I'm not a PC guy or a gamer, so this is all very foreign to me. I've been doing some reading on the forum here regarding building vs. buying, but I got a little help from a friend of mine who is into IT. Here is what he came up with based on a few of the threads I've had him read. Does anyone have any feedback on what he is suggesting? The graphics card looks a little spendy compared to some of the builds I've seen online here, but everything I've read says that 1060 6gb is the way to go.
I'm looking to run GC2 and SIM software (still up in the air on SIM, likely some combo of FR1/TGC/JNPG). My build is in my attached garage, and as I live in Vegas, it can get pretty warm in there during the summertime. I've never actually measured the temp, but I'd guess it's around 90* F during the daytime in the summer months. Wintertime it never gets down below ~50* or so. Should I be looking to build something with easy portability?
My buddy also asked that I get feedback on the following:
How much of a difference would a dual channel 16gb (2x8gb) make over an 8gb single channel or dual channel (2x4gb), and is the difference in performance worth the extra cost?
Thanks for any feedback you guys can offer!
GC2 PC Build | Est. Cost | AMZN Actual | Newegg Actual | Fry's Actual | Mixed |
Thermaltake Core V1 Extreme Mini ITX Cube Chassis | $40.00 | $49.99 | $37.99 | $49.99 | 37.99 |
ASRock H110M-ITX/ac LGA 1151 Intel H110 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard | $72.00 | $71.99 | $71.99 | 71.99 | |
Intel Core i5-6500 6MB Skylake Quad-Core 3.2 GHz LGA 1151 | $198.00 | $185.98 | $186.99 | $199.00 | 185.98 |
G.SKILL Aegis 8GB 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133 | $52.00 | $66.98 | $57.99 | $57.99 | |
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 Mini, ZT-P10600A-10L, 6GB GDDR5 | $239.00 | $399.98 | $428.84 | $309.99 | $309.99 |
EVGA 500 W1 100-W1-0500-KR 80+ WHITE 500W Power Supply | $40.00 | $35.54 | $37.99 | $35.54 | |
SanDisk - 120GB Internal SATA Solid State Drive Plus | $45.00 | $81.66 | $89.99 | $81.66 | |
Noctua Low-Profile Quiet CPU Cooler for Intel 115x Based Retail Cooling NH-L9I | $39.95 | ||||
Total Cost: | $686.00 | $892.12 | $911.78 | $558.98 | $821.09 |
I'm looking to run GC2 and SIM software (still up in the air on SIM, likely some combo of FR1/TGC/JNPG). My build is in my attached garage, and as I live in Vegas, it can get pretty warm in there during the summertime. I've never actually measured the temp, but I'd guess it's around 90* F during the daytime in the summer months. Wintertime it never gets down below ~50* or so. Should I be looking to build something with easy portability?
My buddy also asked that I get feedback on the following:
How much of a difference would a dual channel 16gb (2x8gb) make over an 8gb single channel or dual channel (2x4gb), and is the difference in performance worth the extra cost?
Thanks for any feedback you guys can offer!
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