michaelius
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Passable if you want to make minimal investment and don't aim for constant 60 fps.
Otherwise replace it ASAP.
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"I Need a New PC!" 2014 Part 2. Read OP, your 2500K will run Witcher 3. MX100s! 970!
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Passable if you want to make minimal investment and don't aim for constant 60 fps.
Otherwise replace it ASAP.
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
Going by that, power consumption should be about 450 watts.
SniperHunter
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I havent gamed in a while. Last new pc game i played was hmm planetside 2 i believe.
I replace it
Actually, the R5 will have improved support for water cooling radiators thanks to modular removable 5.25"/3.5"cages. Looks like it'll even be able to accommodate 360mm radiators at the top of the case.
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/245142-fractal-design-define-r5-case/page-3#entry3436377
I have the EVGA SuperNova 1300w G2. Super solid PSU. It's made by SuperFlower and comes with a 10 year warranty. And as you probably know EVGA has the best customer service in the industry and has reviewed extremely well. It's also cheaper than the Seasonic.
People keep sleeping on EVGA's new line of PSUs.
LiquidMetal14
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Done. I was looking at those SuperFlower PSU's but they look like they weren't available in the states. And that's even cheaper than the Seasonic posted earlier. Slightly more savings are good with me.
You can also get individually sleeved color cables if you want. They offer Red, Blue, and White. Here is mine:
Also have you looked at the Corsair Air 540? It is a great design and all of the cables go in the back out of sight out of mind. With 2 GPUs (vs my 3) you'd get excellent air cooling and if you wanted to go water you could do that too:
I have the H100 is push/pull too. I saw you mention that in an earlier post.
LiquidMetal14
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You have access to mumble or Skype? Would like a chat.You can also get individually sleeved color cables if you want. They offer Red, Blue, and White. Here is mine:
Also have you looked at the Corsair Air 540? It is a great design and all of the cables go in the back out of sight out of mind. With 2 GPUs (vs my 3) you'd get excellent air cooling and if you wanted to go water you could do that too:
I have the H100 is push/pull too. I saw you mention that in an earlier post.
Actually, the R5 will have improved support for water cooling radiators thanks to modular removable 5.25"/3.5"cages. Looks like it'll even be able to accommodate 360mm radiators at the top of the case.
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/245142-fractal-design-define-r5-case/page-3#entry3436377
Looks great! Too bad I don't "need" it.
Some games will have an option for it, if not then try vsync options. You can also try certain programs like MSI Afterburner and RadeonPro, they have options for framerate limiter.
I use Nvidia Inspector, it's only for Nvidia cards though.
Gotta head out for evening. Send me PM if you got any questions and I'll respond as soon as I can.
LiquidMetal14
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Sent a PM. I think I have almost everything narrowed down now.
turnernader
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I have a evga 650 graphics card and have a vega gtx 660 ti install, is there anything i need to do before i make the swap?
Not really. Should be just a matter of replacing the card, they should use the same or similar drivers.
If you really want to be thorough, then download the latest 660 Ti drivers, download and run Display Driver Uninstall, reboot, and install the 660 Ti drivers afterward.
Iacobellis
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For anyone with an S340 or similarly sized case, would I fare better with an H80i or H100i?
If I had an H80i, I would mount it in the back and use the two stock fans in the front.
If I were to go with an H100i, I would use that in the front and one stock fan in the rear. Unfortunately, with my motherboard, there isn't enough clearance on the top to mount a fan.
If I had an H80i, I would mount it in the back and use the two stock fans in the front.
If I were to go with an H100i, I would use that in the front and one stock fan in the rear. Unfortunately, with my motherboard, there isn't enough clearance on the top to mount a fan.
LiquidSolid
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Cool, thanks again for the help. I think I'll go with the H90, since I don't really want the H105's dual-fans (youtube videos seem to show them being a tight fit in the 630).
So this is my revised plan:
Still open to any other comments/suggestions. I won't start buying the parts until next week.
Looking through the feature set for RadeonPro and I'm overwhelmed.
So many great tools here :O
Yea, I'm rocking an AMD card right now, but that's good to know for when I'll probably pick up an Nvidia cards sometime next year.
turnernader
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Vulcano's assistant
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any thoughts on maybe going gold instead of platinum for the power supply? you will be able to get a gold fully modular 850W for that price
[Basic Desktop Questions]
Your Current Specs: A really really shitty laptop; I'm starting from scratch and have no prior building experience
Budget: $500-600; US
Main Use: Rate 1-5. 5 being Highest:
Light Gaming 5,
Gaming 5,
Emulation (PS2/Wii) 3,
Video Editing 2,
Streaming games in HD 3,
3D/Model work (and what program)1,
General Usage (Word, Web, 1080p playback) 5.
Monitor Resolution: I was thinking of just hooking my tower up to my 1080P tv.
List SPECIFIC games or applications that you MUST be able to run well: I'm aiming for games to run at 60; I'm really hoping to build this for the Witcher 3 and No Man's Sky to run smoothly... (I feel like this has been said a lot)
Looking to reuse any parts?: No parts to reuse at the moment
When will you build?: I don't have a specific time frame; I'm willing to wait for prices. I would like to get this done by the end of next year though.
Will you be overclocking?: Can someone explain this to me? I suppose I'll say yes.
Thanks for the help GAF... I've been delaying building one, but I think it's time to start researching and get this going by the end of next year (I'll be graduating college in Spring).
Your Current Specs: A really really shitty laptop; I'm starting from scratch and have no prior building experience
Budget: $500-600; US
Main Use: Rate 1-5. 5 being Highest:
Light Gaming 5,
Gaming 5,
Emulation (PS2/Wii) 3,
Video Editing 2,
Streaming games in HD 3,
3D/Model work (and what program)1,
General Usage (Word, Web, 1080p playback) 5.
Monitor Resolution: I was thinking of just hooking my tower up to my 1080P tv.
List SPECIFIC games or applications that you MUST be able to run well: I'm aiming for games to run at 60; I'm really hoping to build this for the Witcher 3 and No Man's Sky to run smoothly... (I feel like this has been said a lot)
Looking to reuse any parts?: No parts to reuse at the moment
When will you build?: I don't have a specific time frame; I'm willing to wait for prices. I would like to get this done by the end of next year though.
Will you be overclocking?: Can someone explain this to me? I suppose I'll say yes.
Thanks for the help GAF... I've been delaying building one, but I think it's time to start researching and get this going by the end of next year (I'll be graduating college in Spring).
The Black Friday deals just hit and I'm looking at HDDs to replace the one that sounds like it's perpetually about to shit itself on me.
The main thing that's catching my eye is 2TB drives for $80. Is that good savings? What's the difference between the WD colors again?
The main thing that's catching my eye is 2TB drives for $80. Is that good savings? What's the difference between the WD colors again?
appaws
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You are looking at something like the "Good" build in the OP. I suggest the Pentium Anniversary (G3258) CPU with a Z97 board. This gives you a good upgrade path, since you will be able to stick a Broadwell i5 or i7 in there when they come out.
The other question is whether you want to go with a smaller form factor build? It might be perfect for you to use on your TV, or if you move it around. These days I would say that the big builds are to be left to the enthusiast water coolers or those who are interested in multiple graphics cards, etc. I think most people would be well served by micro-ATX builds.
Although I will say that "the end of NEXT year" is not a very helpful time frame. In the world of PC builds, that is an eternity.
appaws
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That seems like a good price.
Blues: Solid general use hdd.
Greens: Low power slower storage. Bad reliability reputation.
Blacks: High performance. Longer warranty
Reds: Slightly faster than Greens storage. Consumer version of their server drives.
Where have I heard the name "RedSwirl" before? There is something familiar about it...
zero shift
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The video card I ordered was delivered today, but It sat on my porch for hours as I wasn't able to pick it up until after work. The thing is that it is 12 degrees outside. This wouldn't damage my video card right?
Torhthelm Tídwald
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XP can only use 2 gigs no matter how much is in the box, but it doesn't matter since I'm gonna need a new OS anyway.
Thank you that was very helpful. My computer is a very old (2008) Dell box, so I'm not going to use anything from the inside except the DVD drive. Plus I think the power switch on the case is broken and that's what's causing my trouble. What I think I'm going to do is scale back everything and forgo BluRay so I can get a new hard drive and a copy of Window 8.1. I'll just order it retail since getting one used sounds like it might be a hassle. I already have a couple hard drives, but one is very small and the other is an external USB drive. This build is based of the Good build rather than the Great build.
CPU Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bD3DhM
This comes to about $600 before shipping, so right at the top of what I want to spend. Does any one see any problems/have any suggestions about this? About what games would I be able to play if I added a decent graphics card to this?
appaws
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No, I would not think so.
Vulcano's assistant
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storage areas in delivery trucks, ships, etc are not particularly much warmer inside during winter.
zero shift
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opticalmace
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How often do y'all upgrade your video cards? I know it's "whenever you run out of performance" but I'm curious how frequent it really is.
I seem to get about 3-3.5 years out of my cards, and typically buy something in the $250-$300 range.
I wonder if I should make this a new thread instead. Just curious.
I seem to get about 3-3.5 years out of my cards, and typically buy something in the $250-$300 range.
I wonder if I should make this a new thread instead. Just curious.
appaws
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I think you will get pretty wide ranging answers....I think there are still people using 8800GT cards and stuff on GAF. My purchases have accelerated a little bit since I got out of school and started making money...my last 3 have been a 560ti 448 cores, a 7950, then a R9 290. The 560ti 448 died a terrible loud, sparking death....the 7950 and 290 are currently in use.
When the cost of upgrading is outweighed by:
Heat or power savings (Summer mainly)
Performance increase/$ (See: GTX 960 most likely)
Performance needs (More VRAM)
It's <$60 to upgrade (Like half my jumps)
670 has been a real champ so far
Torhthelm Tídwald;139336462 said:
I wouldn't recommend that motherboard. Although a B85 motherboard will work for your needs, you can move up to a H97 or even Z97 for a bit of an extra cost and be better prepared for future CPU upgrades. Also, because the motherboard is that old, it may need a BIOS update before it will work with the i5 4460 and any future processors, that's added frustration and work to get it working out of the box. I recommend the ASrock H97 Pro4 for $88. If you can't spare any more for budget, then consider the ASrock H97 Anniversary for $72. The corresponding mATX versions of those two motherboards are also slightly cheaper, at the cost of less expandability but nearly the same feature set.
The rest seems alright for a budget build. You could save on the cost of Windows by buying a key elsewhere, but it's your choice to get it from a trusted retailer.
For gaming performance, the 4460 should handle pretty much anything for the next 3 years handily. Specific performance figures will depend on what video card you pair it with, but it's a solid CPU if one isn't interested in overclocking (which comes with an added price premium over the i5 4460).
TheFNEffecT
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New upgrades, why? cause fuck it!
Microcenter bundle for $470!
That's a good point, I've swapped in an H97 board for the GB. GB was there before the H97's had hit / any reviews or impressions.
No one responded in the other TV/Monitor Threads so I guess I'll give this one a shot.
I'm looking for a monitor and my price range is no more than 100 bucks flat. This means I'm getting these used. That said, I found a deal for the ASUS LED IPS ML239H monitor and was wondering if it was worth the 70 bucks I paid.
Shitty deal for an LED IPS monitor? Could I have done better since I can most definitely resell this for at least $120
I'm looking for a monitor and my price range is no more than 100 bucks flat. This means I'm getting these used. That said, I found a deal for the ASUS LED IPS ML239H monitor and was wondering if it was worth the 70 bucks I paid.
Anyone own this or have any testimonies or recommendations? This is mainly for photo editing and personal PS3/Wii U gaming.
Shitty deal for an LED IPS monitor? Could I have done better since I can most definitely resell this for at least $120
I have a 470, so I had to have had my card for 4 years? The only reason I'm updating to a 970 right now is because my 470 isn't working properly. Given that cards right now are already struggling with games, I'll probably have to update in another 3 or 4. Honestly, I feel that updating around 3 or 4 years into a console's lifecycle is the best since you'll be able to get a card that blasts through all of the console ports. That's probably when I'll upgrade from this 970 that should be coming in soon.
GHG
Gold Member
It used to depend on when a good deal surfaces for me really. I went:
Nvidia 8600GT 256mb (2008)
ATI 4770 512mb (2009)
GTX 260 core 216 896mb (2009)
GTX 480 1.5 GB (2010)
GTX 660 SLI 3GB (2012)
Throughout that whole time I've only done 1 motherboard/CPU upgrade (phenom 965 BE to i5 3570k).
I'm tempted to do another complete overhaul at the moment and go for a 6 core i7 but the fact that I don't actually NEED to is holding me back. I also want to upgrade my GPUs but it needs to be to cards that have 6GB vram so that I'm scalable to 4k. I also have a rile where if I'm not almost doubling my vram/performance then the upgrade isn't really worth it.
The market doesn't advance as quickly as it used to and prices dont fluctuate (downwards) as much as they used to as a result.
Ok guys I think this will be my final setup. Anything you guys think i should change in this build?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($414.89 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($108.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($299.85 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($274.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($218.89 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Toshiba 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.89 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($418.95 @ Vuugo)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($164.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $2121.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-18 02:50 EST-0500
Maybe I should order some extra fans?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($414.89 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($108.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Motherboard: Asus X99-A ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($299.85 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($274.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($218.89 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Toshiba 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.89 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($418.95 @ Vuugo)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($164.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $2121.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-18 02:50 EST-0500
Maybe I should order some extra fans?
Vulcano's assistant
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LiquidSolid
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Any reason why? Reliability, I guess? I was just going with 2x8GB because it was slightly cheaper and more convenient (since I'm already planning on ordering a couple of other parts from the same store).
I'm really not sure. When I was first trying to figure it out, I ruled out SLI, so 850W just seemed a bit unnecessary.
Vulcano's assistant
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Well, then you can save 50 bucks or so if you go ~700W but gold instead of platinum.
Both of you go 4x4 because 2011 supports quad channel RAM. Difference in performance won't be huge, but if you are paying for 2011 might as well take advantage of all of it.
Yep, the case does come with three fans. Does everything else look ok to you?
Because a 5820k has a quad-channel memory bus and you're halving your memory bandwidth by only using 2 modules.
I thought I had chosen the 4x4GB one
S). This should be ok I guess? Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
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