I'm way out of date on what's good and what's not - I'm reading, but it's a steep learning curve.
So I have to build THREE new PCs, essentially from scratch, so I'd like some input on decent starting points based on projected budgetary constraints, if some of ya'll might not mind. So I'll post 3 different PC builds and ask if you would give me your suggestions.
Each PC will start with something like the following:
Fractal Designs cheap Micro ATX case
32gig GSkill Ripjaws V (2x16GB) DDR4
EVGA 500W PSU
2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 256GB cache HDD
500GB WD Blue M.2 2280 SSD
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Total base price ~$300
So I need a CPU, chipset and video card to add to those things for the following potential PCs:
Mom - not a hardcore gamer, likes things like Diner Dash, SIM style games, some online stuff, but nothing really hardcore. I.e., a video card would be nice, better than onboard, but doesn't need lots of graphics power. Base system + $200-400 max (CPU + MB + GPU). $500-600 total?
Step-dad - much more into gaming, still does a lot of old games, but does like to try to run things at higher settings if possible. Enjoys FPS games, etc. Also strategy games with lots of unit rendering like ROME, Age of Empires kind of things. Would like to play newer stuff IF he could manage it. Base system + $500 max (CPU + MB + GPU). Maybe up to $750-800 total.
Son - 15 y/o likes to game online, mostly Destiny 2, and he likes to do GPU rendering projects. Using a 1060GTX now. Will often run a rendering project overnight when he signs off that takes hours to render. I'll probably put a better MB and PSU in this one, might consider 64GB of RAM, better CPU, and would like to step up his GPU significantly. Probably base system + ~700-800 for CPU + MB + GPU. Figure $1000-1200 max total.
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As you can see, even with budget builds in mind, I'm going to be spending $2500 or so to get them all up and running. I'd really rather not go over that, the wife will definitely veto more, might even make me cut it down to $2k total. I don't know.
<edit> If some of ya'll could point me to the better chipsets for these uses, I can definitely build from there based on MB/CPU features that look best, and then my leftover budget I can get the best video cards I can afford. Might move the 1060 out of my son's computer to mom's or step-dad's and save some bucks.
So I have to build THREE new PCs, essentially from scratch, so I'd like some input on decent starting points based on projected budgetary constraints, if some of ya'll might not mind. So I'll post 3 different PC builds and ask if you would give me your suggestions.
Each PC will start with something like the following:
Fractal Designs cheap Micro ATX case
32gig GSkill Ripjaws V (2x16GB) DDR4
EVGA 500W PSU
2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 256GB cache HDD
500GB WD Blue M.2 2280 SSD
--------------------------------------------
Total base price ~$300
So I need a CPU, chipset and video card to add to those things for the following potential PCs:
Mom - not a hardcore gamer, likes things like Diner Dash, SIM style games, some online stuff, but nothing really hardcore. I.e., a video card would be nice, better than onboard, but doesn't need lots of graphics power. Base system + $200-400 max (CPU + MB + GPU). $500-600 total?
Step-dad - much more into gaming, still does a lot of old games, but does like to try to run things at higher settings if possible. Enjoys FPS games, etc. Also strategy games with lots of unit rendering like ROME, Age of Empires kind of things. Would like to play newer stuff IF he could manage it. Base system + $500 max (CPU + MB + GPU). Maybe up to $750-800 total.
Son - 15 y/o likes to game online, mostly Destiny 2, and he likes to do GPU rendering projects. Using a 1060GTX now. Will often run a rendering project overnight when he signs off that takes hours to render. I'll probably put a better MB and PSU in this one, might consider 64GB of RAM, better CPU, and would like to step up his GPU significantly. Probably base system + ~700-800 for CPU + MB + GPU. Figure $1000-1200 max total.
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As you can see, even with budget builds in mind, I'm going to be spending $2500 or so to get them all up and running. I'd really rather not go over that, the wife will definitely veto more, might even make me cut it down to $2k total. I don't know.
<edit> If some of ya'll could point me to the better chipsets for these uses, I can definitely build from there based on MB/CPU features that look best, and then my leftover budget I can get the best video cards I can afford. Might move the 1060 out of my son's computer to mom's or step-dad's and save some bucks.
