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

[Pie Crust]

First of all, are you sure your PSU is capable of handling a new system this powerful? Second of all, get an i5 instead of an i7 and move up to a GTX 970. It's a lot better.
I feel like a PSU around 750 watt is almost pointless.... You want more than that for any reasonable multi-GPU configuration, and that's more than powerful enough for a single GPU system. :/

I have a 1200W PSU. It can handle anything. And what's the matter with the i7?

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[Oasis]

I have a 1200W PSU. It can handle anything. And what's the matter with the i7?

1. Holy stuff why did you even have a 1200W PSU?

2. There's nothing wrong with an i7, but if you're getting a GTX960 we assumed you are on a budget, therefore it'd be wiser to buy an i5 and spend the savings on a 970.

[Pie Crust]

1. Holy stuff why did you even have a 1200W PSU?

My grandfather upgraded his servers and gave me his PSU so I have a failing 750W PSU and a 1200W PSU.

[Pentium]

I have a 1200W PSU. It can handle anything. And what's the matter with the i7?

The i7 doesn't offer any extra power over the i5, at least not for gaming. Unless you're doing stuff like rendering it's not worth the extra $100. Also holy bejesus why do you have a 1200W PSU? I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, but I can't imagine it being very efficient at the loads that build is going to present.

[Pie Crust]

Considering it doesn't consume 1200w/h but has the power to give 1200W/h, I see no problem with it and my parents didn't complain about the power bill yet.


I forgot, which was the GPU that NVidia bullstuffted about since December?

[Oasis]

Considering it doesn't consume 1200w/h but has the power to give 1200W/h, I see no problem with it and my parents didn't complain about the power bill yet.


I forgot, which was the GPU that NVidia bullstuffted about since December?

The 970, which is still a great card. If you're buying a GPU expecting 4GBs of VRAM, go for something else, either AMD or if you have the cash, a 980.

[Pentium]

The thing is that power supplies don't have constant efficiency; they're usually most efficient at 50% load and tend to drop off above/below that, and are especially inefficient at low loads. Your computer would never use more than a third of what your PSU can deliver, even at 100% load with everything overclocked. When playing games you wouldn't use more than 300-350 watts, and when just doing normal web browsing the power usage would be around 100. I'm not saying it's wrong to use a 1200W PSU, I'm just saying it's not optimal.

Oh and the GPU Nvidia's been recieving flack over is the 970, but IMO it's not worth worrying about. The problem is that only 3.5 GB of the 4 GB of VRAM are usable; the last 512 MB are still accessible, but run much slower. It's not really a big deal though, and the cards are still superior to AMD's offerings.

[Oasis]

The thing is that power supplies don't have constant efficiency; they're usually most efficient at 50% load and tend to drop off above/below that, and are especially inefficient at low loads. Your computer would never use more than a third of what your PSU can deliver, even at 100% load with everything overclocked. When playing games you wouldn't use more than 300-350 watts, and when just doing normal web browsing the power usage would be around 100. I'm not saying it's wrong to use a 1200W PSU, I'm just saying it's not optimal.

Oh and the GPU Nvidia's been recieving flack over is the 970, but IMO it's not worth worrying about. The problem is that only 3.5 GB of the 4 GB of VRAM are usable; the last 512 MB are still accessible, but run much slower. It's not really a big deal though, and the cards are still superior to AMD's offerings.

It's especially not a problem considering he was looking at a 960 with only 2GB VRAM. Also, the other .5 GB is usable, it's just slow.

[AtlasBlue]

So, if I'm going for a new power supply, should I go for a modular, semi-modular, or not modular PSU? What's the difference?

[Ninja Decoy]

So, if I'm going for a new power supply, should I go for a modular, semi-modular, or not modular PSU? What's the difference?

Modular means the wires are sperate for you to put in, which means you will have a lot less wire clutter
Semi-modular has the two power cables already in but other than that its the same as modular
Non-Modular is what you see in pre-builts, with a lot of wires just hanging out making a clutter

[AtlasBlue]

Modular means the wires are sperate for you to put in, which means you will have a lot less wire clutter
Semi-modular has the two power cables already in but other than that its the same as modular
Non-Modular is what you see in pre-builts, with a lot of wires just hanging out making a clutter

So I guess it's best to go with modular, right?

[Ninja Decoy]

So I guess it's best to go with modular, right?

Modular and Semi-Modular, yes, though they tend to be a bit extra

[Steve5451²]

The i7 doesn't offer any extra power over the i5, at least not for gaming. Unless you're doing stuff like rendering it's not worth the extra $100. Also holy bejesus why do you have a 1200W PSU? I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, but I can't imagine it being very efficient at the loads that build is going to present.

yeah i7 just has a bit more cache and hyperthreading. There's practically no real difference besides the typical video rendering scenario.

[Oasis]

I went semi-modular and I regret it.

If you have the money, always go modular.

[Ninja Decoy]

I went semi-modular and I regret it.

If you have the money, always go modular.

The only reason for full modular is if you want custom power cables, nothing more.