Unique Beast Races [WIP]

[Drohung]

Alright, an update for everyone! I'm backing up all of my important files while at work today, so I can be totally ready to make the move to the new PC. I'm researching parts recommended by everyone and I will be ordering the parts next week hopefully!

[Voldearag]

Hurray! Remember your gamesaves, and you might like to take a screenshot of your Program Files folder/s to remind yourself what to reinstall. I normally install my new OS onto a new partition of the hard drive so I can just slowly move everything over while I'm using it.

[Voldearag]

 

PCI 1x16 is all you need for one card, if you decide to expand to SLI rest assured that 2x8 PCI vs both at x16 has VERY minimal impact on performance.

You are the second voice I have heard say this. Would you please be the first to explain it? A Newegg comment suggested that newer i7 and such builds no longer experience any noteworthy difference between x8 and x16 SLI. Why is that, and do you know where I can read about it? I'm deciding on my new computer too.

[Dardranac]

 

 

PCI 1x16 is all you need for one card, if you decide to expand to SLI rest assured that 2x8 PCI vs both at x16 has VERY minimal impact on performance.

You are the second voice I have heard say this. Would you please be the first to explain it? A Newegg comment suggested that newer i7 and such builds no longer experience any noteworthy difference between x8 and x16 SLI. Why is that, and do you know where I can read about it? I'm deciding on my new computer too.

 

Basically, ever since PCI 3.0 came out the bandwidth is so high that needing x16(32gb/s) is overkill for now. If you have an old board that's 2.0 the performance will actually take a hit, but it depends on the cards used, if both of their output exceeds the bandwidth for that PCI version there will be problems.

 

EDIT: I remembered I actually tested this with an i7, ROG 1366 board, a chinese dell off brand 1366 board, two gtx-460s and two gtx-780ti. I actually experienced some performance loss when having both in x8 for the 780's but not much with the 460s. When going to 1150 and 3.0, there was no difference between x8 or x16, only if they were running in x4.

Edited September 15, 2015 by Dardranac

[Voldearag]

Thank you very much.

[RetroG3cko]

depends on what you wanna do and what your budget is

I second this. A budget is really needed to figure out the right build.

 

I know helpful stuff. Here's a general pretty build, Drohung.

$230 Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130841

$390 Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117402

$135 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231873

$12 Thermal paste: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

 

-Lowest amount of RAM sold in this size this speed and this color. I know the motherboard's native RAM speed is lower, but it's an overclocking board, I'm pretty sure this'll run colder than a lower speed RAM overclocked to the same speed.

 

-Unless your old processor cooler is compatible with lots of sockets you'll need to buy an LGA2011 cooler too. If you don't already have one that'll fit here's one. $70 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709011&Tpk=N82E16835709011 It's a matching black color and logicalincrements.com says it fits this motherboard.

 

-I left out a video card because you can use your previous card on the new board, don't need to upgrade everything at the same time. But if you ever plan on using two video cards a la SLI\Crossfire then you should buy this processor instead of the one I first suggested. $585 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117403 Has more magic lanes, allows for x16x16 speed instead of x8x8, but if you only plan to use one video card then that first $390 processor is just fine.

 

-Didn't suggest a case because like the video card you can just use your old case, unless your last computer was a weird small proprietary ATX thingy, but case options are all up to personal preference anyways.

 

-Newegg is going to add something like $100 in tax. Sorry, I don't know why.

Nice build (seriously what a monster), but absolute overkill. Those are very high end parts that only an enthusiast can really appreciate. I can suggest a ~$850 build that will max out current games at 1080p and will last for about 5 years before maybe needing an upgrade. But as I mentioned before, a budget is needed.

 

Also, tidings all. Been secretly watching this mod progress over the years and now I've finally stepped into the light. A shoutout to everyone who has contributed so far, I'm real excited to see the end result of all the hard work!

[Drohung]

So, you guys all want a budget, right? My current budget maxes out at around 1,200-1,400. I also already have one monitor, so I'm doing a dual monitor build.

[Dardranac]

So, you guys all want a budget, right? My current budget maxes out at around 1,200-1,400. I also already have one monitor, so I'm doing a dual monitor build.

Here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cnRCRB

You can replace the i7 with the i5 6600k , replace the 980ti with a normal 980 or 970ssc. I'd personally go with a 980ti first then worry about another monitor later or go with a r9 390 for half the price and buy a good monitor with the extra 300. If the monitor isnt included in the budget, get the 980ti or wait for the flagship pascal card.

Edited September 20, 2015 by Dardranac

[strazytski]

So, you guys all want a budget, right? My current budget maxes out at around 1,200-1,400. I also already have one monitor, so I'm doing a dual monitor build.

 

go to PC builder sites and get various ideas from several people. get more than ONE suggested build. look for patterns people give you. do your own searching as well. look at tons of building guides if you never done pc building before. and repeat.

 

then sleep on it and wait and come back to it with a fresh mind and do it all again. and everything you done the first time around will crumble and collapse. and you end up with a more fitting or better build (maybe) :P

[Voldearag]

I gotta disagree with Dardranac's suggestion of a motherboard with onboard video. Those ports are never going to be used, because he'll have a video card, that's a lot of space which could instead have more USB ports.

Drohung's budget is my budget too, nice.

I would trade out the motherboard from my last build idea with this MSI X99A Gaming 7. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130839

My reason being it has red ports instead of blue ports and it has a Killer E2200 network interface card, which is really cool, and it's only a little bit more expensive.

 

Dardranac is thinking Intel Z170 chipset motherboards, they're the brand new this month thing created for lower budget normal gaming people. I'm more fond of the Intel X99 chipset motherboards, LGA2011v3 processors, because they have eight ram slots and six core processors. The general word I've seen around is that Z170 is a better idea for gamers, they're cheaper and the processors are faster, 4GHz or higher right off the bat, and x99 is a better idea for people who intend to overclock, programmers, and editors of huge files.