New computer build (video)

**m0de** · 11-16-2011, 10:28 PM

just thought id share my recent build.. I am very very happy with it. by far the smoothest build ive had.

video:

specs:

case: COOLER MASTER Elite 430
motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s
processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz
ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
videocard: ASUS GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) x2 (only one installed at the moment)
harddrive: Seagate Barracuda XT ST33000651AS 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
psu: Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W (blue was sold out ;_; )
other: AeroCool Touch 2000 Controller

**i love you** · 11-16-2011, 10:32 PM

Wow, that looks really sick dude. How much did the build cost in total?

**m0de** · 11-16-2011, 10:35 PM

what you see in the video costs right around $1000. ill have to go through my invoices from newegg to total it all up. ill edit with an exact amount ina bit. and about $1350 with the dual gtx 570 setup which ill get running soon. i just wanted to make sure everything ran ok before putting the other 570 in.

prices edit:

processor: 169.99
motherboard: 104.99
ram: 62.99 (had a coupon thingy from an email from newegg)
dual videocards: 700.00
power supply: 59.99
case: 49.99
touch screen fan controller: 57.98
harddrive: free. was a gift. retails for 429.99 (did nottt think it costs that much)

total: $1585.93

**i love you** · 11-16-2011, 10:42 PM

That is a pretty fair price for the specs. I really like what I see. Hopefully sometime in the future, I will plan on building my own computer but the sad thing is that I am somewhat bad at determining which computer parts are considered good or not.

**darkshark** · 11-16-2011, 10:44 PM

I like that case, what did that run ya?
and why did you go with AMD over intel?

ghost- · 11-16-2011, 10:48 PM

why not a 4x4 16GB ram?

**m0de** · 11-16-2011, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkshark

I like that case, what did that run ya?
and why did you go with AMD over intel?

price pretty much. i slowly picked out and had the parts shipped as i had the extra money. im happy with the way it turned out~

edit: prices were just recently added to my above post

**m0de** · 11-16-2011, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghost-

why not a 4x4 16GB ram?

mainly because of the coupon deal i had at the time. it was a limited time offer.

Gravity Kitten · 11-16-2011, 10:59 PM

Looks sick, m0de.
Wish I had the motivation and money (not to mention knowledge) to do this.

fido123 · 11-16-2011, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghost-

why not a 4x4 16GB ram?

Who in the **** uses 16GB of RAM for playing video games? Unless he's doing video editing/hardcore anything over 4GB wouldn't make a difference at this time.

**UserNameGoesHere** · 11-16-2011, 11:21 PM

Not a fan of Seagate hard drives, but that's easily swapped out.

**ninjaKIWI** · 11-16-2011, 11:29 PM

pairing AMD and nVidia is a bad idea.

**m0de** · 11-16-2011, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ninjaKIWI

pairing AMD and nVidia is a bad idea.

what makes you say that?

fido123 · 11-16-2011, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ninjaKIWI

pairing AMD and nVidia is a bad idea.

Didn't even notice this. This is bad news for you as IIRC AMD mobos don't support SLI which is requird to run 2 NVidea cards.

General rule of thumb is if you do go AMD NEVER get an NVidea card, however if you go Intel you can go either or as long as the mobo supports all the features your video card has. Also AMD is kinda shitty these days and I'd only ever use it if I needed to do some large caluclations, video editing, or rendering since AMD only tops Intel at large calculations.

ghost- · 11-16-2011, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fido123

Who in the **** uses 16GB of RAM for playing video games? Unless he's doing video editing/hardcore anything over 4GB wouldn't make a difference at this time.

shit you never know. m0de might be into video editing though I doubt it.

**m0de** · 11-16-2011, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fido123

Didn't even notice this. This is bad news for you as IIRC AMD mobos don't support SLI which is requird to run 2 NVidea cards.

General rule of thumb is if you do go AMD NEVER get an NVidea card, however if you go Intel you can go either or as long as the mobo supports all the features your video card has. Also AMD is kinda shitty these days and I'd only ever use it if I needed to do some large caluclations, video editing, or rendering since AMD only tops Intel at large calculations.

thanks for the input. i went with price with the AMD. after testing out some games with this setup complete (minus the SLi) it performs great. so ill most likely just return the other card. maybe just hold on to it. not sure yet. either way im extremely happy with the build.

fido123 · 11-16-2011, 11:53 PM

Probably the best thing you can do at this point. Honestly the only time I would ever SLI is if I needed to upgrade my video card, I'd just buy another one SLI compatable with the one I already have and save a bunch of money. Anyways enjoy your build.

**ninjaKIWI** · 11-20-2011, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fido123

Didn't even notice this. This is bad news for you as IIRC AMD mobos don't support SLI which is requird to run 2 NVidea cards.

General rule of thumb is if you do go AMD NEVER get an NVidea card, however if you go Intel you can go either or as long as the mobo supports all the features your video card has. Also AMD is kinda shitty these days and I'd only ever use it if I needed to do some large caluclations, video editing, or rendering since AMD only tops Intel at large calculations.

The general rule is: If the board supports SLI, it supports CrossFire, but not the other way around. Sometimes AMD boards DO support SLI as well, though.

The first rule of building a computer: Always be sure to check that all of your parts are compatible with each other! Nothing worse than buying an 1156 board and accidentally shoving an 1155 CPU in there.

**ELRayford** · 11-21-2011, 12:38 AM

So when are you OC'ing it and how much are you pushing for?

**m0de** · 11-21-2011, 01:00 AM

id love to hit 4ghz. my processor is bottlenecking me from any performance boost atm (not that there isnt anything it cant run.. game wise). im still running it at stock speed. although i have got it to 3.4 with stock cooling/default voltage and saw some decent performance boosts. id love to get some better cooling on it and see what i can push it to.

11-16-2011, 10:28 PM	#1
m0de Marble Eater Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Joliet, Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 1,437	New computer build (video) just thought id share my recent build.. I am very very happy with it. by far the smoothest build ive had. video: specs: case: COOLER MASTER Elite 430 motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) videocard: ASUS GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) x2 (only one installed at the moment) harddrive: Seagate Barracuda XT ST33000651AS 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s psu: Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W (blue was sold out ;_; ) other: AeroCool Touch 2000 Controller

11-16-2011, 10:32 PM	#2
i love you Live a wonderful life~ Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 7,313	Re: New computer build (video) Wow, that looks really sick dude. How much did the build cost in total? __________________ =============================== The idea that RDCP 3 may come out in the future is a fun thought to have~ ===============================

11-16-2011, 10:35 PM	#3
m0de Marble Eater Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Joliet, Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 1,437	Re: New computer build (video) what you see in the video costs right around $1000. ill have to go through my invoices from newegg to total it all up. ill edit with an exact amount ina bit. and about $1350 with the dual gtx 570 setup which ill get running soon. i just wanted to make sure everything ran ok before putting the other 570 in. prices edit: processor: 169.99 motherboard: 104.99 ram: 62.99 (had a coupon thingy from an email from newegg) dual videocards: 700.00 power supply: 59.99 case: 49.99 touch screen fan controller: 57.98 harddrive: free. was a gift. retails for 429.99 (did nottt think it costs that much) total: $1585.93 Last edited by m0de; 11-16-2011 at 10:46 PM..

11-16-2011, 10:42 PM	#4
i love you Live a wonderful life~ Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 7,313	Re: New computer build (video) That is a pretty fair price for the specs. I really like what I see. Hopefully sometime in the future, I will plan on building my own computer but the sad thing is that I am somewhat bad at determining which computer parts are considered good or not. __________________ =============================== The idea that RDCP 3 may come out in the future is a fun thought to have~ ===============================

11-16-2011, 10:44 PM	#5
darkshark Nothing. Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Pacific Ocean Posts: 4,189	Re: New computer build (video) I like that case, what did that run ya? and why did you go with AMD over intel?

11-16-2011, 10:48 PM	#6
ghost- Banned Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Nebraska Age: 31 Posts: 787	Re: New computer build (video) why not a 4x4 16GB ram?

11-16-2011, 10:59 PM	#9
Gravity Kitten FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: wormland Posts: 644	Re: New computer build (video) Looks sick, m0de. Wish I had the motivation and money (not to mention knowledge) to do this.

11-16-2011, 11:29 PM	#12
ninjaKIWI plain old ugly ass dumbas Join Date: Aug 2006 Age: 31 Posts: 3,303	Re: New computer build (video) pairing AMD and nVidia is a bad idea.

11-16-2011, 11:53 PM	#17
fido123 FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 32 Posts: 4,245	Re: New computer build (video) Probably the best thing you can do at this point. Honestly the only time I would ever SLI is if I needed to upgrade my video card, I'd just buy another one SLI compatable with the one I already have and save a bunch of money. Anyways enjoy your build.

11-21-2011, 12:38 AM	#19
ELRayford Custom User Title Join Date: May 2004 Age: 39 Posts: 1,546	Re: New computer build (video) So when are you OC'ing it and how much are you pushing for?

11-21-2011, 01:00 AM	#20
m0de Marble Eater Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Joliet, Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 1,437	Re: New computer build (video) id love to hit 4ghz. my processor is bottlenecking me from any performance boost atm (not that there isnt anything it cant run.. game wise). im still running it at stock speed. although i have got it to 3.4 with stock cooling/default voltage and saw some decent performance boosts. id love to get some better cooling on it and see what i can push it to.

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