Vanquish 2 lvl 4 vs virtue config

Budget:
$1300 top without shipping

Expectations:
Decent budget computer for gaming.

Usage:
Gaming and lite video watching

Special Needs:
prefer no overclocking and do not need a ssd. Windows 7 if possible.

Saved Ticket #: 1035608 compared to a vanquish II level 4

Would like to have the nvidia 770 in the vanquish but the specs on the saved ticket seem better. Any changes for the better within budget are welcome. Thanks for any advice.

Yep, great advice.   The only reason to get your Virtue build over the Vanquish lvl 4 is if you absolutely do not want an SSD or windows 8.    

The gtx 770 in Vanquish 4 will give you a good 20% better fps in gaming over the gtx 760.

If you stay with the Virtue build then drop to the 4590 as Chino suggested.   Saves you another $60. 




Edited by bprat22 - 22 Aug 2014 at 8:49am

Ok made a few changes by lowering the processor, thanks for pointing out. I also dropped the air stage one cooling which allowed me to get the Nvidia 770.

config# 1035630

I really do not like win 8 and do not need the extra cost of a ssd if I can spend that in another area. A ssd that I could fit all my games on I would buy but way out of my price range right now.

Edited by Trevail - 22 Aug 2014 at 9:08am

If you don't want Windows 8 at all, then that's the way to go.  It's the same gaming performance as the Vanquish 4, but you are paying extra Not to have an SSD and Win 8. 
The SSD does give you much faster boot to Windows and makes loading refresh screens in-game smoother, but your choice as always. 

You must really hate Windows 8.       

Looks good and good luck.  Stay in touch and lest us know how it goes. 

Main reason for not liking win 8 is I play a lot of older games dating back to win 98 days even. A friend has win 8 and has found a few games that she has not got to work on win 8. Every game I own works on win 7. Nothing against 8 itself just prefer to stick with what I know works with the games I play.

As to the SSD I see the advantages but with a library on steam of over 150 games with about 40 to 50 on system at a time ( I jump around alot ) I would have to make hard decisions as to which few got to be on the SSD. Unless even with all games on the regular hard drive I would still see improvement with an ssd.

Boot times are no problem, come home, turn on computer, fix a snack, back to computer and its ready. I also saw one reason I had left the k version of processor in, the 4690k has a speed of 3.5 vs 3.2 on the 4590, thought in my CPU heavy games that extra would help. especially in Landmark.

Thanks for all the advice, i was able to make changes to my config enough to add the nvidia 770 which is nice. Will see if I can push up budget to include the better cooling, if it helps cpu that much it will be good for landmark which is very CPU intensive.

Edited by Trevail - 22 Aug 2014 at 9:37am

You could buy Windows 7 and install it yourself. It might be more work then you want to do with a system you purchase, but is an option and might be cheaper then the difference between the two systems.

http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Premium-System-Builder-Packaging/dp/B00H09BB16/ref=sr_1_1?s=software&ie=UTF8&qid=1408799090&sr=1-1&keywords=windows+7