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MN, USA
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Posted: 5/31/2012 11:04:01 PM EDT
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Im not gonna get into the down and dirty details but here it is..
I Started with the NZXT Phandtom liquid cooled i7 970 6x at 3.2ghz super silent push pull fan kit 6gb ram Nvidia GTX 570 Superclocked SLI Mode (dual) 1000 Watt power supply 1TB HDD 3D surround sound I have a Sony Headphone amp and EQ with a pair of DENON AH-D200'S Razer black widow Stealth keyboard And my favorite longest lasting mouse ever! the logitech M305 (I know ill get some laughs from the dopes that buy 200$ mice) My friend has owned just about every high end mouse and he has had nothing but problems with most of them while I am having no issues with my 18$ mouse that i have owned for over 4 years! 42" philips 1080p Mounted on the wall infront of my absolutely ancient but well broken in lazy boy gaming chair XD |
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Posted: 5/31/2012 11:19:10 PM EDT
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I still need to quit being a cheapskate and get a new good video card, but my latest build (dual quad core xeon 5600 series based)
is up to 24 GB of RAM and has 4 TB of storage, not counting the boot drive. I can do hardware RAID on it if I want to, and I'm thinking about turning that on for the pair of 2 TB drives. What's the best bang for the buck nvidia card out there right now? Don't bother to recommend ATI. I don't support ATI or AMD. CJ |
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MN, USA
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Posted: 5/31/2012 11:33:22 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By cmjohnson:
I still need to quit being a cheapskate and get a new good video card, but my latest build (dual quad core xeon 5600 series based) is up to 24 GB of RAM and has 4 TB of storage, not counting the boot drive. I can do hardware RAID on it if I want to, and I'm thinking about turning that on for the pair of 2 TB drives. What's the best bang for the buck nvidia card out there right now? Don't bother to recommend ATI. I don't support ATI or AMD. CJ The cards I got although spendy are the best bang for the buck card out. The GTX 570 card is plenty fast and costs dang near half of what the 580 does for a miniscule loss in performance. I read that there is an average of 6fps gain going with the 580 over the 570. cannot confirm or deny that but that is what i have heard. I saved so much money going with the 570 over the 580 I just decided to get 2 of the 570s instead! |
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MN, USA
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Posted: 5/31/2012 11:35:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: boardin223]
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Im pretty old school but i play CS:S and i get 800fps on max settings 1080p res, i know totally unnecessary but i wanted to see what they could do. And also play everything on high with not even a shutter of lag EVER. That is with the 570's in SLI though.
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Posted: 6/1/2012 2:29:31 AM EDT
[#5]
Originally Posted By johnny_dot_exe:
Originally Posted By lrdplatypus:
Case: Corsair 400R Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD80 CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 975 Memory: 8GB Patriot G2 (2x4GB) GPU: Radeon 6950 2GB PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk2 750W Primary storage: 2x 64GB Crucial M4 in Raid0 Second storage 1x Seagate 7200.11 1TB HDD I love the SSDs, they are insanely fast! Yay, more people running AMD/ATI gear. 
For $$$ to performance ratio AMD sucks ass. Actualy AMD CPUs suck ass in general. But I'm in love with my ATI 6970. I havent had a single driver related issue with it, the exact opposite experience I have had with Nvidia. Nvidia was so bad that I had a card that wouldnt even boot with my motherboard. It was a GTX460 that I got really cheap. But the GTX 470 I had worked perfectly fine  . Apparently it was a widespread issue with Nvidia never admitted to or even tried to help with.
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Posted: 6/1/2012 2:57:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: johnny_dot_exe]
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Originally Posted By InfiniteGrim: Originally Posted By johnny_dot_exe: Originally Posted By lrdplatypus: Case: Corsair 400R Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD80 CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 975 Memory: 8GB Patriot G2 (2x4GB) GPU: Radeon 6950 2GB PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk2 750W Primary storage: 2x 64GB Crucial M4 in Raid0 Second storage 1x Seagate 7200.11 1TB HDD I love the SSDs, they are insanely fast! Yay, more people running AMD/ATI gear. For $$$ to performance ratio AMD sucks ass. Actualy AMD CPUs suck ass in general. But I'm in love with my ATI 6970. I havent had a single driver related issue with it, the exact opposite experience I have had with Nvidia. Nvidia was so bad that I had a card that wouldnt even boot with my motherboard. It was a GTX460 that I got really cheap. But the GTX 470 I had worked perfectly fine . Apparently it was a widespread issue with Nvidia never admitted to or even tried to help with. Your Intel CPU doesn't run Arma2 any better than my AMD 965 Black, and I'm guessing you paid more for your CPU than I paid for mine. Intel CPUs have better architecture and they employ the best engineers, but AMD has the better performance-to-price ratio to the majority of end-users. Unless you're running software that has a specific need for the advantages an Intel CPU has over its AMD counterpart, you're better off saving your money and buying that AMD counterpart. I'm not an Intel hater, I just love money. Eta: I do hate nvidia products. High temps and constant driver BSODs turned me in to an ATI fan. I'm saving money here too. |
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Posted: 6/1/2012 3:05:08 AM EDT
[Last Edit: InfiniteGrim]
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My 2500k was $150 and also got me $40 off of a motherboard. So I got the two for $220. Its @ 4.5Ghz right now and that took absolutly no effort. I just picked a nubmers plugged it in and its worked ever since.
My 4 year old Core 2 Duo E7200 was $130 full retail price when it launched. Overclocked to 4.25Ghz and could handle battlefield 3. I have read people having problems with BF3 using much more expensive and modern AMD CPU's Also I have to specify...When I say $$$ to performance ratio favors intel, I mean after overclocking not comparing default specs my e7200 was default at 2.53Ghz. You can buy a cheap intel CPU and overclock it to perform just as good as AMD's high end CPU's |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 12:05:00 PM EDT
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What would be the best setup for running ARMA 2 without any hiccups?
I've been ready to build a badass gaming rig for a while. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 12:52:38 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By BANDITOZ71:
What would be the best setup for running ARMA 2 without any hiccups? I've been ready to build a badass gaming rig for a while. Depends on how "badass" you really want to be. You could get away with an Intel 2500 (overclock it), nice motherboard, a decent amount of RAM, and a good video card and play just fine. It would run somewhere around $500-$600 or so for the components. Or, you get stupid insane and get a new LGA 2011 chip, an X79 series motherboard, an Nvidia GTX680 (or two), and 32 gigs of RAM and spend $2500 on just those parts before buying an SSD or two, a case, cooling solution (LGA 2011 chips come sans chip cooler), optical drives and a sound card. Either one will run ARMA II just fine, but the second one will be more "future proof" than the first. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 1:23:23 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By OKC556CPA:
Originally Posted By BANDITOZ71:
What would be the best setup for running ARMA 2 without any hiccups? I've been ready to build a badass gaming rig for a while. Depends on how "badass" you really want to be. You could get away with an Intel 2500 (overclock it), nice motherboard, a decent amount of RAM, and a good video card and play just fine. It would run somewhere around $500-$600 or so for the components. Or, you get stupid insane and get a new LGA 2011 chip, an X79 series motherboard, an Nvidia GTX680 (or two), and 32 gigs of RAM and spend $2500 on just those parts before buying an SSD or two, a case, cooling solution (LGA 2011 chips come sans chip cooler), optical drives and a sound card. Either one will run ARMA II just fine, but the second one will be more "future proof" than the first. The second option may be a bit more "badass" than I want. My budget is around $1500. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:41:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: johnny_dot_exe]
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Originally Posted By BANDITOZ71: Originally Posted By OKC556CPA: Originally Posted By BANDITOZ71: What would be the best setup for running ARMA 2 without any hiccups? I've been ready to build a badass gaming rig for a while. Depends on how "badass" you really want to be. You could get away with an Intel 2500 (overclock it), nice motherboard, a decent amount of RAM, and a good video card and play just fine. It would run somewhere around $500-$600 or so for the components. Or, you get stupid insane and get a new LGA 2011 chip, an X79 series motherboard, an Nvidia GTX680 (or two), and 32 gigs of RAM and spend $2500 on just those parts before buying an SSD or two, a case, cooling solution (LGA 2011 chips come sans chip cooler), optical drives and a sound card. Either one will run ARMA II just fine, but the second one will be more "future proof" than the first. The second option may be a bit more "badass" than I want. My budget is around $1500. I think $1500 can get you in to one of those i5 2500k CPUs, a decent motherboard(Asus is the company to go with right now), 8gb of RAM, a decent video card(I'll assume you want Nvidia, I don't like 'em so I can't help there), Corsair TX series 650-750w, for a cheap/awesome case I recommend either the Coolermaster Storm Scout or Storm Sniper, and for cheap/awesome fans I recommend the Coolermaster 120mm R4 series. As for CPU cooling you can either go with a reputable air-cooler for anywhere from $35-95 or go with one of the Corsair Hydro Series water coolers(closed-loop/maintenance free) for around $70-150 depending on the model. I've used those hydro series coolers in my last 3 builds and they're pretty sweet. A rig with those specs would run pretty much everything you need it to run and more. As far as it performing in games that heavily relies on which video card you get. You can get more bang for your buck with AMD/ATI cards right now, but Nvidia does have a lot of nice models out there. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:07:16 PM EDT
[Last Edit: InfiniteGrim]
[#12]
Originally Posted By johnny_dot_exe:
Originally Posted By BANDITOZ71:
Originally Posted By OKC556CPA:
Originally Posted By BANDITOZ71:
What would be the best setup for running ARMA 2 without any hiccups? I've been ready to build a badass gaming rig for a while. Depends on how "badass" you really want to be. You could get away with an Intel 2500 (overclock it), nice motherboard, a decent amount of RAM, and a good video card and play just fine. It would run somewhere around $500-$600 or so for the components. Or, you get stupid insane and get a new LGA 2011 chip, an X79 series motherboard, an Nvidia GTX680 (or two), and 32 gigs of RAM and spend $2500 on just those parts before buying an SSD or two, a case, cooling solution (LGA 2011 chips come sans chip cooler), optical drives and a sound card. Either one will run ARMA II just fine, but the second one will be more "future proof" than the first. The second option may be a bit more "badass" than I want. My budget is around $1500. I think $1500 can get you in to one of those i5 2500k CPUs, a decent motherboard(Asus is the company to go with right now), 8gb of RAM, a decent video card(I'll assume you want Nvidia, I don't like 'em so I can't help there), Corsair TX series 650-750w, for a cheap/awesome case I recommend either the Coolermaster Storm Scout or Storm Sniper, and for cheap/awesome fans I recommend the Coolermaster 120mm R4 series. As for CPU cooling you can either go with a reputable air-cooler for anywhere from $35-95 or go with one of the Corsair Hydro Series water coolers(closed-loop/maintenance free) for around $70-150 depending on the model. I've used those hydro series coolers in my last 3 builds and they're pretty sweet. A rig with those specs would run pretty much everything you need it to run and more. As far as it performing in games that heavily relies on which video card you get. You can get more bang for your buck with AMD/ATI cards right now, but Nvidia does have a lot of nice models out there. If you buy the 2500k from microcenter a good motherboard and 2500k will be less then $280. The bundle gives $50 off. I personally would recommend to put as much money into the video card that you can stomach. It will be the limiting factor. And if you buy a high end one it will be good for years, and in 2-3 years it will still be worth $200. I would recommend a ATI 7950 or 7970 |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:25:54 PM EDT
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Cooler Master Storm Trooper
AMD FX8150 4Ghz Asus Crossfire V motherboard 16gig Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz Ram 2TB Western Digital Black Caviar HD Dual SLI EVGA FTW Overclocked GTX670 2 gig Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling |
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Posted: 6/26/2012 6:11:38 PM EDT
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I'd love a desk top but I always get laptops so if a deployment comes up I'm not without an entertainment center. Ordered my new laptop in May, still waiting on it due to troubles with the AMD 7970M
Sager NP9170 / Clevo P170EM - Display: 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen (1920x1080) (SKU - S1R506) - Graphics Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 7970M (2048MB) GDDR5 DX11 [User Upgradeable] (ETA: Early June) (SKU - S3R155) - Primary Hard Drive: 256gb Crucial M4 Series Solid State Drive (SSD2 Serial-ATA III) - Processor: Sager - 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3610QM (2.3GHz - 3.3GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP) (SKU – S2R174) - Raid: HDD Raid Settings - OFF - Ram: 16GB - Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (4 SODIMMS) - Second Hard Drive: WD Scorpio Black 7200rpm 750gb HDD - Thermal Compound: - IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU - Wireless Network: Intel 6300 Ultimate (SKU - S8R110) I know laptops aren't for gaming but supposedly this one does OK for being a mobile platform |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 6/27/2012 10:18:52 AM EDT
[Last Edit: go7roo7]
[#15]
Asus Crosshair V Mobo
AMD 8150 8-core running at 4.5 AMD 5970 2gb G.Skill Sniper 16Gb Ram PC3 17000 NZXT Phantom Full-tower Black/Orange case 850Watt Thermaltake Toughpower Modular PSU 2 TB WD HDD Made my own WC kit with parts from various sellers. I use it for 3D and AE editing for films and projects I work on. As well as gaming :D 8-core outperforms the 500+ dollar intel chips they use at work for the 3D workstations, and it all cost me $990 I tried uploading a video of the PC on pronhub, but they wouldnt accept rape. |
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Posted: 6/27/2012 10:23:09 AM EDT
[#16]
Originally Posted By go7roo7:
Asus Crosshair V Mobo AMD 8150 8-core running at 4.5 AMD 5970 2gb G.Skill Sniper 16Gb Ram PC3 17000 NZXT Phantom Full-tower Black/Orange case 850Watt Thermaltake Toughpower Modular PSU 2 TB WD HDD Made my own WC kit with parts from various sellers. I use it for 3D and AE editing for films and projects I work on. As well as gaming :D 8-core outperforms the 500+ dollar intel chips they use at work for the 3D workstations, and it all cost me $990 I tried uploading a video of the PC on pronhub, but they wouldnt accept rape. huh? |
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Posted: 6/27/2012 10:45:18 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By BANDITOZ71: Originally Posted By go7roo7: Asus Crosshair V Mobo AMD 8150 8-core running at 4.5 AMD 5970 2gb G.Skill Sniper 16Gb Ram PC3 17000 NZXT Phantom Full-tower Black/Orange case 850Watt Thermaltake Toughpower Modular PSU 2 TB WD HDD Made my own WC kit with parts from various sellers. I use it for 3D and AE editing for films and projects I work on. As well as gaming :D 8-core outperforms the 500+ dollar intel chips they use at work for the 3D workstations, and it all cost me $990 I tried uploading a video of the PC on pronhub, but they wouldnt accept rape. huh? I got it. AMD FTW.  |
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Posted: 6/27/2012 1:41:26 PM EDT
[#18]
AMD bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 6/27/2012 2:18:43 PM EDT
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That looks pretty cool. Specs? |
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Posted: 6/27/2012 2:26:16 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By BANDITOZ71: That looks pretty cool. Specs? Originally Posted By RabidMonkeyPox: Cooler Master Storm Trooper AMD FX8150 4Ghz Asus Crossfire V motherboard 16gig Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz Ram 2TB Western Digital Black Caviar HD Dual SLI EVGA FTW Overclocked GTX670 2 gig Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling |
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Posted: 6/27/2012 3:07:42 PM EDT
[#21]
Originally Posted By johnny_dot_exe:
Originally Posted By BANDITOZ71:
That looks pretty cool. Specs? Originally Posted By RabidMonkeyPox:
Cooler Master Storm Trooper AMD FX8150 4Ghz Asus Crossfire V motherboard 16gig Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz Ram 2TB Western Digital Black Caviar HD Dual SLI EVGA FTW Overclocked GTX670 2 gig Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling Well ok. I should start paying closer attention to posts. 
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Posted: 6/28/2012 5:30:50 PM EDT
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Corsair 600T Case EVGA FTW3 x58 Mobo i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz CPU COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 CPU Cooler EVGA GeForce GTX460 Vid Card Kingston HyperX 6GB RAM Corsair 650w PSU Im pretty impressed with the case. Interior temps max at ~40C under full load. Not bad for stock cooling (minus the 212) |
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Posted: 6/28/2012 6:33:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: RabidMonkeyPox]
[#23]
Originally Posted By LateApex:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/lwaters1/photo8.jpg Corsair 600T Case EVGA FTW3 x58 Mobo i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz CPU COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 CPU Cooler EVGA GeForce GTX460 Vid Card Kingston HyperX 6GB RAM Corsair 650w PSU Im pretty impressed with the case. Interior temps max at ~40C under full load. Not bad for stock cooling (minus the 212) Corsair has one of the better vented cases out there, I almost bought that but opted for the Cooler instead. Highest I have hit was 108 F with two overclocked video cards and a mildly OC processor after a 5 hour crysis 2 on ultra dx11 settings |
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Posted: 6/29/2012 10:58:23 AM EDT
[Last Edit: LateApex]
[#24]
Originally Posted By RabidMonkeyPox:
Originally Posted By LateApex:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v511/lwaters1/photo8.jpg Corsair 600T Case EVGA FTW3 x58 Mobo i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz CPU COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 CPU Cooler EVGA GeForce GTX460 Vid Card Kingston HyperX 6GB RAM Corsair 650w PSU Im pretty impressed with the case. Interior temps max at ~40C under full load. Not bad for stock cooling (minus the 212) Corsair has one of the better vented cases out there, I almost bought that but opted for the Cooler instead. Highest I have hit was 108 F with two overclocked video cards and a mildly OC processor after a 5 hour crysis 2 on ultra dx11 settings Yea I am thoroughly impressed with this case. I came from a Antec P180 with Scythe 120mm fans and it usually hovered around 50C under full load. |
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Posted: 7/3/2012 11:13:10 PM EDT
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Well I got my AMD FX8150 overclocked to 5ghz, but the temps we're a little too high for my taste, I really do not feel like running my CPU at 100 F sitting at a desktop so I scaled her down to 4.3ghz. I had to drop my ram from 1600mhz to 1433mhz to run a more stable Overclock but hey you have to make sacrifices, besides no one will notice with the naked eye or hell anything but the most anal of performance tests the difference between 1433 and 1600mhz ram at 16 gig
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Posted: 7/4/2012 12:05:33 AM EDT
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If I just made the decision to do it, I could put both of my GTX280s into my dual xeon 5600 series machine, which has 24 GB of triple channel DDR3
memory in it right now. But I might have to upgrade the power supply to a 1000 watt supply to make it work. The GTX280s need both 8 pin and 6 pin auxiliary power cables for each one, and that means the PS would have to provide two 8 pin CPU power connectors, two 8 pin PCI-E power connectors, and two 6 pin power connectors plus main power and drive power cables. I'd end up having to fork over 200 bucks or more for a suitable Antek, Thermaltake, or Coolermaster power supply to do all that. A lot of times, upgrades have caused me to have to get a new PS. It's the most painful part of the upgrade. CJ |
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Posted: 7/4/2012 4:33:48 PM EDT
[#27]
Originally Posted By cmjohnson:
If I just made the decision to do it, I could put both of my GTX280s into my dual xeon 5600 series machine, which has 24 GB of triple channel DDR3 memory in it right now. But I might have to upgrade the power supply to a 1000 watt supply to make it work. The GTX280s need both 8 pin and 6 pin auxiliary power cables for each one, and that means the PS would have to provide two 8 pin CPU power connectors, two 8 pin PCI-E power connectors, and two 6 pin power connectors plus main power and drive power cables. I'd end up having to fork over 200 bucks or more for a suitable Antek, Thermaltake, or Coolermaster power supply to do all that. A lot of times, upgrades have caused me to have to get a new PS. It's the most painful part of the upgrade. CJ Power supply is probably near the top of my list, gonna overkill it so it only hurts once. |
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Posted: 1/19/2013 11:02:27 AM EDT
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I'll play. ASUS ROG G75V, 17.3 Inch Screen.
Intel [email protected] GHZ 750 GB Combined duel hard drive. Nvidia GTX 660M 2GB Windows 7 1300$ After everything to get it in my hands. Scott 
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Posted: 1/19/2013 12:53:34 PM EDT
[#29]
Corsair Vengenace C70 case Asus Z77 Sabertooth motherboard Intel 3770K CPU 2x MSI Twin Frozr N680GTX GDR5/4GB OC in SLI 32 GB G.Skill 1866mhz Sniper RAM Corsair H100 liquid cooling Samsung 840 250gb SSD Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD Corsair TX-750V2 PSU putting together an AMD budget rig for my nephew, will use a Vischera FX CPU and probably a 7850 - will post pics when I finish that one. |
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Posted: 1/19/2013 4:10:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: duhflushtech]
[#30]
Originally Posted By DocBach:
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/406154_10151305728358346_1451136242_n.jpg Corsair Vengenace C70 case Asus Z77 Sabertooth motherboard Intel 3770K CPU 2x MSI Twin Frozr N680GTX GDR5/4GB OC in SLI 32 GB G.Skill 1866mhz Sniper RAM Corsair H100 liquid cooling Samsung 840 250gb SSD Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD Corsair TX-750V2 PSU putting together an AMD budget rig for my nephew, will use a Vischera FX CPU and probably a 7850 - will post pics when I finish that one. How do you like the C70? I've been considering upgrading to that from an Antec 902. I like the idea of handles. Do the fans have filters at all? ETA: Also, how many fans does the case itself come with, and are they low-profile ones like in your picture? |
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Posted: 1/19/2013 5:45:20 PM EDT
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The C70 is an awesome looking case. Primarily the reason I got it, it looks like a big ammo can on my desk. There are (removable) dust filters at the bottom and front of the case, and it comes with three fans stock. Two are mounted on the hard drive cases (I tried to mount them in the bezel but the wires weren't long enough to reach the fan headers on the motherboard). Because it they had to pull air through so much, I changed them out for Corsair SP120 fans. The exhaust fan in the rear is an AF120, and the two exhaust fans on the H100 radiator are stock Corsair fans, which are comparable to the three that come standard with the case.
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Posted: 1/19/2013 7:27:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: duhflushtech]
[#32]
Originally Posted By DocBach:
The C70 is an awesome looking case. Primarily the reason I got it, it looks like a big ammo can on my desk. There are (removable) dust filters at the bottom and front of the case, and it comes with three fans stock. Two are mounted on the hard drive cases (I tried to mount them in the bezel but the wires weren't long enough to reach the fan headers on the motherboard). Because it they had to pull air through so much, I changed them out for Corsair SP120 fans. The exhaust fan in the rear is an AF120, and the two exhaust fans on the H100 radiator are stock Corsair fans, which are comparable to the three that come standard with the case. Cool. How sturdy is the build quality, would you say? Are the handles beefy enough to actually get used? Newegg has the black version for $109 plus a 10% off code and free shipping, and I'm seriously considering doing it now. I had planned on waiting until I got some other upgrade parts but at that price I think I might bite. ETA: which version of the SP and AF fans did you get, the high performance versions or the quiet versions? |
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Posted: 1/19/2013 7:57:56 PM EDT
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Build quality is very good. Pretty much every Corsair product I've used has been top notch. I use the high performance fans. I originally used an MSI GD-55 motherboard and the fans ran way louder than they do now with the Sabertooth Z77.
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Posted: 1/21/2013 6:31:45 PM EDT
[#34]
Originally Posted By DocBach:
Build quality is very good. Pretty much every Corsair product I've used has been top notch. I use the high performance fans. I originally used an MSI GD-55 motherboard and the fans ran way louder than they do now with the Sabertooth Z77. I ended up picking up the case, should arrive this week. What do you think of the vented side window? I'm assuming you have a positive pressure setup so dust wouldn't come in, but I think it looks terrible if you aren't gonna put a side fan in there. I'm not, so I've been reading up on replacing the window with an unvented piece of acrylic. Seems like a popular mod. Corsair doesn't sell a factory one, unfortunately. |
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Posted: 8/1/2013 10:20:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LA_357SIG]
[#35]
CPU- Intel i5 3570K
RAM- 16GB Kingston 2133MHz GPU- ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB Mobo- ASUS P8Z77-V LX Case- Ultra Rouge M925 Full Tower PSU- Ultra LSP650 Will play around with overclocking and tweaking for Battlefield 4. Currently playing Aliens: Colonial Marines ($13 Amazon). 
 
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WI, USA
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Posted: 8/2/2013 4:46:28 PM EDT
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Alienware M17 with i7, GeForce GTX 660M and 12GB RAM.
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Posted: 12/10/2013 11:45:22 PM EDT
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Some stuff. |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 12:57:12 AM EDT
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Here's what I've ordered. Will post pics of before and after once the parts arrive and it's time to get down to business
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Rosewill THOR V2 case ASUS Z87-PRO EVGA GTX 760 2gb i7-4770K G.SKILL Ripjaws Z 16gb Cooler Master Hyper T4 for CPU heatsink/fan. Then all the extras I didn't absolutely need but want (except headset, that was a need). lol. Hopefully it comes by Saturday  why cant they teleport to me!
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Posted: 12/11/2013 10:21:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: DocBach]
[#39]
New rig parts arrive! EVGA Hadron Air mITX case EVGA GTX780 ACX EVGA mITX ACX CPU cooler 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP RAM Intel i7 4770K using the 2TB HDD and 250GB SSD from an old build 
Case compared to the system its replacing, which is too big for my new room (it's actually an mATX case, which stands for micro, which is way smaller than my Corsair C70 in the living room) 
Getting the motherboard set up, the red RAM looks good with the red accents on the motherboard, yes? 
CPU installed! Time to put the motherboard in the case..... 
.....DISASTER! The head pops off the screw that holds the high speed Z87 logo cover in place! Spend 2 hours trying to remove it before calling customer support - they recommend to remove the standoff -- I say, hey, it seems on there pretty good. He says well I'm new to this case but I think its removable. So I use my gerber and bend the fuck out of it. He says, oops I think its actually built in. I ask for an RMA. To be continued when I get the replacement!! 
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CO, USA
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Posted: 12/11/2013 12:36:28 PM EDT
[#40]
Not as impressive as some of you guys, but remarkably plays just about anything at 1920 x 1080.
Intel i5-2400 Samsung 8GB DDR3 Radeon HD6850 WD Black 1 TB Antec Earthwatts 430W PS |
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Posted: 12/16/2013 8:28:46 PM EDT
[#41]
And the package arrives!
Only thing missing is my keyboard, they have to send me it still 
Setup 
Case w/vents @ top 
Low light front to show lights 
Thor icon lit up 
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VA, USA
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Posted: 12/16/2013 8:38:17 PM EDT
[#42]
It has some more lighting now, so its a bit brighter inside the case.
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NH, USA
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Posted: 12/16/2013 9:24:37 PM EDT
[#43]
Easy Overclock Corsair Carbide 300R w/Window Corsair RM850 watt PSU 2x Corsair AF120 fans LED White 2x Corsair SP120 fans Corsair H60 Watercooling system Intel i7-4770K Asus Z-87A Motherboard Corsair 16GB Vengeance Crucial 256GB M4 SSD Boot/Game Drive Seagate Barracuda 2TB Storage Drive Western Digital 2TB External Backup Drive Sound Blaster Z SBX w/ Logitech Z506 Speakers and Plantronics Gamecon Headset Sapphire AMD Raedon R9 290 Graphics Card LG Blu-ray Drive AOC 30" LED Display |
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MD, USA
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Posted: 12/17/2013 9:40:24 PM EDT
[#44]
I want a 290x so bad. and ive been an Nvidia guy forever
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Posted: 1/3/2014 12:34:47 PM EDT
[Last Edit: grn_zx6r]
[#45]
Componets:
Case: Corsair 750D MB: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H CPU: i7 3770K (4.8GHz boost) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 Ram: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (8x2) SSD: SanDisk Extreme 240GB Scratch Disk: 2 x Samsung F1 Raid Edition 1TB (Raid 0) GPU: 2 x EVGA GTX 670 FTW Signature 2 (1352/7000) PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G2 Sound: Sound Blaster Recon3D FATAL1TY Monitor: 3 x Dell U1412M W/C Loop: Top Rad: Swiftech MCR320XP (360mm x 34mm) Front/Bottom Rad: Swiftech MCR220XP (240x34mm) Res: Bitspower Water Tank Z-Multi 250 ICE Blue CPU WB: HEATKILLER CPU Rev3.0 GPU WB: (x2): HEATKILLER GPU-X³ GTX 680 "Hole Edition" Pump: Swiftech MCP655B Fans: 8x Corsair SP120, 1x Corsair AF140 Fittings: Bitspower 1/2" Barb Hose: XSPC 7/16" Blue Fan Controller: Cheap 4 fan controller 
Prior to adding w/c: 
Skyrim @ 5760x1200 
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Posted: 1/3/2014 1:30:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: DocBach]
[#46]
EVGA didn't want to RMA the broken case, had to do some strategic posting on their message boards and a couple hours later a manager called me happy to overnight a new case to me. Finished my itx gaming build, and let me say, building in such a small case is sort of a pain in the dick.
I build computers in a certain order and usually the last component to go in is the GPU - in this case because of lack of cable management the GPU wouldn't fit because all the power cords were in the way. I had to remove the heat sink (which was really fucking hard because of lack of space), and reroute the cables to fit around the GPU. It's pretty awesome to have so much power in such a small case, but I haven't been able to play on it as my house got flooded pretty badly so its in storage. |
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Posted: 1/8/2014 8:53:22 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LateApex]
[#47]
I have the same case as Jday and zolojub minus the lighting.
Corsair 600T White i5-4670lk w/ CoolerMaster Hyper 212 - Soon to be overclocked with Corsair Watercooling MSI G45 Gaming Mobo 16GB Gskill sniper @ 1600 EVGA GTX 760 OC Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD (Games) Kingston Hyper 3k 120GB SSD (Windows and Programs for school) Western Digital 640GB 7200rpm (Movies, Music, pRon, old files, backup) Seagate 250GB 7200RPM (Secondary backup and school storage) Cougar 120mm Fans all around + 200mm Coolermaster up front. Corsair CX750W PS Currently playing: Battlefield 2: Project Reality Mod (username - orangejuice) Battlefield 4 (username - orangejuice85) Wargame: AirLand Battle (Patiently waiting on Red Dragon) (username - Hebrew Hammer on Steam) Fiancée just built her first computer as well. i5 - 4670k Asus Gryphon z87 Mobo Corsair Vengence 8GB Samsung 840 Pro 120GB When her case arrived I tried stealing it but it didn't work :( She has the Corsair 540 AIr and I have to say I am really impressed with it. |
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Posted: 1/20/2014 10:02:52 PM EDT
[#48]
What is this?
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Posted: 1/24/2014 5:31:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: louisianarebel]
[#49]
Lenovo y580 I-7 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M 8gb ram hybrid ssd hd I play arma/day z and Fallout NV on it. |
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Posted: 1/24/2014 7:36:00 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By louisianarebel:
http://www.bitzpc.com/lenovo/img/Y500.jpg Lenovo y510. I-7 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M 8gb ram hybrid ssd hd I play arma/day z and Fallout NV on it. How much was it? |
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