new rig? 12-19-20

[SYN_Mike77]

I'm thinking of buying the rig below and was wondering what you though of it to replace my 4year old system listed in the sig.  It's by the same company as what I have now which has been flawless.  This is the top price so keep that in mind.  Is there a cheaper alternative out there that meets or beats this rigs specs?  finally, I'm not interested in building my own rig.

 

Processor	Intel® Core™ i5-10600KF Processor (6x 4.1 GHz /12MB L3 Cache)-
PowerDrive	PowerDrive Level 2 - Up to 20% Overclocking-
Processor Cooling	240mm Addressable RGB Liquid Cooling System - Black-
Memory	16 GB [8 GB x2] DDR4-3200 Memory Module-Certified Major Brand Gaming Memory [Free Upgrade to 16GB DDR4-3200 XPG D41 RGB]
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 8GB GDDR6 (VR-Ready)-[PRE-ORDER ITEM]
SLI Bridge	None-
Motherboard	ASUS PRIME Z490-P - WiFi, ARGB Header (1), USB 3.2 Ports (4 Type-A), M.2 Slot (3)-
Power Supply	700 Watt - High Power - 80 PLUS Gold-
Advanced Cabling Options	Standard Default Cables-
Primary Hard Drive	1TB WD Blue SN550 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD -- Read: 2400MB/s; Write: 1750MB/s-
Secondary Hard Drive	1TB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive -- 64MB Cache, 7200RPM, 6.0Gb/s-Single Drive
Media Card Reader / Writer	None-
Sound Card	3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard-
Network Card	Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)-
USB Expansion Card	None-
Operating System	Windows 10 Home w/ Windows Recovery USB-(64-bit)
Monitor	None-
Video Capture Device	None-
External USB Accessories	ASUS External Slim CD/DVD Writer USB 2.0 (Black)-
Advanced Build Options - Thermal Paste	None-
Case Engraving Service	None-
Warranty	3 Year Standard Warranty + 1 Year Return Ground Shipping Coverage (US ONLY)-
Rush Service	No Rush - Standard Service-Cannot Guarantee Delivery Before Christmas
TOTAL: $ 1677.00

Edited December 19, 2020 by SYN_Mike77

[chiliwili69]

I don´t know how you fly (monitor1080p, monitor1440p, monitor4K, VR) but the new Zen3 processor are well above the intel line.

 

Here we were definining the best rig for VR. For monitor it is less demanding since scene has to be calculated only once.

[SYN_Mike77]

Thanks for the info.  The problem with those two systems is cost.  The cheapest version of Tier 1 comes in at about $2,500 and the cheapest tier 2 at about $2900.  Right now I have a 29 inch curved samsung monitor at 1080p but with the advent of FC2 and  3 I am considering trying VR again.  Those prices are prohibitive when you add in the cost of the new gen VR headset.  Should I just give up on VR for the foreseeable future or will the rig I'm considering do the job?

[CanadaOne]

I know nothing about VR, but if you can go with 32GB RAM, it might be worth the effort. 16GB is getting thin for some situations.

 

[SYN_Mike77]

Yeah, CanadaOne I thought about that.  However, dropping in additional ram at a later date is something I'm capable of doing.  So I can start here and add in another 16 in about a year or so.

[CanadaOne]

True. Pennies are scarce this time of year. But if you can get a rig with a 3070 in it, it's going to be great.

[SYN_Mike77]

Yeah, looking at other boutique computer stores I can't get very close to this price.

[chiliwili69]

4 hours ago, SYN_Mike77 said:

The cheapest version of Tier 1 comes in at about $2,500

 

The system specs were for VR. But if you just play at 1920x1080 resolution then you are more than OK with a simpler GPU card. Don´t need to go to a 3070. A 2070 is quite OK.

 

The cost of a Ryzen 5600X is the same than the 10600K, and it is better if one day you want to go to VR. (I would recommend you to try just G2 or Index)

 

Also, The good thing of PCs is that you don´t need to buy a full new PC everytime you upgrade.

For example, I kept my previous case+3fans+AIOliquid+850WPSU+GPU+Window_license. Only spent in CPU(350€)+Mobo(180€)+32GbRAM (270€)+SSD_2TB(200€) totalling about 1000€.

 

If you don´t want to mess with the upgrade there are companies that do that for you for 50€ extra.

[cardboard_killer]

23 minutes ago, chiliwili69 said:

f you don´t want to mess with the upgrade there are companies that do that for you for 50€ extra.

 

Yes, I just buy the components myself now and take it down to a local guy that puts it together for me for $100. I've put one together myself in the past, but my current position allows me to pay the man to do it for me and save myself a bit of headache and a few hours of work.

[chiliwili69]

19 hours ago, cardboard_killer said:

but my current position allows me to pay the man to do it for me and save myself a bit of headache and a few hours of work.

;-).  I am exactly in the same position as you.

With the my old parts (4790K+RAM+Mobo+SSD) I went to a local PC store and for just 109€ they put a PSU+case+CPUfan+mounting, so my father now has a new PC just for web browers and text editor. I can do it my self, but just saved me some time.

Ideally I also would pay someone to optimize my settings CPU+RAM+GPU, since it could take much more headaches than just mounting a PC.

Edited December 20, 2020 by chiliwili69