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New Computer Build

ludin said:
well my current PC is about 10+ years old now. Kids mostly play on it for fun.
However I have spec'ed out a new PC that I want to build.

GIGABYTE GA-X99-Ultra Gaming (rev. 1.0) LGA 2011-v3
Intel Core i7-6800K
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC
CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin 2800
CORSAIR RMx Series RM750X
DIYPC Skyline-07-R case
Crucial mx300 525 sst drive
ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B cpu fan


over all about 1,600 bucks from newegg.

not bad for a semi budget build and cheaper than any other computer company out there can build it.
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Should do well! I'm getting mine ready for VR, just got rid of the memory I had that was causing problems (mixed speed) and put in 32 gig of memory, next is a better graphic card (I have a 960, which still rocks but I need 1060 for VR). My processor is still good enough, thankfully....
 
ludin said:
I looked it up the one you had listed was 116 dollars. mine was like 45. or so was there a different one that you were looking at?
I did see one by corsair for like 60 I think. that isn't bad and I would consider it.
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This was my first post...when I suggested water cooling.

Mycroft said:
The only suggestion I have is water cool instead of air cool for your CPU. For 10 bucks more you could go with this...
CORSAIR Hydro Series H60 (CW-9060007-WW) Water Cooler-Newegg.com
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The other one...the H100...is the one that I have in my computer...for the last 4 years.
 
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ludin said:
well my current PC is about 10+ years old now. Kids mostly play on it for fun.
However I have spec'ed out a new PC that I want to build.

GIGABYTE GA-X99-Ultra Gaming (rev. 1.0) LGA 2011-v3
Intel Core i7-6800K
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC
CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin 2800
CORSAIR RMx Series RM750X
DIYPC Skyline-07-R case
Crucial mx300 525 sst drive
ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B cpu fan


over all about 1,600 bucks from newegg.

not bad for a semi budget build and cheaper than any other computer company out there can build it.
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Budget build??????? no way is that semi... or budget haha.

Only thing that sticks out for me is the 750 watt PSU..... Cooler Master: Power Supply Calculator ... you only need a 401 watt PSU for that setup.. add a few more watts if you add a DVD or something similar.
 
Slyfox696 said:
Not bad at all. Personal preferences aside, I'd recommend going with the i7-6700k instead of the 6800k. It's almost $150 cheaper on Newegg (though you'd need a new mobo) and the difference in performance between the 6700k and the 6800k is practically nothing, especially if you never plan on using all 6 cores. You're only using one video card, so there's no advantage there either. I understand your desire to future proof, but I just don't think it would be money well spent, especially since a brief Google search leads me to believe the x99 is towards the end of its lifespan.

I'd say save some money and get the 6700k and put that money towards more RAM (which would likely have a greater impact on your performance) or towards your monitor or just pocket it.
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From what I read the 2011v3 is going to stick a round for a while that is why I picked that board as well. while it does X99 it also handles the v3 processors so if an upgrade is needed I can expand it.
However the 6800 should do everything I need for a while.

Currently am running 1 video card possible of a SLI configuration, but 1 is good for now.

The monitor I can get free so I am not to worried about the cost of the monitor.
 
PeteEU said:
Budget build??????? no way is that semi... or budget haha.

Only thing that sticks out for me is the 750 watt PSU..... Cooler Master: Power Supply Calculator ... you only need a 401 watt PSU for that setup.. add a few more watts if you add a DVD or something similar.
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I already have a dvd and a dvd writer I am going to stick in it.
I could go with the 650x but it is about the same price as the 750. new egg has it listed for 109.
the 750 is 119.

Seeing how some high end gaming riggs run you 3-4k dollars if you can't build it yourself yea it isn't that expensive.
I had already planned on about 1500 if I am 150 over to get a great setup then I am not worried about it.
 
ludin said:
However the 6800 should do everything I need for a while.
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Oh, most definitely. But I was trying to say the 6700k would do everything you need to do also and it's much cheaper.

But it's your machine and we all have things which become important to us, regardless of whether it's the best thing or not. For example, I just bought the EVGA GTX 1080 FTW, even though it is WAAAY overpowered for things I would do or for the monitor I am currently using (though plan to replace). Even though the 6700k would probably be exactly what you need, sometimes it's fun to do a little more. Totally get that. :)

Enjoy your machine.
 
Slyfox696 said:
Oh, most definitely. But I was trying to say the 6700k would do everything you need to do also and it's much cheaper.

But it's your machine and we all have things which become important to us, regardless of whether it's the best thing or not. For example, I just bought the EVGA GTX 1080 FTW, even though it is WAAAY overpowered for things I would do or for the monitor I am currently using (though plan to replace). Even though the 6700k would probably be exactly what you need, sometimes it's fun to do a little more. Totally get that. :)

Enjoy your machine.
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Yea I looked at the 1080, but the 1070c for like 300 less was to much of a steal.

I hate having a PC for 2 years and then realize that all the new stuff coming out it won't support.
I would like to get back into some gaming again However I would like to have a PC capable of doing
pretty much whatever I would like and that PC can do it. It also gives me plenty of expansion.

such as adding another 16 gigs of memory later on.

This is a switch for me as I am usually an AMD guy but AMD hasn't been that great lately not sure what they did.
I also like ATI cards, better value for the money but NVidia has pretty much socked it to them in that area as well.
 
ludin said:
Yea I looked at the 1080, but the 1070c for like 300 less was to much of a steal.

I hate having a PC for 2 years and then realize that all the new stuff coming out it won't support.
I would like to get back into some gaming again However I would like to have a PC capable of doing
pretty much whatever I would like and that PC can do it. It also gives me plenty of expansion.

such as adding another 16 gigs of memory later on.

This is a switch for me as I am usually an AMD guy but AMD hasn't been that great lately not sure what they did.
I also like ATI cards, better value for the money but NVidia has pretty much socked it to them in that area as well.
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Just so you know...ATI was bought by AMD some years ago.
 
Mycroft said:
Just so you know...ATI was bought by AMD some years ago.
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Yep I know. At the time I was a huge ATI fan. I still have my ati 4870 I think it was. (see 10 years old).
It was just as good as the NVidia 8 series but without the price tag to go with it.

However Nvidia has decimated ATI lately in their cards.

same goes for intel. I liked my AMD processor, but like ATI they use to be competitive with INTEL.
now intel has smoked them out of the water.

back in the day I liked my RISK chip but it had other issues.
 
For a solid budget build gaming comp you could always go with the i5-4690k, Z97A motherboard and a ASUS strix r9-390 video card
 
ludin said:
Yea I looked at the 1080, but the 1070c for like 300 less was to much of a steal.
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In all honesty, the 1070 would have been more the enough for me, but I just wanted to say I had top of the line, at least once.

I would like to get back into some gaming again
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This is why I just built a computer myself. I used to game primarily on console, but with my wife watching TV, it's only fair and considerate to game on my PC. Plus I like to rip videos to put on my personal video server, so a new computer solved both problems.

This is a switch for me as I am usually an AMD guy but AMD hasn't been that great lately not sure what they did.
I also like ATI cards, better value for the money but NVidia has pretty much socked it to them in that area as well.
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I've never cared enough to support either side. The computer I bought a LONG time ago had a gt230 in it, which I used for a long time. When that went out, I bought a R7 260x and now I have the GTX 1080. It's my first graphics card with some serious muscle. I'm enjoying playing on ultra settings.
 
Slyfox696 said:
In all honesty, the 1070 would have been more the enough for me, but I just wanted to say I had top of the line, at least once.

This is why I just built a computer myself. I used to game primarily on console, but with my wife watching TV, it's only fair and considerate to game on my PC. Plus I like to rip videos to put on my personal video server, so a new computer solved both problems.

I've never cared enough to support either side. The computer I bought a LONG time ago had a gt230 in it, which I used for a long time. When that went out, I bought a R7 260x and now I have the GTX 1080. It's my first graphics card with some serious muscle. I'm enjoying playing on ultra settings.
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Yea I was thrilled when I got my 4870. It was on sale for 150 bucks it wasn't the top of the line but I think I supported dx10 or 11 at the time.
It think it has finally started to die. I had to ship it back a few years ago to get it repaired. now it is doing the same thing. It is just giving up the ghost.

The other thing I want to upgrade is the HDD to a SSD drive which is why I went with the crucial 550.
I thought about going with the m2 stuff but I don't want to use up pcie slots unless I have to. I don't think it would hurt with just 1 video card.
and the x99 platform is pretty solid and the x6800 comes with 28 pcie lanes.

so I an get away with 2 video cards and a pcie m2 drive if I wanted to.
That was the other advantage the 6800 had over the 6700.

I have been out of the computer hardware stuff for a while. to much to try and keep up with.
So I have had to do a lot of research in a little bit of time when putting this together.
 
ludin said:
Yea I looked at the 1080, but the 1070c for like 300 less was to much of a steal.

I hate having a PC for 2 years and then realize that all the new stuff coming out it won't support.
I would like to get back into some gaming again However I would like to have a PC capable of doing
pretty much whatever I would like and that PC can do it. It also gives me plenty of expansion.

such as adding another 16 gigs of memory later on.

This is a switch for me as I am usually an AMD guy but AMD hasn't been that great lately not sure what they did.
I also like ATI cards, better value for the money but NVidia has pretty much socked it to them in that area as well.
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I'm of a similar disposition on AMD. Years ago I used to always buy the ATI cards, but I would often have driver issues.
I have been buying Nvidia cards for several years and have been happy with them.
I have however still stayed with AMD for CPUs. Ive had an AMD FX 8350 for a few years now and I'm getting to the point where I may upgrade soon.

The issue is AMD hasn't really gold a solid product line for DDR4 support. However, their new ZEN product line is supposed to release in February. they finally make a move on the die issue with cpus which should allow them to make much more energy efficient processors. So I'm going to give it until that product line releases and see what they have. If its a flop I will be moving to Intel. but if it looks good I will stick with it.
 
SocialD said:
I'm of a similar disposition on AMD. Years ago I used to always buy the ATI cards, but I would often have driver issues.
I have been buying Nvidia cards for several years and have been happy with them.
I have however still stayed with AMD for CPUs. Ive had an AMD FX 8350 for a few years now and I'm getting to the point where I may upgrade soon.

The issue is AMD hasn't really gold a solid product line for DDR4 support. However, their new ZEN product line is supposed to release in February. they finally make a move on the die issue with cpus which should allow them to make much more energy efficient processors. So I'm going to give it until that product line releases and see what they have. If its a flop I will be moving to Intel. but if it looks good I will stick with it.
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I am just moving to Intel. I hate to d it but they have proven to be the better company.
About 10 years ago and made a similar but cheaper processor.

Now it is not the case. Hence why I am switching.
 
I have a quadcore AMD Phenom II 955 overclocked to 3.8 ghz that has been great for gaming. But with the new Zen set to release, I'm gonna treat myself and get one. I'm not sure why, my Phenom still runs everything great. But I just want a new toy I guess.

I'm glad that AMD is going to be competitive again. If Intel ever gets a complete monopoly, then they'll be able to charge whatever they want.
 
Lets see, what did I spend on my last rig ?

Intel i5-4690k = 225.00
Asus Z97A motherboard = 160.00
16 Gig DDR3 = 120.00

1100 watt super 80 power supply = 120.00
1 Terrabyte 7200 rpm HD = 85.00
Samsung 250evo = 80.00

AMD Radeon Strix R9-390x Video Card with 8 Gig ddr5 memory = 400.00 ( beast of a card )

Corsair hydro H55 CPU Cooler = 65.00

Tower spent = 100 bucks

Thats it, and it runs new games on ultra with now problem
 
Actually I found that I can overclock that 6800 to 4.2 ghz at I think 1.5v or 1.2v easily
with little added issues.
 
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