Assemble you Hands # 14 – Multiplayer.it

Assemble you Go is a weekly feature that gathers the main news related hardware from the PC game and proposes three configurations, divided by price band, designed for those who want to assemble or upgrade your machine. As usual suggestions and corrections are welcome as long as the tones are adequate. Another tip is to read paragraphs that have configurations before giving battle in the comments.
 

After the entries for the dual GPU based on the powerful Nvidia GM200, this week it’s the turn of AMD with some information discovered by the now familiar Wcctech an alleged card equipped with two chips Fiji. The name of the new card should be R9 Gemini and rumors about its existence come from a register of consignments that speaks of sending two copies, which, unfortunately, we know practically nothing outside the chipset adopted. But we can assume that equipaggino memory HBM first generation and this should mean a maximum of 4GB per GPU, given the limited frambuffer, could lead to some problems in 4K. But at stake is also the unification of memory that promise by DirectX 12, doubling the framebuffer, it could resolve the issue and give an edge to a solution of this type. In any case it would be a very powerful form, in the order of 17 teraflops of computing power, so how can we expect significantly higher performance from new AMD Zen that these days are back in the headlines . A patch for Linux seems to have confirmed the long-awaited change of architecture that should finally put AMD processors in step with the times. With Zen we have more modules from two cores with shared resources but two threads per core guaranteed by the Simultaneous Multithreading technology that would work much like Hyper-Threading Intel. Apparently each core will rely on four arithmetic and logic units, four units floating point, cache low latency, increased bandwidth and various improvements which, together with the adoption of a new production process, should guarantee an improvement in performance of 40 % compared to the previous generation. remains to be seen the output window given that recent rumors give new CPUs Zen output due to the end of 2016, it would seem, of problems with the production process to 14 nanometers, perhaps due to the passage of the GlobalFoundries prorietaria 14XM technology that Samsung 14LPE and 14LPP. A delay of this magnitude come close the debut of Zen 2017, when Intel, which has its own foundry and is always ready to meet head-on, is expected to launch new processors to 10 nanometers. But back to look at the present and talk about putting aside the 144Hz monitor and arena shooter, to focus on 4K while still bound to 60Hz can give great satisfaction with the securities at a high technological profile. Prices fell especially in the case of 28-inch and giving up technology such as G-Sync and FreeSync, spending not much more than 400 Euros. At this price, for example, you can find the Asus PB287Q, a monitor with a TN panel featuring excellent latency, since a good contrast and overall performance by more than valid. Those looking for excellent brightness and superior color accuracy could turn to the Samsung U28D590D, always TN, located in the same price range but is less suitable for gaming dell’Asus because of the response time higher. Finally we go to draw a model with G-Sync and the good news is that the price, although higher, is still very low. The Acer XB280HK is in fact available at around 550 euro and not doing pretty good for a TN panel even though, according to feedback, have some problems with upscaling which makes it less of other recommended models for the use of content Full -HD.

Setting Budget

The entry level configuration is oriented savings but not necessarily said that there is room to upgrade if you present interesting prospects. This week we stay in the area 1080p but we have to cope with higher consumption.

While not giving AMD FX-6300, that the low-end continues to stand out among the most interesting options, we save ten Euros combining it with the motherboard M5A78L-M / USB3. Let instead be the graphics card which although dated and thirsty for energy continues to be an option rather than appealing the lower end allowing you to play games in 1080p at present without too many sacrifices.
 
 

The Cooler Master RS-600-ACAB-M4 provides a significant margin, and there is no need to give it up while we can cut another five euro adopting memories Crucial Ballistix Sport 1600MHz. The wind of change also affects the houses overlooking the expiry of the delicious offerings in recent weeks concerning the Zalman Z3 but we do not move from the catalog of the company focusing on the aggressive Zalman T3 Mini Tower that is under 30 Euros.
 
 

 
 

Configuration Gaming

In the mid-range typically found those components to embark in gaming PC without fear and hold on for some time. The showdown with the frame rate is around the corner but, with a good foundation, you can always sell the GPU before they depreciate too old to buy a new one in time to face the next blockbuster videogame hardware breaks.

We remain on the series Haswell passing though all’i5-4460 which is available at very attractive prices. In the wake of recent and tasty offerings we do not change your video card instead of staying on Sapphire R9 390 Nitro 8GB. A card suitable for an eventual doubling perspective of 4K, allowed by the motherboard combined with this configuration provided of course to change power.
 
 
 

We remain short on the Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H combined with 8GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Blue continue to provide a substantial savings. As for the houses instead we give a chance to Fractal Design R4 which costs a bit more but dell’NZXT has an even more sober and is suitable for all needs.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Extra configuration

The drive configuration has a meaning only for those who aim to resolutions extreme, knowing that luxury often goes hand in hand with rationality. Besides, let’s face it, who does not like to have a good engine under the hood even if there is to respect the speed limit?

If last week we followed a vision two GPU, this week we return with our feet on the ground with a configuration more expensive, partly because of targeted choices reliability, but more affordable. Let’s go back to the glorious fact Intel Core i7-4790K combined however all’ingombrante but silensiosissimo heatsink be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 and the robust, overclocking and quite fascinating Sabertooth Z97 motherboard Mark I.
  
 

To the memories we always keep on 1866MHz but we focus on 16GB Kingston HyperX Fury combined with an expensive but reliable Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti. Despite the single board we do not give up the reliable XTX 750W leaving you the chance to double the GTX 980 Ti looking for extra luxury performance. As for the houses instead we reduce the size passing to the more expensive but robust Corsair Vengeance C70 which is also quite spacious, at least in relation to the format.