Crim's Computer Thread

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:28 am

Cyanide wrote:its for gaming. should i invest more in a 250 dollar graphics card? the 550 is only 125$ i want to play bf3, sc2, etc on high with no lag.

If you're in Canada, the 550 is going for around 105$ I believe.

Toshiharu · Post by **Toshiharu** » Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:19 am

Cyanide wrote:its for gaming. should i invest more in a 250 dollar graphics card? the 550 is only 125$ i want to play bf3, sc2, etc on high with no lag.

550 will probably give you something around 30-40 frames with drops for BF3 on almost max depending on resolution. SC2 on the other hand would be no problem.

Cyanide · Post by **Cyanide** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:33 am

Opinions? gaming pc
i5 3570
EVGA GTX 570 1280 Mb
8 gigs of ram
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 motherboard

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:15 am

Cyanide wrote:Opinions? gaming pc
i5 3570
EVGA GTX 570 1280 Mb
8 gigs of ram
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 motherboard

Not sure if you saw this sale while you were picking your parts, but this seems like a pretty good deal.

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX32632

Your vid card for $260 ($70 off regular price apparently)

Azilius · Post by **Azilius** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:48 am

CrimsonNuker wrote:
Cyanide wrote:Opinions? gaming pc
i5 3570
EVGA GTX 570 1280 Mb
8 gigs of ram
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 motherboard

Not sure if you saw this sale while you were picking your parts, but this seems like a pretty good deal.

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX32632

Your vid card for $260 ($70 off regular price apparently)

Here's a 570 for 199 after a rebate. I've had good experiences with Zotac. My apologies if you don't live in Canada.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... junctionCA

Cyanide · Post by **Cyanide** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:35 pm

thanks guys ill look into those. im a bit worried about my motherboard. is it suitable for my build? i couldnt find out if my graphics card will fit in it. also, how does someone know if their PSU cables will be long enough in their case? im getting a full tower and am afraid my cables might not reach?

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813157293

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130593

any opinions, or constructive criticism is welcome. thanks!

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:12 am

If it's a full sized case, you shouldn't have any problems with your video card, as for your motherboard, you shouldn't have any problems either.

Features: 2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots

What power supply do you have, or are getting?

Cyanide · Post by **Cyanide** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 4:45 am

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:24 pm

Just wanna necro this topic to say I've upgraded my computer :sohappy:

Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 - $84.99
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65 - $124.99
CPU: Intel i5 3570K - $209.99
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100- $74.99
GPU: MSI HD Radeon 7870 Hawk Edition- $219.99 [DISCONTINUED

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RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) - $57.98
PSU: Corsair HX650 80+Gold - $99.99

Tota: $872.92 :sohappy:

Pics should be up within a week

Edit:
I'm like 4 months late, but to answer your question, Cyan, that board is fine. ASRock is a reputable brand (even though some call it a cheaper ASUS), the thing with that board are the MOSFET circuits (the things under the CPU heatsinks above and beside the CPU socket) are analog (whereas most boards now-a-days use digital MOSFET circuits) and only 2 (true) SATA3 6GB/S ports, but hath no fear, the board is still good. Here's a very good and informative review if you're still interested:
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showt ... ?t=1062005
and more about digital/analog MOSFET circuits:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOSFET#Digital

Post by **Avalanche** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 9:47 am

Glad you went with an Intel build this time around.

Post by **Crowley** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 11:24 am

Proud of you Crim. Intel CPU + AMD GPU is the way to go now

Vaya · Post by **Vaya** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 2:05 pm

Congratz, could you test your fps in gw2 when you get it and post it here?

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 3:01 pm

Avalanche wrote:Glad you went with an Intel build this time around.

I figured I should shop being a little bitch and pony up an extra $50 for Intel

And yeah, I could post benchmarks for GW2

Fiction · Post by **Fiction** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 4:16 am

Just curious, if you're going the i5 route and not even getting the K-series(not planning to OC), why not go with an Xeon E3 and get the performance of an I7 without the IGP?

Toshiharu · Post by **Toshiharu** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:09 pm

Crowley wrote:Proud of you Crim. Intel CPU + AMD GPU is the way to go now

But think of the drivers! And PhysX!

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:07 pm

Toshiharu wrote:
Crowley wrote:Proud of you Crim. Intel CPU + AMD GPU is the way to go now

But think of the drivers! And PhysX!

The only game that I own that really uses PhysX is Borderlands 2, but I can just enable it from a settings file anyways :sohappy:

@Fiction I've never even heard of that CPU before you mentioned it, but I checked out the specs, and I don't know why anybody would chose an i5/i7 over that if they're already buying a separate GPU, but all the reviews say that actually only has 80%~ of the i7's power. :giveup:

Juicy · Post by **Juicy** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:19 pm

CrimsonNuker wrote:
Toshiharu wrote:
Crowley wrote:Proud of you Crim. Intel CPU + AMD GPU is the way to go now

But think of the drivers! And PhysX!

The only game that I own that really uses PhysX is Borderlands 2, but I can just enable it from a settings file anyways

@Fiction I've never even heard of that CPU before you mentioned it, but I checked out the specs, and I don't know why anybody would chose an i5/i7 over that if they're already buying a separate GPU, but all the reviews say that actually only has 80%~ of the i7's power.

Shouldn't even be looking at an i7 unless you plan on doing heavy 3D rendering and such.

Fiction · Post by **Fiction** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 7:32 pm

Yeah, the Xeons are for workstations, so they're meant to run 24/7 opposed to casual use. They're not exactly as powerful as the i7s, but I'd say closer to 90% of the power.

I wouldn't substitute for an unlocked i7, but I'd definitely go with a Xeon if I were on a budget and didn't care to overclock. That's why I mentioned it, seeing as you got a locked i5.

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 7:49 pm

Fiction wrote:Yeah, the Xeons are for workstations, so they're meant to run 24/7 opposed to casual use. They're not exactly as powerful as the i7s, but I'd say closer to 90% of the power.

I wouldn't substitute for an unlocked i7, but I'd definitely go with a Xeon if I were on a budget and didn't care to overclock. That's why I mentioned it, seeing as you got a locked i5.

Ehhhhhhh? I got the 3570K, gonna do a light oc to 4ghz

Fiction · Post by **Fiction** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:02 pm

CrimsonNuker wrote:
Fiction wrote:Yeah, the Xeons are for workstations, so they're meant to run 24/7 opposed to casual use. They're not exactly as powerful as the i7s, but I'd say closer to 90% of the power.

I wouldn't substitute for an unlocked i7, but I'd definitely go with a Xeon if I were on a budget and didn't care to overclock. That's why I mentioned it, seeing as you got a locked i5.

Ehhhhhhh? I got the 3570K, gonna do a light oc to 4ghz

Oh sorry, I musta looked at a different set of specs, my bad =P I just dropped in and took a quick glance yesterday, so I didn't go through it too well, since I was already late. Well there's that bit of info for others that aren't OCing anyways. For gaming OCing is better anyways, hyper-threading is only usefully in certain applications.

TL;DR, It's all good brah!

Post by **Crowley** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:48 pm

CrimsonNuker wrote:
Fiction wrote:Yeah, the Xeons are for workstations, so they're meant to run 24/7 opposed to casual use. They're not exactly as powerful as the i7s, but I'd say closer to 90% of the power.

I wouldn't substitute for an unlocked i7, but I'd definitely go with a Xeon if I were on a budget and didn't care to overclock. That's why I mentioned it, seeing as you got a locked i5.

Ehhhhhhh? I got the 3570K, gonna do a light oc to 4ghz

I have that processor, it's great. At stock it runs at 4.1 under load, you can easily bump it up to 4.3 without changing the voltage. I did some light OC to 4.5 and only bumped up the voltage a little bit. This i5's a beast.

Toshiharu · Post by **Toshiharu** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:59 pm

CrimsonNuker wrote:
Toshiharu wrote:
Crowley wrote:Proud of you Crim. Intel CPU + AMD GPU is the way to go now

But think of the drivers! And PhysX!

The only game that I own that really uses PhysX is Borderlands 2, but I can just enable it from a settings file anyways

Was a joke on the physx part. Though drivers I do believe AMD stepped it up.

*BlackFox · Post by *BlackFox » Fri Dec 28, 2012 4:34 pm

Nice... Well, what's your next project? lulz

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:06 pm

*BlackFox wrote:Nice... Well, what's your next project? lulz

I wish I had enough money to be calling these kinds of things projects :soosad:

*BlackFox · Post by *BlackFox » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:32 pm

CrimsonNuker wrote:I wish I had enough money to be calling these kinds of things projects

Meh... Of course you can! There's no direct rule that says: "Not enough money.. no projects"?

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Fri Dec 28, 2012 5:47 pm

*BlackFox wrote:
CrimsonNuker wrote:I wish I had enough money to be calling these kinds of things projects
Meh... Of course you can! There's no direct rule that says: "Not enough money.. no projects"?

Projects imply that I do them regularly :cry:

My parts are supposed to be in this afternoon though, I feel like it's Christmas morning all over again :sohappy:

*BlackFox · Post by *BlackFox » Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:54 pm

ROFL ^ Anyway... Just don't forget to post pics!

Post by **Crowley** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:15 am

Might as well post pics from my latest build (about a month old)

Spoiler!

I know the bottom fan on my heatsink isn't straight in the 3rd pic, fixed it already. :sohappy:

Azilius · Post by **Azilius** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:16 am

Cool pics yo

I have a friend with the same mouse and I never saw the appeal. Does it feel like a regular mouse in your hand? Also seeing your tidy desk has just made me clean my own desk =\

Post by **Crowley** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:25 am

No, the mouse sucks. Never buy it, seriously.

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