Daiyus

Thanks for the giveaway.

Awesome. Cheers for competition guys!

Thanks for the opportunity.

2 and 3 I could do fairly quickly and easily. Number 1 is outside my capability. Unfortunately I won't be near my modding computer until next week.

It's odd, but in the hundreds of hours I've played this game I have never been killed by touching a car. Maybe it's got something to do with the physics engine going wonky above 60Fps. Since I know about it I just use Vsync to lock it at 60.

I was hoping somebody here might be able to retexture the Assault Gas Mask's hood to match the Gunner Guard Outfit: http://67.media.tumblr.com/c8a57d939f08b9440f16f66ca6a3b392/tumblr_o41p4kqb5L1v87yzdo1_1280.jpg I think the two would look really cool together, especially with some other armour layered up. It just annoys me that the Assault Gas Mask' texture doesn't seem to match any outfits in this game as it's so cool! Many thanks for reading. More thanks if you're considering doing this.

I'll be waiting for the GTX 1080 Ti and AMD Vega next year before upgrading. I want to go 4K on my single GPU mITX gaming HTPC. My gut just tells me that getting a GTX 1070/80 right now would be a mistake. I'm looking forward to seeing them put through their paces just to see the minimum of what I will be getting into next year, but like hell am I wasting the money to find out first hand at this point in time. My HD 7870 and 720p screen will last another 12 months yet. Not to mention I just don't have £1000+ sat around for a screen/GPU combo right now.

Thanks for all the tips. I'm feeling a bit calmer now. I've discussed Mt feelings with my friends and family and arranged to start a martial arts class, alongside digging my guitar out. I think I just needed to reconnect with things that I wanted to do instead of what is expected of me. I'm still not feeling particularly great, but I do feel like things are getting better instead of worse.

I don't normally do things like this, but I'm almost at crisis point and I'm hoping writing something down might help me. I've always struggled to fit into the world. I've never like humanity, never wanted to engage with the majority of people. I have a few close friends, even have a wife and child, but ultimately I find myself just wanting to left alone most of the time. I find myself doing things for the sake of doing them rather than for any element of enjoyment even when I am left alone. Games used to provide a distraction from life but now I can't even bring myself to do that. I sit at my computer and wonder "what's the point?". I've been through three types of counselling. I've been on and off medication (got an appointment to go back on soon). My marriage is broken; I just feel trapped by my responsibilities. My work doesn't get done because I just can't be bothered. If it weren't for my daughter I'd have probably done something drastic by now like moving or travelling but I can't. I can't do anything. My ex-wife has two severe mental illnesses meaning she cannot cope with being a single parent or even being left alone. I have to be there, and she won't let me take my daughter by myself either. I feel like I'm forever trapped. I can't just decide to go for drinks with friends. I can't start any hobbies because it's a month long debate to get the time. What the hell do I do? I'm just so fed up with my life, but I don't want my daughter to grow up without me.

You certainly have. Your guidance has been invaluable. I know I've made some decisions you wouldn't necessarily go with yourself but with your help we've come up with a system I'm extremely happy with. You've definitely pushed me to change a lot for the better. I'm definitely going to drop the small SSD and go with an external backup drive solution. Many thanks.

Having slept on it I've decided to not buy fans at the outset. I'll run the stock fans and see what they're like. If I need to add or change fans I'll do them all at once once the build is complete. Your recommendations here are definitely hitting home. It's so easy to focus on CFM's and while I know static pressure is needed on radiators and air flow for unrestricted inflow it's a more complicated beast than I first imagined. Still so much to learn... Regarding hard drives I've also decided to pare the selection back. I'll re-use my current 3.5" 1TB drive for mass transfer and unmodded game backups; I think you're right with going for an external caddy (my current external hasn't been bad in any way except size and shared usage). I was planning on buying a 2TB mirror RAID solution from a colleague for general storage that's accessible from anywhere in the house. I can store any music, photos or videos I want on that. The only thing stored locally will be games. Now I'll just have the 120GB SSD boot drive, the 500GB SSD for modern games and a 750GB WD Black Series for legacy games. I've always seen it advised to have two separate SSD's for this kind of use to reduce wear on each drive. Having recently tested Fallout 4 on both my HDD and SSD the load times are worth it even if the actual performance doesn't change. Given that you're very sure that the thing is a fad though I may drop the small one and just buy the 500GB. After all, a Windows 10 installation is pretty small. Boot speed does mean a lot to me. I don't get much time to play (young father) so when I do every second counts. I've also opted to swap the case for a Phanteks Enthoo Pro. The reviews on it are glowing and it's understated design suits me to the ground. I know it has a bottom mounted PSU but I can't ignore the near 100% flawless reviews it's getting. It's also completely modular so I can remove as much as possible; probably completely removing the stock HDD cages and using the 5.25" bay that was going to be for a hot-swap bay for the two hard drives I'm proposing. Maybe a different power supply could alleviate the dust flow problems; the air flow should be good with the case so are there any decent fanless PSU's at that level? By the way, I just want to say a huge "Thank You" for all this help. I'm learning a lot and the system is looking better and better thanks to you.

Curiosity answers: 1) 120GB SSD as a boot drive with all programs except games. 500GB SSD for modern open world games. 1TB HDD for general storage; older games, music, photo's, etc. The 2TB HDD is for backups and mass movement. I always keep unmodded copies of any game I edit so that I can restore a broken game without waiting for days to re-download the whole thing. I've been using a 500GB external HDD but my wife has filled it with her photo's so I need another solution. I also play games at work on breaks, but naturally my management don't want me downloading 20GB of games every other week when I feel like playing something different. 2) Fans are to replace the stock ones. Most reviews state that the stock fans for most AIO coolers and cases are quite loud. The hope was to drop some decibels out of the system as it'll be in a bedroom. Random answers: 1) It's the only case I could find for less than £100 that would take the 280mm radiator on top with space for a 120mm radiator at the top back. Out of interest, why is the layout bad? It's not so different from most other cases; PSU at the bottom, HDD mounts coming up from the bottom. The 2.5" bays can be removed to give better airflow (something I planned doing). 2) Thanks! 3) Thanks for the tips regarding the Nyko. I've read many reviews for loads of third party kits but they always seem to fall short. I'll certainly do some more research. Notes: I've consolidated the lists into the first six purchase orders and deleted the seventh.

So here's what I've decided to do. I've broken down the purchases into seven chunks to spread out the cost. In total the parts I need to buy for the Gaming Rig are these, and for the HTPC, these. The first stage will be to get those slot loading disc drives and the adapter for the gaming rig (these three in one style adapters are getting hard to get!) plus the network adapter for the HTPC as an upgrade to my current system as I've been meaning to do that for ages anyway and will help even before re-casing. P.O.1. The second stage will be the monitor for the Gaming Rig. This will get me set up in the new location with the Xbox One so I can play out of the way with something at least. P.O.2 The third stage will be to buy everything left to get the HTPC running at full capacity. I'll be using my current 128GB Samsung 840 Pro as the sole drive to give it a good boot speed as that is important for my family. This will temporarily put my PC gaming out of action but I've got the Xbox One to tie me over and getting the living room sorted for my family is priority one. P.O.3 The fourth stage is the big one; getting all the core components for the new Gaming Rig. I've splashed out a bit in some areas that are entirely unnecessary, but they're things I want regardless. I've decided I don't do this often and I'm going to build something I am genuinely happy with, not just OK with. This will re-use the Radeon HD7870 I'm currently using as a stop-gap, as well as a 320GB 2.5" Samsung HDD I recovered from an old laptop as a boot drive, plus my current WD 1TB drive for storage. These will be temporary also. P.O.4 The fifth stage will be minor upgrades; quieter fans for the whole system, a new cheap KB/M that will be set up on a board that can be stored out of the way when not in use. This will give me required inputs, but don't need to be high quality as most of my gaming is done with a controller. P.O.5 Sixth stage is the GPU upgrade. P.O.6 The seventh and last stage is hard-drive upgrades. P.O.7 An there we have it. Overall it'll cost just shy of two grand to do everything, but I think it'll be worth it overall.

Once again, thank you for the advice. I think I will re-purpose my current rig as the HTPC; the Radeon HD5450 seems like an excellent choice, and a bargain too to get the system up and running. I'm still toying around with components for my new build gaming rig, but your advice and support has definitely led me on a cheaper, more refined route. While I still disagree with you regarding blu-ray (although I do agree I'm completely against the tide here) the simple fact that I have a blu-ray movie collection and want to watch them without cluttering up the media unit with yet another peripheral that I'd have to teach my wife how to use (painful) it needs to be done through the HTPC. Once I've got both lists together I'll post them up.

Thanks for all the advice obobski. You certainly make a lot of sense in many areas. Regarding Blu-Ray, it's a technology I want to support. Coming from a background where decent internet is non-existent, and even now downloading a whole game is an overnight affair, physical media has a huge place in my life; I'd really like to see developers distribute PC games on Blu-Ray, just as they do for Xbox One and PS4 thus avoiding problems as shown by MGSV and Fallout 4 where only a fraction, if any of the game actually comes on the physical medium. I've been using Blu-Ray to play movies on my current rig for years without too much hassle. Once I get a half decent bit of software that'll run on Windows 10 I'll carry on doing the same. Your points on futureproofing are extremely insightful. Still being a relative rookie when it comes to building PC's I really can see what you're saying here. I guess I'll always have to accept that no matter what I do I'm never going to be ahead of the game. Given the kind of pricing I'm looking at for this build I'm actually tempted to abandon it and build a HTPC for my living room instead; that'll give me the QOL improvement I'm looking for by moving the gaming rig out of the living room and give my family what they need. Once that's done I can save £1000 and build a new gaming rig with whatever is best at that time for the money; I don't have the cash lying around now and will need to build in stages, meaning my first components will be out of date by the time I get the last ones. Of course I'll take your advice on the RAM when the time comes to research the new build. Regarding the closed loop cooling systems; I've actually got one in my current build. They're pricey, sure, but the beauty of them is the don't need maintenance, unlike a custom loop. If I build a custom loop and fry my rig through a mistake it's on me; if a closed loop goes bang within the warranty then I'm covered. While I agree that air-cooling would likely be sufficient in the kind of builds I'm looking at it again comes down to a QOL choice. The liquid cooled systems are quieter, plus they will extend the lifetime of the parts. I'm well known for wanting to upgrade early, but I always find other uses for my old parts (I've done this plenty in other areas of my life). # Once again, thank you for the tips. I think I'm definitely going to hold off on the upgrade until I have some real cash in hand and the next generation is here. Seems daft to spend so much on technology that's coming to the end of it's supported lifespan.