New gaming rig

**Zeara** · 2012-12-13, 12:59 AM

Originally Posted by Majesticii

Mod edit: Please only post in English on this site.

Well done to the mod.... Those are most likely computer parts. We can figure it out.... At least let it stay there, so at the least the dutch people (which are atleast 2 active following this tread) can comment. And the more tech savvy people can figure it out by the names....

**Terahertz** · 2012-12-13, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by shroudster

might giving a list of what the current to be rig would be? (since lots of feedback perhaps some things changed ?)

Originally Posted by Zeara

Well done to the mod.... Those are most likely computer parts. We can figure it out.... At least let it stay there, so at the least the dutch people (which are atleast 2 active following this tread) can comment. And the more tech savvy people can figure it out by the names....

Oh wow, I didn't manage to read his post as I just woke up. I'm dutch myself and I'm the OP, pretty lame for the mod to remove his post. Unless he posted in dutch only?

**shroudster** · 2012-12-13, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by Zeara

Well done to the mod.... Those are most likely computer parts. We can figure it out.... At least let it stay there, so at the least the dutch people (which are atleast 2 active following this tread) can comment. And the more tech savvy people can figure it out by the names....

it was in regards to where to order from and basicly the guy recommened tweakers.net pricewatch to buy all parts seperate from all kinds of places. (he posted dutch only)

@terahertz, all links are broken.
ones in your OP are still working strange, either way i've got nothing else to add to that list you'll have a beastly rig soon ^^.

**Zeara** · 2012-12-13, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by shroudster

it was in regards to where to order from and basicly the guy recommened tweakers.net pricewatch to buy all parts seperate from all kinds of places. (he posted dutch only)

Than i stand corrected and apolagize for that. Figured the list was in dutch such as: videokaart, kast, moederbord (those kinds of things). He has a point tho, computer could probably be bought cheaper somewhere else.

And broken links dont help

**shroudster** · 2012-12-13, 01:20 PM

For me alternate is worth paying more due to excellent service incase of rma. Also more convinient to order everything from the same place but this is personal choice.

**Zeara** · 2012-12-13, 01:45 PM

Hmmm, i ordered 2 computers at afuture.nl and individual part ussually at cdromland.

Afuture is i think one of the cheapest, but thats because the buy directly from their supplier. So it usually takes a bit longer till you get your stuff.
Cdromland is sometimes the cheapest, but ussually they have a good price on things (middle of the pack pricing, dont really know how to proper say it in english :P). And they only sell stuff they have in stock, so bought before 8 is the next day in your home

I havent had to RMA stuff, so i cant say anything about that

**Terahertz** · 2012-12-14, 01:10 PM

Updated the links in my previous post, you were correct, I basically copied the links from my OP to my previous post.. kinda sloppy hehe.

Btw, what does RMA stand for?

Edit: nvm, found the definition :P

**shroudster** · 2012-12-14, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by Terahertz

Updated the links in my previous post, you were correct, I basically copied the links from my OP to my previous post.. kinda sloppy hehe.

Btw, what does RMA stand for?

Edit: nvm, found the definition :P

got any other questions in regards to the build? (or otherwise related?)
also be sure to drop around the post your gaming setup thread once you get it up and running

**Milkshake86** · 2012-12-14, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley

To be perfectly honest, I'm very sensitive to sound. And I still didn't pick up any really notable noise difference between a Lightning and reference model card.

You honestly shouldn't, the only possible difference would be the single fan spinning faster or problems w/ the moving components. In a well cooled case you'd find a lack of your GPU spinning to fast. I have my 6950 set for auto fan, I have never heard the fan outside of some overclocking and heavy rendering. Looking at some DBA readings you'll kind of notice that these bumps are actually minimal and honestly to hear some of these changes you'd need to be spiderman or something.

60 normal conversation
45 rustling leaves, soft music
30 whisper
15 threshold of hearing
0 acute threshold of hearing - weakest sound

as you can see here most GPU's of the more recent years barely pass 45 dba. 15-44 covers the sounds of your pc, anything higher than that will signal something being wrong in more recent times.

You can also clearly see the TFII is louder by a a decent amount than a reference cooler, while smaller fans do make higher pitched noise they also move less air which actually generates less overall sound, where ass 2-3 fans make a significantly louder sound, this has to do w/ air pressure movement etc but is also a reason why four eight inch subwoofers will take of 32" overall but sound wise will nearly equal or excel over a set of 4 10's, of equal specs.

**Annoying** · 2012-12-14, 03:51 PM

Things to note:
If you ever plan on SLI, you'll want the x79 chipset. z77 goes 8x/8x on SLI.
Don't skimp on the PSU.

**shroudster** · 2012-12-14, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by Annoying

Things to note:
If you ever plan on SLI, you'll want the x79 chipset. z77 goes 8x/8x on SLI.
Don't skimp on the PSU.

he plans on SLI for the future (years time) however 8x/8x on the pci lanes works just fine for that. (and x79 chipset for gaming is no better then a z77 unless +-1 fps on average matters)

**Annoying** · 2012-12-14, 04:33 PM

however 8x/8x on the pci lanes works just fine for that.

Not quite true. Depends on "just fine" and what it means.

Here's the SLI performance of a GTX680/670FTW based on 8x vs 16x (battlefield 3 was used for these):
http://i.imgur.com/7ZV3K.png

Note: 8x/8x PCIe 3.0 = 16x/16x PCIe 2.0/2.1 (literally, the bandwidth of 3 is double that of 2/2.1)

Single monitor gains aren't that huge, but they're still there. Anything beyond one monitor is a clear gain. Of course, years time to SLI means it'll probably be new mobo/cpu time anyway. If you plan on single monitor, single video card for a good amount of time, the x79 has nearly nothing for you unless you chug large datasets or something.

Bottom line: Performance/cost ratio - z77. Raw performance - x79.

**shroudster** · 2012-12-14, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by Annoying

Not quite true. Depends on "just fine" and what it means.

Here's the SLI performance of a GTX680/670FTW based on 8x vs 16x (battlefield 3 was used for these):
http://i.imgur.com/7ZV3K.png

Note: 8x/8x PCIe 3.0 = 16x/16x PCIe 2.0/2.1 (literally, the bandwidth of 3 is double that of 2/2.1)

Single monitor gains aren't that huge, but they're still there. Anything beyond one monitor is a clear gain. Of course, years time to SLI means it'll probably be new mobo/cpu time anyway. If you plan on single monitor, single video card for a good amount of time, the x79 has nearly nothing for you unless you chug large datasets or something.

Bottom line: Performance/cost ratio - z77. Raw performance - x79.

x79 is not an interesting platform from a gaming perspective due to 6cores. (you can game on them but you pay double the price of similar z77 and get a quad core with higher OC potential but almost no difference in performance for games)
by just fine i mean general gaming screens 1920x1080, not some crazy eyefinity setup like the benchmark you linked.

**Faithh** · 2012-12-14, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by shroudster

x79 is not an interesting platform from a gaming perspective due to 6cores. (you can game on them but you pay double the price of similar z77 and get a quad core with higher OC potential but almost no difference in performance for games)
by just fine i mean general gaming screens 1920x1080, not some crazy eyefinity setup like the benchmark you linked.

S2011 has 40 pci express lanes which means that you can have 16x/8x/8x/8x on pci2.0 but with an asus maximus v extreme LGA1155 allows you to have 8x/8x/8x/8x. The last 2 are running from the plx chip while the first two are running from the cpu.

---------- Post added 2012-12-14 at 07:05 PM ----------

Originally Posted by Annoying

Things to note:
If you ever plan on SLI, you'll want the x79 chipset. z77 goes 8x/8x on SLI.
Don't skimp on the PSU.

Seems like you're outdated. Google up the asus maximus v extreme or read my previous quote on shroudster.

**shroudster** · 2012-12-14, 07:25 PM

still running 8x/8x lanes for SLI shouldn't be an issue ?

**Faithh** · 2012-12-14, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by shroudster

still running 8x/8x lanes for SLI shouldn't be an issue ?

@PCIx3 no way. PCIx2 yep for configs with dual monitors. But with an x79 running in sli both cards will be at x16 which is exactly the same as 8x 8x pci express 3.0

**shroudster** · 2012-12-14, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by Faithh

@PCIx3 no way. PCIx2 yep for configs with dual monitors. But with an x79 running in sli both cards will be at x16 which is exactly the same as 8x 8x pci express 3.0

Slots

PCI (32 Bit) 1
ondersteunt 33 MHz (5 Volt)
PCIe 2.0 x1 3
PCIe 2.0 x16 3
(speccs i found on the mobo regarding pci-e slots)
so should work then? also x79 has nothing to do with this since it is not relevant to the OP just annoying that brought that part up.
kinda getting confused here with the pci-e slots tbh

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