Tech - My new gaming rig. (1 Viewer)

[brizors]

Because RedBot asked for more nerding out. I just built a new rig for le games.

CPU: Intel I-7 4770K Haswell 3.5 GHz
CPU cooler: Zalman 9900A
Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO LGA 1150 Intel Z87
GPU: EVGA Nvidia GTX 760 2GB
RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ares 2400 DDR3
Sound: Creative X-Fi Titanium HD
Case: Thermaltake Overseer RX-I
PSU: Antec 650 Watt
HDD1: Samsung 120GB SSD
HDD2: WD Raptor 10k RPM 300GB
DVD: Some old HP DVD burner I had.
Monitor1: ASUS 23.5 1080p LCD
Monitor2: ASUS 21.5 1080p LCD

Running Windows 7 64 Ultimate. The only thing I can't turn on is Ubersampling in Witcher 2. Every other game runs like water on max max settings. Total cost for the new parts was about $1100. The PSU, WD HDD, DVD burner, sound card, and monitors were all used in my previous build.

 

[dulak]

I'm not a fan of intel/nvidia but it looks like a pretty solid build. Good job!

 

[dannuic]

You don't have problems with a little 650W PS? Those are some hefty components.

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Also, when it comes to sound quality, Sound Blasters are barely better than onboard sound. Turtle Beach sound cards can get audiophile quality for very little money. Probably not worth it to get a dedicated sound card unless you care about quality (or there are driver issues)

 

[beastdaddy]

I just ordered my set last night.

CPU: AMD FX-8350 Black Edition 4.0GHz (4.4 GHz turbo) Eight Core
CPU Cooler: Coolmaster Siedon 120m
Motherboard:GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3
GPU: SAPPHIRE DUAL-X 14-202-099 Radeon R9 280 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5
RAM:G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866
Sound:Onboard sound.
Case:RAIDMAX Vampire ATX-001WBTi Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
PSU:EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750 B 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified 750W
HDD1: Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB SSD
HDD2: WD 1TB 7200rpm
DVD: Asus
OS: Windows7 Pro

Will be adding another 16 gigs of ram next month to be at 32 gigs and I have full fan slots filled. Total cost $1303 Shipped. Along with about $85 in MIRs

 

[dannuic]

Will be adding another 16 gigs of ram next month to be at 32 gigs and I have full fan slots filled. Total cost $1303 Shipped. Along with about $85 in MIRs

That $85 seems like so little compared to $1303 haha =D

 

[beastdaddy]

Well I saved $215 in instant savings /sales on newegg. So price before anything was $1520ish. So between MiR's Istant sales, and promo codes I will be under 1250 on a complete system.

 

[dannuic]

A good read on the 3770K vs the 8350 is here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-core-i7-3770k-gaming-bottleneck,3407.html.

The basic conclusion is that the 3770K is a better value unless you get all the other components for free. That is, the AMD processor costs less, but since processor cost is such a small percentage of total system cost, it's worth it in general to go with the performance upgrade you get from the 3770K. Of course, this is high end gaming; for sub-$1000 rigs this is more noticeable. Also, it is interesting to note that Radeons pair better with Intel CPU's since AMD's graphics cards rely more on processor power than Nvidia's.

 

[beastdaddy]

I got the 8 core because I mainly just play eq. And with winew running each session on a different core I think it will be better suited for my needs.

 

[dannuic]

I got the 8 core because I mainly just play eq. And with winew running each session on a different core I think it will be better suited for my needs.

I have an i7 (4xxx series so not directly comparable to these two processors), and I get 8 cores with hyperthreading, which isxboxer happily supports. I'm pretty sure wineq does, too. However, in the end they are both pretty powerful machines that will be plenty powerful enough to enjoy, the rest is just nitpicking but interesting (to me at least).

 

[beastdaddy]

Hehe The 4770 was much higher cost between Mobo/chipset. I was on a budget really. I am excited to get playing on a new machine and set this one up for afk =)

 

[dannuic]

Hehe The 4770 was much higher cost between Mobo/chipset. I was on a budget really. I am excited to get playing on a new machine and set this one up for afk =)

This is the truth. I actually got my computer (a Clevo P157M laptop) because I needed a powerful machine for work. I can run simulations and process data anywhere in the world now. And run EQ simultaneously....

 

[Redbot]

32GB of ram. Holy crap. How many toons are you expecting to box?

 

[dannuic]

32GB of ram. Holy crap. How many toons are you expecting to box?

Not enough.

 

[beastdaddy]

I want 12 to 18 on with no issues. And mq running seemless on the bots.

 

[dencelle]

Processor: AMD A10-6800K Richland 4.1GHz (4.4GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 100W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - Black Edition AMD Radeon HD 8670D 
Operating System: Linux Backtrack (64Bit) English
Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 
Hard Drive: Western Digital WD SE WD2000F9YZ 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive 
Video Card: PNY VCGGTX7704XPB-OC2 GeForce GTX 770 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card
Optical Drive: LG Black 16X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner WH16NS40 - OEM
Power Supply: ENERMAX Platimax EPM1350EWT 1350W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU

My computer died... i had to order a new one today... so this is what i got... lol

 

[mroutlaw]

im still looking for that program that spits out all your computer info neet and tidy like , then ill post

 

[dencelle]

im still looking for that program that spits out all your computer info neet and tidy like , then ill post

rofl if you want that then i can build it for ya :P

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or atleast it will spit out some minor info... not the hardware stuff..

 

[mroutlaw]

Windows Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (64-bit) Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)1
Memory (RAM) 32729 MB
CPU Info AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor
CPU Speed 4013.3 MHz
Sound Card (2- Sound Blaster ZxR)
Display Adapters AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Monitors 1x; Generic PnP Monitor |
Screen Resolution 1920 X 1080 - 32 bit
Network Network Present
Network Adapters Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
CD / DVD Drives 1x (F: | ) F: ASUS DRW-24B1ST a
Ports COM1 LPT Port NOT Present.
Mouse 5 Button Wheel Mouse Present
Hard Disks C: 238.3GB | D: 931.5GB | E: 2794.4GB | G: 1863.0GB
Hard Disks - Free C: 55.4GB | D: 284.8GB | E: 2326.8GB | G: 911.1GB
USB Controllers 7 host controllers.
Firewire (1394) 1 host controllers.
Manufacturer * American Megatrends Inc.
AC Power Status OnLine
BIOS Info AT/AT COMPATIBLE | 02/05/13 | ALASKA - 1072009
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Motherboard * "Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 990FXA-UD3"

 

[beastdaddy]

Very similar to my build how do you like it?

 

[Lucent]

im still looking for that program that spits out all your computer info neet and tidy like , then ill post

Look up Piriform (a software company ) and download "Speccy" from their website. They also make other lovely tools like CCleaner and data recovery tools.

Speccy will amaze you with the detail it gives you about every damn thing in your system. Hardware, serial numbers, temps, version numbers.. etc..

Example.. the main window just shows info on each pieces name/model etc.. but if i go to the hard drive section and look at my hard drives.. this is the info for my first hard drive...

WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 ATA Device
	Manufacturer	Western Digital
	Form Factor	TB/3.5-inch (new format)
	Business Unit/Brand	Desktop/WD Caviar
	Heads	16
	Cylinders	16383
	SATA type	SATA-III 6.0Gb/s
	Device type	Fixed
	ATA Standard	ATA8-ACS
	Serial Number	WD-WCATR5263836
	LBA Size	48-bit LBA
	Power On Count	1307 times
	Power On Time	627.1 days
	Features	S.M.A.R.T., AAM, NCQ
	Transfer Mode	SATA III
	Interface	SATA
	Capacity	932GB
	Real size	1,000,204,886,016 bytes
	RAID Type	None
		S.M.A.R.T
			01 Read Error Rate	200 (200 worst) Data 0000000000
			03 Spin-Up Time	182 (173) Data 0000000F12
			04 Start/Stop Count	099 (099) Data 000000056B
			05 Reallocated Sectors Count	200 (200) Data 0000000000
			07 Seek Error Rate	200 (200) Data 0000000000
			09 Power-On Hours (POH)	080 (080) Data 0000003ACA
			0A Spin Retry Count	100 (100) Data 0000000000
			0B Recalibration Retries	100 (100) Data 0000000000
			0C Device Power Cycle Count	099 (099) Data 000000051B
			C0 Power-off Retract Count	200 (200) Data 0000000097
			C1 Load/Unload Cycle Count	200 (200) Data 00000004D3
			C2 Temperature	111 (095) Data 0000000024
			C4 Reallocation Event Count	200 (200) Data 0000000000
			C5 Current Pending Sector Count	200 (200) Data 0000000000
			C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count	200 (200) Data 0000000000
			C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count	200 (200) Data 0000000000
			C8 Write Error Rate / Multi-Zone Error Rate	200 (200) Data 0000000000
			Temperature	36 °C
			Temperature Range	ok (less than 50 °C)
			Status	Good
		Partition 0
			Partition ID	Disk #0, Partition #0
			Size	100 MB
		Partition 1
			Partition ID	Disk #0, Partition #1
			Disk Letter	C:
			File System	NTFS
			Volume Serial Number	603BF6E6
			Size	931GB
			Used Space	176GB (19%)
			Free Space	755GB (81%)

Thats 1 of 4 hard drives.. and just one of many pieces of gear in my PC, so yeah.. that program will give you what you need lol.