dumgrunt Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 After 4 years of faithful (yet steadily degrading) service of my Toshiba P750 with its GT540M 1GB card, it obviously wont be able to run DCS 1.5-2.0; hence its time for an upgrade. I have always preferred laptops, but the transformation from a nomadic into a settled home environment obviates the need for portability. That and the fact laptops seem to cost twice as much for half the given ability. On the back end of a three month holiday and impending nuptials, bang for buck is key, but with the possibility of expanding later, such as SLI/Crossfire and overclocking. If not already blatantly obvious, I know bugger all about computers, but I thought that starting with a good motherboard, and looking for a second hand midrange GFX card will keep performance reasonable, cost down, and later upgrading possible. After some research and perusing the computer build wiki on Whirlpool, i have come up with: CPU: Intel Core i5 6600K $316 MOBO: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H $129 RAM: Corsair Vengeance Lpx 8Gb (2X4gb) Ddr4 Dram 2133Mhz C13 Memory Kit – Red $91 SSD: OCZ 240 GB Internal SSD SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" ARC 100 $106 HDD: Seagate Desktop HDD 1 TB Internal hard drive SATA 6Gb/s 3.5" 7200 rpm ST1000DM003 $80 GPU: GTX 970 $350-$400 second hand Case: Corsair Carbide Series 200R Mid tower - No power supply $85 PSU: Antec VPF 650W PSU 80+ Bronze $107 DVD-RW drive $20 All coming in at a smidge under $1300AUD. I can source peripherals cheaply elsewhere, not looking at a multi screen set up, but may consider Occulus rift in the medium term. I was intending on Win 8.1 for the OS. Does this look like a reasonable build? Are the any incompatibilities, or nonsensical hardware matches? I have also looked at second hand and new gaming rigs on gumtree and ebay, but even with 4000 series i5 or i7, and a 960 GFX card, its hard to find anything under 2 grand. Any help, or feedback would be greatly appreciated. Cheers :D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
algerad3 Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 650w Seems a little low for later upgrades. I run a Core 1-7 930 and have two r9 270's all powered by an corsair 850w ps. All your other parts look good. Think ahead on the psu and when you need to add to the system you will have the power to run it. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] CPIAS FOR Saitek: Saitek Flight instrument panels and X-52 pro mfd scripts for Dcs http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=94174
hsth Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 I do see Crossfire support for the mobo in the specs, nothing about SLI. Maybe to take into account for the GPU you're planning.
dumgrunt Posted October 20, 2015 Author Posted October 20, 2015 thanks heaps for the input fellas! There, learnt something, I thought crossfire and SLI were the same thing. I have always preferred Nvidia to AMD, but it seems that DCS is happy with AMD since 1.5, and from what I am reading AMD provides better value for money at the moment? I will look at a bigger PSU too. Thanks again! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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