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Nerapa
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-06-29 13:27:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Nerapa
Hey Hey Capsuleers. My Alienware laptop (Mx11 R3) finally gave way after 4 years. It has been an intensive 4 years and I ripped the shreds out of it was gaming so I'm not disappointed. I naturally leaned towards alienware again but wanted a desktop. Having a look at the prices etc I decided to build my own. Heres the rig that I've come up with. I can amend the order for the next 3 days. If my amendment is cheaper they'll refund the difference and vice versa I need to pay the balance if its more expensive before they dispatch.

Build cost : £1071 ($1683ish)

Case
InWIN GT1 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-5820K (3.3GHz) 15MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® X99-A: ATX, HSW-E CPU, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s

Memory (RAM)
8GB CRUCIAL DDR4 2133MHz (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 - 2 x DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready

1st Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY

Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler

Extra Case Fans
2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD

USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

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Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
#2 - 2015-06-29 14:18:48 UTC
Cpu is overkill maybe

Ram is low

Gpu is meh.

I would swap some cash from CPU to GPU.

You choke behind a smile a fake behind the fear

Because >>I is too hard
Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#3 - 2015-06-29 14:54:22 UTC
I agree that the CPU is seriously overkill unless you really need it. An i7 4790k or i5 4690k would be fine. I would also suggest a 256GB+ SSD in addition to the mechanical drive.

-k8

My Fanclub
Nerapa
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2015-06-29 15:39:12 UTC
Commissar Kate wrote:
I agree that the CPU is seriously overkill unless you really need it. An i7 4790k or i5 4690k would be fine. I would also suggest a 256GB+ SSD in addition to the mechanical drive.


Mina Sebiestar wrote:
Cpu is overkill maybe

Ram is low

Gpu is meh.

I would swap some cash from CPU to GPU.


What RAM would you recommend? and GPU?

what CPU would you recommend

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Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
#5 - 2015-06-29 16:39:14 UTC
For GPU any non reference 970 gtx (oc) overclock edition will keep you on the high end of things.

Ram just add another stick of the same down the road.

I would make sure mobo support SLI as well.

You choke behind a smile a fake behind the fear

Because >>I is too hard
Nerapa
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2015-06-29 17:19:47 UTC
Mina Sebiestar wrote:
For GPU any non reference 970 gtx (oc) overclock edition will keep you on the high end of things.

Ram just add another stick of the same down the road.

I would make sure mobo support SLI as well.


Yeah Mobo supports SLI


"Multi-GPU support

With support for both NVIDIA® SLI™ and AMD CrossFireX™ 2/3-WAY configurations, the X99 motherboard enables multi-GPU setups so you can harness the full power of the latest graphics technologies to drive games at 4K and beyond."

16gb seemed excessive in terms of ram. I currently only have 2gb and it appeared to do the trick. I'll not really be
Playing any latest releases. Only dual boxing eve + playing total war rome II / CIV 5.

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Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
#7 - 2015-06-29 17:55:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Mina Sebiestar
Than you are fine as is,computer for 3 games don't need much of anything.

You are still OP on cpu but If it fits the bill then neat.

You choke behind a smile a fake behind the fear

Because >>I is too hard
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#8 - 2015-06-30 03:31:19 UTC
Nerapa wrote:
1st Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE

............. Cry

1st Hard Drive:
SSD
2nd Hard Drive:
Slow encumbering mass pr0n storage drive like you have listed.

I'm in it for the money

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12
Nerapa
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2015-06-30 06:40:08 UTC
Webvan wrote:
Nerapa wrote:
1st Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB CACHE

............. Cry

1st Hard Drive:
SSD
2nd Hard Drive:
Slow encumbering mass pr0n storage drive like you have listed.



The laptop was 250gb and after 4 years only really got to avout 170-175gb

But yes, maybe go for SSD. As for the 2nd storage for pr0n. Cloud. It worked for j-law & colleagues hahaha

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NightmareX
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#10 - 2015-06-30 15:06:50 UTC  |  Edited by: NightmareX
Take a look at my new computer on how i did build it. You can find it here: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=400040

It might give you some ideas on what to use. My computer is a beast though when you take into consideration on how small the computer is Twisted.

Here is a list of my current EVE / PVP videos:

1: Asteroid Madness

2: Clash of the Empires

3: Suddenly Spaceships fighting in Tama
Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
#11 - 2015-06-30 16:53:38 UTC
Yeah, that CPU does not correlate with the GPU. You're spending £1000 for a GTX 960.

An i7 isn't necessary for gaming, even a CPU like a i5-2500 still runs games fine. The recommended CPU for gaming on a budget is i5-4460 and you will be running games optimally with that CPU. I use a 4440 and have never experienced any issues with high end games.

For a graphics card, it depends on your monitor setup, but for 1080p, a 970 should run everything high/ultra. I recommend EVGA 970 FTW as it comes with a higher factory clock speed and can be overclocked to compete with a GTX 980, so that is the best value for money in my opinion.

Oh god.
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#12 - 2015-07-01 00:07:22 UTC
Nerapa wrote:


The laptop was 250gb and after 4 years only really got to avout 170-175gb

But yes, maybe go for SSD. As for the 2nd storage for pr0n. Cloud. It worked for j-law & colleagues hahaha

Yeah that's low usage, so most definitely SSD. It really does make a big difference performance wise for a desktop anyway. For a laptop, you can drop your laptop and it will likely still work unlike the chances of dropping one with a mechanical drive in it.

But SSD as primary drive, where you have windows installed for virtual memory access time benefits. Then your fav online games on the SSD, anything you want the best performance out of and where load times are crucial. Note: though for systems simply slaving on an SSD you can configure virtual memory to work on the SSD drive. Also I don't recommend hybrid drives, especially on a laptop... and sadly most are shipped with them now. Mechanical drives imo are a dinosaur, apart from cheap mass storage usage.

I'm in it for the money

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12
Milos T'averner
Midas Industrials
#13 - 2015-07-01 13:59:38 UTC
That Hyper 212 EVO is a great cooler considering its cost.
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#14 - 2015-07-01 17:00:42 UTC
just get another alienware ! ....you know you want to !Big smile

just don't do what I did ...and forget to include a dvd R/W ...heh I forgot when I specced it up ...so need at some stage to buy an external drive What?
Jenshae Chiroptera
#15 - 2015-07-02 02:16:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Jenshae Chiroptera
NightmareX wrote:
Take a look at my new computer on how i did build it. You can find it here: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=400040

It might give you some ideas on what to use. My computer is a beast though when you take into consideration on how small the computer is Twisted.
... and my advice given in that thread still stands.
(Build the right machine and it can last a hell of a long time)
16 GB of memory in 2 slots with 2 slots remaining
The processor
Then graphics card replacements are pretty stable.

CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids

Not even once

EVE is becoming shallow and puerile; it will satisfy neither the veteran nor the "WoW" type crowd in the transition.
Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
#16 - 2015-07-02 05:49:20 UTC
What do you need 16gb of RAM for, especially when the next gen of MoBos will be on DDR4?

Oh god.
Nerapa
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2015-07-02 06:45:32 UTC
Thanks everyone for their input.

At this stage the only thing I am going to change is adding am extra stick of RAM to bring it up to 16gb for the "just in case"

Happy to keep the i7 because why not (",)

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Sentient Blade
Crisis Atmosphere
Coalition of the Unfortunate
#18 - 2015-07-02 09:43:02 UTC
Nerapa wrote:
At this stage the only thing I am going to change is adding am extra stick of RAM to bring it up to 16gb for the "just in case"


You may be surprised how quickly you burn through that 8GB of memory, 16 GB at least is certainly the way to go especially if you're multi-tasking (running multiple eve clients, dozens of web browser tabs etc).

I managed to clock 28 GB of RAM in use last week while doing a photo merge in lightroom, it was starting to get a little hairy as I don't have a page file enabled...
Nerapa
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2015-07-09 18:14:23 UTC
Shes here. Shes finally here.

Complented her with the below

Monitor

LG 29MA73 29" UltraWide IPS HDMI TV Monitor

Keyboard & Mouse

Razer Blackwidow Chroma & Deathadder Chroma


Zee Pics

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Xtreem
Knockaround Guys Inc.
#20 - 2015-07-09 18:20:14 UTC
Nerapa wrote:
Shes here. Shes finally here.

Complented her with the below

Monitor

LG 29MA73 29" UltraWide IPS HDMI TV Monitor

Keyboard & Mouse

Razer Blackwidow Chroma & Deathadder Chroma


Zee Pics



she looks sexy, take care of her
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