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"I need a New PC!" 2013 Part 2. Haswell = #IntelnoTIM, but free online. READ THE OP.
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Barrow Roll
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Then I'm selling those too!
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Member
thank you
but i'll correct myself on some details...
i already have these parts:
monitor:
http://www.lg.com/hk_en/monitors/lg-M237WA-PT
case:
http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/case/full-tower/haf-x.html
PSU:
http://www.corsair.com/professional-series-hx850-80-plus-silver-certified-modular-power-supply.html
HDD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136793
OS:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992
also having WIN8 pro 64bit
as i said my budget wont go above $1200 including the parts i already purchased , i'm welcoming more saving options for less price IF POSSIBLE without sacrificing ling term performance ....
so, what other choices i have?
BTW, i'm interested in this RAM in particular , but didn't buy it yet:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231568
theSlacker
Member
So completely worthless as an incentive to get those cards over other ones. Gotcha.
CreepingFear
Member
So if I do end up going 290x with non-reference cooler, what are the top OEM's for AMD cards? I've heard that Sapphire is one of the better AMD manufacturers, no? I've had an Asus Nvidia card before, so I know about their coolers. What about XFX and Gigabyte Radeon cards?
Sapphire is indeed good. The only ones I've heard to avoid are XFX - mixed reviews on HIS as well.
XFX are shite, HIS can be hit and miss. The rest are all good.
Anyone know where I can find this type of RAM?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1zsah9i8czmxucg/20131113_183020.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1zsah9i8czmxucg/20131113_183020.jpg
On the second hand market, new DDR2 will be a) hard to find and b) hella expensive.
any suggestions?
eBay, GAF BST thread, Gumtree or whatever.
Current setup
CPU: i5 2500k@4.2Ghz
GPU: 2GB 6950 Crossfire (840/1325)
Motherboard: Asus P8P67
RAM: G. Skill 8GB 2133Mhz
PSU: Corsair TX750
Monitor: Yamakasi Catleap 2560x1440
Looking to upgrade to an R9 290 once some aftermarket cooling solutions in the coming month.
Question/Concerns:
My motherboard only supports PCIe 2.0, and the 290 is a 3.0 card, would this give me any sort of performance hit? Should I look into buying a new mobo as well?
Is the performance gain from 6950s to a 290 worth the price (opposed to waiting for 20nm cards)? I still get decent performance on most games, but the vram limitations have been killing me in higher end games such as Battlefield, Metro, TW2, etc.
Any other upgrade suggestions are appreciated
CPU: i5 2500k@4.2Ghz
GPU: 2GB 6950 Crossfire (840/1325)
Motherboard: Asus P8P67
RAM: G. Skill 8GB 2133Mhz
PSU: Corsair TX750
Monitor: Yamakasi Catleap 2560x1440
Looking to upgrade to an R9 290 once some aftermarket cooling solutions in the coming month.
Question/Concerns:
My motherboard only supports PCIe 2.0, and the 290 is a 3.0 card, would this give me any sort of performance hit? Should I look into buying a new mobo as well?
Is the performance gain from 6950s to a 290 worth the price (opposed to waiting for 20nm cards)? I still get decent performance on most games, but the vram limitations have been killing me in higher end games such as Battlefield, Metro, TW2, etc.
Any other upgrade suggestions are appreciated
so im finally building myself a gaming PC and im looking to go with this build. just wondering how it looks to everyone and any feedback is welcomed 
thanks in advance!
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/rnr1224/saved/2OkK
the parts arent the most high end but i tried to stay below $550 as im on a budget. i chose AMD because it seems like they have a better cost to performance ratio.
thanks in advance! http://pcpartpicker.com/user/rnr1224/saved/2OkK
the parts arent the most high end but i tried to stay below $550 as im on a budget. i chose AMD because it seems like they have a better cost to performance ratio.
Not to harp on but will 2x2GB of DDR2 800 be ok?
CreepingFear
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You guys aren't the first to tell me to avoid XFX. I'll skip that brand if I go 290x. I guess it will come down between Gigabyte, Asus, and Sapphire. Are Sapphire's custom cooler's decent though?
Like he said. It doesn't matter.
Celcius
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Playing BF4 on Ultra at 1080p, I'm seeing just over 2gb vram used.
I bought one, then sold it after a week because I didn't like the key feel (too shallow). Also I kept mistyping because of the macro keys.
I've never had it happen, but conceivably it's possible, i don't know what the wiring is like where you live but I have never lived in a house where every room was on it's own breaker, so if there was already a significant load from other sources it's possible that a couple of desktops could be the the last straw.
But probably not. Just a few months ago I had some friends visiting from out of state and we had three gaming desktops in the same bedroom going full bore and had no issues.
Always a good idea to spread them out across multiple outlets too.
need some help guys,
bought a gigabyte R9 280x. When I first installed it, Windows was recognizing the card as a R9 280x from gigabyte, witch is fine..
Now I have updated the drivers with new beta one and in GPU-Z it shows HD 7900 series.
I tried to do a clean uninstall and reinstall old drivers, same issue.
I don't have have any issue in games. Performance seem to be OK but is there a way for Windows / AMD drivers to recognize correctly my video card ? It drive me nuts. Spend more than an 1 hour trying to fix it
Thanks
bought a gigabyte R9 280x. When I first installed it, Windows was recognizing the card as a R9 280x from gigabyte, witch is fine..
Now I have updated the drivers with new beta one and in GPU-Z it shows HD 7900 series.
I tried to do a clean uninstall and reinstall old drivers, same issue.
I don't have have any issue in games. Performance seem to be OK but is there a way for Windows / AMD drivers to recognize correctly my video card ? It drive me nuts. Spend more than an 1 hour trying to fix it
Thanks
It is correctly recognizing it. (The 280x is a 7970 with a different sticker)
OK but before I was able to see R9 280x in GPU-z and CCC
also I got Subvendor: Undefined (0000). Before it was showing correctly Gigabyte
I was playing WoW and the game was ghosting pretty bad everytime I'd move the camera with my M65.
Didn't understand why, the game was smooth when I moved the camera with my keyboard.
so then I installed the M65 drivers and the ghosting is gone. Movement is smoother as well now.
What the hell, I've never had a mouse before the caused graphical ghosting
Didn't understand why, the game was smooth when I moved the camera with my keyboard.
so then I installed the M65 drivers and the ghosting is gone. Movement is smoother as well now.
What the hell, I've never had a mouse before the caused graphical ghosting
Because you were using the customized drivers that shipped with the Gigabyte, and now you're using generic drivers from the chipset manufacturer. It's really nothing to worry about. Get ones from Gigabyte if it bothers you that much.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4793#dl
My first installed drivers was downloaded directly on AMD website.
I just tried to install the Gigabyte drivers and it doesnt even let me install it. It says I dont have the proper hardware...
Do you recommend a software that remove all trace of AMD driver ?
Well I want to hit 60fps at 1080p and not be CPU bound
If you can afford the full $550 you can get something much betterso im finally building myself a gaming PC and im looking to go with this build. just wondering how it looks to everyone and any feedback is welcomed
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/rnr1224/saved/2OkK
the parts arent the most high end but i tried to stay below $550 as im on a budget. i chose AMD because it seems like they have a better cost to performance ratio.
How does this look to you?PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus B85M-G Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($77.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($37.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $552.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-14 03:17 EST-0500)
(I know it's $3 more but it's worth it
)
Garou
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The R280X uses the same chip as the 7900-series, most likely GPU-Z is just out of date.
Use the latest Betadrivers from the AMD-site and be happy.
I just switched today. Honestly so far I can't tell the difference. But then again, I've only had it for about 6 hours or so.
hey guys i did a graph thingy while running BF4. can anyone explain what's going on here?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sfnqv63p5q5kx3a/ScreenshotWin32-0001.png
Is the CPU not keeping up with the GPU? What do you guys recommend to balance it out?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sfnqv63p5q5kx3a/ScreenshotWin32-0001.png
Is the CPU not keeping up with the GPU? What do you guys recommend to balance it out?
Do you have your cores unparked?
hooijdonk17
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No, but I'm fairly sure to get an FX 6300..
Received and installed my Asus Xonar DGX sound card this morning.
£25 very well spent. I'll agree when people say that onboard sound is pretty decent, but man, this card makes a pretty big difference with a somewhat decent pair of headphones. I mainly just wanted more volume and I've definitely got that. The sound quality is definitely better too, though. Maybe its just cuz my headphones are being powered better, but the bass has more depth, which has added an entirely new level to certain atmospheric soundtracks in several games I've tried out, not to mention the obvious improvement when listening to music or watching a movie.
£25 very well spent. I'll agree when people say that onboard sound is pretty decent, but man, this card makes a pretty big difference with a somewhat decent pair of headphones. I mainly just wanted more volume and I've definitely got that. The sound quality is definitely better too, though. Maybe its just cuz my headphones are being powered better, but the bass has more depth, which has added an entirely new level to certain atmospheric soundtracks in several games I've tried out, not to mention the obvious improvement when listening to music or watching a movie.
I don't know?
If you want to go small don't get an FX chip, AM3+ isn't the best platform for it. Either wait to see if there are any Athlon Kaveri CPUs on FM2+ or go Intel.
hooijdonk17
Member
I'll be using it in a pretty stock ATX case with a 550W CPU and I'll move my Athlon II X4 to my HTPC for the moment.. I was asking for an mATX board just in case I want to move the FX to the HTPC later on, but honestly, that's probably asking too much. Considering the Athlon II X4 should be plenty good enough for an HTPC for more than half a decade, I probably don't need this..
So, what would be a good, cheap ATX mainboard for the FX 6300?
I'm using the lastest beta driver. That's why I dont understand.
CCC info:
edit:
Find out a program called DDU (display driver uninstaller)
When I run it, in the log, I see this:
DDU Version: 9.4
Detected GPU : AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Detected GPU : AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Current driver version : Unknown
It see 2 GPU. So something wrong there. I will run the program in safe mode and see from there.
Thanks guys for the help.
Felix Lighter
Member
I haven't seen the BF4 offer added to the r9 200 series at any retailers yet.
I'll be using it in a pretty stock ATX case with a 550W CPU and I'll move my Athlon II X4 to my HTPC for the moment.. I was asking for an mATX board just in case I want to move the FX to the HTPC later on, but honestly, that's probably asking too much. Considering the Athlon II X4 should be plenty good enough for an HTPC for more than half a decade, I probably don't need this..
So, what would be a good, cheap ATX mainboard for the FX 6300?
There is the ASUS M5A97 R2.0 but I'd advise going Intel if you can.
I woudn't put a nice GPU like that anywhere near that PSU. It could likely do it but I wouldn't chance it.
Ryoohki360
Neo Member
You should check if you're PSU have the necessary PCIE Power Plug for the version of the 770 you'll buy ( i think it's 8+6)
Total system Power Draw with this setup
Processor: Intel 2600K @ stock
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB 1600MHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
Cooling: Thermalright TRUE Passive
SSD: Corsair Performance Pro 256GB
Power Supply: Seasonic X-Series Gold 800W
Is 396W with a 770, so add 25% it's about 500W so you'll be tapping you're PSU pretty hard with it..
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