Setup that currently exists at home:
CPU: i5-2320
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master X6
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H
RAM: 2x4GB Kingston 1600mhz
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 760 2GB
PSU: 600w Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular
Case: Cooler Master Storm Stryker
SSD: 120GB Kingston SSD
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Stealth 2012 (blue leds)
Mouse: Razer Naga Epic
Audio: Razer Tiamat 7.1
But you guys already knew that from seeing my post back in early July (around July 8) in this thread. I'm currently in New York and I picked up some UPGRADES!!111!
No pics until I'm back home and have time to set it together (I'd imagine around mid-september) but here's what I bought so far!
1. Corsair K70 mechanical keyboard, the black one
2. 250GB Samsung 840 EVO
3. i7-3770K
4. Corsair H100i
5. Corsair TX750M
6. Corsair white pre-sleeved modular cables
7. IC Diamond 7 thermal paste
Upgrades I plan to do when I'm back home:
1. Upgrade motherboard to Z77 MSI MPower
2. Get second GTX 760 for SLI
3. Upgrade from Razer Naga Epic to Razer Naga 2014 (mechanical)
Then, I will buy 2x4GB RAM, a 1TB HDD (WD Black or Seagate Barracuda) and a case. With this, I will reuse spare parts for a second build which I will leave around the house or give to my brother (or maybe even sell?)
The specs of the second system atm seem to be (every single part below with the exception of the RAM, HDD, and case are reused parts):
CPU: i5-2320
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master X6
Motherboard: GA-Z77X-D3H
RAM: 2x4GB
GPU: NVIDIA 1GB GT545 [OEM]
PSU: 600w Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular
Case: Undecided
Storage: 1TB HDD
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Stealth 2012
Mouse: Razer Naga Epic + Razer Deathadder + Razer Ouroboros
Audio: Razer Megalodon
(I have the peripherals sitting around already, unused)
Synthaxx regarding the GPU's: are you planning to OC? If so, will you be doing it under water?
If noise is so important to you how come you're not going custom loop?
Also, have you considered Ivy-E?
Also, why limit yourself to H100i in a 900D? H110 should fit, no?
P.S.: Any comments you can make on my post (right above yours) would be appreciated
If one has the money, getting completely off of mechanical hard drives is starting to become a viable, though expensive, venture.
No HDD spinning noise, less vibration in the case, especially for people with several drives, fast recording of unrendered video, faster possible rendering times then, too.
Just gotta think out of the box, no one is saying it's a cheap thing that everyone should do, though. :P
Even if I had the money, I don't think I'm ready to jump to all SSDs, but SSDs won't fail from power failures like HDDs will. Remember when my computer had power issues back in April and my hard drives died?
All except my SSD... and DVD drive. XD SSDs can gain and lose power in rapid succession with no real damage, mechanical hard drives, obviously, cannot.
Ok, so I ran into money issues and had to downgrade the 780 to a 770, I still have a 1440p monitor coming though. I'm wondering if I'm going to have any issues with it since I have a 770 now instead of a 780. The 770 is still a solid card and even more so when I can SLI it correct?
This is not a thread to ask for upgrades or questions like that. I suggest a thread of your own.
@Synthaxx
Go for a case like the TJ11 especially if you plan to do multi gpu setups. The 900D has just poor airflow as you see in this review where the TJ11 massively outperforms the 900D. You can install a Swiftech H220 or H320 (recently released) in the bottom of that case or a h80i. I'd go with a H320 definitely and the PWM pump is a major reason why.
With your 620W you can easily quad sli 690's, the board power limit is set to 170W. Nvidia would likely optimize the power consumption again with a 790.
That Blue Snowball Mic is $60 shipped @ woot. It was featured a few pages back. LINK
Question tho, why not go with the crucial M500?
Over here it is about 20 euros cheaper, and from what I have been reading it has power safe capacitors. The chances your PC/SSD will fall out due to a power outage are probably slim. But when talking about a 1TB ssd I would probably go for the crucial.
Unless the crucial is that much more expensive or not readily available
I am currently thinking about getting a new video card. Currently using a 6850, as my sig states. I have a 520w psu. I was just wondering what a decent upgrade would be without having to upgrade the psu.
CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.5Ghz Motherboard: Asus Z170-A RAM: Corsair Lpx 16gb GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 PSU: EVGA 650W M.2: Samsung 960 EVO 500gb SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 1TB Monitor: BenQ GW2765 27" Mouse: Corsair Harpoon RGB Keyboard: Corsair K63 Headset: Sennheiser Game One
I too will advise you to make your own thread, as more people will see your question then and reply. However, you could get almost any GPU on the market without having to upgrade the PSU, other than a GTX 690, AMD HD 7990, and probably a GTX Titan, 780 you could probably manage, just don't do any intense overclocking and you'll be good. Other than that, you should be fully capable.
I have been following this thread for a wile now, figure its about time to post my set up seeing as i just got me a new monitor stand.
Case - COOLER MASTER HAF 912
CPU - i5 3570k 4.5GHz@1.2v
CPU Cooler - Cooler Master hyper 212
Mobo - Asus P8Z77-V
GPU - Sapphire 7950 Vapor-x
RAM - G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) @2133
SSD 1 - OCZ vertex 4 128GB (boot drive)
SSD 2 - OCZ agility 3 240GB
HDD - WD red 1TB
PSU - SeaSonic 750w x-series 80+ gold
fans - 2x Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition (on CPU cooler)
2x Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition (back exhaust and side panel intake)
2x BitFenix Spectre LED Orange 200mm (front intake and top exhaust, originally wanted an orange theme but i scraped that)
Peripherals
Monitor 1 - Dell UltraSharp U2312HM IPS 23"
Monitor 2 - SAMSUNG S24B30BL 23.6"
Keyboard - Corsair Vengeance K60 (I want the K70 black so bad but I cant rationalize paying that much for such a small upgrade)
Mouse - Logitech G9x Call of Duty: MW3 Edition (so much cheaper than the normal one. I'm about ready to paint over the logo)
Headset - Logitech G930
Speakers - Monoprice 6 1/2" 2-Way Bookshelf Speakers
Sub - Monoprice 8" 60-Watt Powered Subwoofer
Amp - Lepai LP-2020A+
My future plans for upgrades are a new CPU cooler, most likely an H100i or something around there and a new chair! Other than those two things I'm really happy with this build. It was my first "gaming" computer and self build, built around 7/20/12 with a few upgrades what you now see. Maybe a second 7950 later down the road for Xfire.
Ok ok, enough with the text. Here is what you really want, PICS!
(sorry they aren't that great of quality)
http://imgur.com/a/L34kv#0
Last edited by Ethan191; 2013-08-25 at 02:06 AM.
Great looking setup Ethan, though the interior of the case makes me puke inside alittle :/
8700K (5GHz) - Z370 M5 - Mugen 5 - 16GB Tridentz 3200MHz - GTX 1070Ti Strix - NZXT S340E - Dell 24' 1440p (165Hz)
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Gaming rig: i7 7700K, GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4, BenQ 144hz 1440p
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