cabooble
06-16-2015, 03:17 AM
Mentlegen.
I have some money burning a hole in my pocket, and a 5+ year old computer. I want to update to 144Hz G-sync goodness.
AMD is releasing their HBM graphics cards in... a week. Do you think Nvidia will react by dropping prices on its lineup?
-GPU: I was leaning toward a 980GTX after price drop. Maybe even a TI. I can't see them lowering price on 980GTX TI though. Titan X is sitting pretty at 1,000USD and will probably stay there to inflate lower end prices. Rusty had suggested a 760GTX w/ 6GB VRAM, but I only see models going up to 4GB. They are cheap though.
-MONITOR: I've been looking at the Acer Predator. 144Hz 1440p 1MS GTG G-sync IPS panel. Anyone aware of other monitors with similar specs coming out soon?
-CPU: i7 4790K. I want to future proof with the extra cores. I heard these things don't OC so well. Any advice? Not interested in liquid cooling.
-RAM: no idea which RAM to get. I may want to fuck around with a RAM drive at some point, so maybe a 32gig kit? Would I get better timings with 2x16GB or 4x8?
-MOBO: I need help here. Something that overclocks well. Max 2 GPUs needed.
Case, PSU, SSD/HDDs, thermals I can figure out in an afternoon.
I appreciate any input.
I have some money burning a hole in my pocket, and a 5+ year old computer. I want to update to 144Hz G-sync goodness.
AMD is releasing their HBM graphics cards in... a week. Do you think Nvidia will react by dropping prices on its lineup?
-GPU: I was leaning toward a 980GTX after price drop. Maybe even a TI. I can't see them lowering price on 980GTX TI though. Titan X is sitting pretty at 1,000USD and will probably stay there to inflate lower end prices. Rusty had suggested a 760GTX w/ 6GB VRAM, but I only see models going up to 4GB. They are cheap though.
-MONITOR: I've been looking at the Acer Predator. 144Hz 1440p 1MS GTG G-sync IPS panel. Anyone aware of other monitors with similar specs coming out soon?
-CPU: i7 4790K. I want to future proof with the extra cores. I heard these things don't OC so well. Any advice? Not interested in liquid cooling.
-RAM: no idea which RAM to get. I may want to fuck around with a RAM drive at some point, so maybe a 32gig kit? Would I get better timings with 2x16GB or 4x8?
-MOBO: I need help here. Something that overclocks well. Max 2 GPUs needed.
Case, PSU, SSD/HDDs, thermals I can figure out in an afternoon.
I appreciate any input.