While the PC Perspective Hardware Leaderboard is a great resource for those looking to build a new system sometimes a second opinion is warranted, especially if you are looking for a workhorse instead of a gaming rig. The Tech Report just published their current recommendations for system builds, updating the Budget, Sweet Spot and High End suggestions as well as offering sample builds at the end. Feel free to mix and match recommendations from TR and our own but make sure to do a bit of homework if you do to make sure your components are compatible.
"In this edition of our System Guide, we update our recommendations to account for Nvidia's GeForce GTX 980 Ti and AMD's Radeon R9 Fury X graphics cards. The Breadbox Mini-ITX build makes a return for the college-bound."
Here are some more Systems articles from around the web:
- Turning Up The Dials On Intel’s NUC – Overclock And Overpower @ Techgage
- ASRock Beebox @ Hardware Secrets
- Small & Mighty – Intel NUC5i5RYK Mini PC Review @ Techgage
- Chillblast Fusion Scythe 2 mini-ITX @ Kitguru
I’ll be waiting on Skylake
I’ll be waiting on Skylake first
Wait for kaby lake instead!
Wait for kaby lake instead! 3% gaming improvement instead of 1.5%! THE INNOVATION IS REAL.
My current rig is has an
My current rig is has an i7-920, so my gains will be huge anyway. I want support for more forward looking interfaces on the Z170 chipset.
It’s strange that all the
It’s strange that all the systems have AMD cards. The dream system can’t even run The Witcher 3 at 60fps on 1080p. What’s up with that?
wut?
almost all the builds
wut?
almost all the builds have geforces
http://techreport.com/review/28621/the-tech-report-system-guide-july-2015-edition/9
I was talking about
I was talking about PCPer.com’s leaderboard which only has AMD cards.
wut?
almost all the builds
wut?
almost all the builds have geforces.
http://techreport.com/review/28621/the-tech-report-system-guide-july-2015-edition/9
oops, meant this as a reply.
oops, meant this as a reply.