jevante Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 Go nuts thats pretty much my build except the water cooling (My Build) I was able to finish last week. Specs: Mobo: Maximus VI Extreme CPU: i7 4770k Ram: G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB PSU: Corsair AX860 GeForce GTX 770 Windforce 4gb SLI FireWire Addon Card CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i OS HDD: Hyper X SSD 120gb Main HDD: WD Blue 1tb there more storage but they are external usb drives.
THK Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 -Fractal Design Define XL R2 Pearl Black -Cooler Master V Series V1000 (looks to be manufactured by seasonic) -Intel Core i7 4770K -Noctua NH-D14 (never had water cooling, not planning for it now, but the case is large enough for me to upgrade in the future) -Asus Republic Of Gamers Maximus VI Hero -G.Skill F3-2400C10D-32GTX (4x 8gb) -Lite-On IHAS124-04 -4x Fractal Design Silent R2 140mm -NZXT Sentry Mix 2 (opted for a low profile slide fan controller in stead of a lcd screen) Already owned: -Samsung 840 EVO 250GB -Seagate Desktop HDD.15 4TB -6 older HDD's ranging from .7TB to 2TB -23" 1080p 2ms Samsung TFT monitor -2 19" 1280x1024 TFT monitors on the side -Steelseries Apex -CM Storm Gaming Mouse Havoc -Wacom Bamboo -HDD Docking Station I'm currently undecided on a XFX Douple Dissipation or a Sapphire OC Tri-X r9 290, or whatever else pops up when they become a bit more 'affordable' ..........................back with a vengeance........................
jevante Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 -Fractal Design Define XL R2 Pearl Black -Cooler Master V Series V1000 (looks to be manufactured by seasonic) -Intel Core i7 4770K -Noctua NH-D14 (never had water cooling, not planning for it now, but the case is large enough for me to upgrade in the future) -Asus Republic Of Gamers Maximus VI Hero -G.Skill F3-2400C10D-32GTX (4x 8gb) -Lite-On IHAS124-04 -4x Fractal Design Silent R2 140mm -NZXT Sentry Mix 2 (opted for a low profile slide fan controller in stead of a lcd screen) Already owned: -Samsung 840 EVO 250GB -Seagate Desktop HDD.15 4TB -6 older HDD's ranging from .7TB to 2TB -23" 1080p 2ms Samsung TFT monitor -2 19" 1280x1024 TFT monitors on the side -Steelseries Apex -CM Storm Gaming Mouse Havoc -Wacom Bamboo -HDD Docking Station I'm currently undecided on a XFX Douple Dissipation or a Sapphire OC Tri-X r9 290, or whatever else pops up when they become a bit more 'affordable' Hey THK why not grab a corsair h80 is a nice looking Rad, easy install and well keep the cpu even cooler.
dark13 Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Dh14 is in the range of a h100 and... well, it wil surely last forever as it does not have a pump Fake watercooling is cool but less reliable and the "hype" is making its prices higher. Automatizing infopanels creation from .csv files for HTPCs themes (look at infopanel tutorial.zip on the ftp in dark13 folder) PNGs to SWFs automatized flash scripts Hyperspin Wheelset automatized template (photoshop's variables + batch) Aeon nox 4.13 W.I.P. hyperspin skin
sandman7793 Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Ya be careful if you use the corsair. I've had two fail in 3 years. Which I guess is not terrible. But always keep a eye on your temps. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk A boy stuck in a mans body
jevante Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Dh14 is in the range of a h100 and... well, it wil surely last forever as it does not have a pump Fake watercooling is cool but less reliable and the "hype" is making its prices higher. lol fake watercooloing, yeah youre right price is kinda high. Ya be careful if you use the corsair. I've had two fail in 3 years. Which I guess is not terrible. But always keep a eye on your temps. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk I have never had a cosair produc ever fail me, but temps always played a big a part.
THK Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 The last two days, all my pc parts have arrived at home, unfortunately I'm only home in the weekends and this weekend won't be one of them, the pain, agony & suffering! ..........................back with a vengeance........................
gigapig Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Absolutely gutted for you Sir. I love the smell of fresh electronics in the morning. it'll all be out of date by the time you unbox it
Polemicist Posted January 30, 2014 Posted January 30, 2014 Sorry. I'm a Gemini and my bad side has come out and is enjoying your suffering a little more than it should.
BiLbOBaggins Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Nice build! Building PCs always has been and always will be fun. The bad part is that it is NOT an investment but more of an instant loss In the end I would rather throw my money at technology than insurance companies that will just weasel out of helping me anyways.
THK Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 With reviews popping up on r9 290's with custom cooler solutions, it looks more & more like the Sapphire OC Tri-X is the best of the bunch, even though it has the reference PCB. I personally like the looks of the XFX Double Dissipation, but atm it's more expensive, clocked lower and a little less of a performer/overclocker/cooler then the Sapphire. Also, the looks of a GPU in a closed case.... doesn't really matter that much A review of the Gigabyte seems not to be the best choice, the MSI seems fine but when in Crossfire the top card will get way hotter than the Sapphire in a similar situation & throttle. The ASUS has a custom PCB, but the heatsink seems not to fit the GPU properly (was designed for the 780 i.e. GK110) No word on the Powercolor PCS+ yet except it's way more expensive here atm. Also, Mantle has just dropped, curious in how it'll actually perform. Have only seen one test/bench with a mid-range cpu/gpu yet ..........................back with a vengeance........................
gigapig Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 A friend of mine has just bought the 290 Tri X, he upgraded from an nVidia 770, which to me isn't a massive upgrade; but he has a triple Dell monitor setup. We did some bench tests between my MSI 770 lighting and his. Depending on the game the 290 was faster on some by around 10 frames. They do run hot but the Tri X has the 3 fans and some heat blows out the back, but its still an open cowl.
THK Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 I'm aware ..........................back with a vengeance........................
THK Posted February 2, 2014 Posted February 2, 2014 Just gutted my 10y old pc for anything useful my lil brother or I can use as my mother who had it in use has a laptop now. AMD Athlon 64 3500+ / Ati Radeon X850XT / 1gb ddr! ..........................back with a vengeance........................
Polemicist Posted February 3, 2014 Posted February 3, 2014 Keep every screw. And if the mount for the motherboard is removable some people like to keep them for use in Arcade builds.
gigapig Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 With reviews popping up on r9 290's with custom cooler solutions, it looks more & more like the Sapphire OC Tri-X is the best of the bunch, even though it has the reference PCB. The friend of mine which bought the 290 Tri-X has just bought another one, lucky bugger. He sent me benchmark results for the unigine Valley bench.
THK Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 The bastard! Out of the crappiest machine I pulled a 80gb IDE hdd......... omg, and it had a 195W PSU ..........................back with a vengeance........................
gadget2k Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Again agree with dark13. No reason to have any more than 8gb for a gaming rig. Put the money towards storage, a bigger SSD, a decent keyboard or mouse. This is true, but for photoshoppers like myself I've read on abode site the more memory the better it is for photoshop. I too am in the process of building my new rig. I'm going with 16 gigs of G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB DDR3 2133 for my build. As for my video card I have the EVGA SuperClocked w/ ACX Cooling GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-bit GDDR5. I'm throwing 2 SSD drives in my build one strictly for my OS and the other for Photoshop. As far as my gaming drive I'm getting WD Black series 2TB and a 4TB WD green for my music and HD movies. I might get 2 WD greens(4TB) and run it in RAID 1. Still haven't decided on this just yet. I also plan on a dual monitor setup. The monitors I'm looking to get are the Dell UltraSharp 24" IPS Panel(for color accuracy). This build I wanna do water cooling so I'm going with the CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i. Man I can't wait to get this machine build....stay tuned. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Polemicist Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 +1 Gadget. For Adobe Master Collection if you are serious about working with massive images at extreme resolutions and vector art that is amazingly complex you need one hell of a processor and just pile in the ram (ECC) until it is full.
gadget2k Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 +1 Gadget. For Adobe Master Collection if you are serious about working with massive images at extreme resolutions and vector art that is amazingly complex you need one hell of a processor and just pile in the ram (ECC) until it is full. Yes! I may have to do that with the memory, just max it out. I also forgot to mention I have here sitting on my desk is my cpu the i7 4770k. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
THK Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 I'm currently enjoying my new rig, it's all put together except for a new gpu. Now it's on to tweaking & overclocking. I know my 2400 memory runs under it's spec for instance. ..........................back with a vengeance........................
gigapig Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 This is true, but for photoshoppers like myself I've read on abode site the more memory the better it is for photoshop. You are absolutely right about Photoshoppers or anyone working with video, to have more memory; but not required for just a gaming rig. This is my mates 3 monitor setup, he was running it with a 770, but it needed more so he now has 2 AMD 290's. These are in portrait, which to me is easier on the eye at close range, to have them in landscape I'd prefer to sit back a little or have them wall mounted.
THK Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 War Thunder baby! I'm about to play some ..........................back with a vengeance........................
gigapig Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 War Thunder baby! I'm about to play some Cool, love a bit of flying, but I haven't put the hours in. They keep asking me to play it, but well, I'll need to make time, now I have new hardware as well.
sandman7793 Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Cool, love a bit of flying, but I haven't put the hours in. They keep asking me to play it, but well, I'll need to make time, now I have new hardware as well. Maybe not the same but I have this setup on my arcade. Comes with RC controller and all. http://www.fsone.com/ Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk A boy stuck in a mans body
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