Author Topic: My New Build (Read 6057 times)

German · « **Reply #20 on:** August 06, 2013, 08:45:17 PM »

I was able to get some money so it has turned into a "beefy" build rather than a budget.

thelegend2311 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 06, 2013, 08:47:56 PM »

I just got a new computer.

-XPS 8700
-4th Gen Intel i7 3.4 GHZ
-12GB of RAM
-1 TB hard drive
-460W power supply (Since it came with the computer)
-Don't know the motherboard.
-And Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (Replaced a Radeon 7570)

ToxicJew · « **Reply #22 on:** August 06, 2013, 10:17:26 PM »

You could get some better RAM or other such parts if you didn't buy Windows. Not condoning piracy, just pointing out a route that a lot of people take.

I've got the same graphics card, it's good.

thelegend2311 · « **Reply #23 on:** August 07, 2013, 07:56:48 AM »

I could probably get 16 GB of ram, since I have just 2 slots. I can get 2 8's.

ToxicJew · « **Reply #24 on:** August 07, 2013, 10:13:15 AM »

I just bought this set, great RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233536

And the sticks come in different colors and different speeds; that's red and 1866MHz.

s1dev · « **Reply #25 on:** August 07, 2013, 05:50:48 PM »

Quote from: German on August 06, 2013, 07:42:25 PM

Well a lot has changed over the few weeks as I have switched out a lot of parts for some new ones so I thought I would just re-post it again with the new parts.

Motherboard *NEW*
Graphics Card *NEW*
Power Supply
CPU *NEW*
RAM *NEW*
Hard Drive
Computer Case *NEW*
DVD Burner
OS
Wireless Adapter

I am pretty sure that this list will be final unless I have an issue. Hopefully this will turn out to be a great build!

would advise Z87 w/ a 4670K, there's really no point in hyperthreading or a previous gen cpu

German · « **Reply #26 on:** August 07, 2013, 06:48:53 PM »

Quote from: s1dev on August 07, 2013, 05:50:48 PM

would advise Z87 w/ a 4670K, there's really no point in hyperthreading or a previous gen cpu

I don't have the money for a $300 mb that can handle a Haswell.

s1dev · « **Reply #27 on:** August 07, 2013, 06:55:53 PM »

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157369 << this is a $300 motherboard. Again, there's also no reason for hyperthreading i.e. go with an i5

German · « **Reply #28 on:** August 08, 2013, 07:47:45 PM »

Quote from: s1dev on August 07, 2013, 06:55:53 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157369 << this is a $300 motherboard. Again, there's also no reason for hyperthreading i.e. go with an i5

Thanks for the tip babe!

ToxicJew · « **Reply #29 on:** August 08, 2013, 08:24:02 PM »

You wouldn't need an i7 unless you were going to be doing serious video editing or some other such CPU-intensive task.

German · « **Reply #30 on:** August 08, 2013, 08:26:18 PM »

Quote from: ToxicJew on August 08, 2013, 08:24:02 PM

You wouldn't need an i7 unless you were going to be doing serious video editing or some other such CPU-intensive task.

Yep, and with the money I saved from getting a 4670k, I upgraded to 16 gb of RAM and added an H80 CPU cooler in to OC it.

langile · « **Reply #31 on:** August 08, 2013, 09:10:48 PM »

Quote from: German on August 08, 2013, 08:26:18 PM

Yep, and with the money I saved from getting a 4670k, I upgraded to 16 gb of RAM and added an H80 CPU cooler in to OC it.

You probably don't need the extra ram. I have 8gb and only ever use 4gb except when I'm rendering videos.

If you already got the ram you could use a ramdisk though, I've been meaning to try it but haven't gotten the opportunity. It creates a small virtual harddrive using your ram for faster access than an ssd. Throw your most used games on there and supposedly they'll load much faster.

ToxicJew · « **Reply #32 on:** August 09, 2013, 12:36:20 AM »

Ramdisks aren't that useful in Windows 7, since Windows intelligently caches stuff anyway. It may boot games or programs faster at first, but after the initial startup there won't be any difference, since the files will be cached in the RAM anyway. Caching is why I typically have several gigs of RAM taken up, even when I'm just running Google Chrome.

Taiga · « **Reply #33 on:** August 09, 2013, 05:22:32 AM »

Quote from: ToxicJew on August 09, 2013, 12:36:20 AM

Ramdisks aren't that useful in Windows 7, since Windows intelligently caches stuff anyway. It may boot games or programs faster at first, but after the initial startup there won't be any difference, since the files will be cached in the RAM anyway. Caching is why I typically have several gigs of RAM taken up, even when I'm just running Google Chrome.

something is wrong if you're using more than 4 GB just for that

langile · « **Reply #34 on:** August 09, 2013, 05:34:01 AM »

Quote from: ToxicJew on August 09, 2013, 12:36:20 AM

Ramdisks aren't that useful in Windows 7, since Windows intelligently caches stuff anyway. It may boot games or programs faster at first, but after the initial startup there won't be any difference, since the files will be cached in the RAM anyway. Caching is why I typically have several gigs of RAM taken up, even when I'm just running Google Chrome.

Nah, I've heard people say they've doubled or tripled their DayZ fps because they have the worldmap and a few other heavily used files on a ramdisk.

ToxicJew · « **Reply #35 on:** August 09, 2013, 10:20:32 AM »

That's because DayZ doesn't cache anything to the RAM while you're playing, so it could be considered a possible exception. Everything is read from the HDD as you play, meaning if your HDD has slower access times, you'll get stutter because of the constant requests. But the game's more CPU bound than anything, and most people don't see any improvement from moving the most-read files to a RAM disk, other than faster loading times.

German · « **Reply #36 on:** August 22, 2013, 08:58:41 PM »

Well I got my cpu and motherboard in the mail the other day. (3770k and ASRock Extreme4) I decided to switch it up and get a 770 instead of a 670 because it was only a little more and performs better than a 680.
Specifically, this one.

thelegend2311 · « **Reply #37 on:** August 23, 2013, 06:41:57 PM »

Just did a mini upgrade to my gaming computer. Put in a second monitor that is now my main monitor. My main is 1920x1080 and the second which I was using before is 1600x900.

Taiga · « **Reply #38 on:** August 24, 2013, 12:29:38 AM »

Quote from: thelegend2311 on August 23, 2013, 06:41:57 PM

Just did a mini upgrade to my gaming computer. Put in a second monitor that is now my main monitor. My main is 1920x1080 and the second which I was using before is 1600x900.

dual monitor is good, I plan to get one sometime... at some point

i need to save my cash so i can buy whatever food i want man