[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

[AfterShock]

naw
Would this be better or naw?

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[Treynolds416]

naw

[SquartleTurtle]

yeah naw

[jonnyman5656]

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Ok then?

[AfterShock]

yeah naw

Aight naw I'm a richardhead then

[Alyx Vance]

Hey, a steam friend of mine is making a PC setup, as you know I'm not the best with PC setups so I'm asking you guys if his setup is any good.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3ren1

He wants a gaming PC that he can also do work related stuff on. But mostly a gaming PC. I think that the 6 cores is a bit much but I'm asking you guys.

If you've already looked prior to this edit than please check again. He decided to randomly change something
Nevermind, he won't stop messing with it. Sorry.

[Tetris]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3rpnX

Once again, I need opinions/suggestions.

(note: i plan on 2-way SLI 780 Ti's in the future)

[Pecon]

Ok then?

It really ticks some of us off when we see tech retailers trying to sell things by marketing lies about what computer specs matter. The idea here is that far too many tech retailers will put the amount of RAM the device has as the first thing you see, since most consumers only know about RAM mattering, and not every other thing like disk speed and CPU speed, cores, and architecture. Memory speed is also a highly overlooked spec.

[Treynolds416]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3rpnX

Once again, I need opinions/suggestions.

(note: i plan on 2-way SLI 780 Ti's in the future)

I would go with 1000W at a higher efficiency rating than bronze, and spend something like $50-100 more on a higher quality motherboard. There's not really anything wrong with your current one, but if you're spending that much money on a 780ti (and a second one in the future) there's no excuse to not have a top-quality motherboard. Also, no excuse for not having faster ram and harddrive, it's seriously only like 5 dollars more for a 2133mhz kit and maybe 30 more dollars to get a WD black 1TB hard drive.

[Tetris]

I would go with 1000W at a higher efficiency rating than bronze, and spend something like $50-100 more on a higher quality motherboard. There's not really anything wrong with your current one, but if you're spending that much money on a 780ti (and a second one in the future) there's no excuse to not have a top-quality motherboard. Also, no excuse for not having faster ram and harddrive, it's seriously only like 5 dollars more for a 2133mhz kit and maybe 30 more dollars to get a WD black 1TB hard drive.

would you maybe be able to make those changes for me? It'd be a big help since I don't really know what in doing

[Treynolds416]

Use this for your motherboard, I've built with it a few times and it's very well made, seems to have good layout as well as plenty of features. It's also the highest rated motherboard on newegg
Use this for your ram, it's faster (same brand) and it's pretty much the same price, also a reasonably low-voltage kit. I could recommend something more expensive but this is a very good value as is.
Use this for your HDD because peer pressure. You could also look into getting a 120-240gb capacity SSD if you've got more to spend.
Use this for your power supply, pretty cheap, gold rating, good reviews. You probably don't need all 1000W but it's a good value and a little extra capacity doesn't hurt, especially if you might overclock.
Use this for your 780 ti, it's pretty much the same thing but with a slight factory overclock and an aftermarket cooler, for only like $10 more

[Tetris]

Use this for your motherboard, I've built with it a few times and it's very well made, seems to have good layout as well as plenty of features. It's also the highest rated motherboard on newegg
Use this for your ram, it's faster (same brand) and it's pretty much the same price, also a reasonably low-voltage kit. I could recommend something more expensive but this is a very good value as is.
Use this for your HDD because peer pressure. You could also look into getting a 120-240gb capacity SSD if you've got more to spend.
Use this for your power supply, pretty cheap, gold rating, good reviews. You probably don't need all 1000W but it's a good value and a little extra capacity doesn't hurt, especially if you might overclock.
Use this for your 780 ti, it's pretty much the same thing but with a slight factory overclock and an aftermarket cooler, for only like $10 more

Compatibility notes: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory operating voltage of 1.65V exceeds the Intel Haswell CPU recommended maximum of 1.5V+5% (1.575V). This memory module may run at a reduced clock rate to meet the 1.5V voltage recommendation, or may require running at a voltage greater than the Intel recommended maximum.

What do I do about this

[Treynolds416]

Compatibility notes: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory operating voltage of 1.65V exceeds the Intel Haswell CPU recommended maximum of 1.5V+5% (1.575V). This memory module may run at a reduced clock rate to meet the 1.5V voltage recommendation, or may require running at a voltage greater than the Intel recommended maximum.

What do I do about this

That's pcpartpicker's fault, I specifically picked a kit that could run at 1.5v


In unrelated news, I finally got my new Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 in the mail. I took the opportunity to completely recable my build (because it was my first build ever one and a half years ago, and it looked terrible)

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[Nal]

0/10 not a single processor in that stack