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[M.D]

It seems like I have a memory leak from one of my drivers? I had my RAM in usage and non-paged pool go up till 15.8/16 GB was used and my PC was unusable

I closed all my drivers and used my PC a bit, it was 3.8 in use and 2.5 non-paged pool and it stayed the same when I came back after more than an hour

 

[LilJoka]

This is the first time I'm using anything other than Prime95 for a long running stress test. I'll see how it turns out. If it remains stable for 12 hours of AIDA64 but I end up having BSODs and other instability issues over time, I'll definitely go back to Prime95. The biggest thing pushing me to give this a try was the LinusTechTips Haswell-E overclock guide where he explicitly recommended against Prime95 and recommended AIDA64. I have to give it a shot.

If you only test FPU in Aida64 you'll hit higher than prime95 temps. Aida is just doing a different workload hence lower temps. For anything but Haswell consumer chips, I would use Prime95. Personally I run up to 80c while testing.

 

[The English Conquistador]

Hm, in a bit of a dilema guys. Not long ago I bought the EVGA Geforce 780 ti ACX Superclocked card and it's quite difficulty to find a decent price on. It's as expensive, or even more expensive than it was when I bought it some months ago.

Do I spend the large sum of money again and get another to run in SLI, or purchase a 980 and somehow try selling this one off...if that's even gonna be possible...?

 

[kaskade]

I'm thinking of putting an SSD and a GTX 760 in my pc now. I have a 6870 in there now.

Also, is there a market for used cards? I'm pretty sure I still have all the packaging and stuff.

 

[Felix Lighter]

If you only test FPU in Aida64 you'll hit higher than prime95 temps. Aida is just doing a different workload hence lower temps. For anything but Haswell consumer chips, I would use Prime95. Personally I run up to 80c while testing.

Here's the situation for me. This is a last ditch effort to get more out of my CPU. With Prime95 with vcore >1.26v, my CPU reaches temps into the 90s. This puts me in a position where the best I can achieve under that voltage is 4.1 Ghz. I'm using a Swiftech H220x cooler that should provide adequate cooling. I've reseated it, with no change in results.

Even at 4.1 Ghz, I reach temps into the 80s on 2 of the cores when running Prime95. In real world heavy usage (typically the heaviest CPU load is hours of BF4), my CPU rarely reaches temperatures out of the high 50C range.

My only option is to use a stress test that doesn't cause the temperatures to spiral out of control so I can increase the voltage without hitting a thermal limit so quickly. Now, if the load AIDA64 is putting on my CPU proves to not be enough to guarantee a stable system. I'll fall back to where I was initially at 4.1Ghz which I know is very stable. I monitor my system closely if there are signs of instability or temperature issues, I won't hesitate to accept what I have.

 

[opticalmace]

Hm, in a bit of a dilema guys. Not long ago I bought the EVGA Geforce 780 ti ACX Superclocked card and it's quite difficulty to find a decent price on. It's as expensive, or even more expensive than it was when I bought it some months ago.

Do I spend the large sum of money again and get another to run in SLI, or purchase a 980 and somehow try selling this one off...if that's even gonna be possible...?

What res are you playing at? System specs?

I'm thinking of putting an SSD and a GTX 760 in my pc now. I have a 6870 in there now.

Also, is there a market for used cards? I'm pretty sure I still have all the packaging and stuff.

There is a market, but depending on where you live it might be a bit of a pain to sell. If I were you I would get an SSD now and then wait for the GTX 960 to drop.

 

[The English Conquistador]

What res are you playing at? System specs?

Intel i5 2500k @4.5ghz, 8 gigs of ram at 1440p!

 

[kaskade]

What res are you playing at? System specs?


There is a market, but depending on where you live it might be a bit of a pain to sell. If I were you I would get an SSD now and then wait for the GTX 960 to drop.

Is that going to be a better card at the same price? I've been out of the graphics card game for a while. I just saw the 760 pop up quiet a bit. I was thinking of asking for a card for xmas.

 

[PFD]

Guys, I'm torn between the G400s and the SS Rival. They're both discounted at $39.99 CAD atm. What do you think?

 

[DemiMatt]

Alright, then that's even more money saved by not going with a case change.

Here's a pretty comprehensive guide and thread on overclocking the 920. It will explain terms and guide you to do what you need to do.

The $70~ Corsair H80i looks to be a champ for overclocking, and will fit your case easily. You can transfer it to a new system later on, so it'll have a life longer than the 920 it will cool.

Pretty much any new graphics card you buy today will work with your motherboard, as well as new systems in the future As for bottlenecking, that will depend quite a lot on the kind of games you play. You will see a bit of bottlenecking in games that rely more on CPU, but that is what the overclocking is for. For a cooler upgrade, you can squeeze more performance out of your current CPU and wait it out a bit. If it's not enough, then no harm done, the cooler can be used with a new CPU.

Intel has the new Skylake processors and motherboard chipset (socket 1151) that isn't compatible with the current socket 1150 stuff, that's due out in the middle of next year, so I think it's worth holding out a bit more to see if that upgrade will be worth it.

Thank you so much for the comprehensive guides & help. I'm definitely going to give my PC the cooler upgrade. If I can make this last another year or so that would be great, so it's definitely worth the cooler upgrade. Once again thank you so much!

 

[TC McQueen]

Any PC GAF folks in Central Florida? Because if you need/want a reference 970, I know where you can get one:

 

[MetalDeer]

Guys, I'm torn between the G400s and the SS Rival. They're both discounted at $39.99 CAD atm. What do you think?

Personally, I'd go with the G400s, but that's mostly because that's the form factor I prefer. Although, I'd probably look for one with horizontal scrolling (little arrows next to the mouse wheel) and laser, but I'm picky like that.

I say just get whichever suits what you want the best, both seem like good optical mice.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

I have never done this before; does this look alright for 1080p@60fps for current-gen gaming? Anything I need to upgrade / can cut corners on?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($39.99)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($94.99)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($219.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $804.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 14:31 EST-0500

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Any PC GAF folks in Central Florida? Because if you need/want a reference 970, I know where you can get one:

PM sent.

 

[sammelito]

Im running WoW everything maxed out on a i5 4690k and a r9 290 tri-x oc. I am currently getting 45 fps in my garrison.

It is definitely CPU bottleneck because lowering texture resolution or AA didnt change my FPS by even a single digit. Lowering shadows from ultra to low gave me a 50% increase in FPS to 65.

According to my resource manager, WoW is currently only eating up to 30% of my cpu, sometimes 25% or even lower.

Now the question. Shouldnt my system handle this game better?

bump, is something wrong?

 

[Armoured Titan]

How is this for a PC build.

Intel i5 4590 Quad Core CPU(Amazon £152.38)
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard (Amazon £61.25)
HyperX FURY Series 8GB DDR3 1866MHz(Amazon £59.94)
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB (Amazon £54.65)
WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue (Amazon £39.59)
EVGA 600W Bronze PC Power Supply (Amazon £51.99)
Fractal Design Define R4 PC Case (Amazon £69.99)
Sapphire Dual-X Radeon R9 270X OC 2GB (Amazon £119)

Building for a friend and ideally he wanted it around the £500 mark but if need be could stretch to £600. Comes to £605, so £5 over budget. He wants a PC that will be future proof however I assume he won't be a heavy gamer but will use it to play games. Any changes I could make perhaps to lower the price down a bit?

 

[Iacobellis]

Man $300 for 16gb memory is insane. I know it's ddr4 but 2 years ago you could get 16gb for $60

Really? Why are the prices still so high? I paid around $80 for 8GB!

 

[Smokey]

I jumped on my 16GB of DDR3 years ago because it was so cheap. Not because I needed it for anything. That turned out to be the right move...RAM prices have gotten crazy.

 

[opticalmace]

Really? Why are the prices still so high? I paid around $80 for 8GB!

His is DDR4 though, which is more expensive. I think the minimum is about $110 for 8GB of DDR4 for the lowest-speed stuff.

edit: same, Smokey. I bought 16GB of DDR3-1600 a few years ago for about $80 CAD. It's about double the cost now.

 

[ricki42]

Hi all,

Been lurking in this thread for a while, planning on building my own PC eventually but right now I'm building a PC for my mom as practice. It's just a basic home computer so she can browse, watch videos and do some Office work. How does this build look?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($63.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($27.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.89 @ Directron)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $379.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 11:36 EST-0500

Tried to balance price/quality as much as I could. Any changes you guys would recommend? Or would you advise just getting a prebuilt PC, especially with Black Friday deals? Only thing I'd say is I'm set on the 8GB RAM just because she tends to open a lot of programs/tabs and leave them open. I already have a monitor and KB/M. Thanks for any feedback!

You could try to find a smaller mATX case since you aren't trying to fit anything else in there. Might cost a bit more though depending on the case.

 

[orochi91]

I jumped on my 16GB of DDR3 years ago because it was so cheap. Not because I needed it for anything. That turned out to be the right move...RAM prices have gotten crazy.

Why has the price of RAM increased so much recently?

I got 8GB 1866 G.Skill last month at like $90.

It was surprising, to say the least.

 

[TC McQueen]

Why has the price of RAM increased so much recently?

I got 8GB 1866 G.Skill last month at like $90.

It was surprising, to say the least.

I think DDR3 production has stopped or is simply ramping down, so people building systems are eating up the available supply like crazy and raising the price. DDR4 production probably hasn't hit full swing yet, so it's still really expensive.

 

[LilJoka]

Here's the situation for me. This is a last ditch effort to get more out of my CPU. With Prime95 with vcore >1.26v, my CPU reaches temps into the 90s. This puts me in a position where the best I can achieve under that voltage is 4.1 Ghz. I'm using a Swiftech H220x cooler that should provide adequate cooling. I've reseated it, with no change in results.

Even at 4.1 Ghz, I reach temps into the 80s on 2 of the cores when running Prime95. In real world heavy usage (typically the heaviest CPU load is hours of BF4), my CPU rarely reaches temperatures out of the high 50C range.

My only option is to use a stress test that doesn't cause the temperatures to spiral out of control so I can increase the voltage without hitting a thermal limit so quickly. Now, if the load AIDA64 is putting on my CPU proves to not be enough to guarantee a stable system. I'll fall back to where I was initially at 4.1Ghz which I know is very stable. I monitor my system closely if there are signs of instability or temperature issues, I won't hesitate to accept what I have.

You actually need 1.26v? Assuming this is a 4690k, that sounds like the Vcore range for 4.5Ghz.

You want to solve the problem: delid.

 

[ricki42]

How is this for a PC build.

Intel i5 4590 Quad Core CPU(Amazon £152.38)
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard (Amazon £61.25)
HyperX FURY Series 8GB DDR3 1866MHz(Amazon £59.94)
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB (Amazon £54.65)
WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue (Amazon £39.59)
EVGA 600W Bronze PC Power Supply (Amazon £51.99)
Fractal Design Define R4 PC Case (Amazon £69.99)
Sapphire Dual-X Radeon R9 270X OC 2GB (Amazon £119)

Building for a friend and ideally he wanted it around the £500 mark but if need be could stretch to £600. Comes to £605, so £5 over budget. He wants a PC that will be future proof however I assume he won't be a heavy gamer but will use it to play games. Any changes I could make perhaps to lower the price down a bit?

If he can stretch his budget a little further, the 4690k would allow him to overclock later. Could potentially extend the life of the build quite a bit.

 

[opticalmace]

Why has the price of RAM increased so much recently?

I got 8GB 1866 G.Skill last month at like $90.

It was surprising, to say the least.

One of the biggest factors was a big fire at one of the world's largest memory suppliers, Hynix. I think it was 2 years ago ish?

 

[orochi91]

I think DDR3 production has stopped or is simply ramping down, so people building systems are eating up the available supply like crazy and raising the price. DDR4 production probably hasn't hit full swing yet, so it's still really expensive.

I'm contemplating buying another set of 8GB DDR3, before it gets any more pricier :/

One of the biggest factors was a big fire at one of the world's largest memory suppliers, Hynix. I think it was 2 years ago ish?

Oh, so is this similar to the flooding that happened in Thailand? Where all HDD prices shot up for a while?

You actually need 1.26v? Assuming this is a 4690k, that sounds like the Vcore range for 4.5Ghz.

You want to solve the problem: delid.

I'm at 1.3V for 4.6Ghz on my 4790K, with decent temps.

I want to go higher, but not sure if I want to sacrifice my warranty in order to delid :/

 

[Booshka]

I jumped on my 16GB of DDR3 years ago because it was so cheap. Not because I needed it for anything. That turned out to be the right move...RAM prices have gotten crazy.

I gave my friend some grief for suggesting 16gb of RAM two years ago. Really glad I did though, it cost like 70 bucks when I got it, it's around double that now.

 

[Stubo]

How is this for a PC build.

Intel i5 4590 Quad Core CPU(Amazon £152.38)
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard (Amazon £61.25)
HyperX FURY Series 8GB DDR3 1866MHz(Amazon £59.94)
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB (Amazon £54.65)
WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue (Amazon £39.59)
EVGA 600W Bronze PC Power Supply (Amazon £51.99)
Fractal Design Define R4 PC Case (Amazon £69.99)
Sapphire Dual-X Radeon R9 270X OC 2GB (Amazon £119)

Building for a friend and ideally he wanted it around the £500 mark but if need be could stretch to £600. Comes to £605, so £5 over budget. He wants a PC that will be future proof however I assume he won't be a heavy gamer but will use it to play games. Any changes I could make perhaps to lower the price down a bit?

You could change the 4590 to a 4460 to save an easy £20 at the expense of 100mhz.

This saving could then be reinvested into the GPU with this MSI R9 280 for £137.70

I'd probably prefer that option if he's ok maxing his budget!

 

[kharma45]

How is this for a PC build.

Intel i5 4590 Quad Core CPU(Amazon £152.38)
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel LGA1150 Z97 ATX Motherboard (Amazon £61.25)
HyperX FURY Series 8GB DDR3 1866MHz(Amazon £59.94)
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB (Amazon £54.65)
WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive - Caviar Blue (Amazon £39.59)
EVGA 600W Bronze PC Power Supply (Amazon £51.99)
Fractal Design Define R4 PC Case (Amazon £69.99)
Sapphire Dual-X Radeon R9 270X OC 2GB (Amazon £119)

Building for a friend and ideally he wanted it around the £500 mark but if need be could stretch to £600. Comes to £605, so £5 over budget. He wants a PC that will be future proof however I assume he won't be a heavy gamer but will use it to play games. Any changes I could make perhaps to lower the price down a bit?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£74.26 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£59.58 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.59 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£140.79 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master Silencio 352 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£40.92 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.53 @ Amazon UK)
Other: Crucial CT120M500SSD1 120GB M500 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive (£49.98)
Total: £603.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 21:00 GMT+0000

Should be almost bang on £600 as the price on the GPU is coming in wrong.

 

[x3sphere]

You don't need the 5930 for 2 vid cards. Only if you have 3 or 4 should you care about only having 28 lanes.

Right now I agree. I wonder if 8x PCI-e will be a bottleneck for the next Titan card in SLI though, considering if it ends up being 40-50% faster than a 980, two of them would match or exceed a 3 way 980 SLI setup.

 

[The Bad Guy]

Guys, I'm torn between the G400s and the SS Rival. They're both discounted at $39.99 CAD atm. What do you think?

Staples is currently clearing out Logitech G500s for $32 and the G400 for $27.

http://www.staples.ca/en/Logitech-G500S-Laser-Gaming-Mouse/product_279213_2-CA_1_20001

http://www.staples.ca/en/Logitech-G400S-Optical-Gaming-Mouse/product_202144_2-CA_1_20001

 

[NoRéN]

Asus 970 Strix, Gigabyte G1, and MSI Gaming. Are people getting the Asus because they are obsessed with silent PCs or is there more to it?

 

[Aztechnology]

I need assistance GAF. I'm looking into getting a 4k display with Black Friday deals coming up. I saw this Samsung UN40HU6950FXZA 40" UHD 4K Smart LED TV on sale recently and I have a pretty hefty giftcard to bestbuy (USD 300). After reading some reviews, and based off Samsung's Pedigree, I'm really interesting in this TV. However, it doesn't have a display port, and doesn't claim if the HDMI is 1.4 or 2.0. I don't want to end up with a 4k display that can only output 24fps @4k. Can anyone help me find some more information about this TV? Should I wait for better 4k monitors or just look into getting a multiple monitor setup? Or am I just being ridiculous since you can't really even see the benefit at this size?

PS. I will be using this as a computer monitor.

 

[tarheel91]

Thats the .com site. I can get this for 230$ from newegg canada though. The crucial ballistix 2400 ram (2x4GB) stick is available for 130$ . So I can also get two of those for quad channel.

But I'm not sure if the ballistix is better than the normal 2133 crucial RAM?




As I'm from Canada I cant get that card from newegg.com (we get ripped of on everything). The cheapest price for a GTX 970 G1 is $418 which NCIX was able to price match for me.

As long as its a good brand the name means nothing for RAM. Go with the cheapest quad channel ddr4 you can find from a solid company and you'll be set.

 

[PFD]

Staples is currently clearing out Logitech G500s for $32 and the G400 for $27.

http://www.staples.ca/en/Logitech-G500S-Laser-Gaming-Mouse/product_279213_2-CA_1_20001

http://www.staples.ca/en/Logitech-G400S-Optical-Gaming-Mouse/product_202144_2-CA_1_20001

Nice deal on the G400, but the $15 shipping ruins it

 

[acksman]

Well GAF, I look at this thread almost daily and finally took the plunge and went down to my local MicroCenter. They bundled me up some good deals and matched a few other things so I am happy.

I will post a picture once I'm done should make a nice looking rig.

CASE: 1 NZXT H440 White ATX Case
CPU: 1 Intel Core I7 5820K
RAM: 1 Corsair 16GB 4X4 D4 2666 VGN LPX
CPU Cooler: 1 Corsair Hydro H100I Liquid Cooler
MB: 1 ASUS X99-Deluxe ATX 2011E
GPU: 1 ASUS STRIX GTX980 OC Edition 4GB PCIE
DVD: 1 LG 8X DVD
FANS: 6 FrozenCPU B12-2 SILENT 120MM FAN (Replace the stock fans in the Case)
UPS: 1 CyberPower 1500VA
HD: 1 WD 2TB 3.5 Perform HD 7200
HD: 1 Intel 730 Series SSD 480GB SATA 6Gb/s (On its way from NewEgg)
PS: 1 SeaSonic X-1250 1250W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD

 

[The Bad Guy]

Nice deal on the G400, but the $15 shipping ruins it

It's the same prices in store if you can make it out to Staples.

 

[kennah]

Staples is currently clearing out Logitech G500s for $32 and the G400 for $27.

http://www.staples.ca/en/Logitech-G500S-Laser-Gaming-Mouse/product_279213_2-CA_1_20001

http://www.staples.ca/en/Logitech-G400S-Optical-Gaming-Mouse/product_202144_2-CA_1_20001

I searched for the Sensei... 20$ on clearance. Now to figure out how to get to Staples

 

[Aztechnology]

I also need help figuring out if my power supply is good enough for my current setup. I haven't noticed any real issues, but I don't seem to be getting the performance I thought I would either. If I didn't have enough power to my system, I would easily notice right (Massive performance hit?)

So my current setup is
Intel I5 4670k 1.25v 4.6 ghz
Seidon 240m Close loop water cooler.
2x Nvidia 770 4GB in SLI, one is an EVGA ACX 4GB, the other is a MSI Twin Frozr GB
16 GB 1866hz
ASUS Z87-Deluxe mobo
Sound Blaster Z sound card
Rosewill Fortress 750w Platinum continuous PSU
120gb Samsun 840 pro SSD
2TB 7,200 RPM HDD

 

[Smokey]

Well GAF, I look at this thread almost daily and finally took the plunge and went down to my local MicroCenter. They bundled me up some good deals and matched a few other things so I am happy.

I will post a picture once I'm done should make a nice looking rig.

CASE: 1 NZXT H440 White ATX Case
CPU: 1 Intel Core I7 5820K
RAM: 1 Corsair 16GB 4X4 D4 2666 VGN LPX
CPU Cooler: 1 Corsair Hydro H100I Liquid Cooler
MB: 1 ASUS X99-Deluxe ATX 2011E
GPU: 1 ASUS STRIX GTX980 OC Edition 4GB PCIE
DVD: 1 LG 8X DVD
FANS: 6 FrozenCPU B12-2 SILENT 120MM FAN (Replace the stock fans in the Case)
UPS: 1 CyberPower 1500VA
HD: 1 WD 2TB 3.5 Perform HD 7200
HD: 1 Intel 730 Series SSD 480GB SATA 6Gb/s (On its way from NewEgg)
PS: 1 SeaSonic X-1250 1250W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD

Nice machine man! Congrats and have fun

 

[The English Conquistador]

Hm, in a bit of a dilema guys. Not long ago I bought the EVGA Geforce 780 ti ACX Superclocked card and it's quite difficulty to find a decent price on. It's as expensive, or even more expensive than it was when I bought it some months ago.

Do I spend the large sum of money again and get another to run in SLI, or purchase a 980 and somehow try selling this one off...if that's even gonna be possible...?

Anyvahn?

 

[Kvik]

Well GAF, I look at this thread almost daily and finally took the plunge and went down to my local MicroCenter. They bundled me up some good deals and matched a few other things so I am happy.

I will post a picture once I'm done should make a nice looking rig.

CASE: 1 NZXT H440 White ATX Case
CPU: 1 Intel Core I7 5820K
RAM: 1 Corsair 16GB 4X4 D4 2666 VGN LPX
CPU Cooler: 1 Corsair Hydro H100I Liquid Cooler
MB: 1 ASUS X99-Deluxe ATX 2011E
GPU: 1 ASUS STRIX GTX980 OC Edition 4GB PCIE
DVD: 1 LG 8X DVD
FANS: 6 FrozenCPU B12-2 SILENT 120MM FAN (Replace the stock fans in the Case)
UPS: 1 CyberPower 1500VA
HD: 1 WD 2TB 3.5 Perform HD 7200
HD: 1 Intel 730 Series SSD 480GB SATA 6Gb/s (On its way from NewEgg)
PS: 1 SeaSonic X-1250 1250W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD

You'll find that the Deluxe board is an excellent overclocker!

Aim for 4.5Ghz at 1.30v (do not run Prime95 SmallFFT test for extended period of time on this voltage, however -- in fact, don't run it at all!)

 

[Addnan]

Well GAF, I look at this thread almost daily and finally took the plunge and went down to my local MicroCenter. They bundled me up some good deals and matched a few other things so I am happy.

I will post a picture once I'm done should make a nice looking rig.

CASE: 1 NZXT H440 White ATX Case
CPU: 1 Intel Core I7 5820K
RAM: 1 Corsair 16GB 4X4 D4 2666 VGN LPX
CPU Cooler: 1 Corsair Hydro H100I Liquid Cooler
MB: 1 ASUS X99-Deluxe ATX 2011E
GPU: 1 ASUS STRIX GTX980 OC Edition 4GB PCIE
DVD: 1 LG 8X DVD
FANS: 6 FrozenCPU B12-2 SILENT 120MM FAN (Replace the stock fans in the Case)
UPS: 1 CyberPower 1500VA
HD: 1 WD 2TB 3.5 Perform HD 7200
HD: 1 Intel 730 Series SSD 480GB SATA 6Gb/s (On its way from NewEgg)
PS: 1 SeaSonic X-1250 1250W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD

http://i.imgur.com/ZQqjLdg.jpg?1[/][/QUOTE]
Now get a 2nd and 3rd 980 to make use of the PSU :D. Assume you got that through the crazy deal a week ago.

 

[Iacobellis]

His is DDR4 though, which is more expensive. I think the minimum is about $110 for 8GB of DDR4 for the lowest-speed stuff.

edit: same, Smokey. I bought 16GB of DDR3-1600 a few years ago for about $80 CAD. It's about double the cost now.

I know it's DDR4, but I was referring to DDR3 prices which should be dropping anytime by now. $10 for a gigabyte is just ridiculous.

 

[RGM79]

Thanks!

I was also considering a Radeon R9 270X 2GB due to finding one for a cheaper price. Looking at GPU tier list it's suppose to be on the same tier as the GTX 760. For the cheaper or same price would it be a better buy?

Here's some general synthetic and game benchmarks. They're neck and neck in some areas, some games the 270X pulls ahead, in others the GTX 760 has a better advantage. I'd consider the 270X to be the better cost-to-performance deal - you're getting more or less the same level of performance as the GTX 760 but for $40 less (additional $20 off with mail in rebate) and the 270X comes with AMD Gold Never Settle games bundle. If you don't already own some of the games included in the bundle and would like to, that makes it better than the $150 of ingame currency that the GTX 760 is bundled with (unless you play the games the currency is for).

I have never done this before; does this look alright for 1080p@60fps for current-gen gaming? Anything I need to upgrade / can cut corners on?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($39.99)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($94.99)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($219.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $804.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-22 14:31 EST-0500

I don't know if that motherboard price you listed is a typo, but if it's $39, then that's a damn good price if brand new in box. It's mATX which means you can go with a smaller case for it. Otherwise, I'd go with the Z97 ATX motherboard instead, better feature set to support the i5 K processor you want. You can save quite a bit on memory by going down to DDR3-1600. $73 Patriot low profile ram ($68 after mail in rebate) or G.Skill Sniper for $58 outright. There are better deals compared to that GTX 760, like the R9 270X mentioned above in this post. For $200 you can get an R9 280X which solidly defeats the GTX 760 in most games and benchmarks by 10-20%. The Corsair CX power supplies are seen as "budget" power supplies - you can get the excellent Corsair HX650 instead for $89 outright but $59 after a $30 mail in rebate.

I also need help figuring out if my power supply is good enough for my current setup. I haven't noticed any real issues, but I don't seem to be getting the performance I thought I would either. If I didn't have enough power to my system, I would easily notice right (Massive performance hit?)

So my current setup is
Intel I5 4670k 1.25v 4.6 ghz
Seidon 240m Close loop water cooler.
2x Nvidia 770 4GB in SLI, one is an EVGA ACX 4GB, the other is a MSI Twin Frozr GB
16 GB 1866hz
ASUS Z87-Deluxe mobo
Sound Blaster Z sound card
Rosewill Fortress 750w Platinum continuous PSU
120gb Samsun 840 pro SSD
2TB 7,200 RPM HDD

What sort of performance do you feel you're lacking? CPU power? Graphics power? Your 750 watt PSU should be more than enough to power everything. SLI is a bit finicky when it comes to performance, though. Some games work with it but are buggy, some can really take advantage of both cards, some don't run better at all. Is your computer unstable? Prone to crashes and restarts?

 

[moop1167]

I am hoping this is the right place to post this. I just put in 12GB of memory into my x58 motherboard and windows and CPU-Z are only showing that 8GB is installed. How do I fix this?

 

[The Llama]

I am hoping this is the right place to post this. I just put in 12GB of memory into my x58 motherboard and windows and CPU-Z are only showing that 8GB is installed. How do I fix this?

Double check to make sure you installed it properly?

 

[moop1167]

Double check to make sure you installed it properly?

LOL, just as I finished my post, I re-seated them. Now showing 12GB. Thanks.

 

[acksman]

You'll find that the Deluxe board is an excellent overclocker!

Aim for 4.5Ghz at 1.30v (do not run Prime95 SmallFFT test for extended period of time on this voltage, however -- in fact, don't run it at all!)

Ahh! I was planning on doing that. Thanks for the heads up.

Now get a 2nd and 3rd 980 to make use of the PSU . Assume you got that through the crazy deal a week ago.

Thats the plan to add 2/3 980's and yes I grabbed that PSU through NewEgg for $129 with the $20 Rebate = $109, crazy deal.

 

[Aztechnology]

Here's some general synthetic and game benchmarks. They're neck and neck in some areas, some games the 270X pulls ahead, in others the GTX 760 has a better advantage. I'd consider the 270X to be the better cost-to-performance deal - you're getting more or less the same level of performance as the GTX 760 but for $40 less (additional $20 off with mail in rebate) and the 270X comes with AMD Gold Never Settle games bundle. If you don't already own some of the games included in the bundle and would like to, that makes it better than the $150 of ingame currency that the GTX 760 is bundled with (unless you play the games the currency is for).



I don't know if that motherboard price you listed is a typo, but if it's $39, then that's a damn good price if brand new in box. It's mATX which means you can go with a smaller case for it. Otherwise, I'd go with the Z97 ATX motherboard instead, better feature set to support the i5 K processor you want. You can save quite a bit on memory by going down to DDR3-1600. $73 Patriot low profile ram ($68 after mail in rebate) or G.Skill Sniper for $58 outright. There are better deals compared to that GTX 760, like the R9 270X mentioned above in this post. For $200 you can get an R9 280X which solidly defeats the GTX 760 in most games and benchmarks by 10-20%. The Corsair CX power supplies are seen as "budget" power supplies - you can get the excellent Corsair HX650 instead for $89 outright but $59 after a $30 mail in rebate.



What sort of performance do you feel you're lacking? CPU power? Graphics power? Your 750 watt PSU should be more than enough to power everything. SLI is a bit finicky when it comes to performance, though. Some games work with it but are buggy, some can really take advantage of both cards, some don't run better at all. Is your computer unstable? Prone to crashes and restarts?

I'm having alot of stuttering issues within DA: Inquisition and Farcry 4 (Especially), only two games I've played since grabbing a second card for SLI. I'm getting over 60 fps, but with stuttering it doesn't feel that way... it's making me nauseous. The funny part is I was streaming in 720/60fps, and I watched the local recording and it's smooth as butter. It's as if it's only apparent on my screen.