hxtr Posted May 28, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.18 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted May 28, 2015 Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming GDDR5 Pcie Video Graphics Card, 4GB by Gigabyte Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard by AsusIntel Core BX80646I74790K i7-4790K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz) by Intel Sentey® Power Supply 850w 80 Plus Bronze Mbp850-hs Metal Blade Power 850 Watts / 140mm Sleeve Bearing Fan / Autoswitching 100-240 Voltage / Active PFC / Single +12v Rail / Certified Power Cord / 5 Years Warranty - Computer Power Supply - Desktop Power Supply - Power Supply 850w - 80 Plus Power Supply by Sentey Corsair Hydro Series Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler H100i by Corsair$1,009.76Already have RAM and a CASE, HD and DVD. The Motherboard is the only thing I'm questioning. I prefer Gigabyte.. but seems this is a popular board.Suggestions?I will not use AMD and I will not use ATI. Thanks! Damage_inc-, Barron, YACCster and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUDMAN Posted May 28, 2015 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6926 Content Per Day: 1.32 Reputation: 4472 Achievement Points: 58087 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted May 28, 2015 I just did a build with the Asus hero 7 motherboard had no problems..... good board. 4790k cpu fast too.... hxtr, USMale and Noears711XI 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted May 28, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.18 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 what did that run you budman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUDMAN Posted May 28, 2015 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6926 Content Per Day: 1.32 Reputation: 4472 Achievement Points: 58087 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted May 28, 2015 @@hxtr Not sure to be honest bought most everything at once I wanna say around 159.00. Nice board ...... has every thing you need and then some. Did not go water cooling got tower fan for cpu runs good at 4.4. hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted May 28, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted May 28, 2015 A damn fine build! Have fun! Make sure you keep a hand/elbow on the case when building it. Even a small static shock can smoke stuff if you get unlucky. It happens when you least expect it! hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted May 28, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.18 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 A damn fine build! Have fun! Make sure you keep a hand/elbow on the case when building it. Even a small static shock can smoke stuff if you get unlucky. It happens when you least expect it! thanks eldolon... I should order parts next week. eidolonFIRE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage_inc- Posted May 28, 2015 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.37 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) it wont help your k/d ratio im afraid but good build. Edited May 28, 2015 by Damage_inc- Noears711XI and hxtr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
D1nkelberg Posted May 28, 2015 Member ID: 22470 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 66 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 54 Achievement Points: 477 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/20/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 25, 2015 Birthday: 01/20/1987 Share Posted May 28, 2015 i`d personaly go for an MSI Power motherboard (dual bios great for messing around) and i`d skip the liquid cooling, not really needed. i have a Dark Rock Pro 3 cooling unit myself, cools better then most liquid cooling systems i have seen. And i`m not sure what on earth you are doing with your PC but anything about i5 is overkill if you are just into gaming. hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUDMAN Posted May 28, 2015 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6926 Content Per Day: 1.32 Reputation: 4472 Achievement Points: 58087 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted May 28, 2015 @@hxtr With power supply plugged in. Also do not clean fans by blowing compressed air on them..... hold them so they do not spin..... causes voltage spikes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted May 29, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted May 29, 2015 thanks eldolon... I should order parts next week. one hand on the case... one hand on my dick... that should keep the static down. hxtr and BUDMAN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted May 29, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.18 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 i`d personaly go for an MSI Power motherboard (dual bios great for messing around) and i`d skip the liquid cooling, not really needed. i have a Dark Rock Pro 3 cooling unit myself, cools better then most liquid cooling systems i have seen. And i`m not sure what on earth you are doing with your PC but anything about i5 is overkill if you are just into gaming. i7... i thought everyone had a i7. I plan to run victuals. This machine is going to work. That Dark Rock is def a good cooler. What temps do you run at full load and do you overclock?lock Reviews showed on full load staying around 32c. As for the Dark this video is scarring me off. Installation does not sound fun.... min 2:10 <youtube> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted May 29, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.18 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 OK this looks harder to install but I can get my hands in to tighten things unlike the Dark.One huge advantage I see over this liquid cooler the dark is the head from the CPU is directly removed from the case. The dark seems to blow it in the case. I could be wrong.. from what it appears it does. <youtube> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouselad Posted May 29, 2015 Member ID: 20902 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 136 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1279 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 819 Achievement Points: 9614 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/16/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 15, 2016 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted May 29, 2015 A damn fine build! Have fun! Make sure you keep a hand/elbow on the case when building it. Even a small static shock can smoke stuff if you get unlucky. It happens when you least expect it! or just get an anti static wristband.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidolonFIRE Posted May 29, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted May 29, 2015 or just get an anti static wristband.. those are for pussies! lol. but yea... or you could spend $10 for a piece of wire and a bracelet. hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted May 29, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.18 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 those are for pussies! lol. but yea... or you could spend $10 for a piece of wire and a bracelet. Yep... I use as stripped at the ends piece of stripped cat5 conductor. Static is a killer. Good thing I have nothing by wood floors. Not much static building up on something none conductive. But not worth taking a chance. eidolonFIRE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1nkelberg Posted May 30, 2015 Member ID: 22470 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 66 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 54 Achievement Points: 477 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/20/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 25, 2015 Birthday: 01/20/1987 Share Posted May 30, 2015 i7... i thought everyone had a i7. I plan to run victuals. This machine is going to work. That Dark Rock is def a good cooler. What temps do you run at full load and do you overclock?lock Reviews showed on full load staying around 32c. As for the Dark this video is scarring me off. Installation does not sound fun.... min 2:10 <youtube> I run an i5 at a constant 4ghz, and i run at around 30 to 35 depending on the time of year really. The installation is a bitch yes, since its so freaking HUGE. That being said i also have to keep my PC on its side due to the weight of the damn thing. But if you have the space for it, its well worth it. Less risk compared to liquid cooling (my last PC died due to parts dying after use). And as for Virtuals, an i3 is for normal use (bit of gaming, bit of browsing), the i5 is for gaming normal overclocking and streaming stuff (better at multi-tasking), the i7 is the beast when you wanna go for massive overclocking and insane levels of multi-tasking. Like i said, that i7 is a huge waste of money if you do not plan on rediculous overclocking and running a lot of processes at the same time. hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted May 30, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.18 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) I run an i5 at a constant 4ghz, and i run at around 30 to 35 depending on the time of year really. The installation is a bitch yes, since its so freaking HUGE. That being said i also have to keep my PC on its side due to the weight of the damn thing. But if you have the space for it, its well worth it. Less risk compared to liquid cooling (my last PC died due to parts dying after use). And as for Virtuals, an i3 is for normal use (bit of gaming, bit of browsing), the i5 is for gaming normal overclocking and streaming stuff (better at multi-tasking), the i7 is the beast when you wanna go for massive overclocking and insane levels of multi-tasking. Like i said, that i7 is a huge waste of money if you do not plan on rediculous overclocking and running a lot of processes at the same time. Holly crap.. you have to keep your case on its side due to the weight? Holly crap. lol As for the i7... I will be running many victuals. I will overclock in the future but not for a while. I also do video editing once and a while. Just to add... I will be using this computer for way more things than just playing games.10% or so will be gaming... I can't wait to setup a entire network of servers on one PC. I will have a blast doing it. Edited May 30, 2015 by hxtr D1nkelberg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1nkelberg Posted May 31, 2015 Member ID: 22470 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 66 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 54 Achievement Points: 477 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/20/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 25, 2015 Birthday: 01/20/1987 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Can i just state that that video you linked is propper bullshit ? i run lower temps then that. And if that guy actually needed help building it in... he`s a fucking idiot... i have massive hands and i managed to do it on my own... yeah its not easy but you can do it, took me about 1.5 hours to build a complete PC including this cooler. Also him stating that anything but low profile ram wont fit is bullshit, i use Crucial Ballistix ram (check them out, good ram for low prices) which are normal profile sticks, and they fit. That being said, yes i have to put my case sideways due to the weight of the damn thing because it will warp the motherboard otherwise (in the vid they have the case standing up, i can tell you that that system probably wont last very long) Btw with a good cooler you can run about 25% overclocked at all times and your system wont suffer from it (i actually recommend it because you can get more bang for your buck like that) btw my system is: i5 4670k running at 4ghz MSI Z97 Mpower motherboard (dual bios and onboard overclocking system, no need to enter the bios/windows) 4 x 4gb Crucial Ballistix running at 1600mHz MSI N770 Lightning 2GB (replacing it next month for a GTX970 sli setup) running with 2 SSD`s 1x120gb 1x250gb so far i havent found anything that will max this system out, and the max temp i have had my CPU on was 79 degrees celcius with some serious load testing. hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze Posted June 7, 2015 Member ID: 2702 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 8 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1057 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 918 Achievement Points: 8385 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 11/26/1978 Device: Android Share Posted June 7, 2015 Just get two pairs of pliers and bend the wrench to the angle he suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted June 17, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.18 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 OK I have the parts ordered and they arrive Friday. Intel Core BX80646I74790K i7-4790K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz) Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming GDDR5 Pcie Video Graphics Card, 4GB Corsair Hydro Series Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler H100iMSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97 GAMING 7 EVGA SuperNOVA 750B1 750W ATX12V Power Supply 110-B1-0750-VR BUDMAN and eidolonFIRE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidolonFIRE Posted June 17, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted June 17, 2015 OK I have the parts ordered and they arrive Friday. Intel Core BX80646I74790K i7-4790K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz) Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming GDDR5 Pcie Video Graphics Card, 4GB Corsair Hydro Series Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler H100iMSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97 GAMING 7 EVGA SuperNOVA 750B1 750W ATX12V Power Supply 110-B1-0750-VR Have fun... wear protection! hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted June 17, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.18 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 rgr that... I will use a single conductor from a network cable. I dont want to fuck this up as static is not our friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Canadian Posted June 18, 2015 Member ID: 822 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 87 Topic Count: 317 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5477 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 5025 Achievement Points: 42632 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 20 Joined: 12/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 25, 2023 Birthday: 03/01/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted June 18, 2015 Great build HXTR hxtr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted June 18, 2015 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.18 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 Well since my gaming PC is a Core 2 Duo.... I think it is time I upgrade. I had a P4 forever before that.I doubt I will ever upgrade again. But never say never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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