Building a computer

SocialD said:

ROG MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME/ASSEMBLY ~$500
Corsair Dominator Platinum Series 64GB DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz ~$480
I7-6700K ~$350

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I'm going with the 2011-V3 series instead of the 1151. I like the doubled memory lanes, and 8 memory slots instead of four.

SocialD said:

Corsair AX Series, AX860, 860 Watt Fully Modular Power Supply, 80+ Platinum Certified ~$160
Pick your Full Tower ATX case plenty of great ones for ~$250 or less.

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I'll check into that PS as I do want a modular instead of unused cables hanging around. So far, it appears my motherboard selection will be an E-ATX. I'm gravitating towards the MSI Godlike so far.

SocialD said:

GTX 980 TI - several good ones to choose from I prefer ASUS, Gigabyte or MSI on vid cards, ive had a few issues with EVGA cards ~$610-670

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I'm partial to MSI, and will likely wait and see what the 10x0 series spec out at soon before buying.

SocialD said:

Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E500B/AM) -excellent deal on this been going on for ~$150
WD Black 5TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD5001FZWX - ~$220 best value right now for a performance storage drive

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I just ordered two 1TB 850 EVO's and a 512K 950 Pro yesterday. Hard to find these two locally, so I ordered them. I actually plan to put one of the 850's in my laptop, and I have an unfilled mSATA slot for my current tower, one only one M.2 SSD on a PCIe card that holds two.

Just today, I took the GT 720 out, and put in a GTX 950. It was cheap, and I don't need too much graphics on this tower.

SocialD said:

Thermaltake WATER 3.0 Triple Riing RGB High Static Pressure Fans 360 AIO Water Cooling System ~$175

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I'm not going to go crazy on the overclocking, and am apprehensive about water cooling.

SocialD said:

very high end ~$2900 online bit more locally i would guess and you could double up your storage if you like and raid 0 or even SLI two of those vids if you like.

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I also bought a replacement keyboard for this old Dell XPS 8700 I'm using. Mechanical keys. It has back lighting also. Probably turn the lighting off, I just wanted a mechanical keyboard instead of pads on a circuit board.

Enthusiast Backlit Full Size OUTEMU Blue Switch Mechanical Keyboard - Monoprice.com

Bought the keyboard and video card at ENU yesterday, a local shop.

Deuce said:

Ok, now that I've had some time to read the thread and catch up: You may already know some or all of this, but it's just my advice. I build a lot of computers and will go toe-to-toe with anyone out there in terms of nerdery. I'll see your KSP, which I also play, and raise you a Nethack.

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Hate to say this, but with your arrogant views about the climate sciences, I'm not interested in your expertise in this area. I can't trust it's any better than your projected climate science ability.

SocialD said:

WD Black 5TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD5001FZWX - ~$220 best value right now for a performance storage drive

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Yes, I will get a 7200 RPM drive. I was looking at the Seagate drives, I'm partial to them. Probably get a 4T to 6T drive. Just the same, I'll check into your suggestion.

Thanx.

Lord of Planar said:

Hate to say this, but with your arrogant views about the climate sciences, I'm not interested in your expertise in this area. I can't trust it's any better than your projected climate science ability.

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Bahahahah. Ok. have fun with your LOLZOVERCOCK GAMING RAM. Make sure it has ****ing fins. The fins make your RAM go faster.

And whatever you do, absolutely do not go check on real-world benchmarks to, I don't know, get a second opinion.