I'll write it all out tonight. Probably 1500-2000 including everything
Who is into building PC's/Gaming rigs?
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Wow, a lot of nice rigs here. Here's my mega monster ...
Dell Inspiron 660 I3847-4617BK
i5-4440
EVGA GTX 660 SC
Thermaltake TR-600 TR2 600W
Now that's mega! ;-)
Running FC4 at Ultra ...
Dell Inspiron 660 I3847-4617BK
i5-4440
EVGA GTX 660 SC
Thermaltake TR-600 TR2 600W
Now that's mega! ;-)
Running FC4 at Ultra ...
I used to be into building rigs. I got out of it for awhile then got back into it early this year.
Full tower CM case
Rampage Extreme
3960X OC'd 4ghz stable, (have reached 4.8 under 1.4v)
32 DDR3-1600 ECC/Reg
2 EVGA 780s in SLI
Now it just sits here, I browse the internet on it maybe a couple times a week. :lol: I built it to handle 3D surround gaming, (3 VG278HE 144hz monitors). but now I'm 3 thinking 3 4K monitors would be pretty sweet.
Full tower CM case
Rampage Extreme
3960X OC'd 4ghz stable, (have reached 4.8 under 1.4v)
32 DDR3-1600 ECC/Reg
2 EVGA 780s in SLI
Now it just sits here, I browse the internet on it maybe a couple times a week. :lol: I built it to handle 3D surround gaming, (3 VG278HE 144hz monitors). but now I'm 3 thinking 3 4K monitors would be pretty sweet.
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Pieced together a starter gamer PC for my 10 year old daughter today. I am going to buy all the parts for a rig for Christmas and wrap em up. She won't have much of a clue. Then I am going to help build it with her. Ordering the parts really got my fingers itchy to build myself something again... so don't be surprised to see me in this thread shortly with another dumb build.
I was trying to keep a 500$ budget for my daughters (no monitor). I wanted to do a black n red theme to go with her room. I like the case actually.
Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB GDDR5 HDMI/DVI-I/DP OC Version
MSI ATX DDR3 2133 Motherboard 970 GAMING by MSI
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB SATA
Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB Kit (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM - Black (HX316C10FBK2/8)
Thermaltake Commander MS-I Epic Edition VN400A1W2N-B No PS Mid Tower Case (Black/Red)
EVGA 500W 80PLUS Certified ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply 100-W1-0500-KR
AMD FD6300WMHKBOX FX-6300 6-Core Processor Black Edition
Should be a decent running little machine for her. All her friends have crappy little dells. She has a laptop but that has a hard time even with Minecraft. She will be smoking (will run minecraft with shaders for her). Dads geeking out.. can't wait to have that little bit of time with her to build it.
I was trying to keep a 500$ budget for my daughters (no monitor). I wanted to do a black n red theme to go with her room. I like the case actually.
Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB GDDR5 HDMI/DVI-I/DP OC Version
MSI ATX DDR3 2133 Motherboard 970 GAMING by MSI
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB SATA
Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB Kit (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM - Black (HX316C10FBK2/8)
Thermaltake Commander MS-I Epic Edition VN400A1W2N-B No PS Mid Tower Case (Black/Red)
EVGA 500W 80PLUS Certified ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply 100-W1-0500-KR
AMD FD6300WMHKBOX FX-6300 6-Core Processor Black Edition
Should be a decent running little machine for her. All her friends have crappy little dells. She has a laptop but that has a hard time even with Minecraft. She will be smoking (will run minecraft with shaders for her). Dads geeking out.. can't wait to have that little bit of time with her to build it.
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Anyone see any really good black friday deals?? Not finding anything appealing. My wife is wanting a new laptop for xmas. Looking for something that has an available M.2 or mSATA for an SSD bootdrive. Lenovo's preferably, but i see no deals
That's a pretty sick case!
I myself have been looking for Black Friday deals, but I have not found anything that stands out to me.
I have been watching a lot of YouTube video reviews to find the next case that I want to purchase. I used to want an NZXT Switch 810, but after watching reviews, I am going to purchase a Phanteks Enthoo Primo.
I have been watching a lot of YouTube video reviews to find the next case that I want to purchase. I used to want an NZXT Switch 810, but after watching reviews, I am going to purchase a Phanteks Enthoo Primo.
Just googled that case, WOW!
I am telling you, if you have the time in the evening, watch a good review video on YouTube that showcases the case from every single angle of the case. I mean, like a 20 to 30 minute video of the case. You will be amazed at what this case has to offer for ~ 250 USD.
Edit: Some quick things about this case that I think are amazing for 250 bucks. I am missing a lot of good points I'm sure.
Edit: Some quick things about this case that I think are amazing for 250 bucks. I am missing a lot of good points I'm sure.
- Ability to EASILY mount a push/pull 480/420 mm rad on both the top and the bottom of the case
- Ability to EASILY mount a push/pull 240/280 mm rad on the front and the "cable management" side of the case
- Easy to clean dust filters on almost every honeycomb "grille", with some of the dust filters being magnetic, so as to easily be removed and reattached
- Every fan hole is pre-drilled for accept a 120 or 140 mm fan
- Comes with two pre-drilled zones for tube style reservoirs
- Comes with four additional two-pin LED controller wires that are already wired into the built-in LED controller
- Comes with a PWM fan splitter that is ready to accept I believe five or six more fans
- Power supply is mounted in the back in the "cable management" area to be hidden from view and to make wiring easier
- Comes with an anti-vibration mount pre-drilled for the infamous MCP655 / Laing D5 pumps that can be moved to other areas
- Comes with toolless SSD mounts that can be moved around the case for customization
- Almost everything in the case is modular to allow one to move something to another location or remove it completely to another case
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Got the water cooling bug...
Just installed a front radiator, went with an Alphacool XT45
Letting the air bubbles work out now
Just installed a front radiator, went with an Alphacool XT45
Letting the air bubbles work out now
I'm looking to build a new PC. Not sure what to get but don't want to spend too much money. Looking at maybe $700 to $800 to get a new CPU going with my old case and monitor. Any opinions? I saw a pretty good combo deal on New Egg but wasn't sure whether to get it now or wait until tomorrow. I don't want anything fancy, just something that can get the job done running games like Rome Total War 2.
I'm also looking to get Rome Total War 2 for a good price for a copy of it and not just a dl.
I'm also looking to get Rome Total War 2 for a good price for a copy of it and not just a dl.
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Well, what's ur current setup? If you have a decent board with a fairly current socket, you could easily upgrade the cpu and a new gpu for anywhere between $400-500 if i understand what you're saying right
Here's a pretty sick deal on an R9 290 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150697&ignorebbr=1
My current setup is pretty old, in which I've been limping along with only one memory stick since I couldn't get the other one to work. Found out too late it wasn't working for me so couldn't send it back. =-/. I've just been playing older games on it since then and oddly enough it has been working fine. lol
But yeah, you are right, I'm going to keep the old monitor and case for now. I may get a new hard drive to consolidate down to one.
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
-System Type x64-based PC
-BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS P5N-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 0803, 12/26/2007
-SMBIOS Version 2.4
-Total Physical Memory 2,045.94 MB
-Available Physical Memory 1.47 GB
Crap, went too sleep too early last night. Sold out of it by this morning.
I'm looking to get something along these lines: Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I74790K
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Well I ordered the parts for my daughter the other day. I changed a few things around including bumping the card up to a r9 280. 550 with taxes which wasn't bad IMO. Had the granma order a nice ASUS monitor for her.
Now I have been doing my research for my build. I might order something today. I am thinking about doing a SLI 970 rig
So far these are the builds I have laid out, (military themed/colors). Go big or go home... My plan is finding a nice 1440p monitor that can be overclocked. The only other choice is the 800$ ROG 1440p 144hz monitor... uggghhh
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So, I really know nothing about building computers or even buying one off the shelf. I've never owned a computer before. I always had one from school or used my ex's laptop. But winter is here and I thought it was about time to join the modern world. I just made some guesses and spent some money.
Can anyone tell me if this looks like it should work together? I am hoping it does, but I dont expect to have done everything correct haha.
And how does cooling work? Does this require some sort of system or do the built in fans do the job?
MONITOR - ASUS|LED 27" 5MS PB278Q
CASE - NZXT| CA-PH240-W1 R
MB - MSI|Z97-GD65 GAMING ATX R
VGA - MSI|N760-2GD5/OC GTX 760 R
MEM - 8Gx2|TEAM TXD316G2400HC10QDC01
BLU-RAY COMBO LG | UH12NS30 %
PSU - ROSEWILL|RBR1000-M 1000W RT
HD - 2T|ST 7K SATA3 ST32000641AS REC
CPU - INTEL|CORE I7 4790K 4.0G 8M R
P.S. This is mainly going to be used for some high level Photoshop and 3D CAD modeling.
Can anyone tell me if this looks like it should work together? I am hoping it does, but I dont expect to have done everything correct haha.
And how does cooling work? Does this require some sort of system or do the built in fans do the job?
MONITOR - ASUS|LED 27" 5MS PB278Q
CASE - NZXT| CA-PH240-W1 R
MB - MSI|Z97-GD65 GAMING ATX R
VGA - MSI|N760-2GD5/OC GTX 760 R
MEM - 8Gx2|TEAM TXD316G2400HC10QDC01
BLU-RAY COMBO LG | UH12NS30 %
PSU - ROSEWILL|RBR1000-M 1000W RT
HD - 2T|ST 7K SATA3 ST32000641AS REC
CPU - INTEL|CORE I7 4790K 4.0G 8M R
P.S. This is mainly going to be used for some high level Photoshop and 3D CAD modeling.
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