Might be an old-school way of looking at it, but if you are building an Intel machine (with Intel chipset MotherBoard) I would go with a Nvidia GPU. Just don't Over-Clock, Over-Power, or Over-Heat GPU or you might damage/weaken it.
Big power-supply, Liquid-Cooler, and of course ... 1tb NVMe OS/System-drive should be fine. Other drives can be NVMe-SSD or 2.5inch SATA-SSD. NO spinning-HDD should be installed. You can get more drives later.
I suggest you get your ram now (pre-installed). 32gb ram should be fine (and fine for many years with Windows-11 Pro 64bit). 64gb would be over-kill. Exactly matched pairs of DIMMs run in faster Dual-Channel mode. As you approach max-system memory-limit, it runs slower. You would not get 128gb ram in a gaming machine anyway. Precision Workstation maybe, but with that much, I think it should be Registered ECC-Memory.
Even with G-Sync, your TV should be fine as long as it does max/native res at 60Hz.
I like how Apple does it ... just the one OS for all Macs.
Can't really help with things on sale. To me, these computers are already expensive, so I just buy it configured the best way and the way I like it. To me, that's the whole point of buying a custom-configured Dell or Alienware computer.
Tesla1856
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Might be an old-school way of looking at it, but if you are building an Intel machine (with Intel chipset MotherBoard) I would go with a Nvidia GPU. Just don't Over-Clock, Over-Power, or Over-Heat GPU or you might damage/weaken it.
Big power-supply, Liquid-Cooler, and of course ... 1tb NVMe OS/System-drive should be fine. Other drives can be NVMe-SSD or 2.5inch SATA-SSD. NO spinning-HDD should be installed. You can get more drives later.
I suggest you get your ram now (pre-installed). 32gb ram should be fine (and fine for many years with Windows-11 Pro 64bit). 64gb would be over-kill. Exactly matched pairs of DIMMs run in faster Dual-Channel mode. As you approach max-system memory-limit, it runs slower. You would not get 128gb ram in a gaming machine anyway. Precision Workstation maybe, but with that much, I think it should be Registered ECC-Memory.
Even with G-Sync, your TV should be fine as long as it does max/native res at 60Hz.
Yeah, I started with an Amiga ... good times.
JOcean
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March 13th, 2022 20:00
@Tesla1856 Amiga! Ah those were the days.
GaboonIan
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March 13th, 2022 21:00
So would it be better for gaming to get Windows Pro, I was just going to get the Home version?
GaboonIan
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March 13th, 2022 21:00
It looks like I was confusing the SATA for an HDD but it’s an SSD? I’m just going with the options available on the models that have the 17% discount.
Tesla1856
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March 14th, 2022 14:00
I understand why they do it, but I don't buy Operating Systems with stuff stripped-out of them.
https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-11-home-vs-windows-11-pro/
I like how Apple does it ... just the one OS for all Macs.
Can't really help with things on sale. To me, these computers are already expensive, so I just buy it configured the best way and the way I like it. To me, that's the whole point of buying a custom-configured Dell or Alienware computer.