LebGeeks

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My rig will blow you all away

Intel E7500 2.93GHz 3MB - Core 2 DUO
memory 4GB  800MHz DDR2
Inno3D Geforce PCX 9800GT 1GB DDR3 Dual PCIe w/TV-OUT
WD 500GB 7200RPM S-ATAII 16MB int HDD

I forgot the board's name. But I was ripped off buying it. It "reads up to 8 GB of ram" and has 2 slots, there are no 4 GB ddr2 sticks. So 4 GB all in all is the max.

I bought it 4 years ago for like 300$(it was junk back then, it's more so now) I figured I would change it a year or 2 later and I did not want to spend a lot on it, but I never did...

B00b

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My soon to be rig (whenever i get the gpu)

CPU INTEL CORE I5-3570 BOX (3.4GHZ, LGA1155, VGA)
MSI Z77A-G45 MOBA
SSD 2.5 "120 GB SAMSUNG 840 SATAIII EVO BASIC
HDD 3TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200RPM SATAIII 64 MB 2RZ
PSU CORSAIR CX 600W, 80 PLUS BRONZE
COOLERMASTER CASEMIDITOWER K380, ATX, BLACK, USB3.0
DDR3 CORSAIR VENGEANCE BLACK 8GB (2X4GB) 1600MHZ CL9 1.5V

and finally the missing part Sapphire toxic r9 280x

user

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DDR3 CORSAIR VENGEANCE BLACK 8GB (2X4GB) 1600MHZ CL9 1.5V

Get one stick of 8 gb ram instead of 2x4. The board fits for 4 sticks and reads up to 32, which mean it could eventually have 4x8 gb sticks. So start with one stick of 8 gb and you can upgrade as you go.

maulader

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DDR3 CORSAIR VENGEANCE BLACK 8GB (2X4GB) 1600MHZ CL9 1.5V

Get one stick of 8 gb ram instead of 2x4. The board fits for 4 sticks and reads up to 32, which mean it could eventually have 4x8 gb sticks. So start with one stick of 8 gb and you can upgrade as you go.

I thought it was better to get 2x4gb hence dual-channel would give a performance boost.

yasamoka

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I say stick to dual channel, particularly with a GTX760. You could get RAM bottlenecks with single channel.

B00b

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ya forgot to mention that its for gaming , so 8 for now and maybe upgrade to 16 in the future since anything  over 8 is overkill for gaming in terms of ram thanks for the advice though guys

user

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Ah well I don't know much about dual channels, nor how important it is(I just read some info online). And I guess if you are a hardcore gamer, you'll probably be upgrading every couple of years anyway to keep up with the newest games, you won't reach the point where you have to toss your 4 gb sticks for 8

edit: 8 is not overkill for anything. Sure you say that now, just as I said "wow 4 gb of ram is more than I will ever need ever" about 5 years ago when I bought this machine and was still on windows xp. 8 is good for now(great even) and 16 is great for the forseable future(2 years from now I think) but games and operating systems constantly get bigger and heavier, not smaller.

Last edited by user (November 2 2013)

irajab

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My Gaming Rig:

CPU - Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz (Amazon)
CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i (Amazon)
Motherboard -    Asus Rampage IV Extreme (NCIX.com)
Memory - Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 (Amazon)
SSD - Samsung 512GB 840 pro series (Amazon)
GPU - Asus GTX Titan (NCIX.com)
Case - Corsair 900D (Newegg)
PSU - Corsair ax1200i (Amazon)
Optical Drive - ASUS BW-12B1ST Blu-ray (Amazon)
Monitors - x2 ASUS VG248QE 24-Inch Screen LED-lit Monitor (Newegg)
UPS - MGE Eaton E-Series NV 1400H 1400VA (pcandparts.com)
Fans - x8 Corsair SP120 / x8 Corsair AF120 / x1 Corsair AF140 (Amazon)

Keyboard - Gigabyte Aivia Osmium Mechanical Gaming Keyboard (Pcandparts.com)
Mice - Gigabyte Aivia Krypton Dual-chassis Gaming Mouse (Pcandparts.com)

Last edited by irajab (January 17 2014)

Houssam

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how did you buy from newegg

as i remember, they were only shipping to US addresses and no PO boxes or international orders

irajab

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@Houssam I have an account in MyUS.com and they gave me a US address its something similar like Aramax Shop and Ship but the good thing is that they consolidate your multiple orders in 1 shipment and they can keep ur orders up to 1 month free of charge but ofcorse there is a monthly fee of 7$!!!

As for the payment I have a friend in US that helps me paying those parts using his Paypal account and forward them to my us address and I pay him later on using my CC.

yasamoka

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Borderlinx offers a US address for free and holds your packages for one month too. However, the costs might be different.

Wonder why you got a 3930K and Titan with the 4930K and GTX780Ti (cheaper and faster) available?

irajab

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@yasamoka yes Borderlinx do offer the same services but when I did my research about a third party shipper other than My Aramex SNS I saw that MyUS has less bad reviews than Borderlinx, I don't know maybe they have less customers :) but I try it for a while and I stick with it.

About 3930K your right I should've go with 4930K but it was a budget thing CPU/SSD or 4930K so I went with the others cause it was Black Friday on Amazon and I had to decide. I will try to overclock it to 4.5Ghz with the cooler I have.

for the GPU well my spec is a little old cause I already bought the Titan like 1 month after it came to market and the powerful GPU was GTX 690 dual GPU!!!

Last edited by irajab (January 1 2014)

Aly

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I was working on a new build in Nov-Dec 2013, had the part ordered from pcandparts and Amazon back then, put them all together some weeks ago and now I thought about sharing some pics and specs :)

Photos taken with my phone, quality not that good.

Specs:
- Intel i5 4670k - At stock speed currently (Amazon)
- Asus Maximus VI Hero (Amazon)
- Corsair Vengeance Pro 2 x 4G 2133 MHZ (Amazon)
- EVGA GTX 780 (Amazon)
- Corsair CX600 PSU (Pcandparts)
- Kingston HyperX 3K - 120 GB (pre-owned - pcandparts)
- Seagate 500 GB (pre-owned - pcandparts)
- Seagate 2TB (Amazon)
- Cooler Master CM 690 II case (Pcandparts)
- LG Flatron LED E2041 (1600x900) (pre-owned - pcandparts)
- Razer DeathAdder 3.5G Black Edition (pre-owned - Virgin Megastore)
- SteelSeries 4HD professional gaming pad (Amazon)

Cooling and other stuff:
- Corsair H80i - Front mounted in the 5.25 bay intake (push/pull) - Ran in Quiet mode (900-1000 RPM fans) - Idle 26-30 - Gaming battlefield 4 on Ultra 45-50 - though the fans are loud even on quiet mode.
- 2 x Cooler master 120 MM Sicleflow bottom mounted - intake
- Cooler Master 140 MM front mounted - intake
- 2 x Corsair AF120 top mounted - exhaust
- Cooler Master JetFlo 120 MM back mounted - exhaust
- Cooler Master 80 MM fan side mounted - intake
- NZXT  2-Metres Light Sensitivity Sleeved LED Kit (Red)
- Silverstone Tek Sleeved cable extensions.
- Removed original side window with ugly 120 MM fan shroud and replaced it with a crystal clear plexiglass window.

One question for the people with monitors knowledge, shall I go for a Full HD IPS 1920x1080 monitor ? will I notice a difference vs my current 1600-900 ? I mean more eye candy ?

AvoK95

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Awesome setup! The Side panel mod is genius.
Go 1440P, you can ship it for like 400 something dollars.

MrClass

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Nice and clean build bro!

You have a GTX780 and not playing on 1080???? The GTX780 is 4K ready; you should be smacked on your head

Aly

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Awesome setup! The Side panel mod is genius.
Go 1440P, you can ship it for like 400 something dollars.

Thanks man, 1440p added to my things to get list, I am going easy on my credit card for now :)

Nice and clean build bro!

You have a GTX780 and not playing on 1080???? The GTX780 is 4K ready; you should be smacked on your head

Many thanks, a new monitor is a must get asap now I guess

yasamoka

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Very nice rig. 1080p 60Hz as a minimum on a card of this caliber. 1080p 120Hz (G-Sync / LightBoost) monitor or 1440p overclockable Korean monitor.

ballad

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Nice build man, the red/bloody ambience is awesome

mortalcombat

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My 2 year old laptop

Sager NP9150
15.6" FHD LED Backlit Matte 95% Color Gamut
Intel® Core™ i7-3720QM
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
8GB 1600MHz RAM
128GB Crucial M4 SSD
750GB 7200RPM HDD
Intel® Ultimate-N 6300

AVOlio

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Just an Update of my Rig, Desk and such..

TPR0

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My 1 month Sager (NP8268-S) Clevo P150SM from XOTICPC:

15.6" FHD LED Backlit Matte 95% Color Gamut
IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4810MQ 2.80GHz
Nvidia GT770M (Copper Radiator Upgrade)
12GB 1866MHz RAM
128GB Crucial M4 SSD
1TB 7200RPM HDD
6X Blu-ray Reader/8X DVD±R/2.4X +DL Super-Multi Drive
Qualcomm Killer™ Wireless-N 1202, 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN + Bluetooth 4.0 Combo
PREMA BIOS preloaded:
CPU OC to 3.6GHz
GPU Core Clock OC to 1236MHz (from 782)
RAM OC to 1866 (from 1600)
BIOS throttlestop 6.1 enabled
Adaptive CPU Undervoltage Mode (5.5 hours straight battery on idle)
Custom Fan Profile MOD

Last edited by TPR0 (March 29 2014)

AvoK95

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RIG UPDATE!
New Case - CM Strom Trooper
New SSD - Kingston 3K 120GB SSD
New HDD - WD 3TB Green Drive
New Blu-Ray Drive
New mouse? - Steelseries KANA CS:GO Edition + Mousepad
New Logitech Speakers (Got a good deal)
Clean desk ^.^
PIX!

Things I might add:
New 4K screen
New Desk
Ducky Keyboard
RAT 7 mouse
Watercooling
Second GPU
New PSU
Red LED's

user

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I just ordered from pc and parts the i5 3570 cpu quad core 3.4 ghz turbos to 3.8 I expect it to be a beast compared to my current dual core i3 3220 at 3.2 ghz

I also ordered the radeon HD7770 upgrading my 9800 gt (finally after 4 years)

With that, assuming I don't fry or break my new hardware while installing them. I would have the above with
8 GB ram stick(one stick, no dual channel, it is running awesomely)
120 GB kingstone hyperx 3k
2 terra 5900 rpm seagate(4 years and still going)
2 big monitors(23 inch I think)
a 200$ computer chair, which frankly chairs are really being ignored here. I feel like the king of westros sitting on that beast of a chair.

Die_Kapitan

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I'm ordering these parts next month:
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO or Noctua NH-D14
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VII Ranger
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X 8GB (2x4GB) 1866 MHz CL9
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 (For the Never Settle Forever bundle, plus it trounces the GTX 770)
HDD: Western Digital Black Series 1TB
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
Case: Cooler Master Storm Stryker or Corsair 600T
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM

AvoK95

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This is a Post my rig topic, not post what I just ordered topic. Post your rigs after they're finished. That's the whole point of this.

Last edited by AvoK95 (June 9 2014)