FaustianQ Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Hmm, well I use http://pcpartpicker.com/. Comes goon recommended, and while it'll hold your hand less, it basically has the internets entire database on available, buyable parts sans auction sites. Also, these are helpful as well, they get updated as time goes on with new uarchs http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 From what I've seen the AsRock bios is second only to the Asus in terms of functionality. And no newbie build is a proper experience without igniting an NV vs. AMD holy war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustianQ Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Need help with moving my system to a new case. Would a white case with Blue LEDs be better than black with blue LEDs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Need help with moving my system to a new case. Would a white case with Blue LEDs be better than black with blue LEDs? I always like black cases over white. White shows dirt and dust too much for my liking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Need help with moving my system to a new case. Would a white case with Blue LEDs be better than black with blue LEDs? I'd say white case, no problems with dust and dirt here (on a mostly painted metal case). What cases you looking at? I've got good things to say about my Phanteks Enthoo Luxe, and what I've seen of Fractal Design's stuff looks great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 BLACK-AND-RED BLACK-AND-RED It's the colors of the Sith and my old high school, what's not to like? Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 BLACK-AND-RED BLACK-AND-RED It's the colors of the Sith and my old high school, what's not to like? Yeah, my lappy is backlit red. Freaking love it. That's actually what decided me on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustianQ Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Well, the issue is I moved to a new desk and holy shit I have way more space - except for my current setup, the HAF 932 I bought idiotically 4 years ago is way to big to fit properly. So contemplating moving to MicroATX, and I have on hand a DIYPC DIY-N8-W White SPCC MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case. I also have some Red LEDs laying about, but was also thinking of getting a Corsair 350D and maybe either Blue or White LEDs. I don't have tons of money to throw away right now so anything above 100$ is definitely a no go. The other theory is this is all dumb and I should just deal with it and sit on my hands till Zen. BLACK-AND-RED BLACK-AND-RED It's the colors of the Sith and my old high school, what's not to like? I dislike red LEDs almost on principle because I just dislike red light as a rule, shit hurts my eyes and makes it near impossible to distinguish anything. Green, Purple, Blue and White are cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 The other theory is this is all dumb and I should just deal with it and sit on my hands till Zen. Don't forget 14nm GPUs - Nvidia and AMD seem to be saving new architectures for that, going by the remarks about pascal and the basically conformed rumours about how the 3xx series will be almost entirely rebrands. 2016 will be a good year for gaming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I'd wait till Zen if you're pinching pennies unless you seriously need something. Maybe a bargain basement 290 because they're going for stupid cheap, but next generation should be a ~1.5 node drop and new uarchs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustianQ Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I'm getting that QNIX monitor though because fuck this piddly 1600x900 I've had for 5 years, and I have no idea if the 760 will drive 1440p well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 BLACK-AND-RED BLACK-AND-RED It's the colors of the Sith and my old high school, what's not to like? It's also the color of the Visitor's uniforms from the mini-series "V" or the Crimson Guard. So. Sturgeon is either a Reptilian alien or a militarized Amway salesman (if we work off of Walter's working theory on Cobra's finances). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I'm getting that QNIX monitor though because fuck this piddly 1600x900 I've had for 5 years, and I have no idea if the 760 will drive 1440p well. Absolutely, go for that. Prices are coming down in monitors, but they're coming down to screens like that QNIX as the top end gets more and more features. I don't think an overclockable 1440p at $300 is going to get much cheaper in the way a fancy high framerate gaming screen likely will, and seriously, IPS is a huge upgrade, 1440p is a huge upgrade, and being very likely to push 80 Hz is a nice upgrade. A 760 might do okay, if I still had mine I'd offer to do testing. I need to do my monitor rant about resolution and working space at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustianQ Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I've decided that I'm not going to bother with changing cases, instead I'll mod the desk. So no blue LEDs etc for now but since I have the equipment and AM4/LGA1151 are still compatible with old CPU coolers etc, looks like I'll be set. DDR4 better drop in price or AM4/LGA1151 better be compatible with DDR3, because as is it's nuts for 8GB let alone 16GB. In the mean time, I'm assembling a C2Q system and will see how it stacks up tot he FX8350 I have - will be pushing a Q9450 to 3.2Ghz, I might beat a Haswell i3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Oh dear, you're running that vintage hardware. See how it goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustianQ Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 According to Steam stats, C2Qs are still terrifyingly common. Also the AMD thread makes me want to buy an Athlon XP-M build. Throw in an HD 2600 XT I have lying around and see what it chokes on. Wonder if I could get a modern CLC on a Barton core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Dear lord, why. I guess you can get the parts for super cheap on ebay? If you want comedy from ebay, LGA 1366 xeons are apparently very fun little toys if you can get a good motherboard (if). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I'd wait till Zen if you're pinching pennies unless you seriously need something. Maybe a bargain basement 290 because they're going for stupid cheap, but next generation should be a ~1.5 node drop and new uarchs. 290X's are also crazy good value right now, if you can find one. I've heard of 285's selling for pennies as well, AMD stuff is the way to go for everything bar the very top end right now until 3xx comes out and prices return to RRP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 290X's are also crazy good value right now, if you can find one. I've heard of 285's selling for pennies as well, AMD stuff is the way to go for everything bar the very top end right now until 3xx comes out and prices return to RRP They're really good too, but I've seen 290s for about $210 after rebate, and that's a preposterously good deal. Going to the X just adds ~7% and he seems to be price sensitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustianQ Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Yeah was thinking about a 290 but then Tonga XT, ugh, E3 can't come quicker. I need to know if the 380X exists. Also, I'm weird about aesthetic and only MSI or XFX coolers please me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Luckily both of those are very good coolers. And yeah, I'm hoping for a Tonga XT, that should be good if they can manage to pry enough of the chips away from the grubby hands of Apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustianQ Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 A picture of my rig and uh, "new" desk. I said fuck it on the case, I'll just roll until 2016 and get a new rig then. I definitely getting that QNIX though, I'll need that 27". Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustianQ Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Two "new" things to share First is my sisters build The issue currently is how to maneuver the PSU into the case, as it really doesn't want to fit. I'm trying to reuse an old PSU I had after hers popped. Tempted to remove the HDD cage. Don't be deceived by the weird lighting, it's got 3 red LED 120mm fans, a copper tower with red LED, all PCB is red, and an all black glossy case with clear side panel. It's not a great computer, but she doesn't play anything heavy or very modern, like Insurgency at most I think? As I was going through my parts though, I happened upon this Guess what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaustianQ Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 I might be getting an upgrade to this soon H97M Pro4 Asrock MicroATX XFX 290X 4GB I5 4590 The question is, is it worth it? I have an FX8350, soo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 I'd say the CPU would very likely be worth it in the long run, although it won't always make a huge difference. http://anandtech.com/bench/product/697?vs=1198 You're captain of your own ship when it comes to motherboard features and what really matters, but AsRock's control stuff has been very favorably reviewed, and when I looked I considered it second only to ASUS'. IIRC you're running a 760. This is a low bound on the difference between the cards, because that's a reference 290X, although Uber keeps it from throttling too hard, an aftermarket cooled card will do better. http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1059?vs=1038 CPUs are infrastrure. They aren't glamorous but they do need updating every once in a while or things start getting ugly and there's not much you can do to get around a CPU bottleneck. It's more expensive for a CPU/mobo than the card, but only you can say when it's worthwhile. That should last pretty well for quite a while though, and if you really need cores you might be able to find a used i7 cheapish in the distant future. Maybe not though. It should probably last 5 years fine. GPUs turn over faster and steadily improve. However, you'll get a much bigger boost right now. I personally don't believe in recommending whether to spend. I recommend how to spend if you're going to spend. That upgrade should give a noticeable boost. Whether that's worth it or not is up to you, and is informed by what else you do with your time that could be benefited by that money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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