive for OS and another 250GB SATA SSD for games.... I've moved my other 250GB SATA SSD to my son's PC to give it a good boost. My pet peeve is that I don't have a dust filter for my side fan.... but I clean my PC every 12-18 months so that's not much of an issue. If my old setup lasted me 5 years, I expect this to do the same with maybe a few GPU upgrades during it's lifetime. Maybe a RAM upgrade too, depending on RAM prices and if software can actually make better use of more RAM. Neither "upgrades" are necessary; I suspect my 980Ti can handle anything for the next 2-3 years, maybe more, so it all depends on how "cutting-edge performance" I want it to be. Bottom line, the setup does not **NEED** anything else really. Just me having the upgrade itch every now and again. Like adding two more USB 3.0 ports to make use of the second USB 3.0 header in the motherboard. Speaking of which, I was eyeing a powered USB hub that had 2 dedicated ports for charging devices....
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#4367062 - 07/01/17 03:48 PM
Re: New PC
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Well, I have at last set up the PC. The build went relatively smoothly, though at first I had problems getting the SSD to be recognized, though rooting around in the BIOS sorted it. Was a little worried with the heat sink paste and connecting the cooler to it, but went far easier than I thought it would. The motherboard is excellent and loads of expansion ports for future if needed (already thinking of another SSD).
My 3TB drive on my old PC didn't want to play nicely with the new set up which irked me, it has two 1.5TB partitions and for some reason only the Windows partition showed up, with the second one empty - I booted into old Windows set-up in the end and used undelete software, turns out for some reason it was wiped - I have no idea how. Anyway, all files recovered ok.
Everything else went well, set up three fans and it is running at idle at around 27 degrees which seems acceptable to me. Haven't really tried loading it and checking temperature but I will do when I start using it more often. I ended up getting a 27 inch Acer monitor for a steal and love it, even has a USB C charger port on it!
Day to day running the thing absolutely flies, and Ice - you were damn right about the SSD - the boot time is amazing, from off to everything loaded in about ten seconds. Impressive!
I intend to get some fps for the games I have installed but it's not the be and all as already I can tell it eats everything it has run. Combat Air Patrol 2 for instance has every setting maxed and it is easily running at 60fps and mostly likely 90fps at how smooth everything is, loading times are from the SSD so rapid as to be expected.
Cold Waters, is silky smooth and an excellent game if you into that sort of thing.
The Corsair case impressed me, plenty of room for expansion and well built, definitely a convert to them so the new keyboard and mouse will likely be from them. Though the GPU only just fitted in as nearly got in the way of the SSD tray and access for the SATA cable, though it just fit but little too cosy for my liking. I will probably look at moving the SSD to another part of the case.
Thanks again to you Ice, your advice really did end up in me getting a future proof PC...........now.......to install BMS!
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#4367078 - 07/01/17 06:57 PM
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Glad to have helped and glad you're enjoying your new PC!! What Corsair case did you get? As for the HDD, sometimes Windows will not "recognize" the drive but when you go to Disk Management, all it is is that Windows did not assign that drive a drive letter. Do that and you should have it working again like before. I don't know why this happens but I had it happen to me a few times with a few HDDs and even an SSD.... As for the boot time, it's cool now, but it'll get slower once the system gets more and more bogged down with "startup" programs. You can turn these off if you like, but really, "slower" is only maybe 15-20 seconds if it used to be 10 seconds. I would suggest turning off ALL your case fans, running your games for a few hours, and then examine how high the CPU and GPU temps went.... or keep everything turned on but run one of the CPU-intensive tests to see how high CPU temps go under your current air cooler. This would at least give you a worst-case scenario and you'd see if you need additional cooling or not. Lastly... PICS!!!
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