And for $380. Is that normal?Interesting that reference 970 seems to only be sold at Best Buy.
And for $380. Is that normal?
Will the performance be noticeably better on the O/C card, though?
No better time to overclock your CPU then!
Alright, I'll see how cheap I actually can get that card for then.Yes, but you can O/C the reference card too so it really doesn't matter. For $280 I'm going with that reference model.
I would greatly appreciate some input from you guys on some of the parts I plan to buy.
My main aim is to go from 1080p 60 fps+ gaming to 1440p 60 fps+ gaming, with over clocking.
I plan on reusing some of the parts from my current setup.
The build im going for:
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ( £620.00 @ Amazon UK )
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ( £167.50 @ Amazon UK )
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ( £137.24 @ Ebuyer )
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ( £131.98 @ Amazon UK )
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ( £285.56 @ Scan.co.uk )
Case: Corsair Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case ( £98.95 @ Amazon UK )
Total: Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available £1441.23
Every time I go back to my Dell U3011 I am blown away by the colors compared to my TN panels. Every. Time.
I noticed the links list doesn't have any professional assembly options for the US or AU. Does anyone have any company they like for this (US)? I used Maingear last time and I have no complaints, I just wanted to know if there are other options out there that people have tried.
That new thread smell...
What are my options for an HTPC case that will hold an ATX board?
I have the mobo already, so I'm trying to work with what I have. (ie, trying to keep the wife happy, she'd be upset if I bought another mobo instead of using the one I already have.)
You need a cooler for your CPU. Are you trying to play with max settings at 2560x1440? If so a 970 most likely won't get you in the 60fps range especially in newer titles. The good thing is GSYNC is great and it would still be a smooth and enjoyable experience.
Node 605 will fit the bill and it's a beautiful case that doesn't look out of place in a home entertainment center.
Reposting my question from the last thread:
Maybe someone here can help me: recently, i started using two monitors. I did a little bit of research and found some programs to force borderless fullscreen on games.
i discovered a program called Borderless gaming. works as intended, but i cant make it start with windows. i read on the program's github that it could be because windows ignores programs that need administrative rights. Any tips? If not, any suggestions on a better program?
Thank you. That looks great.
Interesting that reference 970 seems to only be sold at Best Buy.
When you say 280 are you factoring in a gift card or something? Because 90 off retail is pretty insane this early. I just bought mine and I'm pretty sure they offer retroactive deals if the purchase was made within a few days of a special offer.Is there going to be a noticeable difference in gaming performance between these two cards? I think I can get the one from Best Buy for about $280 if not.
You need a cooler for your CPU. Are you trying to play with max settings at 2560x1440? If so a 970 most likely won't get you in the 60fps range especially in newer titles. The good thing is GSYNC is great and it would still be a smooth and enjoyable experience.
I just bought the ASUS VG248QE, but comments like this have me worried. I went framerate over picture quality, but I'm not sure which I actually value more. I've never owned a monitor over 60hz or an IPS panel, so I don't know which I'd find more impressive. I had seen so much hubbub about higher refresh rates, so I went for that. Buyer's remorse is hitting me hard. I'll just have to see how it looks when I get the monitor in next week.
Yep, prematurely pressed submit. I've updated my original comment.
Yes max settings is what I'm after, what would you suggest then.
Sli 970 or single 980?
Didn't know I could buy from reddit lol.
I think I want to keep the Optical drive to watch Blurays in my room.
And I'm assuming the motherboard is overkill? Could you explain why? I was checking Logical Increments and its the best one they matched up with my processor and its just $20 more than the other 2.
Yeah I was just thinking about how the pricese are always changing with PC stuff. I guess I will save until I have the full sum.
And thanks for the Corsair 400r feedback. Any other recommendations for that price range? I dont like the flash stuff that's why I loves the simplistic look of the 400r.
i guess i could just start. just wanted to know if there was any way to force the program to start with windows. About what games, right now i was testing Red Faction Guerrilla, but i would like to do it on The Evil Within too.What games are you playing that you are trying to force borderless on? All the ones I regularly play have native borderless windowed mode. Can't you just start the app on demand for the ones that don't?
Can someone explain case fans to me?
So I always thought that case fans and cpu fans are the same thing. But I just found out that they are not.
Case fans use 3 pins, and cpu fans use 4 pins right?
So I bought a case fan hoping to use it as a CPU fan. How would I do this?
Can someone explain case fans to me?
So I always thought that case fans and cpu fans are the same thing. But I just found out that they are not.
Case fans use 3 pins, and cpu fans use 4 pins right?
So I bought a case fan hoping to use it as a CPU fan. How would I do this?
Just plug it in the CPU fan connector. The 4th pin is for the mobo to change the fan speed depending on the CPU temp. You don't need it for the fan to work.
well.. uhh, unless you want to make a custom heat sync you're going to have to pony up and buy a proper CPU cooler. I mean they are pretty reasonable. For instance an EVO 212 or similar for 20-35, or you can get a closed loop liquid for like 60-80.
Edit: Did I misunderstand and he just wanted to replace the fan that's on his current CPU heatsink?
I bought a corsair H75. It comes with 2 CPU fans, however I dont want to use those. I want to use the Cougar Red Vortex LED fan I bought instead.
2 questions.
So you can plug a 3 pin fan into a 4 pin cpu connector?
What if I need to increase the speed of the Case fan on the CPU when Im running a demanding application?
well.. uhh, unless you want to make a custom heat sync you're going to have to pony up and buy a proper CPU cooler. I mean they are pretty reasonable. For instance an EVO 212 or similar for 20-35, or you can get a closed loop liquid for like 60-80.
Edit: Did I misunderstand and he just wanted to replace the fan that's on his current CPU heatsink?
2 questions.
So you can plug a 3 pin fan into a 4 pin cpu connector?
What if I need to increase the speed of the Case fan on the CPU when Im running a demanding application?
Yes and it will increase automatically, but will depend on voltage instead of temps.
Ok so to sum it all up so Im clear.
4 pin connector fans, can adapter to temps, and can regulate speed through the bios.
3 pin connector fans, can adapter to voltages, but CANNOT be controller through the Bios, and speed varies by the voltage.
3 pin fans can also be used in a 4 pin connector, but not vice versa.
Shit this seems expensive :/
Ok so I came up with this build for Gaming, Video & Image editing, 3D model work such as Maya, UDK work.
CPU Intel i7 4790K- $300
Motherboard- ASUS Z97-Pro $190
RAM 2 x8GB (16GB) $125
Graphics Card GTX 760 $200
SSD 240GB $130
HDD 1TB $60
Power Supply SeaSonic M12II 620 $90
Case Corsair 400R $90
Optical Drive LG Bly-Ray $60
Heatsink NH-U12 $60
OS Windows 7 $130
Total- $1435 (ノಠ益ಠノ彡┻━┻
So can someone help me trim some fat? I'm not super tech savvy and I dont know for sure what I need. I dont have the cash at the moment so I will be saving up for this build and will purchase a few things every paycheck from now on. But first I need to know what I do and dont need.
Couple of quick questions. So the build I'm using comes out to approximately 500 watts. If I have an I5 4690k and eventually will have a GTX 970, around how much extra power will I need to have for overclocking? Would a 750 watt PSU be fine?
Also, aside from extra slots or connections, what is going to be the biggest difference in say a lower end Z97 board and higher end? I'm looking specifically at the Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H on the slightly higher end.
Does it say "F12" or "F13" or "F14" anywhere on the box? If it does, you should be good to go. On the BIOS download page, it says that BIOS version F12 was the one that included support for "New 4th Generation Intel Core Processors". I'm not sure if the motherboard would have come with F11 or F12 out of the box.Hey I need to drudge up something from the old thread.
These are the four posts pertaining to whether my motherboard is actually compatible and works in the context of these other build parts:
Trying to figure this out but I need some guidance, from RGM79 or anyone who can help me. On the motherboard's box it says "rev.1.1", dunno where I can find the manufacture date here.
Can I just use any of the Haswell overclocking guides for overclocking a 4790k/z97 motherboard? I haven't found a z97-specific one that's simple - not looking to push it that much just looking for the simple/stable method since I'm limited on available time to tinker with it
I need some help. I just got a new PSU (CorseAir CX600) since my old one couldn't supply my new graphics card with the power it needs. The problem is that this PSU lacks one of the male plug that plugs into my computers motherboard (the old PSU was plugged into it). The one that is missing is a 2 by 2 plug.
Is there anything I can do? Would any of the of the plugs that come with the PSU work despite none of them being 2 by 2? Like this 3 by 2 plug? Is it even necessary to plug anything into it? Sorry if the answer is obvious, first time I have really ever tried to up grade my computer.
Also sorry for the terrible image quality, the only camera I have is the 3DS camera.
EDIT: also sorry if this is the wrong thread to be posting this in.
Is there going to be a noticeable difference in gaming performance between these two cards? I think I can get the one from Best Buy for about $280 if not.
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 PCiE Video Graphics Card GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD
NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card - Silver/Black
I am going to wait until I have installed an after market cooler before trying to overclock. I still have the stock cooler and because the cpu is 4 years old, I think the thermal paste isn't in the best condition to overclock anymore. Even at clock speeds my CPU gets quite hot.
Now that we are talking about the subject, this is my current motherboard: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3503#ov
I have all 4 RAM slots filled, with slot 1 and 3 having normal RAM, and slot 2 and 4 (with 4 being the slot closest to the CPU socket) having low profile RAM. Would this be a problem for some aftermarket coolers?
A lot of incorrect information here in the last few posts.
Both 3 pin and 4 pin fans/headers allow temperature vs fan speed curves.
The difference is 3pin is modulated via voltage, 4 pin is modulated via PWM. The PWM fan will run lower rpm without spin up problems since it sends 12v pulses at different duty cycles to modulate the speed, whereas the 3 pin header uses a lower voltage to adjust the fan speed.
3 pin fans work on 4 pin headers, 4 pin fans work on 3 pin headers but won't get PWM control.
It's not always 3 vs 4 pin that dictates a pwm header, it's the motherboard maker. The power pin is always the same on both header, just depends if the manufacturer used PWM or RPM readout on the 4th pin. Most only have CPU headers with PWM and other 4 pin system headers as voltage controlled with RPM readout (sneaky).
You must check the motherboard manual for the actual pin configuration!
So I'm looking at getting a new mouse, mouse pad and keyboard. I'm also thinking of buying some ram.
Here's my current rig
7970 3gb
2500k overclocked to 4ghz
Z68XP-UD3 Gigabyte mobo
And 8gb ram.
Other than my GPU, would the ram be the bottleneck?
Looking at the Logitech g502 mouse, what should I be looking at for keyboards?
This might be a really dumb question, but it is a GTX 670 better than a 760? The Dying Light specs came out and I am worried I wont be able to play it at all lol. My 760 is 4 gb, if that matters in the end
Look at these benchmarks. The 670 and the 760 perform very similarly. You should be fine.
Shit this seems expensive :/
Ok so I came up with this build for Gaming, Video & Image editing, 3D model work such as Maya, UDK work.
CPU Intel i7 4790K- $300
Motherboard- ASUS Z97-Pro $190
RAM 2 x8GB (16GB) $125
Graphics Card GTX 760 $200
SSD 240GB $130
HDD 1TB $60
Power Supply SeaSonic M12II 620 $90
Case Corsair 400R $90
Optical Drive LG Bly-Ray $60
Heatsink NH-U12 $60
OS Windows 7 $130
Total- $1435 (ノಠ益ಠノ彡┻━┻
So can someone help me trim some fat? I'm not super tech savvy and I dont know for sure what I need. I dont have the cash at the moment so I will be saving up for this build and will purchase a few things every paycheck from now on. But first I need to know what I do and dont need.
Depends on what you do with the computer, like what games you play or if you do media production.
Gaming. Getting acceptable performance in games like Far Cry 4 and Dragon Age. But I'm always looking for better fps etc. Just wondering if more RAM would see much of an improvement.
As for keyboard and mouse, yes just gaming.
Got a Fractal Design Define R5 today, don't think it's officially released until next week in many European countries. Haven't installed all stuff in it yet, but really nice quality and I'm really happy with it. If someone has any questions about measurements or similar, ask away. I never had the R4 with the magnets for the door, but I don't think the "new" way of opening the door is as bad as it was described in reviews. But it could be because I never was used to the magnets.
Gaming. Getting acceptable performance in games like Far Cry 4 and Dragon Age. But I'm always looking for better fps etc. Just wondering if more RAM would see much of an improvement.
As for keyboard and mouse, yes just gaming.