- Joined
- Mar 4, 2015
- Location
- Far West Burbs - Chicago
It has been about 12 years since I built a PC, so my knowledge is a tad dated….. I have some general ideas just from doing some lurking here recently, but I was hoping to get some advice.
Main use for the computer would be photo editing and gaming. I would like to go 4K, but will probably game at 1440p.
Some basics, as that is all I really have at this point…
It figures that I decide to get back into this months before a new chipset is being released. Due to this I am thinking about getting a good rig going, and not go completely nuts like I normally would. I would probably go with a 4k budget for the computer alone, but I am hesitant to do that with the 1151 coming out so soon. I am leaning towards not going nuts on the mobo or cpu right now, and just plan on changing those out after 1151 has been out for a few months, and keeping as many of the other components as possible. Unfortunately waiting isn't really an option, as I currently just have a Macbook Air at home, and that isn't cutting it!
So some initial component thoughts
Z87 or z97
potential for OC
Water cooled
2 or 3 way SLI with GTX 980 – Figure this would carry over to rebuild in 6 months. Looking for 4k for photo editing and 1440p for gaming. Will probably buy two monitors to maximize capabilities and limit sacrifices.
Planned on full tower – Size isn’t an issue, and the larger area would work well with my meat fist hands.
There is a Microcenter not too far from me as well.
Im not dead set on anything, these are just some ideas.
John
Main use for the computer would be photo editing and gaming. I would like to go 4K, but will probably game at 1440p.
Some basics, as that is all I really have at this point…
It figures that I decide to get back into this months before a new chipset is being released. Due to this I am thinking about getting a good rig going, and not go completely nuts like I normally would. I would probably go with a 4k budget for the computer alone, but I am hesitant to do that with the 1151 coming out so soon. I am leaning towards not going nuts on the mobo or cpu right now, and just plan on changing those out after 1151 has been out for a few months, and keeping as many of the other components as possible. Unfortunately waiting isn't really an option, as I currently just have a Macbook Air at home, and that isn't cutting it!
So some initial component thoughts
Z87 or z97
potential for OC
Water cooled
2 or 3 way SLI with GTX 980 – Figure this would carry over to rebuild in 6 months. Looking for 4k for photo editing and 1440p for gaming. Will probably buy two monitors to maximize capabilities and limit sacrifices.
Planned on full tower – Size isn’t an issue, and the larger area would work well with my meat fist hands.
There is a Microcenter not too far from me as well.
Im not dead set on anything, these are just some ideas.
John