Gaming Geeks A little advice here please

xldeane · 17 Aug 2017

Hi Guys

This is the spec of my next PC .. I know all you guys know your Hardware.... Are their any components in this Spec that let the system down or shouldnt be their ?? Any critcisms gratfully excepted. Obviously the guy in the shop reckons this is a perfect Spec for Gaming. Advice please folks ???

Case CORSAIR GRAPHITE SERIES™ 780T FULL TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-7600K (3.8GHz)
Motherboard ASUS® ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING: LGA1151, USB 3.1,
Memory (RAM) 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 - DVI, HDMI, 3x DP -
M.2 SSD Drive 512GB SAMSUNG 960 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500,
2nd M.2 SSD Drive 512GB SAMSUNG 960 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD,
Processor Cooling CoolerMaster MasterLiquid PRO 280 High Performance
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy Rx

Thanks xl ...out

RoasterMen · 18 Aug 2017

I think you are better off with Ryzen and 32GB of RAM is overkill for gaming. Unless, if you are going to edit too.

xldeane · 18 Aug 2017

I do like AMDs, my last Gaming PC had a AMD Athlon 64 dual core... at the time they were one of the best Processors you could get...Those were the days Counter Strike till the early hours :)
32GB to much ? Ill save a few quid and get 16GB Memory..

Thanks

xl.....out

ThrashZone · 19 Aug 2017

Hi,
You could not give me a corsair TX series psu but everything else looks fine except not sure why an i5 since an i7 would be best :/

Look into an evga G2 series psu in the 750w.

Mellon Head · 25 Aug 2017

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
You could not give me a corsair TX series psu but everything else looks fine except not sure why an i5 since an i7 would be best :/

Look into an evga G2 series psu in the 750w.

Just out of curiosity, what's wrong with a TX series PSU? I have one and it's performed flawlessly for almost five years.

I'm not being snarky. I really am curious. Maybe I should replace it with something else?

On topic:

I would go with an i7 or a Ryzen CPU myself. And I would stay with the Nvidia GPU if you can afford it. The 1080 ti is pretty pricey around where I live. 16 GB is more than enough for gaming.

Do you really need the second M2 drive? Or can you get by with a standard SATA SSD? If it's your second drive you may not need the speed that the M2 gives at the extra cost. You might save a little money with a plain old SATA SSD.

ThrashZone · 03 Sep 2017

Hi,
I guess it was mainly a sort of thing that I can afford better and so I sent it back to get a better rated rather than settling for a gold plus the wiring was pretty cheap looking too seeing I had already used a evga p2 series which is awesome so I just changed my mind and sent the TX back
Personal preference mainly I suppose :)

Gaming Geeks A little advice here please

Gaming Geeks A little advice here please

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