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HP custom desktop (i7-6700, 980Ti, 16GB Ram, 2TB HDD, 500W) for $1127 with coupon
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Shake Appeal
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I think Windows 10 is tied to motherboards? So you just need a USB key/disc with Windows 10 on it, which you can download directly from Microsoft. Shouldn't need a code.
Someone can correct me if wrong.
therealbigrich
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Just wondering what is the fresh windows install for?
Shake Appeal
Member
Got mine. First impressions are solid. It's actually smaller and subtler than I thought, which I appreciate, but there's a lot of big, hot components in a pretty small box with just one fan and some side vents...
Cable management was surprisingly on point (the SATA cables are even neatly in place if you want to keep adding hard drives, but I did add an extra cable tie to something that was nearly laying against the CPU.
Booted fine. 1440p is beautiful. Installing clean windows now (it's F10 to get into the BIOS).
Cable management was surprisingly on point (the SATA cables are even neatly in place if you want to keep adding hard drives, but I did add an extra cable tie to something that was nearly laying against the CPU.
Booted fine. 1440p is beautiful. Installing clean windows now (it's F10 to get into the BIOS).
Dreams-Visions
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it's basically a format and reload of the OS.
yeah, it worked no problem with a usb drive. No product key needed.
Shake Appeal
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CPU is idling at 30C. Highest it's gone so far is about 45, but I haven't done much that's taxing and no gaming.
AtomskEater
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*patiently waiting for the stars to align and 980ti to come back in stock while the deal is up*
therealbigrich
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Ok I'm just curious why it's needed
jerry0wilson
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Mine showed up yesterday and I have been having a blast. Just Cause 3 at 4K with everything maxed out looks amazing. That and Dying Light showcase such a huge jump from consoles.
I also ran that PC Decrapifier program that was recommended, came up with zero things to remove.
I also ran that PC Decrapifier program that was recommended, came up with zero things to remove.
i put in a SSD that I want the OS to be on.
Some people are doing it to remove HP's bloatware, but there's also https://www.pcdecrapifier.com/ for that.
shawnbuddy
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These impressions have me stoked. Mine was delayed until Thursday. If I get it that day. I always end up doing a little dance with the Fed Ex guy because he delivers while I'm at work.
SlaughterX
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Got my Phoenix yesterday, threw in the ssd and installed Windows. I like that the tower isnt huge but there seems to be something wrong with fan in the power supply which makes a loud clicking noise after neing on for a few mins, like something is hitting the blades. Gonna call them today and see if they can send someone out to fix it...
SlaughterX
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Rise of the Tomb Raider
SlaughterX
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I had to sign for and the fed ex guy said that the people at my leasing office could not sign for it, had to be me, so I'm glad I held off for leaving on my trip for a couple of days but it sucked getting it, hooking it up abd just leaving before getting to spend any real time playing with it.
ashecitism
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There's going to be more like this. This was a repeat of a previous deal. If no one else, I'll make a thread about the next deal.
CraigerGamer
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Shake Appeal
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That's weird. My building office signed and kept it for me no problem.I had to sign for and the fed ex guy said that the people at my leasing office could not sign for it, had to be me, so I'm glad I held off for leaving on my trip for a couple of days but it sucked getting it, hooking it up abd just leaving before getting to spend any real time playing with it.
ShaggsMagoo
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Sitting here starring at the front door just makes the FedEx guy arrive faster, right? I mean that's just science.
So there's no weird HP software installed?
That's what I did yesterday, and it wound up getting delayed a day. Bill Nye needs to explain this to me.
bmcphail2008
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No, but PCDecrapifier is not all that accurate or useful. There is still plenty of bloatware on HP PCs, you just need to uninstall it manually.
Shake Appeal
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This thing gets hot. I just played XCOM 2 for an hour or so and the GPU hit 84C. CPU max was 66C. Granted, XCOM 2 is far from a perfectly optimized game and made my old laptop heat up like nothing else, but it's a little worrying.
On the other hand, they both plummeted back to the 30s while idling, and the game looked and ran beautifully. (Well, for XCOM 2.)
On the other hand, they both plummeted back to the 30s while idling, and the game looked and ran beautifully. (Well, for XCOM 2.)
That CPU temp is ok under full load. The GPU temp is pretty high, but also within safe operation. You could manually set the GPU fan to 100% at 80c or so and it should keep it lower. Granted, the case may not dissipate heat well.
How does this desktop compare to the dead hp deal?
HP Envy 750se Gaming Desktop PC 7th Gen Intel i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad Core Processor 16GB DDR4 Memory RAM 2TB 7200rpm Hard Drive 6GB Graphic NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti WiFi 802.11ac Bluetooth DVD Windows10
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BPJQYV8/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Other than it being $300 more of course.
HP Envy 750se Gaming Desktop PC 7th Gen Intel i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad Core Processor 16GB DDR4 Memory RAM 2TB 7200rpm Hard Drive 6GB Graphic NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti WiFi 802.11ac Bluetooth DVD Windows10
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BPJQYV8/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Other than it being $300 more of course.
looks like pretty much the same thing
jerry0wilson
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I have yet to dig in but it came back with no results to remove and I have not ran into anything disruptive so far.
DealWithIt
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I got mine today. It seems like the only problem with it is that the the 980ti is going to vent up at the PSU. The build is nice and compact. It's a bit hard to get to the SATA ports on the Motherboard. I'll have more to say tomorrow when my monitor arrives.
I'll be interested to hear what people think about heat with this machine. I'm a bit worried about heat dissipation given the way the venting works. The main vent out is below the graphics card.
I'll be interested to hear what people think about heat with this machine. I'm a bit worried about heat dissipation given the way the venting works. The main vent out is below the graphics card.
ya theres no fan bringing in fresh air either is a problem. all the heat is reliant on that tiny fan at the bottom or going thru the powersupply lol, heat rises hp! bad basic thermal design. mines pretty loud under load, probably send it back after playin with it for awhile cause excess noise is a pet peeve. im just not confident in its longevity either without some modding, which at that point ill just build my own with quieter parts.
sidenote:1440p soul calibur 2/mario galaxy 2 with perfect frametimes is pretty baller.
ShaggsMagoo
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Guys, I think i may have fucked up. So i got the pc in and open the case to install a SSD, but the SSD I bought apparently didn't come with a bracket. So I was like fuck, I'll just take the current Hard Drive out, use it's bracket and then get a new one for it when I head into town. So I unhook that hard drive and discover, that it doesn't have a bracket either, it is just slid into the bay.
So at this point I am reserved to just heading into town and trying to find a SSD bracket, I put the Hard drive back in and I notice I can't find a second cable to go to where the SSD would be to the Power Supply and also the current cable going to the power supply to the 2 TB Hard drive has apparently had the little plastic connector crack and isn't giving me a sung fit to the drive. Has anyone else had this problem?
ETA: Ok, disregard some of that up there, I had the cables confused, It is the cable that connects the SSD to the Motherboard, not the power supply that is cracked and has one missing, I am assuming one of those will be easier to find and purchase?
So at this point I am reserved to just heading into town and trying to find a SSD bracket, I put the Hard drive back in and I notice I can't find a second cable to go to where the SSD would be to the Power Supply and also the current cable going to the power supply to the 2 TB Hard drive has apparently had the little plastic connector crack and isn't giving me a sung fit to the drive. Has anyone else had this problem?
ETA: Ok, disregard some of that up there, I had the cables confused, It is the cable that connects the SSD to the Motherboard, not the power supply that is cracked and has one missing, I am assuming one of those will be easier to find and purchase?
SlaughterX
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Yeah Sata cables are cheap. You can get one on newegg for $2 and mounting bracket for $5
roadrunn3r
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It's when CPU and GPU usage are at max which rarely happens (if you play with vsync on or capped). Don't worry much about longevity as long as you are not having abnormal temps.
CraigerGamer
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both Dell and HP both build their systems with the power supply at the top. I don't really understand why they do this. Its one of the reason I just decided to build my own (though I had to get a 970 because a 980ti put me over budget.)
Conor_Fool
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Okaaaaay now time to find a reasonably priced monitor to take advantage of this...
Anyone have any recommendations where I can find a deal or a good thread for recommendations?
Anyone have any recommendations where I can find a deal or a good thread for recommendations?
DealWithIt
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bensbargains.com/categories/monitors-62/
http://flash.newegg.com/electronics/20?sortby=0
Generally keep an eye out on new egg. figure out the part you want and use PCpartpicker as well.
I went ahead and bought a top of the line monitor (XB270HU bprz 27-inch, on a new egg flash sale) to go with this. I will return and report.
Conor_Fool
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Thanks. I'm tempted to buy the 270HU but I'm such a fucking computer noob I don't know what I'm doing. I just want my games to run better than I've ever seen. $750 for a monitor tho... I'll be pushing $3,000 if I buy my Oculus Rift
CollectedDust
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You could gamble on the cheap route; like this $189 28" 4K 60hz at Sams:
http://m.samsclub.com/ip/upstar-m28..._LS&siteID=lw9MynSeamY-BHiFjcX3yvK3RGTzDUFpQQ
I have to admit, I'm tempted to cheap out as I'm also in the market for a VR headset.
Shake Appeal
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I set a custom curve where %=C until it hits 80C, then it jumps to 90% fan. That seems to have kicked it back to the 75 or less range for the time being.
I don't know whether I got lucky or I'm just not sensitive to this (plus I wear headphones), but it's much quieter than my old laptop even with the fans cranked.
Alien: Isolation at 1440p/Ultra/60fps is pretty damn beautiful.
ShaggsMagoo
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I ended up finding one lying around, so that problem is taken care of. Quick word to the wise for anyone who wants to add a hard drive to one of these things. Getting to the SATA ports is a bitch and a half. That stupid brace they put in the middle is a huge pain in the ass for actually making any changes in there.
DealWithIt
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I won't be booting up this machine till tomorrow when my monitor arrives, but is there anything I should know about doing a curve like this? Is it googleable?
therealbigrich
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Coming from a total console guy this thing is a monster . I hooked it up to my 4k Tv and its working with no problems. Played a couple games on it and CS the fans kicked in at 4k but nothing to bad. So far its been great
Hmm, the best mine's been able to do is 10.3, so if you have any insights I'd really appreciate it.
6700K, 980ti, 16GB RAM, 3TB HDD.
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