What to collect gaming PC in 2018
Technologies / / December 19, 2019
2018 is not very pleased with lovers of advanced computer hardware. Prices of memory grows, the cost of new processors from Intel consistently high and productive video massively bought up by miners,. In this solid-state drives, on the contrary, fell from January this year.
If you do not want to wait to start collecting configuration that will give you a new AAA-projects, you can now.
What does the Steam
Gaming platform Steam regularly collects data about the popularity of components of various vendors among the players.
CPU
In the past, AMD broke into the market with the novelty processor Ryzen, surpassing Intel. But statistics Steam showsThat over the past six months, AMD processors seriously lost in the popular solutions from Intel.
AMD significantly reduces the price of Ryzen processors in an effort to sell them before the release of a new generation of processors Zen +, which should appear on the shelves in April. At the same time, the new generation of processors from Intel Coffee Lake in no hurry to get cheaper.
So now there is a good chance to buy at a low cost processor from AMD, which will be important in the next few years.
video card
According to research analysts Jon Peddie Research, AMD graphics card took from NVIDIA 33,7% of the market. This is due to kriptovalyutnoy gold fever - AMD adapters enjoyed continued popularity among miners.
Through the efforts of earners cryptocurrency performance of AMD graphics cards almost disappeared from the shelves. This mainly affects the adapter Radeon RX different versions. And nothing about high-performance Radeon Vega and say nothing. this deficit at least unpleasant for ordinary users.
Lack of AMD graphics cards affected Steam statistics: currently 86% of users of the systems feature adapters from NVIDIA.
Traditionally, among the graphics cards from AMD are popular budget decisions (Radeon RX 470/570), as well as the middle segment devices (Radeon RX 480/580). Choose them if you want to save. If you build a powerful gaming system, your choice - a more expensive adapter from NVIDIA (GeForce GTX 1070/1080/1080 Ti).
VR
Head-mounted display is very promising. But as long as they are expensive and not particularly necessary fun.
Oculus Rift is almost equally divided market with HTC Vive, and even regained his 2% - the first time in its history. New VR-device from the Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality until it is satisfied with 5% market share.
If you want to try for yourself the delights virtual realityNote that it is costing you a pretty penny. You not only will give 40-50 thousand rubles for a helmet, but also have to invest in upgrading the computer, if it does not meet the recommended system requirements.
The configuration for the Oculus Rift
- Processor: Intel i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 970/1060 or AMD Radeon R9 290 / RX 480.
- Memory: 8 GB.
- Video Output: HDMI 1.3.
- USB: 3 USB 3.0 ports and 1 USB 2.0 port.
Configuration for HTC Vive
- Processor: Intel i5-4590 or AMD FX 8350.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480.
- Memory: 4 GB.
- Video Output: HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2.
- USB: 1 USB 2.0 port.
Configuration for Windows Mixed Reality
- Processor: Intel i5-4590 or AMD Ryzen May 1400.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 960/1050 or AMD RX 460/560.
- Memory: 8 GB.
- Video Output: HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2.
- USB: USB 3.0.
Make sure your system is compatible with VR helmets can use the Compatibility Checker tool.
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System
Stats Steam showsWindows 7 still remains popular with players. In 68% of Steam users installed it "Seven". Apparently, Microsoft's innovations do not find a positive response among gamers.
On the other hand, Windows 10 supports DirectX 12, so the update is better not to delay. Therefore, picking a new game system, it is better to give preference to "ten».
Interestingly, the most common language among Steam users has become Chinese, which is spoken as much as 63.93% of the players. Analysts attribute this to the increasing popularity of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in Asia.
What you should know if you buy a graphics card with hand
Business Internet site, for example Avito, inundated with proposals for the sale of used parts. To a large extent this is due to cryptocurrency getters. And among them there are both seasoned miners, as well as beginners who belatedly joined the craze and now disappointed in this matter.
At first iron worked non-stop and has long paid for itself, patted order. In the second video card is not used properly, and now they are trying to minimize losses.
On the question of whether to take b / y iron, there is no single answer. The forums are a fierce debate. Opponents b / a component pushing up on the wear and temperature violation. Missing and those who cut off on the cheap excellent graphics card and now campaigning to take components with it. Some do believe that the video card is authenticated by hard work in mining, farm stand then anything.
What should I look for when purchasing a used / the video card
Take b / in the electronics - is always a risk. If you do decide to save, you should do the following:
- Check the documents on the graphics card. Please note the date of purchase and the warranty period ends. Refuse to purchase a video card without documents and packaging.
- Inspect the graphics card for burnt or broken components, scratched and blackened PCB. Blackened or yellowed PCB - a sign of the constant overheating graphics card. Yet it may signal that the video owner dies trying to revive her hairdryer. In this case you need to cancel the purchase.
- Check the cooling system. If the fans are on the adapter is not native, it is a sign that the video card mercilessly heated and cooled replaced before sale.
- Video card, apparently looking okay, you want to test with the help of heavy games and benchmarks. suitable certified FurMark. If in this case there are departures or image artifacts, do not buy a graphics card.
- Start GPU-Z and make sure that the actual characteristics of the video card match those specified on the manufacturer's website.
- If you suspect that with the help of video engaged mining, boot it into any miner, for example MultiMiner or NiceHash. If the graphics appear artifacts means of this card has already squeezed everything possible.
All these manipulations do not give an absolute guarantee card performance. Be careful and do not trust suspicious sellers.
Putting gaming computer
Since the assembly of the gaming system, you first have to decide whose processor and motherboard used - AMD or the Intel, and whose graphics card - AMD or NVIDIA. Completing them roughly equal in performance. So be guided by the price and availability of certain items in the store.
Presented configuration for different budgets allow you to assemble the optimal machine for gaming. In assemblies, shows the main components, excluding the periphery. Details such as case, power supply and cooling, included in the budget, but are not mentioned separately.
The budget of 35 000 rubles
This assembly will allow you to play most games in Full HD at medium graphics settings. Budget solution, but you seriously save.
- The processor and the motherboard: AMD Ryzen March 1200 and AMD B350 or Intel Pentium G4600 and Intel H110 Express.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 470.
- Memory: 1 GB 8 × DDR4-2400 / 2666.
- Drive: HDD, 1TB.
The budget of 60 000 rubles
The assembly is suitable for gaming in Full HD with high graphics settings. She does not need serious upgrades in the next two years.
- The processor and the motherboard: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X and AMD B350 or Intel Core i3-8100 and Intel Z370 Express.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480 Radeon RX 570/580.
- RAM: 2 × 8 GB DDR4-2400.
- Drive: HDD, 1TB and SSD, 120 GB.
The budget of 90 000 rubles
This system is able to run the game in Full HD at maximum graphics settings.
- The processor and the motherboard: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X and AMD B350 or Intel Core i5-8400 and Intel Z370 Express.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD Radeon RX 580.
- RAM: 2 × 8 GB DDR4-320.
- Drive: HDD, 1TB and SSD, 120 GB and more.
Budget from 100 000 rubles
The configuration is designed for games in WQHD high and maximum graphics settings.
- The processor and the motherboard: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X and AMD B350 / X370 or Intel Core i7-8700 and Intel Z370 Express.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56.
- RAM: 2 × 8 GB DDR4-3200.
- Drive: HDD, 1TB and SSD, 240GB and more.
Budget from 170 000 rubles
Configuration for hardened gamers that can pull any game in WQHD at maximum graphics settings.
- The processor and the motherboard: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X and AMD X370 or Intel Core i7-8700K and Intel Z370 Express.
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.
- RAM: 2 × 16 GB DDR4-3000 / 3200.
- Drive: HDD, 1TB and SSD, 250 GB and more.
You can also create a more powerful system based on AMD Ryzen Threadripper or Intel Core i9-7900X. But this solution is very advanced and obscenely wealthy gamers and developers. For ordinary users, such power is clearly redundant.
Naturally, SSD is significantly faster than HDD. But the prices are higher and the volume SSD inferior HDD, bought for the same money. So in the cheapest option you can do without the SSD. In the future it will be possible to purchase a solid state drive and get an upgrade performance by installing the system on it to increase RAM and replace the processor more efficient.
Modern games occupy a lot of space, a 120 GB SSD for the system and the games will be enough. If you have any extra money, it is necessary to increase the volume of a solid state drive.