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"I Need a New PC!" 2015 Part 2. Read the OP. Rocking 2500K's until HBM2 and beyond.
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IrrelevantAlex
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Hi, a friend is looking for a new pc and I'm trying to help him. I'm not knowledgeable on whats the best price/performance ratio so I'm coming here, thanks!
Budget: $700 USD
Main Use: Purely gaming, I know he wants Xcom 2 and new Doom.
Monitor Resolution: 1080p
Looking to reuse any parts?: No
When will you build?: as soon as possible
Will you be overclocking?: No
No need for an OS.
Budget: $700 USD
Main Use: Purely gaming, I know he wants Xcom 2 and new Doom.
Monitor Resolution: 1080p
Looking to reuse any parts?: No
When will you build?: as soon as possible
Will you be overclocking?: No
No need for an OS.
My roommate bought a heatsink for his K processor, and now when he boots his computer back up after installation, it's turning itself off after a few seconds then back on again. We read up on some possible solutions and troubleshooting options. We've tried everything. When he removed the CPU, we noticed some of the pins look to be bent down on the CPU socket of the motherboard. Does this look to be reason for alarm? He doesn't remember if it looked like that originally before installing the heatsink.
If this board is out of warranty then bend the pins back so they somewhat fit the overall pattern of the pin layout.
holygeesus
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Your avatar is kinda apt!
NeOak
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So OCed a 2500k i got as a gift from my brother since he upgraded to a 4.8Ghz 6600k. He hadn't OCed it because it was a prebuilt system with a cheap H61 board. Got 4.5Ghz stable with my H75 and the cheap MSI Z77 G41. Also got 16GB of 2133 DDR3 with 10 CAS (it was the same price as regular 1600 at Microcenter)
Quite a bit of an upgrade from a i5-2400 @ 3.4Ghz with 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3
Thought about going for 32GB but for games I think 16GB is fine.
Quite a bit of an upgrade from a i5-2400 @ 3.4Ghz with 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3
Thought about going for 32GB but for games I think 16GB is fine.
ISee
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Enjoy your 'new' CPU. Performance wise this sounds like a significant upgrade. When it comes to ram. 32gb are pretty much useless for gaming atm. Some games take profit from 16gb but the majority (>95%) are just fine with 8gb. So even 16gb is a bit overkill atm.
Burgess_101
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Not quite the same but I have the Phanteks equivalent with Crucial Ballistix Tracer and they just barely fit. If I want to add more it looks like I will have to take out the heatsink.
NeOak
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Lately I tend to run 2 MMOs (BnS & TERA) at the same time (they can idle pretty well when they are in the background, based Piece of Shit UE3 versions that can't really multithread well) because I alt tab to chat, so the 16GB does help in my very particular case.
ISee
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Hi Gaf,
I'm helping out a friend who wants to build himself a brand new gaming PC. We already decided on a case, fans, PSU, drives etc and most importantly I persuaded him to go with a 970 over a 960 so in a way we are a bit over budget and we have around 570 left for CPU, CPU cooling, mainboard and ram but we have access to 16gb of ddr3 2133 ram for free, which is a plus.
Overclockability is important and my friend really wants usb 3.1 support just to be a bit more future proof.
So we played around a bit and figured out the following two builds (and by all means they aren't final!)
Any recommendations on other parts? Also as both systems are in the same price range which is the better one? I tend to favour the i5 skylake a bit over the i7 haswell refresh, but I have the feeling that HTT could help out in future games a bit more...
I'm helping out a friend who wants to build himself a brand new gaming PC. We already decided on a case, fans, PSU, drives etc and most importantly I persuaded him to go with a 970 over a 960 so in a way we are a bit over budget and we have around 570 left for CPU, CPU cooling, mainboard and ram but we have access to 16gb of ddr3 2133 ram for free, which is a plus.
Overclockability is important and my friend really wants usb 3.1 support just to be a bit more future proof.
So we played around a bit and figured out the following two builds (and by all means they aren't final!)
Any recommendations on other parts? Also as both systems are in the same price range which is the better one? I tend to favour the i5 skylake a bit over the i7 haswell refresh, but I have the feeling that HTT could help out in future games a bit more...
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Going to build a new PC soon and I'm wondering what the major difference are, between a MSI GTX 970 GAMING 100 Million Edition and a Asus Turbo GTX970.
Any advice?
The Asus Turbo will be cheaper for me.
Any advice?
The Asus Turbo will be cheaper for me.
Burgess_101
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From what I can see it should be absolutely fine.
You sure? Is it a bad brand maybe? Not why people say it could not work.
ISee
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500W should be enough, no matter what the rest of your configuration is... So there is plenty of room left even if your PSU is a lot worse than stated.
Burgess_101
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Well I read some reviews and it seems like even though it isn't the best PSU it should still do the job.
I'm passing by to thanks RGM79 and everybody else who helped me here with my new rig. I already installed everything and I'm all set to go.
The CPU cooler is huge and took a good chunk of space, So I had to remove one cooler on the case lateral, it almost cover one of the VGA slots and it's over two memory slots, so I'm glad I bought two and not four. ¬¬
Now I just have to enjoy the machine that I'll be spending the next years with. Thanks again.
OnionPowder
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Anybody use Nvidia 3D Vision before? I really like 3D, but I don't know if it's worth the $100.
Black Pewter
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After asking for help here about 100 seperate times about what to buy, when to buy, how to install it and everything else a first time builder asks, I've finally put together my rig.
....One more question though. I know with Windows 7 and previous you pretty much had to reinstall windows when you replace the motherboard particularly if it was a different brand, but I'm on 10, and it seems to be working fine without doing that. Is there anything I should be doing to make sure something doesn't go wrong? Like any drivers I should download?
....One more question though. I know with Windows 7 and previous you pretty much had to reinstall windows when you replace the motherboard particularly if it was a different brand, but I'm on 10, and it seems to be working fine without doing that. Is there anything I should be doing to make sure something doesn't go wrong? Like any drivers I should download?
It depends on the silicon lottery. I have a 4770K and I am only able to overclock it to 4.3 with water cooling. Almost everybody says that they can get 4.5 easily but if I overclock it past that, the computer just refuses to boot, it only lets me access the BIOS.
Walker_Boh
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Majestic 12
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Best Z170 motherboard under $250? Does not seem to be a standout in brands, requirements are full ATX size, possible SLI for future and decent audio (1150). Any recommendations would be a great help, can push budget if required.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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With that much RAM do you experience any delay when alt-tabbing to your desktop to use your browser/other programs?
My current system (until my new one courtesy of RGM79 gets here) has 4GB and it chugs massively when alt-tabbed with B&S up so I was wondering how much room 16GB gives you to do things like that.
Don't see why not. It supports the rams speed and is the right type.
opticalmace
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What vcore are you using at 4.3? 4.3 does seem really low for a 4770K.. though I guess it can happen.
NCIX does (at least here in Canada), and Memory Express will price match and beat it by 10% (they only ship to Canada though I believe).
NeOak
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0 delay.
I'm not in Canada so memory express is out of the question checked NCIX and they sadly don't have the same item. Thanks for the suggestion though!
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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FlyingSaucer
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Quick question : today, at boot, my PC told me I've lost my Windows 7 authentification, and the code no longer appear in my system properties.
My copy is authentic and I just need to fish out the install CD from somewhere in storage, but I find the accident suspicious : am I being hacked ?
My copy is authentic and I just need to fish out the install CD from somewhere in storage, but I find the accident suspicious : am I being hacked ?
VlaudTheImpaler
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I'm typing to you on the future right now and it's amazing! I did it guys, I'm up and running. Thank you guys so much for all of your help! Now it's time to learn how fiddle with the settings without blowing something up.
You guys think this will handle undertale on ultra?
Also, any guidelines on downloading steam? Stuff that I should or shouldn't do? What are my options for game launchers?
xCaptainCanadax
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Hey everyone,
Thinking about building a new PC and was hoping to grab some opinions on this build I parted out: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/GdKmYJ
Thanks!
Thinking about building a new PC and was hoping to grab some opinions on this build I parted out: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/GdKmYJ
Thanks!
QuantumSquid
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The case arrives tomorrow. Hopefully my build goes just as well as Vlaud's did.
Collateral22
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What should I go with? An i7 4790k or an i5 6600k? I presume the Skylake tech is newer and better compatible with things going forward? 970 going with it with 8GB RAM.
The case arrives tomorrow. Hopefully my build goes just as well as Vlaud's did.
Looks awesome good luck!
i7 is hands down the more powerful processor. Skylake does allow you access to DDR4 ram but the actual difference there is minimal.
Although the price point for the 4790K you could get a i7-6700 (non k) which is closer in power but still a little worse according to benchmarks.
The case arrives tomorrow. Hopefully my build goes just as well as Vlaud's did.
Be sure to upgrade that keyboard eventually :>
VlaudTheImpaler
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I just wanted to say thank you for your help last night. I was being a dunce but the info you provided was exactly what I needed.
No problem lol there's no reason not to help someone out if you can.
QuantumSquid
Member
Absolutely, just wanted something cheap for the moment. It may not be mechanical but it is a Logitech product so it seems pretty good despite that.
Trying to decide what/when to upgrade or get a new PC.
Have:
i5 3570k @ 4.2
Gigabyte 670 GTX OC
8 gb RAM
Gigabyte Z77N mobo
Bitfenix Prodigy mITX Mini-ITX Tower Case (listed as it is smaller than normal tower)
It has bee great with all games, but with Xcom2 almost out and apparently a resource hog and DOOM and Shadow Warrior 2 out this year, it looks like I'll be bumping up agains more and more resource intensive games.
Note that I live in Canada and can be somewhat patient. My backlog is pretty big.
Recommendations?
Have:
i5 3570k @ 4.2
Gigabyte 670 GTX OC
8 gb RAM
Gigabyte Z77N mobo
Bitfenix Prodigy mITX Mini-ITX Tower Case (listed as it is smaller than normal tower)
It has bee great with all games, but with Xcom2 almost out and apparently a resource hog and DOOM and Shadow Warrior 2 out this year, it looks like I'll be bumping up agains more and more resource intensive games.
Note that I live in Canada and can be somewhat patient. My backlog is pretty big.
Recommendations?
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Wouldn't fit. Coolermaster is 159mm, whereas the max the Xigmatek Asgard could squeeze is apparently 150 and even then I'm dubious, so I need some squatter options, sorry!
Hands of Stone
Member
Fuck it went and bought my processor early, finally getting back to my PC!
Also visiting that micro center was like PC nirvana, definitely coming back when I get paid again
Also visiting that micro center was like PC nirvana, definitely coming back when I get paid again
opticalmace
Member
All you really need is a new video card. Maybe 390?
Edit: double check what length of GPU can fit in your case of course.
Manp
Member
any damage to cpu socket pins is usually not covered by warranty.
if you ever decide to try and bend them back get a magnifying glass and some tiny pliers. and be super gentle.
so i don't know much about computers i was just wondering if someone here could tell me if it would be smarter to build a new PC or to upgrade my current one. I am looking to run games like xcom 2, the new tomb raider , just cause 3 and the new deus ex on high settings.
current motherboard MSI p67a-g43
Current GPU GeForce GTX 550 Ti
current cpu Intel i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
current power supply 500 w dynex
hdd WD caviar blue 1 tb
current motherboard MSI p67a-g43
Current GPU GeForce GTX 550 Ti
current cpu Intel i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
current power supply 500 w dynex
hdd WD caviar blue 1 tb
Netherscourge
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Just get a new GPU (GTX 970?) and a 700+ Watt PSU and you should be good.
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