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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
Which airflow focused case(s) would you recommend, with quietness not being a factor? The case size doesn't matter to me, provided I can fit the mobo and everything else in I picked an air540 for that reason and it's been pretty good, maybe not great design for 2 GPU's though. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/y2dUPEQ.png) | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12129 Posts
 ) I have now more time to spend with Google and I found some reviews of the OC Gainward 970 with general 970 in the graph as well and found out it is around 6-10 watts more demanding than general 970(in full load). So I will check my space in case and replace the 660 TI with Phantom version. Thanks to all of you! | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
picking all this stuff is hard | ||
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Perseverance
Japan2800 Posts
$1,600 What is your monitor's native resolution? 1920x1080..Not sure if last number it entirely correct. What games do you intend to play on this computer? What settings? New games (Some not out yet, max setting everything, while streaming What do you intend to use the computer for besides gaming? Some statistical analysis programs like MatLab etc. Do you intend to overclock? I will likely OC my CPU at some point since I am familiar with how to do it. Do you intend to do SLI / Crossfire? No Do you need an operating system? No Do you need a monitor or any other peripherals and is this part of your budget? No If you have any requirements or brand preferences, please specify. None What country will you be buying your parts in? USA--Online If you have any retailer preferences, please specify. Whatever is cheapest. I was looking at these components (sorry for awful links) but I don't know if I screwed anything up. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125806 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152058 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233536 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117402 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820721108 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157505 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UF1H68919&ignorebbr=1 I already have a pretty large case so that won't be needed. Is there anything I should swap out in favor of something better? Honestly I am just looking for the best performance/price ratio (But obviously on the high end of the spectrum). | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
HDD: WD Blue 1TB Desktop 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200rpm Internal Hard Drive SSD: Crucial BX100 500GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT500BX100SSD1 ram: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB Kit (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM - Black (HX316C10FBK2/8) motherboard: ASUS Z97-A ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97-A processor: Intel Core i5-4690K Processor 3.5 GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I54690K vid card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 4GB GDDR5 DVI-I/DVI-D/HDMI/DP Dual-X with Boost and OC version PCI-Express Graphics Card 11217-04-20G case: Fractal Design Define S Gaming Case with Window FD-CA-DEF-S-BK-W power supply: Sentey® Power Supply 725w Xpp725-hs / Computer Power Supply ATX / 140mm Fan Sleeve Bearing / 48ampers / 5 Sata / 2 Pci-e 6-2 / SLI Ready / Crossfire Ready / 115-230 Voltage / Power Cord / 3 Years Warranty heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2) will these things all work well together? total price is just a little over 1k | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
On September 27 2015 06:15 travis wrote: So, if I build a new computer, what is the easiest way of setting it up so that windows is installed on an SSD ? picking all this stuff is hard To be 100% sure everything is on SSD you can just physically unplug or disable the HDD in bios until windows is installed @ travis your cpu/mobo/RAM is last gen. 6600k/z170/ddr4 | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
On September 27 2015 08:00 Cyro wrote: To be 100% sure everything is on SSD you can just physically unplug or disable the HDD in bios until windows is installed @ travis your cpu/mobo/RAM is last gen. 6600k/z170/ddr4 is that a problem? won't the new generation of stuff be much more expensive? | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
On September 27 2015 08:05 travis wrote: is that a problem? won't the new generation of stuff be much more expensive? Not really since intel doesn't lower previous gen CPU prices, ddr4 prices have dropped a lot in the last ~1.5 years (so 3000c15, 3200c16 is easily available). It would probably be a bit more expensive anyway but offset by increased performance, roughly equivelant to a 5ghz Haswell CPU by 4.5ghz and a bit more consistent + easier overclocking and lower temperatures. Skylake hasn't finished launching yet so there are only overclocking parts available, if you wanted stock speed and no tweaking then last gen would be cheaper. | ||
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24492 Posts
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mantequilla
Turkey781 Posts
New games (Some not out yet, max setting everything, while streaming Isn't r9 270x a bit weak for this? Especially at 1080p. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
Here's bench of current gen flagships against 7970 (a considerably stronger GPU) http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1495?vs=1496 | ||
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DarthPunk
Australia10857 Posts
On September 27 2015 19:10 Cyro wrote: 270x is rebranded GPU from 3 and a half years ago, it was the 7870. Here's bench of current gen flagships against 7970 (a considerably stronger GPU) http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1495?vs=1496 Why would you even compare the 270x with current gen flagships? If he was going to buy a current gen flagship he would obviously not have even considered a 270x. I think it is better to contrast it to something like a 750 ti or 370 which are in the same ballpark in terms of budget. Or suggest balancing his selections to accommodate current mid-range staples like the 970/290/390 etc. But comparing it to a 980ti makes zero sense to me. | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
The 270X is going to fall short of that, considering that the 7970 has a hard time doing that itself. I wouldn't go for current gen flagships but stuff like R9 390 or GTX 970 should do nicely. You'll need to re-allocate budget for that. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Samsung-XP941-Plextor-PX-G256-M6e-M-2-Qualification-575/ I was wondering about them. Maybe it's better off to stick with sata SSDs? :o | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
m.2 ssd's are rather tiny and pci-e ssd's are bigger but have huge performance and power draw. They get to be like 30 watts and only have a small heatsink on them so they can overheat with high loads - 2200MB/s and 300k read IOPS is huge | ||
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
I bought, earlier, a box of network cable (70 meters) and have used all the connectors that came with it. Now, the cable is rated Cat6. I was wondering, if I want to buy more connectors, are there any differences between the crimp connectors (Some crimp connectors are marked as cat5e, cat5, cat 6....)? | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
On September 28 2015 02:33 Cyro wrote: Some stuff runs crazy hot especially when there is not a temp sensor on it. There are some GPU's out there with 100c VRM's at stock simply because they don't have proper heatsink contact like the xfx 290. m.2 ssd's are rather tiny and pci-e ssd's are bigger but have huge performance and power draw. They get to be like 30 watts and only have a small heatsink on them so they can overheat with high loads - 2200MB/s and 300k read IOPS is huge yeah but that can't be good was thinking of maybe picking an m.2 ssd if it were "worth it" but the heat is kind of a turn off :p | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
On September 28 2015 03:44 Incognoto wrote: yeah but that can't be good was thinking of maybe picking an m.2 ssd if it were "worth it" but the heat is kind of a turn off :p m.2 is for form factor. Those ssd's still have 100k iops just like a regular 2.5" sata 3.0 ssd - it's the NVME drives that are interesting, they get ~300k IOPS (and usually ~4x faster reads rather than just 2x) | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.techpowerup.com/img/15-09-09/42c.jpg) 2mm taller than intel stock heatsink, 4 heatpipes, doesn't cover RAM, fan goes up to 2500RPM $29.99 / €29.99 seems pretty nice! Curious to see benchmark results https://www.techpowerup.com/215871/cryorig-releases-the-c7-ultra-compact-cooler.html http://i.imgur.com/DfROAKS.jpg --- sorry for those build requests that i have not commented on, i'm mostly focusing on myself recently (new hardware) and doing some other stuff + i don't know the right hardware for much stuff non-gaming on both of those subjects actually, my RAM did not fit under my silver arrow properly. My old ddr3 RAM was samsung green (very small sticks) and i got some of these now: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Shx4DiV.jpg) The cooler itself doesn't block them but i had to lift the first intake fan by a lot (to the point where it's the tallest thing in the case, potentially blocking case side on some smaller cases) in order to fit the RAM under in either of the first 2 slots (at least one of them required for dual channel) | ||
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