Would this PC suit me well?

Hello all,

I recently grabbed a 4K monitor (used) and now need a pc to pair it with. I need something that can handle 4k, and I need a Display Port. I found this on eBay and it seems like a decent value (i.e. i7 4th gen, 16gb RAM, and a dedicated video card). The link follows. Can anyone comment on this? Good deal? Is the GTX 745 a good card for my uses (photo editing in photoshop)? Good enough to handle the 4k monitor at 60hz?

Thanks all!

http://www.ebay.com …01905?hash=item​567ca56671

The GTX 745 does not have Displayport. The card needs DP 1.2 to hook up to a 4K monitor and run faster than 30hz, and preferably be a Kepler/Maxwell Nvidia card or an AMD R9. Older cards may not support 4K60 over DP.

Even then, not all new cards may feature DP depending on the market it's targeted at, for instance the 750 Ti may or may not have such a port depending on which vendor you choose, even though it's fully capable of driving such a resolution. Always check the specs.

The PC is fine but I doubt the GTX 745 will do 4k on HDMI.

You will need at least a GTX760, GTX760Ti is better via DP. You may run 4k but at 30Hz.

Okay...how about one of these two:

http://www.ebay.com …84736?hash=item​3d058320c0

http://www.ebay.com …42760?hash=item​5b10e7ae08

I would add a GTX 750 Ti afterwards. Please let me know if one of these would be a good fit, and if you think both pc's would support this dedicated graphics card (i.e. would the smaller Acer be able to fit in the dedicated GPU?).

Thanks again!

Either fine if you're adding a video card later, they've virtually the same. Though I wouldn't have a computer without an SSD for the OS and caches these days, they're SO MUCH faster. It won't be too long before costs come down and even cheap computers come with them standard, with a spinning disk for bulk/slow data storage. Not long after that SSDs will be all you get in consumer computers.

Some manufacturers computers are difficult to add things to - ram, video, hard drives, because of small cases or propriety connectors. Do some research on that, hopefully someone here can help.

birder_herper wrote in post #17739014
Okay...how about one of these two:

http://www.ebay.com …84736?hash=item​3d058320c0

http://www.ebay.com …42760?hash=item​5b10e7ae08

I would add a GTX 750 Ti afterwards. Please let me know if one of these would be a good fit, and if you think both pc's would support this dedicated graphics card (i.e. would the smaller Acer be able to fit in the dedicated GPU?).

Thanks again!

Between the 2, I'd go for the larger form factor of the DELL.

I'm not too sure if a full fledged gpu card will fit in the small form factor of the ACER.

Agree that an SSD would be 100% beneficial.

Aswald wrote in post #17741861
Between the 2, I'd go for the larger form factor of the DELL.

I'm not too sure if a full fledged gpu card will fit in the small form factor of the ACER.

Agree that an SSD would be 100% beneficial.

Yep. Those slim cases can be a pain to upgrade the video card in. If you find a half height card with the required performance that doesn't have clearance issues, odds are the dinky power supply won't power it. Good luck upgrading that.

mike_d wrote in post #17741971
Yep. Those slim cases can be a pain to upgrade the video card in. If you find a half height card with the required performance that doesn't have clearance issues, odds are the dinky power supply won't power it. Good luck upgrading that.

You are spot on! Not to mention a painful and expensive experience!