Considering making my own pc

Started by schaksen, October 09, 2015, 06:53:57 AM

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schaksen

Found these items

ASUS Z97-P S-1150 ATX    ASUS Z97-P S-1150 ATX
   629,00 kr

ASUS STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB
   2 790,00 kr
Intel Core i7 4790K / 4 GHz Processor S-1150
   2 660,00 kr
Kingston HyperX Savage 8GB 1866MHz DDR3 DIMM 240-pin
   495,00 kr
Fractal Design Define R5 Tårn Titan
   797,00 kr
Be Quiet Straight Power 10 600Watt 80 PLUS Gold
   945,00 kr
Noctua NH-U12S
   434,00 kr

I usually play games in the living room without sound while watching tv, i like visually pleasing games so it need to be relatively quiet while still being able to run "great" graphics. And on two teachers salaries we aren't gonna spend a fortune on a computer.
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Grey Fox

You are spending too much money on the CPU, get an I5 instead.

Use the money to get 16gb of ram
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schaksen

Quote from: Grey Fox on October 09, 2015, 09:00:39 AM
You are spending too much money on the CPU, get an I5 instead.

Use the money to get 16gb of ram

Intel Core i5 4460 / 3.2 GHz Processor
1 599 kr

Kingston HyperX Savage
16GB 1866MHz DDR3 DIMM 240-pin
995 kr

The reason i chose the "overpowered" cpu was that it was on sale at a price close to the upper level i5's
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schaksen

#3
Updated list

Intel Core i5 6500 / 3.2 GHz Processor
1 671 kr
Z170 PRO GAMING + 1X 8GB RAM
ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING + 1X 8GB RAM
1 445 kr
ASUS STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB
2 790,00 kr
Fractal Design Define R5 Tårn Titan
797,00 kr
Be Quiet Straight Power 10 600Watt 80 PLUS Gold
945,00 kr
Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Slim
445 kr

Better?

Total price in kroner 8093
Total price in € (divided with 7,5) 1168,14


"Old" price in kr. 8750
new price i "euro" 1166,666667

P.S. Edited the fan to a Skylake compatible
P.P.S. the basis of the build is http://www.silentpcreview.com/Quiet_ATX_Gamer_R5_Version
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viper37

#4
Quote from: schaksen on October 09, 2015, 06:53:57 AM
ASUS STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB
   2 790,00 kr
The AMD Radeon 390x at 8gb ram could be an option, depending on the price where you live, since you like to play at very high resolution on your tv.
The 290x would be a little faster than the GTX 970 and it has 4gb too.  So, check the prices :)
Either one of these cards would be great for gaming.

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Kingston HyperX Savage 8GB 1866MHz DDR3 DIMM 240-pin
   495,00 kr
Go to 16gb.  Newer games are 16gb, so they require more memory.  And yes, most games don't use much more memory than 5-6gb, but it lets you run other software in the background without too much of an impact (anti-virus, firewall, music, etc).

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Be Quiet Straight Power 10 600Watt 80 PLUS Gold
   945,00 kr
Noctua NH-U12S
   434,00 kr
I don't know the power supply, but I suppose you did your homework and checked that the db level would be good for you?
The fan seems ok, looking at the specs there seems to be a low-noise adapter, though I don't know if it's included or sold seperately... maybe checked that out, the low decibel rating seems dependant on this.
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schaksen

Quote from: viper37 on October 09, 2015, 10:36:11 AM
Quote from: schaksen on October 09, 2015, 06:53:57 AM
ASUS STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB
   2 790,00 kr
The AMD Radeon 390x at 8gb ram could be an option, depending on the price where you live, since you like to play at very high resolution on your tv.
The 290x would be a little faster than the GTX 970 and it has 4gb too.  So, check the prices :)
Either one of these cards would be great for gaming.

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Kingston HyperX Savage 8GB 1866MHz DDR3 DIMM 240-pin
   495,00 kr
Go to 16gb.  Newer games are 16gb, so they require more memory.  And yes, most games don't use much more memory than 5-6gb, but it lets you run other software in the background without too much of an impact (anti-virus, firewall, music, etc).

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Be Quiet Straight Power 10 600Watt 80 PLUS Gold
   945,00 kr
Noctua NH-U12S
   434,00 kr
I don't know the power supply, but I suppose you did your homework and checked that the db level would be good for you?
The fan seems ok, looking at the specs there seems to be a low-noise adapter, though I don't know if it's included or sold seperately... maybe checked that out, the low decibel rating seems dependant on this.

I'll definitely check the fans before buying (not sure I'm gonna pull the trigger anyway) the ram is something that I'll consider but right now I'll probably hold on getting more than 8gigs, I can always hope for a birthdaypresent sometime in the future :)
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Barrister

By the way I just bought that same case.  It's a really well-made case, but be warned it's pretty freaking huge.

In hindsight I might have gone with the Define Mini (though then you're looking at a micro ATX board).
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Monoriu


schaksen

Quote from: Monoriu on October 09, 2015, 05:48:42 PM
I assume you already have an SSD?

Yup, a 256 from a laptop where i swapped it with a combi drive with 110gb "ssd" and 1tb "hdd"
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schaksen

CPU            Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler       Scythe Kotetsu 79.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard       Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory          Kingston FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Storage          Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Video Card       Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card
Case          Fractal Design Define R5 (Titanium) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply       be quiet! STRAIGHT POWER 10 600W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply

Ended up buying from three seperate vendors and some of the items weren't stocked.
So here's hoping to get all of it.
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schaksen

Didn't get it all in the first place, had to buy ram from another vendor.

And I just learned a 200$ lesson. Don't tamper to much with the BIOS, i got no visual on the motherboard no splash screen only background light on the screen.

Tried to flash the cmos but still no visual, sigh.
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viper37

https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?27562-BIOS-resetting-methods
2) at the back of the motherboard, pressing ,,Clear CMOS" button
this should work.  If it doesn't, it's not a BIOS setting that went wrong.

If you fiddled with the overclock setting (the voltage specifically), you might have fried something, though it is doubtful, there are security measures for that and in worst case scenario, the computer should have refused to boot and resetting itself to default settings.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.