Crim's Computer Thread

[CrimsonNuker]

I went with 2 of these; front / back can't be seen anyway
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835226042

And one blue one for the side cover.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835226043

Naw I don't bother with water cooling. Theres no way my computer could generate enough heat to justify it. Modern CPUS are worlds cooler than the original duo/quad core chips.

I have a 100g aquarium sitting a few feet from the computer; at one time I entertained machining out a water block for it and running water through it with one of the 350g/hr pumps, using the aquarium itself as the radiator LOL

Spose all thats left with my rig is a video card. But since everything runs smoothly on fair settings, prolly be a while before I bother

Pics

My SSD must be so worn down or something. Last time I ran a HDD benchmark tool on all my HDDs, my SSD scored the lowest :\

[Mirosuke]

*hijacks thread*

Thoughts?

[CrimsonNuker]

Looks good

[CrimsonNuker]

Wanted to find out how much the parts costed me on my computer.
Pretty damn happy to know that all my parts are cheaper when I bought them before than now.

Also, why is RAM so expensive now? Corsair Vengeance 8GB 2x4GB are going for almost $100 now...(I paid just under $60 for 4x4GB)

Self reference:
2012 Boxing Day Build

[Gaigemasta]

because they Farking can. I remember 32gb dipping down to $100....and now this shit. They're just not getting my money

[Razorhead]

Wanted to find out how much the parts costed me on my computer.
Pretty damn happy to know that all my parts are cheaper when I bought them before than now.

Also, why is RAM so expensive now? Corsair Vengeance 8GB 2x4GB are going for almost $100 now...(I paid just under $60 for 4x4GB)

Self reference:
2012 Boxing Day Build

It's expensive because a major factory that processes the RAW materials, burnt down...
-> less material available -> prices go up

prices now stabilizing; at one point it was nearly x2

Last year, thailand flooded -> WD & Seagate factories flooded with 5meter of water....
prices went x2 - x3 for HDD...

Prices back to normal after a year

[CrimsonNuker]

Wanted to find out how much the parts costed me on my computer.
Pretty damn happy to know that all my parts are cheaper when I bought them before than now.

Also, why is RAM so expensive now? Corsair Vengeance 8GB 2x4GB are going for almost $100 now...(I paid just under $60 for 4x4GB)

Self reference:
2012 Boxing Day Build

It's expensive because a major factory that processes the RAW materials, burnt down...
-> less material available -> prices go up

prices now stabilizing; at one point it was nearly x2

Last year, thailand flooded -> WD & Seagate factories flooded with 5meter of water....
prices went x2 - x3 for HDD...

Prices back to normal after a year

Yeahh I know about the flooding->HDD prices going up. I thought it might've been the Philippine flood that drove the RAM up this year, but srsly

[CrimsonNuker]

Double post.

It's that time again (Boxing Day)
the Asus 7870 is going on sale for 160$, and I'm tempted to run it in crossfire with my MSI 7870 Hawk, both have the exact same specs, except the Hawk runs at 1100Mhz out of the box and the Asus runs at 1000Mhz out of the box.

I've never done any crossfire/sli crap before, but should I do it now?

[Love]

I say don't do it, performance gain won't be too hot and you can use that money better once next gen comes aorund which will be on a smaller chip ( awesome things ).

Actually if anything I would sell your 7870 and take the money and upgrade to a r9 280

[CrimsonNuker]

I say don't do it, performance gain won't be too hot and you can use that money better once next gen comes aorund which will be on a smaller chip ( awesome things ).

Actually if anything I would sell your 7870 and take the money and upgrade to a r9 280

Yeah I'm constantly eyeing the R8 280x, but my 7870 is a magnificent card.

That card jumped up like 20$ now; so Crossfire is out of the question

I want to get one of those dual monitor table mounts, but that shit is so damn expensive! It's like 70-100$ each in Canada before shipping

[Crowley]

Considering buying a 780 if I can get the money, maybe a 290x. My 7950 has served me well so far but I just feel dirty with AMD, I really want to get the 780. But then again the 290x is the same price and has better performance. I'm lost.

[inky]

Considering buying a 780 if I can get the money, maybe a 290x. My 7950 has served me well so far but I just feel dirty with AMD, I really want to get the 780. But then again the 290x is the same price and has better performance. I'm lost.

So far the 780 is serving me well. I got the EVGA 780 with ACX cooler. The GPU temp usually runs around 35~45C when playing games on Ultra HD settings. The hottest I've gotten it so far using a 3D benchmark is 59C but when I set the fan at 100%, it quickly dips down to 49C.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130918

[Crowley]

Hmm the ACX version is gonna cost me $899, but it definitely looks appealing. I'll wait maybe a week to see if aftermarket heatsinks come out for the 290x, if not I'll just got for an 780.

Also, have you tried Nvidia Shadowplay? I've heard so many good things about it and kinda want to try it myself.

[Love]

Lol people are so silly, you will be paying good money and receive nothing in return, flawless plan.

[Crowley]

Well scratch that idea, I bought some shoes instead.

[Love]

LOL, well done =p

[CrimsonNuker]

Pics of my computer
Components-
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70
Mobo: MSI Z77A-GD65
CPU: Intel i5 3570k (Vanilla clocked to 3.5 jiggahertz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100 (Idle CPU runs at 30, load runs at 40-45)
GPU: MSI HD Radeon 7870 Hawk Edition (Idle runs at 30, load runs 50~ on max setting games)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB)
PSU: Corsair HX650 80+Gold
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM, Western Digital 500GB Blue 7200RPM
SSD: Intel 530 240GB, Corsair Force 2(?) 60GB (2 SSD AND STILL MANAGE TO GET ONLY 5.9 IN WINDOWS INDEX SCORE)

Peripherals-
Monitor: 27" BENQ (GW2750HM), 21.5" Acer (A221HQL)
Keyboard(s): Microsoft Sidewinder X4, Cooler Master CM Storm Quickfire Rapid (Mechanical, Red)
Mouse: Logitech G500 (first generation)
Speakers: Audioengine A2s, Polk 10" 100W subwoofer
Headphones: Steelseries Siberia V2

Misc components-
Fan controller: Scythe Kaze Master II
Case Fans: 3x Cougar 120x120 1200RPM (1 exhaust, 2 intake), 2x Corsair 120x120 SP120 2300RPM (Radiator fans), 1x 140x140 Cougar 1200RPM (bottom intake), 1x generic Corsair 120x120 1200RPM (intake)
Lights: NZXT 1m white sleeved LED
Wifi Card: Gigabyte GC-WB300D (With Bluetooth)

Spoiler!

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/3333/xs5y.jpg

[Love]

Looking good, you guys bling my build out of competition =p

[CrimsonNuker]

Looking good, you guys bling my build out of competition =p

Inky's is better, mine is a year old
Maybe if I had a 4670k and a 780/r90x doe...

[PureStr]

I'm thinking about getting this system from a friend

CPU: AMD A8-6600K Black Edition 4.3Ghz QUAD CORE
CPU COOLER: ARCTIC FREEZER 7 PRO 120mm (for over-clocking the CPU while keeping the temperatures very low and also avoiding the terrible sound the stock ones do)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS A55BM-A FM2+ with SATA 6GB/sec, USB3, AUDIO 7.1 and HDMI
RAM: 2 x 4GB DDR3 G-SKILL RIPJAWS 1866Mhz
DISK 1: 120GB SSD KINGSTON V300
DISK 2: 2TB WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR GREEN 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
GRAPHICS: GYGABYTE RADEON HD7790 OC Edition

Any input, should I or should I not?

[Love]

depends on price, nothing about tha tbuild impresses me.

[CrimsonNuker]

Yeah looks pretty standard to me, depends on price.

[PureStr]

I think he was talking about 700$, too expensive?

[Love]

Yup for 100 more you can do this:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/bui ... ,3708.html

and have at least twice the performance.

[PureStr]

Yup for 100 more you can do this:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/bui ... ,3708.html

and have at least twice the performance.

Yeah, the problem is I'm really not good at building my own PC, so I'm looking for an already built one. But I'll most likely end up building one anyway

[Love]

I built my first system recently, trust me there is little to be scared off. In fact I knew how to do this years ago and took not much more than watching a couple of youtube videos and having some1 with a bit more experience than yourself review your parts so that they match up.

[CrimsonNuker]

Don't be intimidated by building a PC. It's a lot easier than you think it is. All you have to do is just make sure all your components are compatible with each other and that your case will fit everything. I've never built a computer before this thread, but all I did was just watch videos on how to build a computer. And of course, we'll be here to help you along the way

[inky]

I built my first PC recently and I almost ended up buying from Digital Storm who marks up their prices by about $500~$800 more than what you'd spend from newegg for the same components. My advice is to do some reading, ask others for advice (like what you're doing now), and if possible, ask for help from a friend who has experience with building PCs. To be fair, DS is a pretty decent company with excellent customer service based on what I've read about them but it's a lot more fun to actually build one yourself and at least when something goes awry or you want to upgrade parts, you have an idea of what to do with your machine.

Very helpful websites:
http://pcpartpicker.com/
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/

Some people also post their ideas for cheap builds to get the most out of your money. I've seen some impressive $700 builds, especially nowadays when prices of cards like the GTX 660 have dropped down significantly.

[CrimsonNuker]

Tom's Hardware is also really helpful.
http://www.tomshardware.com/

If you look at my first post, I was almost ready to spend $500~ on a used machine, but I ended up building my own computer for about $100 more with MUCH better performance.

[CrimsonNuker]

Just upgraded my case (Corsair C70) to a Corsair Air 540. Love it, the biggest change is definitely my temps. I overclocked my CPU to 4.3ghz, and I'm still getting the same temps as I did in my old case (not overclocked), my GPU temp fell by 5c. Currently at idle, my CPU/GPU are running at 30c/25c~

I'll have pics up tomorrow, this case is beautiful.