Ordered all the parts for my new computer last week and it should be up and running by tommorow night and I'm super ecited for it! I wasn't swinging for the ultimate PC or anything as I'm on a student budget, but I'm pretty happy with how it ended up.
Case: Coolermaster Elite 335U w/ 500W power supply (great $70 combined deal)
i5 3570K 3.4G
2x 4GB PC3-10600 1333MHz
Radeon HD 7850 PCIE DDR5 DD (This wasn't so easy to track down in Canada apparantly haha)
Kingston 120GB SSD
WD 1TB 3.5" Caviar
Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
Monitor: VIEWSONIC 22IN WS LED 1920X1080 1000:1 VA2248M-LED VGA DVI-D 5MS (Built-in speakers for when/if I wanna take it elsewhere)
So excited considering I'm coming to you currently from a 4 year old laptop Q_Q.
If a shaman tells you that he can't tank, he's just not doing it right.
Buying waterblocks for all those and getting the tubing/fittings/etc leak-proof is a LOT of time-consuming work, not to mention very expensive - talking total $300+ just for the GPU blocks, another $80-150 for CPU block, $80-150 for pump/res/fittings/tubing, $100-200 for rads...it adds up quickly.
Always great to see someone making a huge leap in performance onto your own assembled rig, wish you luck all your parts arrive safely and the building goes well
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Gaming rig: i7 7700K, GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4, BenQ 144hz 1440p
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not to mention getting a case that is appropriate for watercooling, finding specific fans to match your radiators for optimum performance
i think when i upgraded my last build to the koolance bay res/dual pump combo it was a $500 upgrade
and then there is the maintenance.....
RV02 is getting replaced soon by a Fractal R4, which is on its way in the mail. Those are GTX 570's. And they have been like that for long time. I don't know why people thinks its going to hurt the cards? As of right now 1# GPU is at 50 degrees, and 2# GPU is at 28 degrees, they are both overclocked on 1.63 volts/850mhz core clock. They both never reach over 85 degrees which is perfectly fine. There's no other way to put the cards so there's more space, its a P6X58D-E motherboard, with a I7 930 at 4.0ghz.
1.63 volt on the GTX 570? I'm hoping you mean 1.063.
Also, one of the reasons that reference cards are recommended for SLI and Crossfire, is that they will have an easier time to get fresh air compared to most aftermarket solutions whom just whip the air around and they'd thus be cannibalising on the hot air instead of exhausting it in the back; Even with good air flow, that still happens.
The top air will be slightly more forced no matter how you set it up in air cooling; it also is the one where you plug the monitor(s) into, adding heat.
Either way, great to still see pictures of LGA1366
Monitor - Samsung 46" LED-TV UE46EH5005
Mouse - Razer Naga
Keyboard - Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 v1.0
Speakers - Creative Inspire T3130
Headset - Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Alpha
Console - Xbox 360 250GB
Case - Cooler Master Storm Enforcer
Power Supply - Corsair 750W 80PLUS Bronze
Motherboard - Asus P8P67 Evo
CPU - Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4GHZ (OCed to 4.4 atm)
CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-D14
GPU - Asus GeForce GTX 580 DirectCU II (OCed)
RAM - Kingston HyperX 2x4GB DDR3 1600 MHz
SSD - OCZ Vertex 3 120GB
HDD - Western Digital 1TB
PC costed 1750 € when I built it 17 months ago.
Last edited by mmoc0e128285d8; 2012-11-14 at 07:29 PM.
Nice setup, except for that monitor... ugh the pixels.
Playing since 2007.
It's not the pixels that would worry me on a screen that huge while sitting so close...it's the fact that I'd probably have to swivel my whole head to see stuff coming from the sides if I was playing a first person shooter o_O
WoW Character: Wintel - Frostmourne (OCE)
Gaming rig: i7 7700K, GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4, BenQ 144hz 1440p
Signature art courtesy of Blitzkatze
Thats the equivalent of not driving above 35 cuz its too scary. 80c is np to reach as is on high end cards in high end games.
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No any training with a firearm will teach right off the bat power stance, you do not turn head away from target and continually move as a solid, this way your reaction time is smaller. Along w/ safety training.