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"I need a New PC!" 2013 Part 1. Haswell, Crysis 3, and secret fairy sauce. Read da OP
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That's the card I'm looking at, actually! It sucks that I preordered Bioshock Infinite on GMG already (it was $15 off and included the previous Bioshocks, which I gifted to my little brother).
I wonder what I'd do with it.
Koroviev
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Sell it for profit.
Irobot82
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You're welcome bro, good luck with the build.
dragonballjoseph
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So my 7870 wasn't supposed to ship until Tuesday. But lo and behold, it game in today. Snapped it in and officially finished my build. ^_^
Koroviev
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Broadbandito
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Can anyone here share their overclock settings for an i7 3770k and msi mpower board?
Piercedveil
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What made RAM prices increase a bit? Was looking at 2 x 4 gb sticks today and they mostly seem to be in the $50-60 range instead of ~$38-$48 or so that they were before.
Koroviev
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My h100 radiator lmao
Holy crap.. I've stared at this thing for 5 minutes
You put Titans next to that thing? (._. )
That's kind of Tom's thing, long in depth videos. I like it personally, he points out things other don't with their crappy unboxings (seriously who give a fuck what's in the box) and simple 7 minute reviews. Plus he leans heavily to water cooling, which is great for those who do it.
Im having trouble calibrating these IPS 1440p monitors.
If I leave it on default setting my games look perfect, but for viewing webpages or anything with alot of White in the background it is too bright.
If I lower the brightness so that it dont hurt my eyes when viewing the web, my games are too dark.
Dunno what to do.
If I leave it on default setting my games look perfect, but for viewing webpages or anything with alot of White in the background it is too bright.
If I lower the brightness so that it dont hurt my eyes when viewing the web, my games are too dark.
Dunno what to do.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
My h100 radiator lmao
Holy crap.. I've stared at this thing for 5 minutes
MOTHER OF ALL SARDINES
I have been really picky about my H100i. I've already cleaned it twice in 4 weeks. I think I will try and keep this maintenance up on all the case fans as well. The only thing I need is dust filter as the 2 SP120's on the H100i are intakes and I'm sure I could do myself some favors by having a dust filter. I am getting some dust in the case. I wish I didn't have to deal with it and things looked pristine all the time.
Is that a PCIe 2.0 board?
My h100 radiator lmao
Holy crap.. I've stared at this thing for 5 minutes
YES and it looks great doesn't it
P8P67 right? What model? There is an LE available locally for $50 that I might get. (2550k is staring at me in its box- still on my q6600 for now)
Koroviev
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Awesome, ain't it. Windows 8 boots even faster, it's crazy.
Finaika
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Is it recommended to get Windows 8 instead of 7?
Koroviev
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It boils down to personal preference at this point. No more $40 upgrade deal on Win8.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Query: what kind of framerate improvement would I be looking at going SLI GTX 570?
I ask because I plan to spread out next generation much as I did this: keep my current system for as long as possible, then about halfway through the next generation do a full upgrade to put myself back in the high end game.
However, an incremental boost isn't out of the question.
I currently own a GTX 570. I'd rather not go out and spend AU$400+ on an entirely new video card, not when I'd be doing the same thing in a couple of years. So what's the value in grabbing another GTX 570 and running SLI?
I don't really know anything about SLI as I've never done it before. I don't know if it's one of those things half the games I play won't play well with (thus rendering a bit of a useless money sink for me), or if the frame increase is trivial. I'd be playing at 1920x1080. I'm also not sure of the power draw, though suspect my Corsair 650W PSU probably couldn't hack two GPUs along with everything else.
Thoughts?
I ask because I plan to spread out next generation much as I did this: keep my current system for as long as possible, then about halfway through the next generation do a full upgrade to put myself back in the high end game.
However, an incremental boost isn't out of the question.
I currently own a GTX 570. I'd rather not go out and spend AU$400+ on an entirely new video card, not when I'd be doing the same thing in a couple of years. So what's the value in grabbing another GTX 570 and running SLI?
I don't really know anything about SLI as I've never done it before. I don't know if it's one of those things half the games I play won't play well with (thus rendering a bit of a useless money sink for me), or if the frame increase is trivial. I'd be playing at 1920x1080. I'm also not sure of the power draw, though suspect my Corsair 650W PSU probably couldn't hack two GPUs along with everything else.
Thoughts?
I heart this thread and will be going back through some of the pages on breaks at work. Congrats to all the people building and using this thread to upgrade their computers. Thanks for the link to pcpartpicker as I didn't know about that and will be putting something together over the next week or so that I will be purchasing at some point in the next few months.
mastershake
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Wooooo! What a great feeling to have everything put together and running. It took all day but i had fun!
Thanks everyone in this thread that answered all my questions along the way. I really appreciate it.
Finally at a stopping point for the night I think. Got windows installed and updated(106 updates lol), downloaded drivers, and played around with some settings. Tomorrow i will run some benchmarks and stuff - hopefully my performance falls in line where it should and nothing is wrong.
Any particular tests i should run or stuff i should look out for? Only one i planned on running was 3Dmark11
Thanks everyone in this thread that answered all my questions along the way. I really appreciate it.
Finally at a stopping point for the night I think. Got windows installed and updated(106 updates lol), downloaded drivers, and played around with some settings. Tomorrow i will run some benchmarks and stuff - hopefully my performance falls in line where it should and nothing is wrong.
Any particular tests i should run or stuff i should look out for? Only one i planned on running was 3Dmark11
Sounds like its time for a 120Hz monitor
Unfortuntely I am a comfy couch gamer.
But it is on the list. Hopefully someone from this thread will sell me theirs when 144 Hz is the thing.
Glad you are enjoying it!
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Yeah, you'd have to upgrade your PSU. At that point you are looking at a fairly pricey upgrade. Have you thought about picking up a used 670, 7950, or 7970? How's shipping from the US or EU to AUS? Lots of PC GAF will be having some extra cards due to the Titan release.
SLI can be trickey, but 9/10 times it works like a charm. You get a whole frame of input lag as well, if you are sensitive to that. Check out this thread on the potential problems:
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=512976
You need to set up a photo booth or at least good space and take some glory shots of that beautiful case with Titans in it. Pro tip: load up a white screen on monitors for a really nicely diffused light for photos. I think you should manage with 4 to use, one being 30"The titans are making their way to a old new home. They are moving to a better space
wonderboyjones
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Well after saving some money and a little input from my tax return, my fiance has decided that it is now time to build. Ordering parts as we speak!
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Cheers dude. Postage to Australia is probably a bit shitty. I'd much prefer to buy locally, especially for warranty.
But a GTX 670 is doable, especially if I sell my GTX 570 afterwards. I should be able to get at least AU$150 for it, which will take down the overall price I'd have spent on a GTX 670. My PSU should be enough to power, yeah?
I'll need to investigate the 670 a bit.
EDIT: Okay, I can grab the Galaxy GeForce GTX 670 GC 2GB for AU$379.00. It's on a small sale, usually $20 more. My system: i5 2500K @4.3GHz, 8GB DDR3, Corsair HX 650W. Should I pull the trigger?
I'm very interested in picking up a used 670 or 7970. Where will the people offloading their old cards be posting about it? The Titan thread?
Infinite Justice
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welcome brother
It will be fairly comparable to the performance you'd get with SLI 570s without the SLI hiccups.
They can still choke a bit when it comes to loading the VRAM. It is very much a spiritual successor to the 560Ti in terms of what kind of setups it shines in.
However, if you do find yourself wanting a bit more performance out of it, you could easily SLI it with a 650W PSU. One of the great benefits of Kepler is that they sip power.
FWIW, I had a 670 setup and I wasn't wanting in any way for more power. I'd even disable the second card fairly often and still get consistent 8.3ms frames (120Hz) in most esport type titles.
Its a great card.
Speaking of 670s, is this as good of a deal as it seems?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7621670&CatId=7387
I know it's reference cooling, but that's still the cheapest I've seen a 670 in a while. I'm thinking it'd be unwise to buy a graphics card now when I won't do the rest of the build for another month or so since graphics card prices seem to fluctuate more than most other components. Am I correct in thinking this?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7621670&CatId=7387
I know it's reference cooling, but that's still the cheapest I've seen a 670 in a while. I'm thinking it'd be unwise to buy a graphics card now when I won't do the rest of the build for another month or so since graphics card prices seem to fluctuate more than most other components. Am I correct in thinking this?
killertofu
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I don't know if anyone does any after effects work but last night I rendered something that took an hour. I thought that was pretty fast considering it would have taken 8 hours on my MacBook Pro. But I just turned on the GPU acceleration and the file rendered in 20 minutes. Fucking amazing. I can't wait to see how fast it would be when I OC
ss_lemonade
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Is there a buy and sell thread here at gaf?
Infinite Justice
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a 670 would be the next card i would look at for team green or a 7950 for team red.
i fear i'm starting to go on a dark road due to this thread
i fear i'm starting to go on a dark road due to this thread
Koroviev
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There most certainly is!
a 670 would be the next card i would look at for team green or a 7950 for team red.
i fear i'm starting to go on a dark road due to this thread
It's the one true path.
ss_lemonade
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Thanks. Found it already a few minutes ago, doing some GPU hunting right now
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
IMACOMPUTA
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Was just playing bf3 and my pc shut off. It won't turn back on now. I opened the case and holy hell the psu is nearly on fire it's so hot.
I recently bought one of those Korean monitors and noticed a weird smell ever since. I thought it was just the cheap psu on the monitor. Looking back, I think it was my psu cooking for the last week or so. Oops.
I guess I had this coming, running crossfired 6950s on a 550w coolermaster power supply.
Are there any great deals on psu's right now? I'd love to go modular if the price is right.
I recently bought one of those Korean monitors and noticed a weird smell ever since. I thought it was just the cheap psu on the monitor. Looking back, I think it was my psu cooking for the last week or so. Oops.
I guess I had this coming, running crossfired 6950s on a 550w coolermaster power supply.
Are there any great deals on psu's right now? I'd love to go modular if the price is right.
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