The PSU is this I believe based on the info I got: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341018
Haven't heard anything back about the motherboard yet.
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"I Need a New PC!" 2014 Part 1. 1080p and 60FPS is so last-gen and your 2500K is fine
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The PSU is this I believe based on the info I got: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341018
Haven't heard anything back about the motherboard yet.
I'm thinking the same thing which is why I haven't bought a GPU yet.
Not optimum at all for gaming, but its quite a good price.
Not to be too harsh, but the 265 is a budget card. I think your expectations may have been a bit high.
Pretty good deal.
Depends on the rest really. Probably yes.
I always recommend RMA'ing with the manufacturer. I've never had a bad experience doing that.
I have a few mATX and ITX systems (I'm assuming you mean the latter), and all the workstations I built at my business are ITX as well.
Heat/noise isn't an issue as long as you follow the SFF Guide. Upgradability is just the same as a full size PC pretty much. With ITX you're limited to a single PCI-E slot, which means no dual GPUs.
Good choices
My old build:
chickdigger802
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But if there is a code, you probably could just grab one cheap off eBay.
I'm just trying to figure out what games that I want to play right now that my current GPU can't handle just fine
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http://www.reddit.com/r/softwareswap
Look for guys that have Windows 8 keys. You can easily find them for less than $25
edit... dat no refresh
It my friends PC that he wants to get rid of. Bought it for gaming a while back, but never used it for more then a media server and now wants to get rid of it. So besides what I mentioned it's has Windows 7, a blu-ray burner, and 2 1TB hard drives. As I was typing it he just got back so this is the motherboard I believe.
It is an upgrade compared to my current PC and if I do get it I would probably stick a better video card in it sometime towards the end of this year.
The 560 is the only thing that I'm really 'meh' about. If there was an SSD, I'd say go for it without a doubt.
It's still a pretty good deal, and certainly better than what you would be able to buy new.
Thanks for helping and yeah no SSD. The video card was my worry as well and I would probably be replacing it sometime this year. I just want to make sure that the rest of it would be able to last me a few years.
Yep, the Windforce cooler is top notch. It's probably cheaper due to a lower clock speed out of the box.This is the card I'm interested in:
Can't seem to find a review on it, is it a decent card? Why is it cheaper than the other non-refs?
And will my Seasonic 500w PSU be able to power it?
I wouldn't buy that unless you can get it for MSRP, which is $400. I might actually go as high as $450, but with the 780 at $500, it's pretty close.
If you have a socket 1155 or 1150 processor, you will be able to power it just fine with that PSU.
The only other thing you'd want to take into consideration is the lack of PCI-E 3.0. That's not an issue right now, but it might be two years down the line.
Bananajama
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Cheers for the opinions folks. I'll hold out.
Plan from start was to build my own when Star Citizen came out but that build did tempt me a little bit.
Plan from start was to build my own when Star Citizen came out but that build did tempt me a little bit.
The price I quoted is for Australia, and I've yet to see 290's anywhere cheaper here.
Cheers
crazepharmacist
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I think they were. I'll wait for the next generation cards to arrive and get a nice high end Nvidia card.
Good choices
My old build:
Old? What are you working on now?
Uncle00Jesse
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What would be a good upgrade from a GTX 590? I have an Alienware Aurora r3, i7 2600 no sdd. I want to upgrade my gpu once before buying a new Alienware. Could I conceivably run the TOTL cards, or do those have stringent mobo requirements? I think I have a 750w psu.
Gigabyte Sniper M5 and delidded 4770k. I did the vice method.
The Rampage blew up at PDXLAN in July. Seeing smoke come out of the socket was gut wrenching
A teammate just upgraded from a 590 to a 780 and is extremely happy with it.
Amazons return policy is the best. Not worth the newegg hassle.
What caused that? Extreme oc?
OldAsUrSock
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$500 is stretching it, but $400-450 is reasonable.
Zuhzuhzombie!!
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GTX 570
i5 2400
1tb HDD
8gigs ram
Should I upgrade my PC at this point in time? As simple as pulling the old one and installing the replacement? Probably get a solid state hard drive as well.
i5 2400
1tb HDD
8gigs ram
Should I upgrade my PC at this point in time? As simple as pulling the old one and installing the replacement? Probably get a solid state hard drive as well.
It's really up to you. Is it feeling slow? What kind of budget? An SSD would make a giant improvement in how it feels. You could easily pop a better video card or cpu in.
Still looking pretty good, my roommate has a very similar setup and plays any game just fine. SSD would be the best thing to get right now, will make your computer feel way more responsive.
Yes you can through Disk Management
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/change-add-remove-drive-letter#1TC=windows-7
chickdigger802
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whats a good guide for cpu OC for dummies? Haven't messed with that stuff for about half a decade and completely forgot everything about how that works.
Got
Z77 mobo
3570k
hyper 212 plus.
Got
Z77 mobo
3570k
hyper 212 plus.
Ok just thought it might mess up file paths or something.
One more thing, when I set my ssd as first boot it gives me error like "select proper boot device". I leave it as hdd and then I get an option to select the OS to boot and my ssd boots just fine. What gives?
Edit: I think it has something to do with AHCi? I'm trying to enable it in bios but just getting boot errors...hmmm
Zuhzuhzombie!!
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Thanks for the suggestions. I guess I'll see how far this gets me into the year. Was worried my CPU may be getting a bit too old. I'll spring for an SSD. Probably a new monitor as well. Maybe a bit more RAM while I'm at it.
You *might* have file path issues. If you installed Windows under IDE mode then switch to ACHI you need to do this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976
5th line of OP and second section of second post
You need to install it as AHCI to use AHCI iirc.
*Oh, I guess there's a work around
mr stroke
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Finally got my first solo built PC all finished-
Thanks to PC GAF for all the help
Was actually a lot easier than I thought(thank god it posted on 1st boot) Took about 2 hours to get everything installed(Youtube videos were a ton of help) My cabling sucks ass, but for a first time build ill take it.
Now for 2 days of poopsocking some 4k Titanfall
Thanks to PC GAF for all the help
Was actually a lot easier than I thought(thank god it posted on 1st boot) Took about 2 hours to get everything installed(Youtube videos were a ton of help) My cabling sucks ass, but for a first time build ill take it.
Now for 2 days of poopsocking some 4k Titanfall
Finally got my first solo built PC all finished-
Thanks to PC GAF for all the help
Was actually a lot easier than I thought(thank god it posted on 1st boot) Took about 2 hours to get everything installed(Youtube videos were a ton of help) My cabling sucks ass, but for a first time build ill take it.
Now for 2 days of poopsocking some 4k Titanfall
Nice
I joined the 4K club today too, got the same monitor. It's gorgeous
I did that and My bios recognizes the ssd as AHCi but I still get "reboot and select proper boot device" error
I did that and My bios recognizes the ssd as AHCi but I still get "reboot and select proper boot device" error
Boot up into windows again and and go into Disk Management to make sure the System Reserved partition on the SSD is marked as active.
I did that in diskpart using windows install disk and now it's giving me bootmgr missing error. I give up! I'm just reinstalling windows now after disconnecting my other drives.
Edit: jk repair startup on my install disk did the trick uay
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if you're not overclocking then the sc acx is equivalent to the titan. i picked up an acx sc refurb for 480 cdn and it's pretty sweet.
edit: apparently the gtx 780 acx sc overclocks better than a titan: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_780_SC_ACX_Cooler/29.html. ill try it out myself this weekend when i oc my cpu.
Wow those numbers are insane. Im more than happy to constantly get 60 fps so this is looking like the winner over the Ti. My whole thing is why spend an extra $200 for such little gains. Am I wrong for thinking like this?
Anyways, please post how it goes when you do it and let us know
chickdigger802
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cool thanks! Read through it... man are things much easier now
You have mouse controls in modern bios now???
Will try OCing this weekend.
do know that there is a 780ti sc acx as well that will OC even higher too
You can never have too much power, but 1080p 60fps, 780 should be fine for a good while.
Faulty motherboard. Haz can attest to this as he was sitting next to me, but I was only putting the 3820 @ 4.3GHz, 1.35V. The board should be able to push 1.5V no prob.
Used mobo, shit popped on the back. Wasn't being pushed hard at all RIP.
OriginofHysteria
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I'm seeing a lot of systems recently in SLI with reference cards. Any reason for that?
Blower style coolers work better for SLI because they dump all the heat outside the case. Also reference cards are tapered at the end to allow airflow to the fan when stacked next to other GPUs. Customer coolers are often designed for noise and performance for only single card setups
People are sacrificing noise and lower card temps for pushing GPU heat out.
I'd just add more fans. Noise isn't worth it and I want OC room. Personal choice.
And then "new simple volume"?
I think you have a problem.
Note how there is a partition on the HDD called "System Reserved"?
That contains the windows boot loader and it should of never been made on that drive, it should be on your SSD.
The problem with having it on your HDD is that it it ever fails or you remove it, you will no longer be able to boot windows, bar the fact it is not on that drive!
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