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When using this resource, please read FragKrag's opening post. The Tech Support forum regulars have helped create countless of desktop systems without any compensation. The least you can do is provide all of the information required for them to help you properly.
TjTeHaNsKy
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-13 22:48:09
August 13 2013 22:41 GMT
#32321
What is your budget?
up to 3000

What is your resolution?
2 1920x1080


What are you using it for?
Gaming/streaming. want an all around good comp


What is your upgrade cycle?
3-4 years


When do you plan on building it?
within 3 weeks.


Do you plan on overclocking?
yes.


Do you need an Operating System?
yes.


Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire?
yes.


Where are you buying your parts from?
newegg/amazon
r.Evo
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany14081 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-14 00:22:18
August 14 2013 00:21 GMT
#32322
Hmmm.... I'm pretty sure I got an as perfect as I can pull off setup for my CPU cooler this time however the temps only dropped by a couple °C.

However, HWmonitor tells me that during the IntelBurn test my CPU VCORE goes up to 1.27V (the test that hits 90°C+), for Prime95 it maxes out at 1.19V and 70°C. Idle Voltage is around 0.13V-0.25V.


Is this where I figure out which Bios option allows a program to send that high Voltage, set it to 1.20V manually and then worry about my OC from there? (Assuming Haswell gets hot because of Voltage and not because of its actual clock I see some potential. - Cyro? :>)
"We don't make mistakes here, we call it happy little accidents." ~Bob Ross
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20333 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-14 05:49:35
August 14 2013 02:23 GMT
#32323
You're just running the wrong programs, can fix dat OC
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20333 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-14 05:43:07
August 14 2013 05:42 GMT
#32324
OCUK's got Asus DirectCU II 670's @ £190 for 2gb VRAM version and £228 for 4gb again, awesome price i think for anyone in UK (it's just on for today now)
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Blaec
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia4289 Posts
August 14 2013 06:42 GMT
#32325
On August 14 2013 11:23 Cyro wrote:
You're just running the wrong programs, can fix dat OC


Wow, so stock haswell with high end air can hit 90C on IBT?
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20333 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-14 07:20:37
August 14 2013 07:08 GMT
#32326
With avx2 linpack, yea pretty much. IBT doesn't use AVX2 version, so you can use 1.27v on i5 without instathrottle but it's far hotter than reason. Not sure why it's at 1.27v.

x264 on 1.3v is cooler than avx2 linpack on 1.1v somehow, i'm not even sure how it's possible. I mean, you can run one full cpu load and get say 30c above room temp, then run avx2 and get 60-70c above room temp, somehow
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20333 Posts
August 14 2013 12:06 GMT
#32327
On August 14 2013 07:41 TjTeHaNsKy wrote:
What is your budget?
up to 3000

What is your resolution?
2 1920x1080


What are you using it for?
Gaming/streaming. want an all around good comp


What is your upgrade cycle?
3-4 years


When do you plan on building it?
within 3 weeks.


Do you plan on overclocking?
yes.


Do you need an Operating System?
yes.


Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire?
yes.


Where are you buying your parts from?
newegg/amazon


I can give this a shot if you want, how are you weighted for cash vs performance? I mean, on 1 to 10 scale with 1 being "only as much as absolutely neccesary" or 10 being "throw everything lolol" how much do you want to spend
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
iTzSnypah
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1738 Posts
August 14 2013 14:28 GMT
#32328
Obviously he want's 11.

If he really want's to spend 3k he could get a nice 27" 2560x1440/1600 monitor and do triple monitors, would need at least a GTX 770 but preferably SLI 770 so he can get dat 60 FPS in Crysis3/Metro/Farcry3. There that's half the budget spent.
Team Liquid needs more Terrans.
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20333 Posts
August 14 2013 14:50 GMT
#32329
Pretty obvious you can do 4770k, z87, 2x780, nice cpu cooling and tower case and have a ton of budget left over for screens etc if you want

IB-E also a compelling option but it's a little while out and might not be particularly better than sandy (though it could be awesome, with a ton less power consumption and solder)
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
sandrakoala
Profile Joined August 2013
United States1 Post
August 14 2013 14:51 GMT
#32330
What is your budget?
Up to $2000.

What is your resolution?
1920 x 1080...willing to buy a new display & go higher.

What are you using it for?
Gaming, streaming & "heavy" photoshop use.


What is your upgrade cycle?
4 years-ish.


When do you plan on building it?
Within a week or two.


Do you plan on overclocking?
Yes


Do you need an Operating System?
No


Do you plan to add a second GPU for SLI or Crossfire?
This is an ummm because I actually have no idea. If its worth it, then sure.


Where are you buying your parts from?
Newegg/Amazon.




Thanks guys <3.
I'm another day late and one year older.
mucker
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1120 Posts
August 14 2013 16:18 GMT
#32331
Everything came in monday except the case..... newegg! <shakes fist>
Took today off work to put it all together.
Man this r4 case is beast!
Looks like they shorted me a mobo offset screw though
It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-14 17:05:46
August 14 2013 16:59 GMT
#32332
If you think one of those standoff screws is missing, be careful you didn't actually put it into a position that's intended for another board size like mATX instead of ATX. I don't know if this is actually possible, but it might be touching your board from the back somewhere where the board does not have a mounting hole. You could short out the board if that happens.

This is what I thought about, positions B, R, S: http://www.asrock.com/support/faq/105-1.jpg
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
mucker
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1120 Posts
August 14 2013 17:30 GMT
#32333
I got the asrock z87 extreme 4, it has 10 holes, A,B,C,F,G,H,J,K,L,M from that image.
See here - cdn3.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Z87-Extreme4.jpg (big pic)
It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
August 14 2013 17:35 GMT
#32334
Huh, I'd guess you'd leave B empty then.
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
mucker
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1120 Posts
August 14 2013 17:42 GMT
#32335
I gotta get my old old desktop out of storage to get the dvdrom out of it anyways, plan to just take one out of it.
Those offsets are just a standard size, right? At least for pcs?
It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.
Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
August 14 2013 17:42 GMT
#32336
IIRC I used 1 less screw than the number of holes in my motherboard. In place of the screwhole on H, there was just a solid pole.
http://content.hwigroup.net/images/products/xl/151076-3.jpg

Not sure if your case has anything similar.
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skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
August 14 2013 17:49 GMT
#32337
You can just leave hole #2, #3, or #7 empty. It's not a big deal.
mucker
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1120 Posts
August 14 2013 17:51 GMT
#32338
Nope I got a hole in all the spots.
It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.
Ropid
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany3557 Posts
August 14 2013 18:00 GMT
#32339
I've never seen the standoffs not look exactly the same forever so the one from the old PC will be the same I bet.
"My goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal."
::Rhapsody
Profile Blog Joined February 2013
Canada124 Posts
August 14 2013 18:10 GMT
#32340
Ok, so I finally got off my lazy ass and got a job, so here's the plan.

What I want:
Asus 760 ( I heard you can OC it, seems good no?)
i7 3770k ( Friends are telling me to get i5 or to get i7 haswell, I have no idea what haswell means, I heard you can oc it better )
ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ( does it come with sound card?)
XFX 850Watts 80 plus
ThermalTake Chaser a71

So here are my main questions:

How good is 760? Can it max sc2 easily? would I be able to play most games at 60fps?

Does the mobo come with sound?? idk how to explain.

Is the TTChaser a71 good enough for my specs? can I plug ethernet cable in it? does it come with it?

Thanks for the help!
I'm a scurb, sorry for the dumb questions

Edit: My main budget is 900-1100$, I already have a 1980p screen and everything else.
Edit#2: I have a spare HDD 540GB that I'll use for this build
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