PALGN Master Race Builders Thread (Build your PC + advice!)

Frozencry · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:59 pm�� Post subject:

Overclocking is usually harmless if there's headroom on the card. You'll know when you're OC'ing too high when you see artifacts and crazy flickering in your games, or you just crash.
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Pagan's Mind · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:00 pm�� Post subject:

Frozencry · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:02 pm�� Post subject:

Yeah something is way off there. The 6990 smashes anything to pieces in terms of raw performance and yeah, BF3 is piss to run on my system and at much MUCH higher resolutions.
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Pagan's Mind · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:34 pm�� Post subject:

I'm hearing the 7970 could be $549US. That will probably be around $650 here. Way out of my price range for a video card so I might just keep to my plan to CF my current 6950 when they drop in price.

G3ck0 · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:06 pm�� Post subject:

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1362/pg1/amd-radeon-hd-7970-crossfire-performance-review-introduction.html

7970 CFX review. Seems to scale pretty well, good to know, in case I ever need even more performance (doubtful).

Frozencry · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:12 pm�� Post subject:

Demonic performance is demonic.

That being said, I do warn that if you do go dual gpu, you need to keep up to date with drivers, application profiles and likely a bit of tinkering. AMD's track record with CFX support isn't exactly amazing, so sometimes you'll be waiting a while after release before they fully support a game.

It's definitely nice performance, but I heed the warning that there can be a lot of tinkering and driver installations to go along with it. Single GPU is pretty much up and go. And also if you're unable to hit over your monitors refresh rate in framerate, you may encounter something called Microstuttering, which is something that is impossible to remove and is a phenomenon among SLI/CFX type setups. Not all games do it because of the way they render things with both cards, but a good portion tend to (Crysis 2 definitely does).
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thebigm · Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:34 pm�� Post subject:

Might pick up a 7970 once custom boards are available, overclocking performance looks quite nice on these chips (high mem/core overclock looks to be closing in on a 3GB GTX 580 SLI in some games).

G3ck0 · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:54 am�� Post subject:

I know FrozenCry said overclocking is harmless, but would I need any extra cooling because of it? How much extra wattage does it use, on average (a 7970 system uses about 390 watts, apparently, and I'll have a 520 watt PSU)? Is it bad to have it overclocked constantly, or should I only overclock when a game needs the extra performance? I mean, look at these improvements!

Pagan's Mind · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:19 am�� Post subject:

Reference coolers are fine for video cards but they can be a bit loud to keep the temps down. If you want to do some proper overclocking then it will greatly increase the power consumption. Couple that with overclocking your CPU and it's a fair bit more than 390W (maybe as high as 500-600W at full load). You'd be looking at a quality 650W power supply.

G3ck0 · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:26 am�� Post subject:

So would the Antec EarthWatts-Green 650 do the job? I'm trying to keep the costs down, as I'm most likely getting some/all (minus the GPU) for my birthday on the 27th, so I don't want it to cost too much.

Pagan's Mind · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:14 am�� Post subject:

Looks good for the price.

vizzini111 · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:48 am�� Post subject:

im thinking of adding a second monitor to my setup to make things a bit easier when running my windows apps, the 2 monitors i have are a 24" full HD and a 20" HD monitor

will I have problems setting resolutions because they are 2 different size monitors? and how will it work when i play a game will i be able to just play off the 1 monitor with out D/C the second?

Frozencry · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:09 am�� Post subject:

Simply connect the monitor and set it to extended in display properties. Nothing else needs to be done really, and very rarely will this cause you problems, as you can set the max res for both of them.

The monitor will stay on while you're in-game. Also as a note, the extended monitor does not hold a taskbar; the only way to do that for multi-monitor is to switch on Eyefinity if you have an AMD card, but I do not recommend anything like that with dual monitor as it creates a unified resolution that in turn will make games look awkward.
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Benno · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:04 pm�� Post subject:

Okay, so I have two sticks of RAM...

And two BLUE RAM slots on my board...

Can I just throw them in and it will work?

How can I get rid of all the dust in my PC?
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Frozencry · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:13 pm�� Post subject:

Compressed air will get rid of dust. You can buy it in most stores, and just google on how to effectively get rid of the dust.

As for the RAM, it has to be compatible with the system to work. Does it tell you what model it is on the RAM? What motherboard do you have?
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grim-one · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:07 am�� Post subject:

Green RAM in blue slots?! D:

Just kidding. See Frozencry's questions above.
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Benno · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:45 am�� Post subject:

I think this is my motherboard: http://gigabyte.com/microsite/81/data/tech-091020-p55-333.htm It says Gigabyte 333 when it boots up and has the same logo and such.

The RAM is a bit older and I'm not sure about the model, but it is veritech ddr26671gb-rvm641
1003

Hope that helps...
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grim-one · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:07 pm�� Post subject:

Sounds like the RAM is DDR2 while the motherboard is DDR3. I don't think they'll work together. Even if you tried to use it, you'll find the slot won't accept it as the pin layout is slightly different.
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Benno · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:02 pm�� Post subject:

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grim-one · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:19 pm�� Post subject:

Sorry Benno. On the positive side, DDR3 RAM is really cheap!
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G3ck0 · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:13 pm�� Post subject:

So I finally got my custom built PC today! All up it has cost $1250, and I still have to buy the GPU. Gonna grab a 7970 in February most likely. It's most likely just temporarily here, I need to find somewhere to put it. Though I don't mind having two computers side by side

Specs:
Intel i5 2500k
8GB G.Skill Ripjaws
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 (wanted an Asrock Extreme 4 Gen 3, but they were out. This is just as good though)
Antec Earthwatts 650 ATX
CoolerMaster HAF X 942
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB
22x DVDRW (only gonna use this a few times, so I cheaped out)

Razer Deathadder V2
Razer Blackwidow Expert
LG IPS236V

ZeroX03 · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:07 pm�� Post subject:

Nice build bud, now OC that baby!!!
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G3ck0 · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:32 pm�� Post subject:

I will one day, but I just have stock coolers. My main goal is to get that 7970! I'll definitely be overclocking that.

ShortRaver · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:07 am�� Post subject:

That case is a beast, but great to fit anything you can throw into it. Getting my one on Saturday morning hopefully! I was really happy with CM690 case, I couldn't stray away from Cooler Master's stuff.

So I'm improving my existing build with all new components except for the motherboard and CPU, but I'm adding a new CPU cooler and getting rid of the stock fan.

In the past, I used to have this special cleaning agent that you could use to remove old thermal paste from the CPU, but it seems that I can't get that anymore. I'm wondering if anyone knows what alternatives I can use to clean my CPU now so I can add new paste for the new cooler?
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Frozencry · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:35 am�� Post subject:

Isopropyl alcohol or acetone should do the trick. Put it on a soft cloth and it wipes it away pretty easy + it dries very fast.

I'm a boganlord and use tissues half the time though. Does the trick too as long as you're gentle with its removal.
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