PC Build Advice/Review Thread

[Melena]

CPU only. Was looking at something along the lines of this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835181031 Not really looking for anything fancy.

[Jojimbo]

Oh, AIO units are pretty much the same as air cooling in terms of maintenance/setup. There would be nothing to worry about so long as you have somewhere to mount it in your case.

[Melena]

Sorry forgot to include the case, was looking at something like this, full atx case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119213

[Jojimbo]

Case doesn't really matter much for 120mm fans as you can pretty stick it on the rear mount in almost any case, 240mm are a bit harder and 140/280mm more so but it's usually stated in the descriptions now. HAF 932 is a good case iirc, bit old/expensive and you can get good cases for half the price but it's not bad.

[Mojo]

Sorry forgot to include the case, was looking at something like this, full atx case. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119213

I would recommend considering smaller options.

http://rog.asus.com/152712012/news/p...x-lan-monster/

[Melena]

I can't stand mini towers.

[Totien]

Just bought all the parts. I'm gonna write out a build log for anyone that would potentially like me to build one locally (or shipped)

Would it be against forum rules to post the build log in it's own thread on the tech forums?

[Melena]

One last dumbshit question. SSD's seem to all be 2.5" drives. Do they come with mounts to fit into a 3.5" bay like standard hard drives or do a lot of the current cases now have some 2.5" slots to mount drives in?

[Caiyuo]

You'll actually see on the details of almost all of them that they come with an adapter or bracket of some form. The neat thing being that because you're not dealing with moving parts you can actually rig them up inside cases in all sorts of weird ways if you ever had to or wanted to account for more drives than you had bays for.

[Kalmado]

Power Color 7950 with 3 games $160 after rebate. While not the greatest brand, that price is awesome
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-14131499-L08D

[Melena]

You'll actually see on the details of almost all of them that they come with an adapter or bracket of some form. The neat thing being that because you're not dealing with moving parts you can actually rig them up inside cases in all sorts of weird ways if you ever had to or wanted to account for more drives than you had bays for.

Ok awesome. Most places out here keep them under lock and key so I can't even look at a box. Well that and Fry's is slowly sinking and best buy don't carry crap for hard drives.

[Kuishen]

r9 280x vs. 7970 GHz edition?

I know that they're virtually the same card here but I heard something about certain cards scaling better with the new DirectX replacement and was wondering if that applied between these two cards.

If not then then I'll get whichever of the two is cheaper. It'll be a significant upgrade from my gtx 460.

[Kalmado]

r9 280x vs. 7970 GHz edition?

I know that they're virtually the same card here but I heard something about certain cards scaling better with the new DirectX replacement and was wondering if that applied between these two cards.

If not then then I'll get whichever of the two is cheaper. It'll be a significant upgrade from my gtx 460.

Everything I read said the same. General consensus was to grab what's cheaper,which will be the 7970, and overclock it for max performance. The R9 do not include AMD's Never Settle deal so take that into consideration as you will be missing out on 4 games for free!

[Adajer]

Nvidia rumored to drop a 780 Ti in the middle of November. It might be faster than the 780.

[Kalmado]

Also rumored Nvidia will drop prices mid November. I couldn't wait and picked up a XFX 7950 for $155 after rebate. I'll be installing today and can't wait to see the performance!

[Kuishen]

Everything I read said the same. General consensus was to grab what's cheaper,which will be the 7970, and overclock it for max performance. The R9 do not include AMD's Never Settle deal so take that into consideration as you will be missing out on 4 games for free!

I'm looking at this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814202001

The only problem I could potentially see is I have a 600W power supply, one of the sites reviewing that card said I should have at least a 750W? I wouldn't know how to figure out if my power supply is good enough for the card. Is there a simple way to figure that out?

[Kalmado]

I'm not sure, but I just asked what's the minimum psu for that card on Newegg. Hopefully someone answers!

[Kuishen]

You got told right the hell off. rofl

EDIT: Sapphire's site says 500W is required, 850W is recommended. I'll probably be fine then right? I don't know how close they're cutting it with that minimum requirement.

[Builttolast]

You got told right the hell off. rofl

EDIT: Sapphire's site says 500W is required, 850W is recommended. I'll probably be fine then right? I don't know how close they're cutting it with that minimum requirement.

Basically it depends on what's in your system but 600w should be fine. About 100w for cpu, 250w for gpu to be safe. Single hdd and maybe optical and a couple of case fans wouldn't take it over 500w total. Remember the minimum requirements they list aren't just for the card, it's for a total system including the card.

[Kuishen]

Basically it depends on what's in your system but 600w should be fine. About 100w for cpu, 250w for gpu to be safe. Single hdd and maybe optical and a couple of case fans wouldn't take it over 500w total. Remember the minimum requirements they list aren't just for the card, it's for a total system including the card.

Yeah nothing fancy, just single gpu, average cpu and standard stuff.