I think he meant 1.35V.
I hope so! But 1.35v 4.5ghz is ok, the temp increase should be very minimal if so.
I think he meant 1.35V.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($149.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $429.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Looks like I'm going with this build.
I should be able to get another $30 off the processor at MicroCetner by buying it with the Motherboard from there at the same time. Also the motherboard is an open box, so $96 and then a $10 rebate. Many of the above parts I'm transferring over from my current setup (i52500k/12gbDDR3/GTX570). So I'm actually shaving about $95 off that cost above
Going to use the 570 until the new cards come out in the next couple months.
So before moving forward I thought I would take a shot at my first OC ever.
Was able to get up to 4.4 Ghz stable pretty easily on my first shot on my 2500k tonight using 1.35V. Runs at about at 50C.
Prime 95 passed all tests after running for about 6.5 hours there so I'm feeling good there unless I should be looking at something else as my barometer.
A question I have is on my RAM. right now I have 12gb DDR3 at 1333mhz.
Would it be worth replacing what I have with 2133mhz?
Does my motherboard (ASUS P8P67 Pro) even accept 2133mhz?
Would I need to do the overclock again if did upgrade (I'm pretty sure the answer to this is yes)?
I have a old PC, Phenom X4 3.2GHz, 4GB ram and Raden 5830, I dont have money for a new one and I would like to upgrade the GPU so i can play some games (dark souls 1).
What would be the best GPU for this PC?
So before moving forward I thought I would take a shot at my first OC ever.
Was able to get up to 4.4 Ghz stable pretty easily on my first shot on my 2500k tonight using 1.35V. Runs at about 50C.
Prime 95 passed all tests after running for about 6.5 hours there so I'm feeling good there unless I should be looking at something else as my barometer.
A question I have is on my RAM. right now I have 12gb DDR3 at 1333mhz.
Would it be worth replacing what I have with 2133mhz?
Does my motherboard (ASUS P8P67 Pro) even accept 2133mhz?
Would I need to do the overclock again if did upgrade (I'm pretty sure the answer to this is yes)?
What's your budget?
I dont have a set budget, I was just thinking what would be best GPU that doesn't get bottleneck by the rest of the system
I dont have a set budget, I was just thinking what would be best GPU that doesn't get bottleneck by the rest of the system
Yeah, I don't think it will workWill this work for my pc? My motherboard is ddr3. This says server ram. Does it matter?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820014082&cm_re=Vlp_ram-_-20-014-082-_-Product
I need very low profile ddr3 ram, since I have a tiny build with a hypercooler. Looking to upgrade my 8GB. I only have two slots. Any advice?
I currently have this in 2x4 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A14ZT6U/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Hey all! So I am planning out a build for a frenemy with basically unlimited money (that's always nice, right?).
Anywho, he wants the 6700K and he's leaning towards the Maximus Hero Alpha motherboard. Both great choices but then I have the problem with memory. He wants at least 16GB but he wants it to be fast and more importantly a perfect pairing to overclock the 6700K toas far and stable as it can go.
Mind you this purchase of his is going to happen in June-ish or so. He's waiting on the the new Nvidia GPUs to be announced/released. So if anyone has any recommendations for the above, I would greatly appreciate it!
Any lowprofile graphics cards out there that are an upgrade over my 750 ti that can work in this dell desktop?
Honestly I can't think of any major upgrades.Anyone pls?
Honestly if you're planing to go for Pascal/Polaris in the future, go for a new CPU aswell instead of just switching your ram and overclocking your trusted 2500k. And of course if you can spend a bit more...
I was rocking my i5 3570k @ 4.3gh, 16gb of ddr3 2400mhz and a gtx 980 for some time. Performance was good and I was able to hit ~60fps in most cases with a mix of high/v.high settings most of the time. Granted fps went down sometimes, especially in certain games like Witcher 3 (city areas), GTA V, Just Cause 3 etc. but it never bothered me as I really don't care if fps go down from 60 to mid 50s for a short duration.
Also upgrading my i5 3570k to skylake wouldn't give me a huge perfromance improvement, according to most reviews, benchmarks etc.
But this week I had to buy a new mobo (old one died) and I went for the new skylake architecture (because if you have to buy something new...). And the improvement in performance is huge, especially in CPU bound scenarios.
GTX 980+
Just Cause 3 - i5 3570k @ 3.3 ghz (~54fps)
Just Cause 3 - i7 6700k @ 3.3 ghz (~94fps)
Just Cause 3 - i7 6700k @ 3.3ghz without Hyperthreading (~89fps) (so practicall an i5 6600k?).
Just in case you're wondering if upgrading from an i5 2500k to an i5 6600k is a good idea. And I'm aware that performance will not improve that dramatically in all games but just to give you a couple of more examples. In Witcher 3 my minimum FPS in Novigrad went up from ~56fps to ~72 fps.
Hey guys,
My friend has recently his upgraded his GPU and mobo after 5 years and is now looking for a new CPU. The motherboard he got was this:
https://www.amazon.ca/ASUS-Micro-Motherboard-M5A78L-M-USB3/dp/B0054U7HIO
His GPU is a GTX 960, so he's going definitely mid-tier for this build. Would this CPU be a good pairing for it?
https://www.amazon.ca/AMD-FD6300WMHKBOX-FX-6300-6-Core-Processor/dp/B009O7YORK/ref=pd_bxgy_147_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=FXG6R8Y7GYHPAM9R70G4
Cheers. The links are for amazon.ca so hopefully it works for everyone. Not going to buy from there though. Cheaper places around.
In case the links don't work the CPU is a M5A78L-M/USB3 and the CPU he's looking at is a AMD FD6300WMHKBOX FX-6300 6-Core Processor Black Edition.
Anyone pls?
How useful is a motherboard with built-in WiFi & Bluetooth in the PC/Windows world?
Both of those parts are fine. If you can find an FX-8300 for something close to the 6300, it's worth it.
What was his old cpu? And where in Canada are you? Have you checked out Kijiji?
Hey all! So I am planning out a build for a frenemy with basically unlimited money (that's always nice, right?).
Anywho, he wants the 6700K and he's leaning towards the Maximus Hero Alpha motherboard. Both great choices but then I have the problem with memory. He wants at least 16GB but he wants it to be fast and more importantly a perfect pairing to overclock the 6700K toas far and stable as it can go.
Mind you this purchase of his is going to happen in June-ish or so. He's waiting on the the new Nvidia GPUs to be announced/released. So if anyone has any recommendations for the above, I would greatly appreciate it!
Not to be a jerk, but it's replacing a 6 year old cpu with a 4 year old cpu.I'll look into that one too. Cheers.
I've honestly forgotten what his old one was. It was a 6 year old 6 core AMD CPU. We're in Ontario, we usually use wintronic computers which is a local place.
So I'm thinking of not putting my 2TB HDDs into my new build. I kind of hate the noise of HDDs so I want to keep my PC quiet. I also hate it when NVidia backend or Steam slow down as they have to scan my HDDs.
So, I'll be using a 1TB SSD. That should be okay for the most part, but if I did want to expand my storage options, would it be at all possible to just use an external enclosure? I'm talking about actually running games off the external drives if I have to. It would be great to have a 4 bay enclosure that could accomplish this.
So running a 2500k still at stable 4.2ghz. But it seems that for vr I need something better, some vive vanes do stutter despite that the performance test is good.
What would be the best upgrade solution?
Anyone?
What GPU do you have? What's your budget? And how did you decide that you need a new CPU for VR?
How the heck do you only hit 80c in prime95 at 1.55v? What cooling have you got?
The voltage is also way too high and you are playing the gamble with degredation. Stick with 4.4.
What is the board?
Some vive games do stutter. I have a 970 at 980. Money isn't the big problem but I'm looking to spent my money into an upgrade which makes sense and lasts long.
If you want a new CPU I'd look at the 6600k or 6700k. You can also consider the X99 platform, with the 5820k (or the broadwell-e replacement next month or so, the 6800k IIRC).
edit: oh, good point kennah.
My old thermal right heatsink probably isn't compatible with that?
It could be. What model is it? Also, I think you should go for a 5820K for VR stuff. Those newer engines seem to scale really well across >4 cores, judging from how well people are doing on FX-8xxx CPU's.
If you do have to get a new HSF, get a Noctua. They'll send you new mounting hardware (for free) every time the platform changes.
Edit: I see your edit now. And should have been able to answer before. If it works with 1155, it'll work with 1151 - but not 2011.
So, it's fine for 66/6700K, but not 5820K CPU's.
It wasn't the fans that were loud, it's the pumps.
I run air cooling now where by all case fans turn off at idle and my CPU fan runs at like 600rpm. PSU fan also off at idle.
At load the fans only spin up at 70c CPU temps which is rare, so the PC is always silent without any buzzing.
The H80i died in 3 months so I got the EK L120 kit.
Both kits cooled my 3960X at 4.7Ghz, so performance was fine.
Sold the rig in its entirety and now gone for a 6700k cooled by my Venomous X.
Unlimited budget, eh?
One would be the sensible rig even with the knowledge of the "unlimited budget" as you probably don't need all the bells and whistles, just good performance. This rig assumes it's never going SLI, but could use additional features with a nice motherboard.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($349.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($106.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($157.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($149.45 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($117.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card ($653.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 450D ATX Mid Tower Case ($101.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB (32/64-bit) ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1975.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-01 09:32 EDT-0400
This computer will take him anywhere he wants to go without ever going bad (and is relatively nice to the wallet all things considered)
And another for if you want to go crazy with said unlimited budget. Might as well as go dual-980 Ti. And the best motherboard you can get before getting excessive.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($344.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($106.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($192.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($189.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Mushkin Reactor 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($653.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($653.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($139.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB (32/64-bit) ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $2821.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-01 09:38 EDT-0400
Note that price per GB on the memory is not optimal, as I intend to make sure the RAM is standard profile AND use only two slots on the motherboard. Also do note: if you prefer EVGA PSUs, feel free to do so - the only stuff around that 1000W tier are the good stuff, anyway, once you filter out everything else into just full modular, 80+ Gold or better PSUs. There's also a faster Asus card, but that may or may not be into your tastes. Feel free to keep the previous SSD + HDD configuration if you need more total space, or go for broke and get a 2TB SSD.
Do tell if he wants a louder or more muted styling. This should be acceptable looking for most people (in fact, quite handsome)
If money is actually unlimited, I would go for something along these lines: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3ywBf7
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($347.89 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($88.49 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($278.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($157.12 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($314.77 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 PRO 2TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($859.01 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($1003.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($1003.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic Snow Silent 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($155.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $4210.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-01 11:28 EDT-0400
In a customized Caselabs Merlin SM8. Once you get to a certain price point, you just don't buy stock.
And, uh, if money is actually, really limitless, they should just put four Titan X cards on a dual 5960X-Supermicro board... even though the 6700K is the newest architecture.
New $3 mouse pad from Walmart and new mouse feet for my G700. Sooooooooo good. Probably the most satisfying, cheap, and simple maintenance you can do for your computing experience.
Can someone recommend me some anti virus software for my new PC? Using Avast and Malwarebytes free editions atm
Is a mousepad recommended? I've always just had my mouse on my desk lol.
Hi guys
Basically I've been having issues with my system blue-screening whilst I play any game, no matter how demanding (or not) they are on the system. The games include The Sims 4, Need For Speed 2016, GTA V, The Witcher 3, Star Wars Battlefront and Stardew Valley. The blue-screens occur within 30 - 45 mins of me being in the game and the error messages are different each time.
The system was purchased from Scan in March this year and I was told to to load the standard 3XS profile to see if removing the over-clock helped - which it did, But now the bios is freezing when I try to load the 3XS over-clock profile, it hangs for however long I leave it until I hard reset the system. When the standard 3XS profile was loaded it happened within a second so something isn't right.
Just in case they are needed the full specs are:
Chassis - NZXT H440 Matte Black Edition
Power Supply - Corsair 750W CS750 modular, quiet, 80PLUS GOLD
Motherboard - Asus Z170 Pro Gaming with SupremeFX Audio & Intel NIC
Processor - Intel Core i7 6700K "Skylake" Quad Core professionally overclocked to 4.6GHz
CPU Cooler - Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler
Memory - 16GB Corsair Vengeance 2666MHz DDR4
Graphics Card - 6GB EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC
Sound Card - Asus onboard SupremeFX
System Drive - 500GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD
Storage Drive - 2TB Western Digital Green HDD
Operating System - Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64bit
Any ideas?
I wouldn't run it off an external... but you could have backups of the Steam downloads there. So you could just copy the games to your SSD when you feel like it.
1TB is pretty big for games though. I only have a few games installed at a time, personally.
Can someone recommend me some anti virus software for my new PC? Using Avast and Malwarebytes free editions atm
I haven't had any problems with just using Windows Defender.