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Hey all, Trying to get some feedback/insight on a few parts for my nephew's PC build. See my older posts for  about it.tl;dr: He's a photography and film student. Not really into gaming. Primary purpose of the machine is to learn/experiment with photography, film editing, 3D modeling/rendering, photogrammetry software Price is important (shooting for a $1600 budget), but ease of install/setup is too. This is his first build. I have a few questions. The CPU is already purchased. He's going to buy the GPU soon-ish based on prices/availability, but assume he'll need sufficient power to drive a 1080 or whatever the most recent/previous generation power-hungry GPU is. GPU and monitor are simply placeholders for expected/target amounts ($250 for GPU, $400 for monitor). PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($189.75 @ OutletPC) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($114.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($0.00) Storage: Western Digital Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($94.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($250.00) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Newegg) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85.95 @ Amazon) Monitor: BenQ BL3200PT 32.0" 60Hz Monitor ($400.00) Total: $1740.64 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-22 15:34 EDT-0400 My questions / uncertainty:
I build one system every few years or so--any advice or feedback is appreciated. Thanks! ---- [1] Drawback is a memory upgrade will require complete replacement
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It's been years since I did this poo poo and I've no idea if I'm doing anything dumb (except $$$ on that monitor, which is a biiiig 'maybe') Mostly looking to play Doom, BF1, etc. Also planning to stuff a bunch of old HDDs in it to recover old media, assuming they aren't dead yet. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Newegg) Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($34.79 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.85 @ Amazon) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.89 @ OutletPC) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card ($449.99 @ SuperBiiz) Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($129.95 @ B&H) Monitor: Asus PG279Q ROG Swift 27.0" 165Hz Monitor ($769.00 @ Amazon) Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Mini Keyboard ($99.99 @ Amazon) Mouse: Logitech G500s Laser Gaming Mouse Wired Laser Mouse ($52.99 @ Amazon) Total: $2220.41 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-22 15:38 EDT-0400
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I've got a gaming laptop that's been good to me for 4 years, but it's on its last legs. I'm finally in a place where I can build babby's first PC, so I have never done this before and am starting from pretty much scratch. My budget is ~$1500-$1700. I'd like something strong enough to run Final Fantasy XIV and Overwatch at high-highest settings and won't have any problems running any games that come out in the next year around the same settings. I'm gonna use it as the facebook/email/etc. machine, and I'm also considering streaming. I'm fairly certain I wanna pick up either a GTX 1070 or 1080, but I'm not sure where else to go or what else to do. I'd like to have 2 monitors as well, but they don't have to be super nice. Can you guys help me out? What country are you in? USA What are you using the system for? Gaming, regular web use, streaming to Twitch (not doing professional work) What's your budget? $1500-$1700 (would not mind going lower than $1500) If you're gaming, what is your monitor resolution? 1920x1080 is the goal resolution
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Nevergirls posted:It's been years since I did this poo poo and I've no idea if I'm doing anything dumb (except $$$ on that monitor, which is a biiiig 'maybe') Do you really need a 770 dollar monitor? I mean if money is no issue more power to you, but if you want bang for buck there are korean overclock monitors for like 300 bucks. Or even 400-500 for a good quality IPS monitor. I don't know. I just feel like all of ASUS's ROG line is way overpriced. Also, I would totally recommend going with something like this :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ID=6202798&SID= instead of the Founders 1070.
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dbcooper posted:Hey all, Here are a few changes I would make: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($373.86 @ B&H) CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler ($64.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($174.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($108.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($0.00) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($85.12 @ B&H) Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($250.00) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85.95 @ Amazon) Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" 60Hz Monitor ($379.99 @ Micro Center) Total: $1683.86 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-22 17:18 EDT-0400 Also you don't need to worry about memory upgrades, the motherboard has 8 slots for RAM so you can go up to 64GB easily.
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What country are you in? USA What are you using the system for? Mostly a Workstation for Motion Graphics/Animation, 2d/3d work, video editing, and a bit of gaming on the side. Programs I will be using are Cinema 4d, Adobe Creative Cloud (especially After Effects with Trapcode, Particular and Red Giant installed), Maya, Unreal Engine 4, Unity and maybe some Nuke/Houdini. What's your budget? We usually specify for just the computer itself (plus Windows), but if you also need monitor/mouse/whatever, just say so. around $2000 but it could be more or less. (I realize the videocard might be a bit overkill/hard to find but I already ordered it and its being shipped here in a few days lol) This is my first time building so if you notice any errors or better ways to spend my money let me know!) PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($369.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($107.99 @ Best Buy) Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($219.99 @ Micro Center) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($117.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.85 @ Amazon) Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($150.00 @ Amazon) Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($150.00 @ Amazon) Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M Acrylic ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon) Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz) Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz) Total: $1538.77 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-22 17:43 EDT-0400 My friend suggested going with this cooler instead (he thinks the one I chose is excessive): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181030 and he also suggested this case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139008 but he is also focused on gaming so idk how these choices apply. Also I was wondering if I should go for stick of RAM that are 16gb each instead of 8gb each for the sake of upgradeable space, but the 16gb sticks that would fit in my budget would have a slower clock speed. http://pcpartpicker.com/product/wMvZxr/corsair-memory-cmk32gx4m2a2133c13 What do y'all think? I appreciate the feedback! Thanks!
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Hoecakes posted:What country are you in? USA A few changes I would make to reduce costs and improve the overall quality of the system: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($373.86 @ B&H) CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($219.99 @ Micro Center) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($108.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($154.85 @ Amazon) Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($119.99 @ Micro Center) Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($119.99 @ Micro Center) Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US) Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($62.99 @ B&H) Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($32.99 @ Amazon) Total: $1463.62 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-22 18:03 EDT-0400 1) I actually upgraded the cooler, this one is cheaper and better than the one you selected, you will never face heat issues with this even if you overclock fairly high. If you are not going to be OCing then you could use a much cheaper CPU cooler. 2) I changed the RAM for something slightly cheaper, you should be fine here as far as bandwidth goes since it will be running in quad-channel. 3) I changed out the HDDs for cheaper, better, larger ones. 4) I switched the case for this one, it will be quieter and while the oter one lists a lot of drive bays you have to buy extra parts for those drive bays to work so this case is better as a workstation case. Also the Enthoo Pro M has bad dust filtering design in front, this case has the best dust filtering of any case on the market. 5) I switched out the PSU for this one because it is cheaper, very high quality and has a larger capacity in case you ever need it. Other than that it looks good, though I am no expert on workstation machines so make sure your programs will be able to properly take advantage of the extra cores and threads.
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KingShiro posted:What country are you in? USA So here's what I've come up with so far. Probably wait and get that RX480 if they don't sell out for weeks at a time? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($122.98 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($90.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($283.98 @ Newegg) Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($63.49 @ Newegg) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85.95 @ Amazon) Total: $990.35 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-22 19:49 EDT-0400
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KingShiro posted:So here's what I've come up with so far. Probably wait and get that RX480 if they don't sell out for weeks at a time? A few small changes I would make: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.29 @ B&H) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($126.98 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Sandisk X400 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($125.98 @ Newegg) Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($85.95 @ Amazon) Other: RX 480 8GB ($240.00) Total: $1011.16 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-22 20:28 EDT-0400 1) A better mobo. 2) A larger SSD for not much more, if you can fit it in the 1TB X400 is only $225. 3) A better PSU, if the rumors of the RX 480 OCing like mad with a good bit of extra power are true it would be good to have a high quality PSU, plus this PSU comes with a 10 year warranty and is extremely well made for only a little bit more money, the whole build still comes in under your budget so if you wanted you could even get a fancy version of the RX 480 if it ends up costing more, or maybe a better case(Define mini?) or the larger SSD I mentioned.
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I am looking for some video card advice: What country are you in? US What are you using the system for? Gaming What's your budget? I am pretty open for the video card purchase If you're gaming, what is your monitor resolution? This is the crux, I am looking at doing either a Vive (or other VR) or going to a 1440p with 144Hz monitor in the near future. So I have been crushing over the VR wave pretty hard recently, but want to wait to see if it ends up panning out. In the meantime I was thinking of getting myself a 1440p 144Hz monitor to hopefully play on Ultra. I am curious what level of graphic card would best put me in a comfortable spot with that high of demands? I am currently running a 760 GTX so almost any upgrade will be large, but I want to make sure that I don't fall short of my ultimate VR/monitor goals.
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Thanks. I'll probably change the case to the Define Mini then.
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Ingenium posted:I am looking for some video card advice: I'd say a GTX 1070 would be best, it will get you very high frame rates to take advantage of the high refresh on a 2560x1440 144Hz monitor, though you might want to wait and see how the RX 480 turns out, you would only need to wait a week or so to find out and GTX 1070s are hard to come by right now anyway.
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Bleh Maestro posted:Do you really need a 770 dollar monitor? I mean if money is no issue more power to you, but if you want bang for buck there are korean overclock monitors for like 300 bucks. Or even 400-500 for a good quality IPS monitor. quote:Also, I would totally recommend going with something like this :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ID=6202798&SID= instead of the Founders 1070.
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:Motherboard: ASRock Z170M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($126.98 @ Newegg) I was looking at the mATX Z170 boards. It seems like they have pretty mediocre reviews with complaints about QC. Are this and the Maximus Gene the main options? I'd prefer to pay a bit more for a board that's stable and going to last though I don't know if the Gene is over the top for that. Is there a recommended motherboard comparison site? I know reviews tend to be a bit skewed towards the people mad about RMA's, am I overthinking this? http://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#c=110&f=7&sort=d1&page=1
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daspope posted:I was looking at the mATX Z170 boards. It seems like they have pretty mediocre reviews with complaints about QC. Are this and the Maximus Gene the main options? I'd prefer to pay a bit more for a board that's stable and going to last though I don't know if the Gene is over the top for that. Is there a recommended motherboard comparison site? I know reviews tend to be a bit skewed towards the people mad about RMA's, am I overthinking this? You are overthinking it, the Gene is not going to be any more stable, in fact because it is even more feature heavy there is more complexity to the design and therefore tighter tolerances and more places for something to go wrong. Almost everyone who gets a bad board is going to leave a 1 star review while maybe 2% of those who have no problems will leave a positive review, the fact that that board has an average of 4/5 on Newegg in spite of the negative reviews is a good sign. Also you are probably going to have a hard time finding a board with higher quality parts, the ones with even higher quality parts and engineering tend to be workstation boards and almost all of them are ATX or E-ATX.
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Beautiful Ninja posted:If it's an identical motherboard, I would think your OS settings and Video Card OC would be fine, as they would be saved in software. Your CPU OC is going to be saved to your motherboard's BIOS, that won't transfer over, so you might want to write down your settings so you can just put them the new mobo. Thanks.
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Just got my ssd drive and the seagate hd and don't know what connectors they use. I'm so used to the big ribbon connectors of eons ago and the big power connectors. These are super small connectors. Read the explanation of the motherboard and it comes with sata cables. The powerbox that I bought doesn't have any connectors that fit such small power connectors on both of them. I read I need "molex" adaptor for a sata power cable? Does that sound right? https://pcpartpicker.com/product/R7V48d/seasonic-power-supply-ssr650rm And https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FrH48d/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e500bam And Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
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Tony Homo posted:Just got my ssd drive and the seagate hd and don't know what connectors they use. I'm so used to the big ribbon connectors of eons ago and the big power connectors. These are super small connectors. Read the explanation of the motherboard and it comes with sata cables. The powerbox that I bought doesn't have any connectors that fit such small power connectors on both of them. I read I need "molex" adaptor for a sata power cable? Does that sound right? Each drive will need one SATA power connector (the big one of the two):  and one SATA data cable (the smaller of the two):  The modular power supply probably has sata power cables as a separate cable you need to plug in and run to where the disks are in the case. The data cables go to the sata ports on the motherboard (it's best to hook up the SSD to the Intel sata ports and install windows on it first, then plug in the secondary disk later so windows doesn't put stuff on the wrong disk). edit: also note that the connectors are keyed so they can't go on upside down. There's a little downwards bit on the end of each.
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Managed to snag a 1070 FE from BestBuy yesterday (There were three more nvidia branded in the naples, FL bestbuy for anyone that's interested). And as I suspected the length of the card is wrecking havok with my cable management as it barely fits in the case. Part of the problem seems to be the cables that came with my EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply as they have this unruly mesh covering over the wires that I assume is to protect them but makes it very complicated to run the wires in the direction I need them to go. Are there generally any replacement cables you can buy separately and do you need to buy the same brand as the Power supply? Other than that this card has been an amazing upgrade to my HTPC stepping up from my 760. And I no longer have to mash down the power cables to get the top of the case to fit back on. 
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Kithyen posted:Managed to snag a 1070 FE from BestBuy yesterday (There were three more nvidia branded in the naples, FL bestbuy for anyone that's interested). You need the same branded cables, yes. There is a cable set meant for the G2 PSUs but it costs something like $120 and is meant for aesthetics more than anything else. Unless the case is windowed I would not worry about the cables being unruly, it does not make a measurable difference as far as cooling goes.
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toplitzin posted:I have a long in the tooth HW limited HTPC/NAS that needs replacing. It's a phenom 9750 and 4GB of DDR2 running a couple of storage pools and Kodi+light steam duty. I think i put together a decent build that hits the bottom barrel price. I'll be moving over a few 2TB+drives, and have a 120GB SSD on order already for a boot drive. Thoughts? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 11 LP Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($15.98 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: MSI H170A PC Mate ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($91.98 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($33.89 @ OutletPC) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US) Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz) Total: $312.82 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 09:23 EDT-0400
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toplitzin posted:I think i put together a decent build that hits the bottom barrel price. I'll be moving over a few 2TB+drives, and have a 120GB SSD on order already for a boot drive. You don't need to buy a cooler, non-K Socket 1150 processors come with them. Looks pretty good otherwise. That model of PSU got a solid review by JonnyGuru so it should do alright and the rest is fairly standard stuff. Eletriarnation fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Jun 23, 2016 |
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Anything here that screams "update me now" ?? Evga GTX 970 4 GB Intel i5-3570k CPU LGA 1155 Asus Maximus V Formula mobo 2x 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3-1333
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toplitzin posted:I think i put together a decent build that hits the bottom barrel price. I'll be moving over a few 2TB+drives, and have a 120GB SSD on order already for a boot drive. Here is an alternate build: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($114.99 @ NCIX US) Motherboard: MSI Z170A Tomahawk AC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($33.98 @ Newegg) Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US) Total: $318.95 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 10:29 EDT-0400 The idea here is that we drop the wireless card, upgrade the mobo to one that comes with built in wireless and is a Z170 mobo to boot so if you decide to upgrade to a k-series CPU in the future you will be able to overclock.
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Looking for a few stray recommendations here. First off, an external USB drive. It needs to read Blu-rays. I don't particularly care if can burn dvds or anything. I'm not sure which brands to trust or how much I need to spend. Second, a UPS. Again, I don't know anything about brands or pricing. I would ideally like a UPS that could support my computer, a single monitor, and my router / modem for at least an hour. I realize that will probably be a couple hundred dollars or more. I'm fine with that, assuming it should last several years under constant usage. I don't necessarily need specifics here, if someone could just tell me what to look out for, that's fine. I also have a question about CPUs. I had decided on the 6700k, but this was kinda disturbing to me: http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i7-6700K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-5820K The 6 core is better than I thought, and the 4790k seems to beat it. But that doesn't make any sense to me - isn't the 4970k just an older quad core?
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:The idea here is that we drop the wireless card, upgrade the mobo to one that comes with built in wireless and is a Z170 mobo to boot so if you decide to upgrade to a k-series CPU in the future you will be able to overclock. Yeah, these are good ideas. There is a nontrivial chance that in a few years you will be asking "how can I make this system last a bit longer", and having Z170 will mean that you can buy a new Kaby/Cannonlake i5/i7-K or a Skylake model that someone else has dumped on eBay for cheap and then OC it for a huge improvement. You could still get the new chip with an H motherboard but you couldn't OC it, so paying a tiny bit now to have that big potential is good. Samara posted:Anything here that screams "update me now" ?? No, as long as that i5 is overclocked. Processor and memory are both "you could use more but you don't really need it, and you might not notice depending on what you're doing" territory. The graphics card could be upgraded, in the same sense that anything that isn't a 1080 could be, but it's not old or low-end. Really depends on what you are doing though, are you noticing some kind of performance issue that feels like it could be fixed by better hardware?
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:You need the same branded cables, yes. There is a cable set meant for the G2 PSUs but it costs something like $120 and is meant for aesthetics more than anything else. Unless the case is windowed I would not worry about the cables being unruly, it does not make a measurable difference as far as cooling goes. https://www.cablemod.com cables won't work?
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Zero The Hero posted:Looking for a few stray recommendations here. 1) Not really sure on a blu-ray drive, looking on Amazon I found this one, it's expensive but LG is a decent brand. 2) For a brand of UPS go with APC, they are the the most respected and best manufacturer, you can also replace the battery on them, it's expensive to do so but cheaper than replacing the whole unit. You will not get hours of uptime with anything less than a multi-thousand dollar model with far higher wattage capacity than you need. I would recommend this one, it should keep your system up for over a half hour at low load and you can hook it up to your computer via USB and install software that will let you set up the UPS to save stuff and safely shut down your system in case of a power outage. 3) First off don't trust CPUboss, I have seen a lot of odd results from there. The results are skewed because the 4790k boosts to 4.4GHz out of the box while the 6700k only boosts to 4.2, the 6700k will OC higher on average so it's the better CPU of the two. The 6 core one can be OCed to 4.4GHz with good cooling fairly easily so it is still very fast in single threaded stuff, on anything using over 4 cores it will quickly outpace both of the 4c/8t CPUs.
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Bleh Maestro posted:https://www.cablemod.com cables won't work? They will but you need to get the ones specific to your PSU, like these. You can get extensions that will work with any PSU but those do not replace the cables, they just add some length and are meant to make it so the exposed cable in a windowed case looks good. The replacement cables need to be made for the corresponding PSU, tend to come in big sets and are quite expensive. EDIT: Oh, hey, they do have a smaller kit. Not sure on the price but it will certainly be much less than a full kit. AVeryLargeRadish fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Jun 23, 2016 |
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I'm looking for a KVM switch that can do the following 2 HDMI inputs (at least 1080p or 16:10 equivalent mininum) for dual monitor 3 USB input (1 for keyboard, 1 for Mouse, 1 for USB headset), key point being it can carry audio over USB Use case is switching between desktop and docked work laptop (Work VPN doesn't split tunnel, so I'd like to easily switch to my desktop)
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Jun 23, 2016 18:09
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:A few changes I would make to reduce costs and improve the overall quality of the system: Hey thank you so much for the suggestions! A former college professor looked at my list recommended that I get an 1000W PSUfor the workstation. I don't know anything about PSUs, I was wondering if you knew of any 1000W psu's to recommend?
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Jun 23, 2016 18:16
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Note: I've restricted myself to parts from Amazon and Newegg, because I hate dealing with other vendors, and am willing to pay a little more for it. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($247.23 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BK 68.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($53.73 @ Amazon) Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($139.73 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($78.46 @ Amazon) Power Supply: Thermaltake 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($66.63 @ Amazon) Total: $585.78 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 13:46 EDT-0400 With the deadline on free upgrading to Win10 coming up, I'm looking at replacing the guts of my machine now, and swapping out the video card for a GTX 1070 in a little while, when they become easier to get a hold of. Is this a reasonable setup? I want to be able to overclock, but I also want to put a giant stack of HDDs into the box, so the 6 SATA ports on the MSI board are barely adequate.
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Hoecakes posted:Hey thank you so much for the suggestions! A former college professor looked at my list recommended that I get an 1000W PSUfor the workstation. I don't know anything about PSUs, I was wondering if you knew of any 1000W psu's to recommend? 1kW is pretty overkill for this system, but if you want one here is the one I would recommend right now: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/MKfp99/evga-power-supply-120g21000xr
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What country are you in? USA What are you using the system for? Video games; 1080; interested in VR but not planning on buying a kit right away What's your budget? Around $1,000 PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.99 @ SuperBiiz) CPU Cooler: Gelid Solutions SnowStorm 66.3 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.89 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: ASRock H170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($90.88 @ OutletPC) Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.75 @ Amazon) Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($253.98 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ NCIX US) Total: $866.46 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 16:52 EDT-0400 Notes: I replaced my current computer's PSU a year ago so I plan an reusing that for this new one which is why I didn't add a PSU. The summers here are pretty terrible so that's why I added a CPU cooler even though I don't plan on overlocking. On a related note, if someone can recommend a case with good cooling that would be nice.
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I'm in process of researching a PC for my cousin, for business purposes. He intends to run 5 monitors, with low graphical requirements, business software, and pictures. I have the know how to build him a decent PC, or point him in the right direction for a good pre-built, but I'm not having very much luck researching the best way to run 5 monitors. He'll probably bend that down to 4 monitors if that makes it simpler. It's my understanding that windows will support 4, or more monitors using one video card, and software. I assume I'll need a splitter. While researching this, I'm getting a lot of "use multiple cards", or "multiple machines". I'm hoping this doesn't have to be the case. If it does, so be it. If anyone has any suggestions (hardware/software, set up) I would love you forever. Again, doesn't need to be graphically beefy. He does real estate, so it'll be running that type of software, as well as various other business related programs.
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Jun 23, 2016 23:04
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AVeryLargeRadish posted:1) Not really sure on a blu-ray drive, looking on Amazon I found this one, it's expensive but LG is a decent brand. Thanks, that UPS looks solid. I'll probably get it. I'll still look around for another external blu ray player, just because I want one that isn't refurbished. For some reason newegg doesn't have any recognizable brands available. I can't really think of a use for 6 cores now, or any time in the next few years. There are plenty of programs that will utilize six cores, but very few that will max multiple cores out. Unless I were doing a lot of virtualization.
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Jun 23, 2016 23:13
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How does this build look for midrange workstation? Adobe Creative Suite usage and some light 3d modeling? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.99 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($150.88 @ OutletPC) Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($90.88 @ OutletPC) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ Newegg) Video Card: PNY Quadro K2200 4GB Video Card ($410.08 @ B&H) Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.99 @ NCIX US) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($87.98 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.88 @ OutletPC) Total: $1327.56 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 18:19 EDT-0400
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Remote User posted:I'm in process of researching a PC for my cousin, for business purposes. He intends to run 5 monitors, with low graphical requirements, business software, and pictures. I have the know how to build him a decent PC, or point him in the right direction for a good pre-built, but I'm not having very much luck researching the best way to run 5 monitors. He'll probably bend that down to 4 monitors if that makes it simpler. A very cheap graphics card and the ports from the integrated graphics on the CPU should be able to run 5 monitors. Also if you've got DP on the card or iGPU you could see about running bigger screens.
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Quick question that's hopefully okay to post here as it's related to an upgrade I asked about before. I just put a new GTX 1070 FE in a Node 304. CPU cooler is an AIO watercooler exhausting straight out the back, some dual-fan Corsair thing from a couple of years ago. GPU is idling at 38-39°C (because so is my entire case) and under heavy load it is hovering around 79-80°C. Is that fine? The fan never went above 53% and I could hardly hear it, would it be worth adjusting the fan curve a bit to try to bring it down?
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Tunga posted:Quick question that's hopefully okay to post here as it's related to an upgrade I asked about before. I just put a new GTX 1070 FE in a Node 304. CPU cooler is an AIO watercooler exhausting straight out the back, some dual-fan Corsair thing from a couple of years ago. GPU is idling at 38-39°C (because so is my entire case) and under heavy load it is hovering around 79-80°C. Is that fine? The fan never went above 53% and I could hardly hear it, would it be worth adjusting the fan curve a bit to try to bring it down? Yes, you could turn up the fan/curve and it would cool it down more (and be louder). I would play around with it.
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