Gaming PC, what should I buy ?

[Pinballin']

I knew there was no shortcuts but I tried to be lazy.. I once knew it all about gaming and pcs but this was a long time ago.

Restarted reading articles and stuff, thanks for all your comments, keep them coming.

That Pc you pointed out seems perfect for 1080p which is what I am targeting. My only concern would be the 1060 over a 1070, any opinion ? Reviews are not too good either..

The latest review seems to be a red flag. According to the nVidia website, the Geforce GTX 1060 requires a 400W PSU and they have a 300W listed in the specs so yeah I would expect it to have issues performing.

[Azatotht]

Getting closer to a decision on this. Stay tuned

There was no escape, I did get back into it and read many articles and reviews.

[Azatotht]

Forgot to post back here.

Received the new pc a couple of weeks ago. Already have more games than time ...

My son and I are loving it ! He already got invited to a boot camp to join a Rainbow 6 team Kids are unbelievable...

Did not go full high-end but we are running everything over 60 fps on ultra settings so we are happy. Only have a 60Hz 1080p monitor and we feel that it is way enough for our skills

I5-7600k overclocked to 4.8Ghz
Noctua NH-D15 cpu air cooler
Gigabyte Windforce OC GTX 1070
16GB of G-Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 Mhz memory
Samsung 960 EVO M.2 250Gb SSD drive
Western Digital Blue 1TB 7200RPM
Asus TUF Z270 Mark 1 mobo
EVGA Gold 750w power supply
InWin 805 case

[Lowrent]

IN WIN or NIM NI ?

[Azatotht]

IN WIN or NIM NI ?

IN WIN

[Pinballin']

Very nice!

[Azatotht]

Little follow-up on this.

Since we got the computer last year, my son has been hooked up to Rainbow Six big time. He became a very good player and he's following the Pro League religiously.

We are going to the Six Invitational together friday: https://rainbow6.ubisoft.com/siege/en-us/esports/six-invitational.aspx

He is very excited. Good times. Well worth the investment to see him enjoying it so much.

[cap]

Is he a contestant?

[Azatotht]

Is he a contestant?

No, just a fan.

[uberhare]

One of my kids just HAD to have a gaming laptop with Nvidea, SSD, lots of ram etc....$2K later my other kid just HAD to have one. At least they have jobs to spend their own money.

[Azatotht]

... At least they have jobs to spend their own money.

Mine will turn 16 in May, trust me, he'll have a summer/part time job too

Bought his first to get him started.. he will be on his own next time

[HPR Pinball]

A 250,000$ pc !!

[cap]

A 250,000$ pc !!

The company I worked for in 1993 bought that same computer with extra graphics pipelines for $1M. They over promised on the graphics specs and when the in-house graphics generator project failed that was the only computer capable of delivering what the customer had bought.

Ouch.

[HPR Pinball]

Yeah and today value is 250$.?