NAME_N0T_FOUND Posted March 29, 2017 Member ID: 24063 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 60 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 66 Achievement Points: 612 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/07/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 4, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 So after trying to play newer games on my old gaming laptop (2014 MSI GT70, gtx770m), and finding them borderline unplayable (20fps mid settings) I decided to go all out and build my first desktop gaming pc. luckily I have a buddy from college who lives nearby and has previous experience with stuff. He built a tentative list of parts for me in my budget and I altered a few things here and there. Everything has arrived safely via FedEx and I'm just waiting till Thursday for my buddy to come over and help me build it. I'll post pics once completed. So on to the parts list! First off everything is going to be seated in a Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case. It has a hinged smoke window on one side for easy access and viewing. My power supply is a EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750W 80. Plenty of additional power ports for upgrades down the line. My motherboard is a Asus STRIX Z270-E GAMING. It is the top end Strix mobo, but not as crazy as some. For now I'll be running 16GB of Corsair Vengance ram (8GBx2 DDR4). Processor is an Intel i7 6700K 4.0GHz. To cool that down I have a Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler. The graphics card I chose is a MSI GTX 1080 Duke 8GB OC. It comes over clocked from the factory and has three cooling fans. The thing is huge, about the length of my forearm. (There was a sale and the Duke was actually cheaper than a standard MSI 1080) Storage is going to be handled by a 250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD and a Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM HDD. My case has three SSD slots so I'll probably pick up a 500GB or 1TB SSD down the line. FInally I'll get to see everything through an Asus VG248QE 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz monitor. What do you all think of the build? LightHammer02, codpiece, WeednFeed and 4 others 7 Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted March 29, 2017 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Posted March 29, 2017 Sounds kickass to me. Been rolling my own for the last 20 years, you'll love your new toy. Nothing like hitting the power switch and Frankenstein posts to life. You'll also be stunned at how beautiful your games are @ 1920x1080, after running notebooks. Makes killing folks on the other side of the map much easier. Enjoy!! Damit1 1 Awards
DAMAGEPLAN Posted March 29, 2017 Member ID: 25134 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 104 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 54 Achievement Points: 717 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/11/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 21, 2018 Birthday: 12/17/1971 Posted March 29, 2017 Very Nice! Just got done building my own last week. Good luck to you and your new PC bud! It's a great feeling. tsw 8.5, deerejon, L!ckALotAPus and 1 other 4 Awards
Johnny3Time Posted March 29, 2017 Member ID: 20371 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 159 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 306 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 341 Achievement Points: 2728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/19/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 06:01 PM Birthday: 06/11/1966 Device: Windows Posted March 29, 2017 Very nice, it should run great! You will be able to set everything to Ultra on just about any game and it will be buttery smooth. Awards
Texas Posted March 30, 2017 Member ID: 2821 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 72 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 644 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 379 Achievement Points: 5036 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/18/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 08/07/1984 Device: iPhone Posted March 30, 2017 Don't go with laptop don't care what B says you will not every get the same performance as a PC never ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wait the market is about to to change big time and don't ever listen to B ever !!!!!!!! Awards
NAME_N0T_FOUND Posted March 30, 2017 Member ID: 24063 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 60 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 66 Achievement Points: 612 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/07/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 4, 2017 Author Posted March 30, 2017 15 hours ago, TheLastColdBeer said: Sounds kickass to me. Been rolling my own for the last 20 years, you'll love your new toy. Nothing like hitting the power switch and Frankenstein posts to life. You'll also be stunned at how beautiful your games are @ 1920x1080, after running notebooks. Makes killing folks on the other side of the map much easier. Enjoy!! My laptop has a 60Hz 1920x1080p screen so the biggest upgrade in visual hardware will be to that 144Hz. Also 17.3" to a 24" screen is a big difference. 12 hours ago, DAMAGEPLAN said: Very Nice! Just got done building my own last week. Good luck to you and your new PC bud! It's a great feeling. DAMAGEPLAN do you have EFT? I've been interested in it, but haven't gotten it due to A] not having an appropriate PC and B] reports of lots of bugs and horrible US servers. 9 minutes ago, Texas said: Don't go with laptop don't care what B says you will not every get the same performance as a PC never ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wait the market is about to to change big time and don't ever listen to B ever !!!!!!!! Texas when I got my laptop it made sense, I was a college student that was constantly commuting to school and I needed to be able to bring my work with me. It has an i7 processor and a gtx 770m gpu so in its day it could run skyrim, fallout, bf3, etc. on high/ultra settings at 60fps. its only sucks now because of the 3GB vram where most games now need at least 4. Awards
DAMAGEPLAN Posted March 30, 2017 Member ID: 25134 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 104 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 54 Achievement Points: 717 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/11/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 21, 2018 Birthday: 12/17/1971 Posted March 30, 2017 Yeah I bought the Edge Of Darkness package. I'm currently Alpha testing the game. It's got a few bugs like any new game but the potential is looking pretty good to me. It's gonna be a pretty decent game when it's done. I love it. Just need a team of people to play with. Awards
NAME_N0T_FOUND Posted March 30, 2017 Member ID: 24063 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 60 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 66 Achievement Points: 612 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/07/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 4, 2017 Author Posted March 30, 2017 6 hours ago, DAMAGEPLAN said: Yeah I bought the Edge Of Darkness package. I'm currently Alpha testing the game. It's got a few bugs like any new game but the potential is looking pretty good to me. It's gonna be a pretty decent game when it's done. I love it. Just need a team of people to play with. Well now that I have a system that can run it I'll be looking into getting it, and we can squad up once I do. Awards
JohnnyNashville Posted March 31, 2017 Member ID: 25938 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 346 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 1496 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 290 Achievement Points: 13343 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/17/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 8, 2024 Birthday: 08/08/1961 Device: Windows Posted March 31, 2017 You did your homework and built a really nice system...not sure what all the laptop talk is about above...after all you did build a desktop computer. johnny
LightHammer02 Posted March 31, 2017 Member ID: 22608 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 410 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 263 Achievement Points: 6027 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/01/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 16, 2018 Birthday: 10/23/1983 Posted March 31, 2017 Hell of a build brother!!
NAME_N0T_FOUND Posted March 31, 2017 Member ID: 24063 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 60 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 66 Achievement Points: 612 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/07/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 4, 2017 Author Posted March 31, 2017 got her all put together. deerejon and WeednFeed 2 Awards
DAMAGEPLAN Posted March 31, 2017 Member ID: 25134 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 104 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 54 Achievement Points: 717 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/11/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 21, 2018 Birthday: 12/17/1971 Posted March 31, 2017 16 hours ago, NAME_N0T_FOUND said: Well now that I have a system that can run it I'll be looking into getting it, and we can squad up once I do. Only way you"ll play right now is with the Edge of Darkness Package which is like $140.00 USA Awards
jumper Posted April 1, 2017 Member ID: 3194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 53 Topic Count: 60 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1132 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 1284 Achievement Points: 9344 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 02/13/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 1 Birthday: 03/23/1975 Device: Windows Posted April 1, 2017 very nice! looks good! Good job! Awards
Ronnie Posted April 1, 2017 Member ID: 23053 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 4 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 63 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 46 Achievement Points: 483 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/08/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 3 Device: Windows Posted April 1, 2017 Very nice! Building your own rig is the only way to go. It's quite simple and you save a bundle of money verse buying one prebuilt. I would love to run an i7 processor but I could never justify to myself spending that kind of money. I'm jealous! Awards
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