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HP deal is back (i7-6700, GTX 980Ti, 16GB, 2TB, 500W) for $1127 with coupon
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Everything that comes in the box:
It came well packaged and the box was in perfect condition. So far I'm happy but I can't wait to get off of this HD and toss in my SSD.
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So, two questions for those that already have this machine.
How do I get into the bios?
When I reinstall Windows 10 on my SSD I want to use GPT vs MBR, will I need to do anything special? Windows will auto activate, correct?
Thanks! If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. I ordered on March 19th and received it today.
It came well packaged and the box was in perfect condition. So far I'm happy but I can't wait to get off of this HD and toss in my SSD.
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So, two questions for those that already have this machine.
How do I get into the bios?
When I reinstall Windows 10 on my SSD I want to use GPT vs MBR, will I need to do anything special? Windows will auto activate, correct?
Thanks! If anyone has any questions feel free to ask. I ordered on March 19th and received it today.
The K's biggest benefit is that you can overclock it over 4.0, but you'd be pushing it with the PSU they're offering, especially since it's only 500W and already powering a 980 Ti. The motherboard might also make it difficult.
The non-K's turbo boost automatically sets it to 4.0 GHz max when needed, so you'd pretty much be gaming at 4.0 at all times. If you're really serious about OCing, then it's worth getting the K, but the aforementioned caveats are worth considering.
draughn101
Member
Don't have those answers for you but I appreciate the pictures!!
Trojan
Member
Why are you reinstalling Windows 10 on the SSD? Is it because they put bloat on their version or something else?
MikeE21286
Member
I'm pretty sure it's just an option in the interface settings that you can enable. Works well
Dreams-Visions
Member
Felix Lighter
Member
Turbo boost is limited when more than a single core is under load. The K model has a base 4.0 Ghz clock regardless of the load on multiple cores.
draughn101
Member
Bring on the impressions, etc,etc
Thanks for clarifying that. I'm also pretty new to this.
Looks like FedEx has taken three business days to ship the unit from El Paso to Fort Worth, TX. Up until yesterday their website said it'd be delivered tomorrow, now it's updated to Friday...
I ordered on March 21st. It's still coming earlier than the initial estimate, but I'm disappointed nonetheless.
I ordered on March 21st. It's still coming earlier than the initial estimate, but I'm disappointed nonetheless.
PhoenixDawn
Member
Same business for me. I decided to just go ahead and switch it to pickup at a nearby fedex location. It's only a few minutes away and hopefully it means I'll be able to get it quicker than I would if I had it delivered to my apartment as they usually don't deliver until late at night.
I don't have the machine, but if it's not DEL to get into the bios it's generally F10 on the HPs I've used. I have seen some systems that could use anything from F8-F12.
Go with GPT, no real reason to use MBR unless you have some old disk utility software you want to run that doesn't support GPT. The Windows key should be backed into the BIOS so it "should" auto activate. Not saying it will but it should.
Dreams-Visions
Member
We have multiple threads about this deal. Much longer threads. I'd recommend doing a search for them and reading associated impressions if that's what you're looking for. The hardware is all the same.
Got mine today. It's a lot bigger than I thought it would be, so unless you have some freak Andre The Giant hands, you can easily swap out parts. I removed the bloatware, and installed CPUz to make sure the rest of the parts are what I ordered. Everything checked out.
Next, I need to clone the drive onto the ssd I ordered from Amazon. Maybe I'll do some benchmarks to see the before and after of the ssd.
Next, I need to clone the drive onto the ssd I ordered from Amazon. Maybe I'll do some benchmarks to see the before and after of the ssd.
DirtyLarry
Member
Tracking is showing it is on schedule for tomorrow.
My additional RAM is here and looking at the picture above going to be cake to install it.
I am working from home tomorrow to get the delivery, so hopefully it shows up on the early side so I can uninstall shit, etc.
SO EXCITED!!
My additional RAM is here and looking at the picture above going to be cake to install it.
I am working from home tomorrow to get the delivery, so hopefully it shows up on the early side so I can uninstall shit, etc.
SO EXCITED!!
draughn101
Member
Relax bud. This is an active thread and there's no reason we can't all share the excitement of a shared large purchase. That's what we are all here for. Damn fun police.
DirtyLarry
Member
Indeed.
I will post my impressions tomorrow night and will be very happy to do so.
Trojan
Member
That sucks and I'd feel the same way. It looks like they hit a rough patch with their supply chain earlier that might have been fixed for more recent orders. I ordered last night and my estimated delivery date is showing one week out.
Yeah, I don't know what his problem is. It's fun living vicariously though others while waiting for your order.
I'll post some impressions later. I can't wait to see Black Desert Online, but it's going to be awhile for it to fully download.
Trojan
Member
For those that have theirs delivered and went with an SSD + HDD setup, do both of those drives come fully configured or is there additional setup involved since the base package just had one HDD?
Also, is it true you don't want to fill more than 70% of an SDD or you start to see significant performance slowdown? Read this on Tom's Hardware and wanted to verify since I'm trying to determine my SDD to HDD storage strategy.
Also, is it true you don't want to fill more than 70% of an SDD or you start to see significant performance slowdown? Read this on Tom's Hardware and wanted to verify since I'm trying to determine my SDD to HDD storage strategy.
It instantly relegated my PS4 and Xbone to exclusives-only status.
draughn101
Member
Lol. That's awesome. Soon to be mostly PS4 exclusives the way the X1s are going, which is why I finally decided to make change. It's cool to see most of us used the deal for the same thing.
What's the best way to uninstall bloatware? Do you uninstall the stuff one by one or do like a whole OS reset?
Also man I'm having a hard time deciding what monitor to get.
ChristianSpicer
Neo Member
Tinkered with mine for a few hours today. Ran some benchmarks. All came back where and how I expected. Ran pretty quiet too IMO. Yeah, benchmarks kicked the fan in, but I was expecting that.
I also added a 250GB SSD and cloned the 2TB drive I got with the rig and then wiped the 2TB. Made the SSD my boot and "games I'm playing now" disk. 2TB holds video files etc from editing and what not.
I went with a Samsung SSD. It came with software to clone the 2TB. Transferred windows, etc over. Hardest part (none was that hard) was plugging the SATA cable into the board. It's a tight fit, but I'd say I have average sized hands for an adult and I was able to do it easily enough. Likely basic stuff, but other stuff I used for the drives was a USB to SATA cable to clone the SSD, a disk tray to get the SSD to fit in the drive bay in the PC, and a SATA cable.
I don't have any games that push the system yet, but nothing like going back into your Steam backlog and crushing the graphics of 5-8 year old games
I also added a 250GB SSD and cloned the 2TB drive I got with the rig and then wiped the 2TB. Made the SSD my boot and "games I'm playing now" disk. 2TB holds video files etc from editing and what not.
I went with a Samsung SSD. It came with software to clone the 2TB. Transferred windows, etc over. Hardest part (none was that hard) was plugging the SATA cable into the board. It's a tight fit, but I'd say I have average sized hands for an adult and I was able to do it easily enough. Likely basic stuff, but other stuff I used for the drives was a USB to SATA cable to clone the SSD, a disk tray to get the SSD to fit in the drive bay in the PC, and a SATA cable.
I don't have any games that push the system yet, but nothing like going back into your Steam backlog and crushing the graphics of 5-8 year old games
Dreams-Visions
Member
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I thought you wanted info. I was quite relaxed and attempting to help you out. I'll refrain from doing so in the future.
Some people actually manage to take offense to help. Shit is amazing.
draughn101
Member
There's a ton of options nowadays. I've been struggling with it too. I'm not going to force myself to make a decision until it actually ships, but I'm leaning toward MX27AQ.
Well I'm not the only one that interpreted it that way. This has been a pretty jovial and peaceful thread, and your post came off as high-horseish and fun squashing whether you intended it to or not(maybe because that's how this entire forum works). It's not a big deal, we'll carry on excitedly stepping back into the PC gaming world as we were.
It's also worth noting that the 6700k can also Turbo Boost up to 4.2GHz, and given its higher TDP and headroom it will usually be able to do so more frequently. So even if you are not an overclocker, the 6700k is the better deal of the two (especially if you can grab it for $75 more as one poster did).
midasmulligan
Member
Should I get the 32 gigs or just 16 and get 16 off amazon?
PhoenixDawn
Member
Just get 16 and buy the rest off Amazon. The price HP charges is pretty ridiculous compared to what you will pay if you just order the RAM yourself online.
I purchased an SSD separately. There's no easy way to move the windows install from the system drive to the SSD so I've got to reinstall.
midasmulligan
Member
Yeah that's what I thought
One by one. It's tedious, but it really doesn't take long at all, just right-click, uninstall. However, there is this Priceline.Com app that will not uninstall. I try to uninstall it, and nothing happens.
sineclamor
Member
Got mine after an all day fedex waitathon. Any ill feelings disappeared the moment I saw the van pull up.
Phew, what a beast of a machine. Posting from it now, obviously. I don't have a huge frame of reference here - my last full desktop computer was a gigantic 10 ton alienware circa pre dell buyout - but it seems smaller and more lightweight than I was expecting. Tons of usb ports, and I like where they're located. Total setup time was literally 7 minutes. I was in win 10 within moments. I was bracing for a deluge of bloatware, but I got everything I wanted gone fairly quickly. Quick check to make sure all the parts were present, all good. I threw on steam, downloaded Dark Souls 3, and checked it out.
I don't think I can play Souls games that aren't on pc ever again. Dark Souls 3 in rock solid 60 fps at max settings, it's just really something to behold. It felt like a different game. Unless something awful suddenly happens, I couldn't be happier with this purchase.
Oh, if anyone's wondering, relevant customization build info-
i7-6500K
24gb ram
regular ass 2tb hdd
gtx 980ti
I honestly never thought I'd buy a printer cartridge from hp again much less a prebuilt computer, but so far so good. Would recommend.
Phew, what a beast of a machine. Posting from it now, obviously. I don't have a huge frame of reference here - my last full desktop computer was a gigantic 10 ton alienware circa pre dell buyout - but it seems smaller and more lightweight than I was expecting. Tons of usb ports, and I like where they're located. Total setup time was literally 7 minutes. I was in win 10 within moments. I was bracing for a deluge of bloatware, but I got everything I wanted gone fairly quickly. Quick check to make sure all the parts were present, all good. I threw on steam, downloaded Dark Souls 3, and checked it out.
I don't think I can play Souls games that aren't on pc ever again. Dark Souls 3 in rock solid 60 fps at max settings, it's just really something to behold. It felt like a different game. Unless something awful suddenly happens, I couldn't be happier with this purchase.
Oh, if anyone's wondering, relevant customization build info-
i7-6500K
24gb ram
regular ass 2tb hdd
gtx 980ti
I honestly never thought I'd buy a printer cartridge from hp again much less a prebuilt computer, but so far so good. Would recommend.
Trojan
Member
Tinkered with mine for a few hours today. Ran some benchmarks. All came back where and how I expected. Ran pretty quiet too IMO. Yeah, benchmarks kicked the fan in, but I was expecting that.
I also added a 250GB SSD and cloned the 2TB drive I got with the rig and then wiped the 2TB. Made the SSD my boot and "games I'm playing now" disk. 2TB holds video files etc from editing and what not.
I went with a Samsung SSD. It came with software to clone the 2TB. Transferred windows, etc over. Hardest part (none was that hard) was plugging the SATA cable into the board. It's a tight fit, but I'd say I have average sized hands for an adult and I was able to do it easily enough. Likely basic stuff, but other stuff I used for the drives was a USB to SATA cable to clone the SSD, a disk tray to get the SSD to fit in the drive bay in the PC, and a SATA cable.
I don't have any games that push the system yet, but nothing like going back into your Steam backlog and crushing the graphics of 5-8 year old games
Ha! Every time I get a new computer, the first game I crush is Half-Life 2. It's my favorite game and kind of like a tradition to fire it up first with a new PC. I've had just my PS4 the last 3 years so I'm just getting back into PC gaming like you. Super excited and looking forward to you giving some impressions on the next DLC podcast.
Ah, makes sense. I ordered the 500GB SSD that was a primary drive option, so I'm assuming I won't need to clone/format any drives. I probably should have bought an SSD and memory upgrades separately, but with the 30% off deal I probably didn't pay too much more for the convenience.
draughn101
Member
That's great to hear. I've avoid HP and Dell like the plague for the last several years, but the deal overwhelmed that old school hatred.
I'd recommend updating to the latest drivers, the 980ti drivers can be found here.
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/100868/en-us
Trojan
Member
This makes me happy, I ordered that same configuration save the HDD setup. I only need to wait a week but that seems like an eternity. Would love to fire it up this weekend.
Have you run any benchmarks on other games? Would love to see FPS for other AAA games on max settings.
Trojan
Member
Nice. Did you upgrade to the i-7k?
I did.
One by one. It's tedious, but it really doesn't take long at all, just right-click, uninstall. However, there is this Priceline.Com app that will not uninstall. I try to uninstall it, and nothing happens.
Try logging out and logging back in, then uninstalling again.
If that doesn't work, try rebooting, and uninstalling again.
:-\
sineclamor
Member
This makes me happy, I ordered that same configuration save the HDD setup. I only need to wait a week but that seems like an eternity. Would love to fire it up this weekend.
Have you run any benchmarks on other games? Would love to see FPS for other AAA games on max settings.
I'll probably be running the most intense stuff I can find from my steam library tomorrow to see where my upper limit is. The question being, what exactly is intense enough to max it out. I haven't bought any AAA games this year except DS3. I may try a few games my old laptop struggled with for sure, such as Alien Isolation and Dying Light.
Wait actually what am I thinking- Doom open beta! Heard some pretty middling things about the game, but surely it'll give this machine a workout.
Necromanti
Member
So it sounds like adding a second drive was really easy for some, and tricky for others? Hopefully, it won't be too hard to clone the drive on to my new SSD.
I also need to look up the custom fan curves I've been hearing about.
I also need to look up the custom fan curves I've been hearing about.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
I wonder if this deal will be around but with Pascal GPUs. I'd have to seriously consider it instead of just swapping out my GPU in my current PC.
No, your post was quite rude. I understand why others interpreted it as they did. I'm happy others are joining the PC gaming community, like I did a couple years ago. My PS4 hasn't even been plugged in for a long time.