I am thinking i am just going to get left behind if I do not begin to get familiar with 2019 using a nvidia card , cost is a barrier, but it just occurred to me that I have relatively cheap avenue to getting a decent windows rig, I have a very large corsair obsidian 750d case , 120gb SSD western digital , 600 watt psu and windows 10 setup which i got my local computer shop to build so i could use it to take 12 hard drives, I was supposed to use it a JABOD setup to supplement my mac pro ,as buying a dedicated case for that purpose would cost thousands, but I have never bothered to use it and was considering selling it. However using case and the PSU, SSD , OS and possibly the cooler might allow me to save about $400 on a new build.
I was considering using the Ryzen 2600 and a GTX 2070 super. what else should I throw in there to get maximum longevity and bang for my buck ? , I will likely never go beyond a 1920 res monitor, and the setup will mostly be used to test routes using turf fx and do some driving in routes like Dearnby. I do want enough power to play TRAINZ well at high settings.
Will 16gb of ram be sufficient or should I go for 32 ? and is liquid cooling worth the extra expense ( and hassles if it leaks ? ) also will the WD 120GB SSD be ok to run the OS if I buy a 1tb SSD to install Trainz . Pretty much nothing else will be installed on the rig, apart from PEV tools and an old copy of photoshop 4 ( if it will work ) . I would also like some advice on what anti virus to use, the local shop recommends Kaspersky, is this a good idea....?
Finally i have a spare GTX 970 with 4 gb vram, is there any way I can combine using the two GPU's or is this not feasible or not worth it? also would a 600watt PSU be sufficient to power these two cards .
I was considering using the Ryzen 2600 and a GTX 2070 super. what else should I throw in there to get maximum longevity and bang for my buck ? , I will likely never go beyond a 1920 res monitor, and the setup will mostly be used to test routes using turf fx and do some driving in routes like Dearnby. I do want enough power to play TRAINZ well at high settings.
Will 16gb of ram be sufficient or should I go for 32 ? and is liquid cooling worth the extra expense ( and hassles if it leaks ? ) also will the WD 120GB SSD be ok to run the OS if I buy a 1tb SSD to install Trainz . Pretty much nothing else will be installed on the rig, apart from PEV tools and an old copy of photoshop 4 ( if it will work ) . I would also like some advice on what anti virus to use, the local shop recommends Kaspersky, is this a good idea....?
Finally i have a spare GTX 970 with 4 gb vram, is there any way I can combine using the two GPU's or is this not feasible or not worth it? also would a 600watt PSU be sufficient to power these two cards .