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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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The Llama

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Ah man I just looked that up and it brought back so many memories of the first case I ever used in a build, the Cooler Master Centurion 5 haha.
 
Man what the hell? So I order the MSI X99S from newegg, which supposedly comes with a free 30 bucks mouse, but then when I check my bank account I was also charged for it.

edit: ok, I figure it out. It was discounted from the board prince, and then added as another order.
 

Durante

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We really need to discuss this ASUS "Socket 2084" thing. It's one of the strangest and most interesting events in mainboards in the last decade. I mean, WTF?

As I understand it currently, it starts with Intel puting lots of additional pins on their new CPUs, but not telling anyone to use them. In fact, they only certify sockets which don't use them. Then ASUS comes along and somehow figures out that they can use those additional pins to improve OC voltage stability. What? This sounds like fanfiction more than something which actually happened. But apparently it did.
 

The Flash

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Ok so I'm about to plug everything up and turn it on. If plugged a cable in wrong or anything, I'm going to fry the motherboard or will it be okay and just not turn on?
 

xBladeM6x

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Random question, if you have a primary GPU, like a 780, and want to use a dedicated PhysX card like a 660, do you need to use the SLI bridge on them?
 

Rur0ni

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We really need to discuss this ASUS "Socket 2084" thing. It's one of the strangest and most interesting events in mainboards in the last decade. I mean, WTF?

As I understand it currently, it starts with Intel puting lots of additional pins on their new CPUs, but not telling anyone to use them. In fact, they only certify sockets which don't use them. Then ASUS comes along and somehow figures out that they can use those additional pins to improve OC voltage stability. What? This sounds like fanfiction more than something which actually happened. But apparently it did.
Bolded for emphasis. I'm quite interested in results of what sort of practical improvement this allows.
 

xBladeM6x

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I dunno, but from what everyone here says, dedicated PhysX cards don't really improve performance.

I had considered it, but after seeing some of the benchmarks, it's not really worth it. At this point I was just curious if you needed to use an SLI bridge or not.
 

tarheel91

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We really need to discuss this ASUS "Socket 2084" thing. It's one of the strangest and most interesting events in mainboards in the last decade. I mean, WTF?

As I understand it currently, it starts with Intel puting lots of additional pins on their new CPUs, but not telling anyone to use them. In fact, they only certify sockets which don't use them. Then ASUS comes along and somehow figures out that they can use those additional pins to improve OC voltage stability. What? This sounds like fanfiction more than something which actually happened. But apparently it did.

I haven't really seen any concrete explanation beyond some press release mumbo jumbo. Interested to see how well this works.
 

Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
went to NCIX for my gtx780 where the fans are always at 100%, they'll exchange it no problem. They won't even TEST the card oO. They didn't have it on stock so I can keep using it until they get it delivered. sweeeet.
 

The Llama

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Ok so I'm about to plug everything up and turn it on. If plugged a cable in wrong or anything, I'm going to fry the motherboard or will it be okay and just not turn on?

I mean, I'm sure its theoretically possible for you to have plugged something in incorrectly and frying your mobo, but the odds of that are so remote that its not worth discussing. Like, you'd need to REALLY mess up to fry your mobo just by plugging something in wrong haha.
 

The Flash

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I mean, I'm sure its theoretically possible for you to have plugged something in incorrectly and frying your mobo, but the odds of that are so remote that its not worth discussing. Like, you'd need to REALLY mess up to fry your mobo just by plugging something in wrong haha.

I'm just going to wait until I get another case before going forward. But which version of the NZXT Source 210 should I go for? The standard or the elite?
 

The Llama

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I'm just going to wait until I get another case before going forward. But which version of the NZXT Source 210 should I go for? The standard or the elite?

The difference between the two is that the Elite model features a USB3.0 port on the front and an additional exhaust fan in the roof of the case.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/cases/henry-butt/nzxt-source-210-elite-case-review/

Up to you. USB and another fan are worth $10 IMO but hardly essential.
 

Smokey

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So uh the Steelseries Rival...

Is pretty awesome. I HATED the Raw but this one here...this guy is good. Feels good and is a right handed mouse. Maybe that's why I had an issue with the Raw? I dunno but thise guy with the rubber grips and materials feels good man.

Pls accept my apology MK
 

OTIX

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Have the mounting of CPU heatsinks changed at all in the last 5 years? I have an old Noctua on my i7 920. Wondering if I could reuse it on a 4690K, or should I just get a 212 evo?
 

xBladeM6x

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I wish there was a RGB version of the Razer Naga 2014. I basically only want to use mice with NumPads on the side / are designed for MMO use, but it seems the options are limited. :(
 
Have the mounting of CPU heatsinks changed at all in the last 5 years? I have an old Noctua on my i7 920. Wondering if I could reuse it on a 4690K, or should I just get a 212 evo?

First, find out if your mount works for Sandy Bridge/Socket 1155. If it does, then it works for Haswell socket 1150 as well since the holes are the same.
 

Kinsei

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It's alive!

Now to reattach the sides and install windows!

I'm a concerned by how loud it is. Are computers normally that loud when they're open?
 

The Llama

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Have the mounting of CPU heatsinks changed at all in the last 5 years? I have an old Noctua on my i7 920. Wondering if I could reuse it on a 4690K, or should I just get a 212 evo?

I had a Noctua on my 930 and was able to reuse it with my 4790k. IIRC I'm using the NH-U9B SE2. The non-SE2 version wasn't compatible, but the SE2 version was. So basically, just check, and it's likely its compatible.
 

Kinsei

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Even with the case on it, the computer is really fucking loud. I think I fucked up T_T

I'm guessing I didn't install the fan correctly?
 

Kinsei

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Whats your case, CPU fan, and GPU? And anything else that would have a fan in your computer.

The case is a Bitfenix Comrade. It has a fan up near the motherboard.

My CPU fan is the stock one that came with my Intel i5-4690k LGA1150 processor. I tried to use a cooler master hyper 212 evo fan, but I couldn't get it to fit, and I didn't want to damage the processor.

I have an Antec bp550+ power supply that has a fan on the bottom.
 

The Llama

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Hm, I'm not too familiar with any of those parts (well, I did use the stock Intel cooler a few years ago and don't remember it being too loud, but thats it), so maybe someone else can say more. But just check everything to make sure there's nothing blocking/hitting/stopping/etc. any of the fans. Also try to isolate the problem, to see which fan it is that's actually making the most noise.
 

Kinsei

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Hm, I'm not too familiar with any of those parts (well, I did use the stock Intel cooler a few years ago and don't remember it being too loud, but thats it), so maybe someone else can say more. But just check everything to make sure there's nothing blocking/hitting/stopping/etc. any of the fans. Also try to isolate the problem, to see which fan it is that's actually making the most noise.

I'll try that tomorrow. It's 1AM where I live, so I really need to get to bed.
 
Have the mounting of CPU heatsinks changed at all in the last 5 years? I have an old Noctua on my i7 920. Wondering if I could reuse it on a 4690K, or should I just get a 212 evo?

Email Noctua. They will send you a mounting kit for free. If you can't find a receipt you literally just take a picture of your cooler and send it to them.
 

Ezahn

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My i5 2500k stock fan is getting REALLY noisy, but if I stop it a couple of time with SpeedFan often it stops.
Anyways... I'm thinking about changing it.
No overclock here.
The mobo is an AsRock P67 Extreme Sandy Bridge.
Any suggestion? I don't want to invest much.
 

kennah

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My i5 2500k stock fan is getting REALLY noisy, but if I stop it a couple of time with SpeedFan often it stops.
Anyways... I'm thinking about changing it.
No overclock here.
The mobo is an AsRock P67 Extreme Sandy Bridge.
Any suggestion? I don't want to invest much.
Cooler master 212.

And you should be overclocking
 

megateto

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So I took out the nhd-15, reapplied the thermal paste, put the cooler back on, this time making sure to not make it too tight, run Prime and the 4790k goes to 4400hz and the temperatures drop to 98ºC.

Any ideas? Is it too tight still? Should I try to take the cpu out and remount everything? With regular use (browsing, watching videos, running steam on the background and installing stuff) things go to 50ºC.
 

Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
So I took out the nhd-15, reapplied the thermal paste, put the cooler back on, this time making sure to not make it too tight, run Prime and the 4790k goes to 4400hz and the temperatures drop to 98ºC.

Any ideas? Is it too tight still? Should I try to take the cpu out and remount everything? With regular use (browsing, watching videos, running steam on the background and installing stuff) things go to 50ºC.

did you make sure that the fan-output is facing the right way in the case, in terms of airflow? if it just pushes the air against another fan that pushes it back, that might be a simple airflow problem that's solved by just turning the fan around.
 

LilJoka

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So I took out the nhd-15, reapplied the thermal paste, put the cooler back on, this time making sure to not make it too tight, run Prime and the 4790k goes to 4400hz and the temperatures drop to 98ºC.

Any ideas? Is it too tight still? Should I try to take the cpu out and remount everything? With regular use (browsing, watching videos, running steam on the background and installing stuff) things go to 50ºC.

You should be tightening it as far as it goes.

Update the motherboard BIOS.
 
How well do the AMD APU HTPC builds from the SFF guide handle Dolphin and PCSX2? I'm looking for a nice living room PC and right now I'm pondering whether to build one myself or to just get a Raspberry Pi and be done with it.
The main uses would be video streaming and old-school emulation, but if I could build myself a small Mini-ITX system that can also handle indie games and "serious" emulation without spending too much money, that would be awesome.
 

SparkTR

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I'm planning on getting a 880/980 whenever it comes out, would it be worth it to keep a 760 as a PhysX card, or should I just sell that and stick with only an 880/980?
 

LilJoka

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And the bios was the culprit!

Revision 6 and it's in the high 70s.

Thank you all!

Yeah the old versions had incorrect voltage tables. So they push excessive voltage to the CPU causing high temps. Seems like nearly all these boards have the problem as they shipped with old Bios versions.
 
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