Hello All,
So I've been scouring the interwebs, checking reviews, and pricing
things out on a possible new gaming rig build.
So far I'm pretty set on the i7-4930k 6 core processor on an Asus
So far I'm pretty set on the i7-4930k 6 core processor on an Asus Maximus VII Formula socket 1150 Z97 motherboard. That paired with the fact that the motherboard comes with Watch Dogs as well, I figured it was a better deal than spending the same and NOT getting a game with it. :)
I'm diggin' the CFI Boreallight case (Black and orange), but plan to
replace the two 120mm and one 140mm fans with some Corsair AF series fans for more airflow. Cooling on the processor I've chosen the Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO, rather than going with Liquid cooling. I freak out when I spill a cocktail or coffee anywhere near my computer, let along putting coolant right in the vicinity of the internals. That and it seems from various sites that the Hyper 212 EVO will do the same amount of cooling compared to some of the best liquid cooled setups..
Anyone 'in the know' of the latest and greatest and care to share? :)
I'm looking to go with a good setup this time around, but there's a few areas where I can sacrifice to save money where I don't need to spend it,
as what I've listed above already prices out higher than I've ever spent on a PC. :)
So far I'm pretty set on the i7-4930k 6 core processor on an Asus
I got a Tandy 1000 on the cheep for ya...:)
The i7-4930k seems to be the top of the i7 range right now.
I haven't done a whole lot of research on PC components (my current
gaming PC, which I built a few years ago, is still serving me fairly well). I definitely think having lots of RAM is a nice touch. I've
heard by word-of-mouth that ATI/AMD video cards seem to run a bit
cooler than Nvidia, but I haven't tested that myself. I've always
tended to like Nvidia cards because they always seemed to have better driver support (so it's easier to get them going in Linux), and they
are great cards to boot.
Also, if you can afford to spend a lot on a PC, I wouldn't worry about that - If you put together an all-around great PC, it can last you
quite a while before you'll need to replace it.
The i7-4930k seems to be the top of the i7 range right now.
It's up there. There's an i7-4960X out there too, but it's over $1000. I
I had one ATI card my entire life, and it gave me nothing but problems, mainly in Linux. It took forever to get decent drivers for it, and by the time I did the card was already surpassed and outdated, and even fell into Microsoft's "legacy" limbo with discontinued support. I will always have Nvidia from now on. :)
Right. By sacrificing, I meant more in the lines of I can do with a CD/DVD
burner. I don't need a Blu-Ray player/burner because I don't deal with them on my PC.
That's right, I forgot about that. Those Extreme Edition processors
seem like they'd be pretty awesome, but they're too expensive for me
to want to consider buying one. Also, one thing I think is
interesting is that the Extreme Edition processors use the previous
year's CPU technology (the i7-4960X is an Ivy Bridge processor,
whereas the other i7-4xxx processors use Intel's newer Haswell technology).
I know someone who said he had 2 fairly expensive Nvidia cards in a
row fail on him, and now he only uses ATI. So I suppose sometimes
it's the luck of the draw, depending on what you get.
I think blu-ray burners are cheap enough these days that you might as
well get one. I just did a quick check on Newegg, and it looks like
the cheapest one they have is about $60. It's an LG - I have an LG
blu ray burner myself, and it has been fairly reliable. I rarely use blu-ray discs in my PC, but it's nice to have it there if I want to. Occasionally I'll put in a blu-ray movie to watch on my PC rather than
my TV. I think I've only burned a blu-ray disc 2 or 3 times though.
interesting is that the Extreme Edition processors use the previous
year's CPU technology (the i7-4960X is an Ivy Bridge processor,
whereas the other i7-4xxx processors use Intel's newer Haswell
technology).
I didn't know that. They probably max out the current generation processor, then move on to the next, while maybe allowing someone to tinker with the last of the previous generation by overclocking and/or whatever else, and then re-release it? Who knows. Definitely out of my price range, though.
It seems the i7-4930k (which you mentioned probably buying for your
new build) is also an Ivy Bridge processor - Newegg lists it as such: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116939
From what I've heard though, the difference in speed between the Ivy Bridge and Haswell is probably not noticeable, as Intel has been
focusing more on power efficiency these days.
let along putting coolant right in the vicinity of the internals. That
and it seems from various sites that the Hyper 212 EVO will do the same amount of cooling compared to some of the best liquid cooled setups..
I have a Corsair H90 (I think?) and it replaced one of the well known 'top' after-market coolers at the time (Tuniq Tower 120?) and my
personal results were big time in favor of the Corsair water cooler. I suppose those reviews should be accurate though...
I have a 2500k overclocked to 4.8ghz on 2011 hardware and after just
over 3 years the cooler is still going strong, and everything zips.
The only thing I upgraded since then was my graphics card to a 770 GTX (from a 570) and I popped in a second 27" monitor.
The cooler is completely silent and looks clean, instead of a big pile
of noisy shit that barely fit into my case! :) That alone makes it
worth the extra $40 to me, if you consider it should last you as long
as the processor like mine has. Corsair in general has epic support
too from my experience, so you can't go wrong with the power supplies.
As far as cases, I like simple clean and polished lines, nothing
flashy. I am a fan of Fractal Designs R4. To me its the Porche of
cases (as opposed to the Lambo); maybe not the most expensive but it fucking looks awesome and runs well. They're on sale at Newegg right
now for $89:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352021
The cases are well designed; so its not all aesthetics for me. They
have a good layout, good wire management, and even sound dampening
lining. There is a decent overview video in the link. Just personal preference though... any higher end case with good reviews probably
has the same features - so find one that fits that bill and looks good
to you, right?
This 2011 build has kept me from staying in touch with the current
stuff, because 3+ years later its still kicking ass. The 770 upgrade
is still letting me max games out in 1080p on my 2011 hardware. No
issues so far.
Also, the Crucial M4 SSD I have... Still going strong too, and I
bought it back when a SSD boot drive ran you $499. After reading so
many reliability problems in reviews, I can say my next SSD will
probably be a Crucial.
This system runs near 24/7 BTW so this stuff has some serious
longevity.
So far I'm pretty set on the i7-4930k 6 core processor on an Asus Maximus VII Formula socket 1150 Z97 motherboard. That paired with the fact that the motherboard comes with Watch Dogs as well, I figured it was a better deal than spending the same and NOT getting a game with it. :)
I'm diggin' the CFI Boreallight case (Black and orange), but plan to --(case, blah blah)-- --(fans, blah blah)--
Corsair Dominator Platinum 32gb quad channel RAM seems to be decent, but for $100 less I could go with the G.Skill Ripjaw X Series 32gb ddr3 2133mhz, which seems quite comparable.
If I do go this route, my i5 currently has an Nvidia GTX760 in it, so I may just grab a second one and throw them both into the new rig with SLI, Looking at the Corsair RM1000 watt power supply, mainly because it's about Anyone 'in the know' of the latest and greatest and care to share? :)
So far I'm pretty set on the i7-4930k 6 core processor on an Asus
I got a Tandy 1000 on the cheep for ya...:)
lolwut? :)
I know someone who said he had 2 fairly expensive Nvidia cards in a row fail on him, and now he only uses ATI. So I suppose sometimes it's the luck of the draw, depending on what you get.
Right. By sacrificing, I meant more in the lines of I can do with a
CD/DVD burner. I don't need a Blu-Ray player/burner because I don't
deal with them on my PC.
I think blu-ray burners are cheap enough these days that you might as well get one. I just did a quick check on Newegg, and it looks like the cheapest one they have is about $60. It's an LG - I have an LG blu ray burner myself, and it has been fairly reliable. I rarely use blu-ray discs in my PC, but it's nice to have it there if I want to. Occasionally I'll put in a blu-ray movie to watch on my PC rather than my TV. I think I've only burned a blu-ray disc 2 or 3 times though.
I didn't really even take that into consideration. I'm looking for the best bang for the buck, so to speak. There's only one 4xxx series above that one, and then it's all Xeon processors, according to cpubenchmarks.net. Definitely the most affordable out of the top 20 or so.
That was another thing I was noticing. Even places like CyberPowerPC
want to overclock for you, yet then offer some kind of Intel/AMD overclocking insurance of some kind. Is that if you overclock at any
How big of a difference from SATA3 is it, speedwise? I mean, I could get
a 2tb 7200-10,000 RPM drive for half the price or less of 500GB of SSD
I have always been a fan of Corsair, though I've heard some bad reviews
on the Vengeance line of their RAM, only in a couple places though.. so
I doubt it's just cases of individual bad experience or something.
I got a couple of those. I'm getting an Apple ][gs and a Commie128D this week. I think I have an extra Atari 800XL that's working, it's got a
256kb ram expansion, runs mad games yo!
$90 bucks for a burner, I got a blu-ray player for $15 like 3 years ago. Problem with blu-ray is you need high end software to use it, so tack on like $40 for a copy of powerDVD Ultra. Personally, I'd just skip optical altogether.
I got a blu-ray player for $15 like 3 years ago.
So far I'm pretty set on the i7-4930k 6 core processor on an Asus Maximus
So far I'm pretty set on the i7-4930k 6 core processor on an Asus
Maximus VII Formula socket 1150 Z97 motherboard. That paired with the
Kidd Wicked wrote to Access Denied <=-
I got a Tandy 1000 on the cheep for ya...:)
IMHO, watch dogs is crap.
That's a lot of $$$ for a game system, and you didn't even MENTION monitors. I assume you're going with an i7 and 2 shitty video cards so you'll only be driving 1 monitor? ASUS has a 27" 144hz gaming model
that I highly recommend, but you may need that second 760 to drive it correctly. the 27" is like $500-$700, but they have a 24", 144hz,
1080p 3d gaming monitor (VG248QE) for like $250, at that price you
could get 3 of em for that surround gaming experience.
I hate SLI, I think it's a waste of money, not to mention it's buggy
as hell (not as bad as it used to be...), but sell the 760 and get a
8xx series when they come out next month if money is no object.
My system is running 8gigs ram, it's a last gen quad core running XP & Debian7 as VMs, and I can game on it at 1080p@60fps. Unless you're thinking of running a couple virtual machines and an SQL server, you
don't need 32gigs ram, but I guess if money isn't an issue, go for it.
I'd move those funds to the monitors though.
Sorry if this message is strongly opinionated, the mobo is fine, but
an i5 processor with 16gigs ram, a second video card (doesn't have to
be sli) and 3 24" monitors are how i'd build a system these days.
Another one you might consider might be the i7-4790k. It has 4 cores
but its clock rate is higher (4.40GHz vs. 3.90GHz for the 4930k), and
it uses Intel's newer Haswell technology (vs. Ivy Bridge for the
4930k). The 4790k is less expensive as well. The 4930k might do
better in benchmarks (I haven't checked), but the 4790k might be
better bang for your buck, particularly if it will be mainly used for gaming.
sounds like a nice setup. i've been thinking of moving away from my
iMac (2007 2.4ghz c2d / 4gb) since it has become too sluggish to do anything simultanously. other option would be to give up updating and return to snow leopard which was quite fast, but then i couldnt even
use the current new softwares :Q
$90 bucks for a burner, I got a blu-ray player for $15 like 3 years
Where do you see blu-ray burners for $90? Newegg has them for $60.
I like high-def movies, but blu-ray can store a lot of data too. With 25GB for a single-layer disc or 50GB for a double-layer disc, it can be a good backup medium - although for backups, USB flash drives might be easier (but which is cheaper right now might depend on the brand and speeds).
tack on like $40 for a copy of powerDVD Ultra. Personally, I'd just
skip optical altogether.
I got a blu-ray player for $15 like 3 years ago.
That seems very cheap for a blu-ray player.. I'd expect to pay at least $50-$100 for a decent blu-ray player (which most still seem to be priced at).
$90 bucks for a burner, I got a blu-ray player for $15 like 3 years
Where do you see blu-ray burners for $90? Newegg has them for $60.
Oh whatever dude, split hares much?
I occasionally back up Doctor Who episodes, but 1-2 DVDs usually covers that. Having stuff like Steam, Netflix, Hulu, iTunes means never having to backup your media because you can just download/watch it again online. I outright tossed out a stack of DVD backups a few months ago. Movies and games I'd never play again, or are available online. I mean if you're backing up to blu-ray I'm guessing you have a pretty beefy Internet pipe to your house, so why bother with the extra step of backing up movies you can just stream later?
Backing up personal data is all well and good, but there are alternatives to optical. I have 40gigs of cloud storage that I pay $4/year for that keeps my docs synced nicely.
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