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Tactical Nuke's first computer build! (MINIMIZNG COSTS)
Tactical Nuke:
so my computer is also something like 5 years old and I've made clear how it's dying right now in previous topics (mainly the graphics card coolers are not working as far as I can tell from using speccy)
I'm planning on making a computer build, my first, for the same price as what I bought this computer for, $1500 $2500
here are my current specs:
Here are my requirements:
* needs to be able to pass all personal benchmark tests (Just Cause 2, Blacklight Retribution) plus Draw with Jazza's graphics benchmark tests (IDK what they are) and run max shaders (maybe even soft shadows) on BL at 60 FPS for over 100,000 bricks (is this reasonable idk)
* needs to be able to run FL Studio, with all it's plugins and stuff, smoothly, and it should be able to store several recordings and audio files (AKA two large hard drives and a ton of RAM)
* needs to be able to have my cintiq hooked up to it and work perfectly
* I would like it if I had multiple 4k monitors, though IDK how much that would cost
* needs to have a reliable, effective cooling system that won't break on me like the last one did, someone brought up a liquid cooling system in the last topic I made but I don't know how that works or what it costs
* I've heard of something called shadowplay that I want to look into, apparently it allows you to record games smoothly or something which would be good for recording my playthroughs of games like BL, ROBLOX or the Dark Souls trilogy
* needs to play audio outstandingly, right now my audio's forgeted up in iTunes and it will only play bass for songs like The Beatles's "Taxman" (this is not super important, though, my recording instructor told me that when I hook up an audio interface to my computer it will automatically become the sound card and make it sound much better)
* needs a case that will fit all this, look pretty and still remain compact and portable
* needs to work without bugs or annoying stuff like that (loving duh)
here is what I've got so far (this will be updated as things progress):
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9zLDpb
I need help cutting down costs without sacrificing quality, I need at least $99 leeway for the Schiit Modi 2
/discuss
Tactical Nuke:
added the Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80677I77700K Desktop Processor to the list
this puts me at about a third of my budget
if there's a site I can use to bring down costs that'd be phenomenal
Mr Queeba:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on August 24, 2017, 10:49:26 AM ---added the Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80677I77700K Desktop Processor to the list
this puts me at about a third of my budget
if there's a site I can use to bring down costs that'd be phenomenal
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use a ryzen 5 1600 or r7 1700 instead, you'll get some pretty good benefits in performance since it seems like you'll be doing some multi thread stuffs.
ill put together a build that uses the best stuff that you can get at that budget. i may end up getting a dedicated sound card to avoid interference that the mobo's audio may give off since it looks like you're really serious about audio stuff.
phflack:
at first I read the first bits and thought you just reposted this topic
it's pretty much exactly the same, except you have a budget
probably should figure out which graphics card you're going to want first, since that's normally a large portion of the budget
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on August 24, 2017, 10:02:38 AM ---needs a case that will fit all this, look pretty and still remain compact and portable
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just how portable and compact do you mean, like a laptop, or like a desktop?
ßlöükfáce:
i highly recommend 16 gigs of ram for fl studio and at least a half terabyte of storage, i only have 250 gigs and i can't store all my plugins 😂
if you're going to get two 4k monitors you'd be paying a lot more and i don't really think you need it, just 1440p would be enough imo
you'll also need at 2-3 hdmi ports, two for the monitors if you still want two and one for the cintiq
not sure how to make a good build but these are the things i personally recommend if you want a solid build with all your needs, and 1500 will most likely let you fulfill them