opticalmace
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As long as it has a full warranty, which it should, I'd buy it. I bought my refurbished XB270HU for $650 Canadian.
"I Need a New PC!" 2015 Part 2. Read the OP. Rocking 2500K's until HBM2 and beyond.
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Is it awesome? Worth every penny?
opticalmace
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Yes, though I did have to get it RMA'd once. Since then it's been perfect.
At $500 Canadian I would definitely bite, if you're okay with the possible RMA.
I expect to keep this monitor for 5 years ish. YMMV?
It also locks you into Nvidia for g-sync if that matters for you though.
I'm building a PC for a friend and after initially targeting £600 with a 380, which then slipped to £700, we decided to future proof and build for VR. How does this look, and is there any money to be saved here? He's going to continue saving for either the 1070 or 490 so there's no GPU atm. Also, this thing would be wasted on anything less than a 1440/144hz monitor, right?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£199.95 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£121.82 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£55.19 @ More Computers)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£59.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.98 @ Novatech)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card (£27.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £628.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£199.95 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£121.82 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£55.19 @ More Computers)
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£59.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.98 @ Novatech)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card (£27.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £628.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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opticalmace
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60 days from the store or Acer? If Acer, it should be 3 years.
They said 60 days, but, gruuuu. I ended up not going to go get it. So indecisive and can hold out.
opticalmace
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Can't hurt to wait, there will be more deals. Sounds like you should just hold off for now.
NoctisCaelum
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Do we have a thread for tech support? Anyway just got my new gtx 970 because I RMAd my old one. The old one keeps restarting my pc when i'm gaming or even browsing.
This new one that I got gives me random black screen when I'm gaming but the PC is still on and I can hear the sound so I have to force restart my PC. tried with skyrim and witcher 3.
Checked the temps and they are fine. also tried different versions of the driver and reseating the GPU and RAM. ANy ideas? could this be cause my PSU or MOBO?
This new one that I got gives me random black screen when I'm gaming but the PC is still on and I can hear the sound so I have to force restart my PC. tried with skyrim and witcher 3.
Checked the temps and they are fine. also tried different versions of the driver and reseating the GPU and RAM. ANy ideas? could this be cause my PSU or MOBO?
Bloodember
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I slapped a water cooler on my 290X, temps are a lot better now. Didn't like 90C when playing Witcher 3.
I just have no idea how water cooling works or how expensive it is or what's required :/
neurosisxeno
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Post full specs.
If you don't want to mess around with liquid cooling then Noctua D15 is one of the best coolers you can get. It's also relatively expensive, large, and heavy. If you don't mind paying extra, plus your case is big enough plus you're not going to be moving your computer around too much, I'd look into it.
Prospective build:
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.33 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($145.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: AOC G2460PG 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($350.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1148.04
Will be making the build when I return from Abu Dhabi in a few weeks. Will wait to see what happens with the Pascal cards before adding. Questions I have are 6600k vs 6700k, are cheaper Mobo's ok, and the monitor (I keep going back and forth between this and the Dell - I feel reasonably comfortable with the G2460PG, though).
$1200 is the limit pre-GPU, including Windows and Monitor. I've been debating going to the 6700k by cutting some costs elsewhere - maybe with the MOBO and a smaller SSD.
CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.33 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($145.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: AOC G2460PG 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($350.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1148.04
Will be making the build when I return from Abu Dhabi in a few weeks. Will wait to see what happens with the Pascal cards before adding. Questions I have are 6600k vs 6700k, are cheaper Mobo's ok, and the monitor (I keep going back and forth between this and the Dell - I feel reasonably comfortable with the G2460PG, though).
$1200 is the limit pre-GPU, including Windows and Monitor. I've been debating going to the 6700k by cutting some costs elsewhere - maybe with the MOBO and a smaller SSD.
ISee
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A 'cheap' z170 board shouldn't perform worse than a premium 300€+ one. Of course there are still differences in design (if you care about stuff like that) and equipment like number of sata ports, number/generation of usb connectors, sound chip quality, wi fi, lan port, PCI-e slots, cross fire/sli capability, extra fan connectors/controllers etc. In the end it's up to you to decide what you need.
About your CPU decision. I upgraded last week and I thought a lot about the i7 vs. I5 topic. In the end I went for the i7 for longevity reason. Normally I'm upgrading my CPU every 3-4 years and I'm always trying to get something that is able to hold out that long.
I bought my last CPU (i5 3570k) when most games weren't even utilizing 4 threads equally or at all, so an i7 seemed to be a bit overkill back then and the i5 seemed like a cpu with some headroom for the future. Today CPUs able to handle 4 threads are the bare minimum as some games even refuse to start on a 2 core cpus without HTT. So I decided to go for a 4 core CPU with HTT this time around (fully aware that 4 cores + HTT aren't as good as a true 4+ core CPU).
Also this.
@Igo: I'm using the asus z170 a and the sound quality is surprisingly good.
https://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/products/cooling/vga.html
(I should get one for myself, the noise is starting to bother me in VR)
Woops, I misread, sorry.Isn't that a CPU cooler? I'm after a GPU one
Great news. My last build was a while back they weren't shipping with onboard amplifiers back then. At least mine didn't.
ohyouagain
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Crossposting from the GTX 1070 - 1080 thread :
An answer would be really helpful and could potentially save my some bucks.
Sun Bather
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Stuff I am replacing:
What I will replace it with:
Older parts that I will leave in:
This all seem reasonable right? I'm not sure if the ram speeds are a bit overkill, but it's so cheap anyway.
*Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz 6MB S-1155*Intel DP67BGB3 ATX S-1155*8GB DDR3 1600MHz Kingston HyperX (4x2GB)
What I will replace it with:
- Intel Core i7 6700K / 4 GHz Skylake Processor - LGA1151
- *ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING DDR4 - ATX LGA1151
- Kingston HyperX FURY - 2x8GB DDR4 2666MHz PC4-21300 CL15
- *Samsung 850 EVO MZ-75E500 - 2.5″ SATA-600 500GB
Older parts that I will leave in:
- *GTX970
- *Cooler Master HAF 922 u/PSU
- *750W Corsair TX CMPSU-750TXEU 140mm
- *1TB Samsung 7200rpm 32MB SATA2
- *WD WD30EFRX - 3tb 5,400 RPM
This all seem reasonable right? I'm not sure if the ram speeds are a bit overkill, but it's so cheap anyway.
ISee
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It's fine. Enjoy.
New build partially done. Reusing GTX 680 and CX600 until Pascal and my AX850 gets RMA'd.
I have the rad set as pull intake for the time being. I might swiarch it to exhaust if I buy a dust filter for the rear fan and switch it to an intake. Or maybe get dust filters for the 2x140mm rad fans and set them as push intake. Not sure what would be best.
I have the rad set as pull intake for the time being. I might swiarch it to exhaust if I buy a dust filter for the rear fan and switch it to an intake. Or maybe get dust filters for the 2x140mm rad fans and set them as push intake. Not sure what would be best.
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Looks good. Skylake systems seem to benefit more from higher ram speed so there is no overkill here, go as high as you can. 2666 and 3000 seem to be price/perf sweet spots though.
Sun Bather
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Thanks! Always nice to have people confirm. I never trust myself even after reading the OP.
Oh, and I'm really impressed by the Phanteks Evolv case. Build quality is amazing...those aluminum side panels are so nice on hinges, and they're really solid...much thicker than my Lian-Li. The manual is beautiful, and all the screws come in a plastic divider box. Nice touch. This case is so easy to work with. I highly recommend checking out Phanteks if you're in the market for a new case.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...-B170-Q150-Q170---What-is-the-Difference-635/
It limits how many RAM slots you get and pcie lanes, I personally wouldn't cheap out on a motherboard. Neither of those allow overclocking. Get the H170 if you don't care about overclocking and get the Z170 of you want to overclock. H110 was made for budget builds and mostly for people that are super short on money (if you are building a gaming PC you usually aren't that short on Money)
Fate_Shirou
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is this monitor good? I'm currently using a samsung 900p resolution monitor.
http://www.ncix.com/detail/lg-25um58-p-25in-ultrawide-ips-a4-126877-1130.htm
http://www.ncix.com/detail/lg-25um58-p-25in-ultrawide-ips-a4-126877-1130.htm
Accelero Xtreme III? >.<
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/hydro-series-hg10-a1-gpu-liquid-cooling-bracket
I'm sure there's other similar options (and you'll still need to add the cost of a closed loop watercooler on top)
shiftplusone
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I currently have:
i5 2500k
ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen3
16gb ddr3
120gb ssd
1tb hdd
980 Ti
Hyper whatever CPU cooler
620w PSU
I'm wanting to go
Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
anything I should change? motherboard has a rebate on it that ends today. I don't do SLI
I see a lot of builds here from pc parts don't have windows versions in them.
Is there something I can do with my current version to bring it forward? install the new hardware and just do a fresh windows install?
if I can avoid having to buy windows I can probably upgrade the SSD
or maybe I should do it anyway...
i5 2500k
ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen3
16gb ddr3
120gb ssd
1tb hdd
980 Ti
Hyper whatever CPU cooler
620w PSU
I'm wanting to go
Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
anything I should change? motherboard has a rebate on it that ends today. I don't do SLI
I see a lot of builds here from pc parts don't have windows versions in them.
Is there something I can do with my current version to bring it forward? install the new hardware and just do a fresh windows install?
if I can avoid having to buy windows I can probably upgrade the SSD
or maybe I should do it anyway...
No a Xeon will not work in a Z170 board. It is an entirely different pin layout than consumer boards and CPUs. You would have to get a server board (C series boards) to run your Xeon which will probably lacking a bunch of features that you'd find in most consumer boards.
Check the MicrosoftSoftwareSwap subreddit.
You can get windows 10 for $35 ($25 if you get the version that comes without windows media player). Or you can get Windows 8 for around $12 and just do the free upgrade to Windows 10.
Not true.
All depends on the model of the xeon, There are xeons that would work, not sure how much money he could save getting one though. I have been running xeons for years in consumer boards and I am running one now in my second desktop.
NoctisCaelum
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Oops sorry about that. here's my full specs.
CPU: i5 4460
Motherboard: asrock fatality h87 performance
ram: hyperx 8 gb
PSU: seasonic m1II 620 watts
cooler: hyper 212 evo
Just tried today playing skyrim and the screen turned black as soon as the world and character loaded :/
ethomaz
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Unlike previous gens Xeon Skylake requires C230 chipset.
So it is true.
Edit - Fixed with official info... even using the same socket LGA1151 the Xeon Skylake requires server chipset.
Is it possible? Sure. Though, I would just recommend you find high performance fans with built-in LEDs
It's just difficult to find good ones lol. Hopefully the Thermaltake riings are okay.
Just drill some holes in the noctua housing and wire in some LEDs.
Haha not a bad idea
opticalmace
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ISee
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Won't give you the best perfromance out there, but for that price? Awesome build! You'll be able to enjoy games in fullHD and 60fps if you're willing to turn down some settings. Enjoy
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