Post by kali073 on Feb 12, 2017 9:21:05 GMT
I'm looking to buy my first desktop computer (after previously owning gaming laptops, MSI brand to be specific) before MEA comes out. I've narrowed it down to Lenovo y900-34 series but there are 3 variations of it and I don't know which is best.
I don't really know that much about computers (I try to read up every time I buy a new one though) so I'd really appreciate the help.
Please don't tell me to build my own computer, I don't think I can do it. I'm going to try and upgrade this once it gets older but I'm hesitant to start from scratch...
They all share:
Intel Z170
625 W
Minitower
GeForce GTX 1080 8192 MB
1000 GB HHD
256 GB SSD
Intel Core i7 6700K 4 GHz
Intel Socket 1151
The only differences I can see are the type of graphic memory (don't know if that is correct, I translated it straight from Swedish) and amount of RAM (all are DDR4).
Option 1: GDDR5. 4 slots for RAM, two are already taken, Total RAM: 16 GB, MAX capacity: some pages don't say, others say 64 GB. Price: 19990 SEK ( about 2241 USD).
Option 2: GDDR5. 4 slots for RAM, two are already taken, Total RAM: 32 GB, MAX capacity: 64 GB. Price: 19990 SEK (about 2241 USD).
Option 3: GDDR5X. 4 slots for RAM, three are already taken, Total RAM: 24 GB, MAX capacity: some pages say 32 GB others 64 GB. Price: 20990 SEK (about 2353 USD)
Questions:
1) I've tried looking at graphics card and haven't seen any GTX 1080 with anything else than GDDR5X... is it a typo that the other two lack the X or is it accurate?
2) How much difference does it make if it's GDDR5 or GDDR5X?
3) The RAM seems good for all options. Would there even be a need to upgrade the RAM with option 2? If there was, would you be able to without replacing the old RAM cards (since two taken slots with 32 GB means I'd need 16 GB sticks but I haven't seen any and I've heard the amount of GB in each RAM stick should match...)?
4) I'm leaning toward option 2, is that a good value for my money (keep in mind that computers in my country seem to be a bit more expensive than USA/GB)?
5) Does anyone have any experience with this computer (most of the reviews I found were about the GTX 970 version)? Any problems with it?
Thanks for any help!
I don't really know that much about computers (I try to read up every time I buy a new one though) so I'd really appreciate the help.
Please don't tell me to build my own computer, I don't think I can do it. I'm going to try and upgrade this once it gets older but I'm hesitant to start from scratch...
They all share:
Intel Z170
625 W
Minitower
GeForce GTX 1080 8192 MB
1000 GB HHD
256 GB SSD
Intel Core i7 6700K 4 GHz
Intel Socket 1151
The only differences I can see are the type of graphic memory (don't know if that is correct, I translated it straight from Swedish) and amount of RAM (all are DDR4).
Option 1: GDDR5. 4 slots for RAM, two are already taken, Total RAM: 16 GB, MAX capacity: some pages don't say, others say 64 GB. Price: 19990 SEK ( about 2241 USD).
Option 2: GDDR5. 4 slots for RAM, two are already taken, Total RAM: 32 GB, MAX capacity: 64 GB. Price: 19990 SEK (about 2241 USD).
Option 3: GDDR5X. 4 slots for RAM, three are already taken, Total RAM: 24 GB, MAX capacity: some pages say 32 GB others 64 GB. Price: 20990 SEK (about 2353 USD)
Questions:
1) I've tried looking at graphics card and haven't seen any GTX 1080 with anything else than GDDR5X... is it a typo that the other two lack the X or is it accurate?
2) How much difference does it make if it's GDDR5 or GDDR5X?
3) The RAM seems good for all options. Would there even be a need to upgrade the RAM with option 2? If there was, would you be able to without replacing the old RAM cards (since two taken slots with 32 GB means I'd need 16 GB sticks but I haven't seen any and I've heard the amount of GB in each RAM stick should match...)?
4) I'm leaning toward option 2, is that a good value for my money (keep in mind that computers in my country seem to be a bit more expensive than USA/GB)?
5) Does anyone have any experience with this computer (most of the reviews I found were about the GTX 970 version)? Any problems with it?
Thanks for any help!
I don't know much about computers so I tried googling what's good (like RAM, graphics cards etc) but my understanding about it is very superficial so I don't really have a clue how it all works together.