Getting the best PC experience possible becomes really expensive fast. You really need yourself a budget. For example, I put together what I would consider "the best PC experience" without going totally overkill: [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Ml9x[/url]. Price is 7168$ (originally 6587, but I realized the 4K monitor would probably benefit from the 6GB VRAM of the Titan). You really need a budget.
English
-
Only a 60hz monitor? Y u no 144hz?
-
Because 4K.
-
I laughed at this so much.
-
If you don't think $6500 is overkill you are a pleb. You can max every game on the market with a $1200 PC. You just wasted $5300
-
No I can't if I'm playing at 4K. Take into account that the monitor is is included in the price and is over third of it. Over fourth of the price is covered by the dual Titans required for 4K (that VRAM becomes really useful at that resolution, and the price is now 7168 going from 780Tis to Titans). 600$ goes to the peripherals, 400$ of which goes to the high quality headphones as I believe that sound is as important of a part of the experience as anything. It's not just about the PC. Sure, a 1000$ PC with a cheapo 1080p TN panel can max everything at that resolution. Then you can just throw some old speakers from the basement and your old membrane keyboard and mouse at that and be done with it. But there is so much more to a good experience than just being able to run everything at 1080p. There are parts on the list I could've cut prices on if I was going just for performance. But to me, the looks are an important part of the experience. When I look at that list, in the context of that build, there are only two parts I could see myself swapping for cheaper. One is the 4770K because hyper-threading is unnecessary for games the PC use of an average person, and the other is the PSU because 1200 watts and 80+ platinum efficiency really aren't needed. No, 7200$ can be used without going totally overkill. Overkill is running quad-SLI/Crossfire, using Titans for 1080p, using a 1000+ watt PSU for a single card without ever considering going SLI/Crossfire, or buying 3000 MHz memory just for gaming. But there are legitimate reasons for spending more than 2000$ on your experience.
-
Okay, at least you can back up your purchase, which I respect. But personally spendi that much on a PC would be a waste, when my 670 maxes all the games, minus a bit of anti-aliasing which I drop. Graphics are at the bottom of my list when it comes to gaming - sure, it's nice to have decent looking games, but it's not everything.
-
I understand. I can safely say that 7000$ is well beyond most people's budgets. That's the kind of setup I would like to have, but I'm not wealthy enough to safely afford it. And I can agree that it's not a sensible purchase unless you really have that much money to throw away. Because in 2-3 years that 7000$ build is going to be a 2000$ build. In a way, the most bleeding edge technology is always waste of money. But everyone buys what they can afford. I personally bought a 780 for 490€, now one costs 370€. And by the end of this year, Maxwell will come along and give similar performance at the price of a 770. But I could afford it, and I can't claim to regret my purchase. In the end of the day, everyone buys what they can afford. That's exactly why budget is such an important thing when building a PC. "Good but not overkill" is a very subjective thing.