**Official PC rig Pics/Specs/mods thread PART 2** Show us what you got brahs

[ImJJames]

Bought the MA900's and a Soundblaster Z about 2 weeks ago and they are so fuking good.



They weigh under 200g so you can barely feel them on your head. The soundstage is very big, so great for positional audio in games like CS and Battlefield.

Damn bro $200 for headphones, srs biz.

[Softworn]

Anyone looking to build a new rig, let me know.

I just got a refurbished board back from MSI after waiting a little while.

I already replaced it with a different board during the down time.

The refurbished board is for sale now.

MSI Z77 MPower: I'm asking $150 + shipping -- not negotiating.
It is under Warranty until 03/22/2106 + There is an extended ServiceNet Warranty until 03/22/2019.

All original software, manuals, warranty information, SLI bridge, Cables, and connectors are included.



It's a good deal for a refurbished board with the extended warranty.

[danssharo]

Dropped some money at new egg tonight.. Next will be an r9 290x.

16gb 2400mhz CL10

[Finch000]

Make a separate thread but incase it drops the R9 290x review is in looks juicy.

http://videocardz.com/47106/amd-rade...ew-charts-leak

[ImJJames]

Make a separate thread but incase it drops the R9 290x review is in looks juicy.

http://videocardz.com/47106/amd-rade...ew-charts-leak

Performs better than $1000 Nvidia Titan for half the price. Can't go wrong.

[Fanatik]

i shall have it friday if it ships from NJ

[JessMB01]

come with me, and let me introduce a cool game that is Magic Barrage....do u wanna play with me ? will you be the one? let's go~~~

[watermanb]

That new video card rustles my jimmies in the best way physically possible...

Come cyber monday/January time frame I am likely now going to pick up a very nice card or a dual 660 ti's for a cheap price! Awesome timing for building my first rig. Can't wait to see how this price/quality ripples through the rest of the pricing schemes of current cards.



The only thing this makes me wonder is if I should change my previous plans of opting for the standard 1080p or if I should kick it up a notch. I fear that monitor prices won't reflect the advancements in the graphic cards for quite some time...and hopefully this kind of thing ripples through everything and I can pick up my monitors for cheap as well (going from a ~$750 laptop to anything is going to be a drastic improvement...). Think I'm just going to go the cheaper route and build the rig for 1080p and in a few years do a complete re-haul for *hopefully* cheaper prices on what is now "the highest tier".

[Loomies]

Damn...I think i dun goofed buying a 7950 for $200 now...

[ImJJames]

Damn...I think i dun goofed buying a 7950 for $200 now...

Sell it to me for $150

[jrspeed]

Fking nice bro!!

How come you're only getting 80FPS average on BF 3? Should be getting more with that setup.

One of my rigs has a fx 6300 with 7850 getting more FPS on average than 80 t on ULTRA max AA.

Dunno, I was under the impression that was fairly decent? It goes up to about 115fps when not too much is going on, but in a real heavy fight thats when it drops to 80fps or below. I've seen it go as low as 60fps but as I said its mostly around 80fps.

[.aeterna]

im pleasantly surprised with my MSI Twin Frozr Radeon 7850 (2gb)'s performance in Skyrim. It's an old game, i know, but so is the card.

Max settings, native resolution (1920x1080), and it runs smooth as butter. Very content with that For such a cheap card ($130-140), the performance is unreal.

Might look at upgrading on Black Friday to a 7950 or something

[DirtyTrickster]

i shall have it friday if it ships from NJ

Where did you order from?

Edit:

Nevermind - I see the newegg 2 day shipping

[LaurenceW]

Damn bro $200 for headphones, srs biz.

They were the only thing that I felt was missing from my gaming setup. Worth it for me

[DirtyTrickster]

They were the only thing that I felt was missing from my gaming setup. Worth it for me

A good pair of headphones is definitely worth the investment. I was actually looking at your Sony's before I bought my Beyer's. I just didn't like the way the Sony's looked. I've heard they sound great though

[ko300zx]

Make a separate thread but incase it drops the R9 290x review is in looks juicy.

http://videocardz.com/47106/amd-rade...ew-charts-leak

WTF is that? Half of that makes no sense.



Titan beats 3-way SLI Titans? A single 770 beats 3-way SLI'd 770s? Medium settings? Note to self. Disregard videocardz.com


Tom's at least makes a little sense.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...view,3650.html


On that note, what a fcking beast of a card.

[LaurenceW]

A good pair of headphones is definitely worth the investment. I was actually looking at your Sony's before I bought my Beyer's. I just didn't like the way the Sony's looked. I've heard they sound great though

I like the look tbh. They do sound great and really just went off looks and the comfort when deciding between the DT990's and the MA900's.

[Finch000]

Do you guys think that with the performance/price ratio of this card will force the 780/Titan down to similar pricing? I bought a 7990 for 399 the other day and forgot that I need to get an Nvidia card for Shield. I love this 7990 performance is a beast but I will have to sell it to my buddy for the same price I bought it and head back to Nvidia camp. I just don't want to spend so much more for less if you know wut I mean. Hopefully the Titan drops a ton because this 7990 outperforms them lol.

[Rawp0wer1O1]

I bet all the bitcoin miners panties are wet over the 290x

Crossing fingers that the nvidia price drop hits before xmas so i can sli 780s

[hockeybpr25]

My hard drive just schit the bed. I had been thinking about getting a new processor and gpu but then I realized no one makes AM3 processors anymore so decided against the processor but now that my hdd died I'm thinking about starting new except keeping my sound card and possibly my psu

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oss_product - current sound card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tent-_-text-_- - current psu

[Rawp0wer1O1]

Do you guys think that with the performance/price ratio of this card will force the 780/Titan down to similar pricing? I bought a 7990 for 399 the other day and forgot that I need to get an Nvidia card for Shield. I love this 7990 performance is a beast but I will have to sell it to my buddy for the same price I bought it and head back to Nvidia camp. I just don't want to spend so much more for less if you know wut I mean. Hopefully the Titan drops a ton because this 7990 outperforms them lol.

Well i know nvidias new cards arent too far away. I could see titan dropping to 550-600 and the 780 maybe dipping into the low 4's MAYBE high 3's

[ko300zx]

Well i know nvidias new cards arent too far away. I could see titan dropping to 550-600 and the 780 maybe dipping into the low 4's MAYBE high 3's

I highly doubt either will go anywhere near that low. They may drop a little, like we saw with the 600 series, but not by much.

[misc_brah]

Brahs, I have a Bequiet silent wings 2 as exhaust, which cost me like 20 quid. Should I replace it with a corsair one just so the red matches the rest of my system?

[toasted11]

Well the 290x is certainly intriguing, and running at 94C you can cook your breakfast on it too!

I'm mildly regretting getting a 280x already for BF4 however I would probably just be falling into the money pit that is PC gaming and nothing being good enough. A 290x wouldn't really matter unless I had a 144hz monitor. So there's like $700 real quick.

[Enso]

Performs better than $1000 Nvidia Titan for half the price. Can't go wrong.

Except it will melt the insides of your computer and sounds like a hair dryer. Fast card, but the reference cooler is terribly inadequate for it. It will throttle down after gaming for a decent amount of time. An overclocked 780 still runs faster, quieter, cooler, and takes less power.

[moosecakes4all]

Brahs, I have a Bequiet silent wings 2 as exhaust, which cost me like 20 quid. Should I replace it with a corsair one just so the red matches the rest of my system?

Function > form for all my builds.
That said, the corsair red fans are rather hngtastic and the both the SP/AF series fans they make are very nice. Is there anywhere else you could place your be quiet fans? push/pull on your cpu cooler? Intake from the bottom of the case?

[misc_brah]

Function > form for all my builds.
That said, the corsair red fans are rather hngtastic and the both the SP/AF series fans they make are very nice. Is there anywhere else you could place your be quiet fans? push/pull on your cpu cooler? Intake from the bottom of the case?

Not really. I have 4 of them as intakes already, along with 2 SP120's on my H100i

I could always sell it, but I'd rather just hold onto it, just incase. No doubt I'll end up building another system somewhere down the line and it'll come in handy.

Its only been in my rig for about a week lol

[ko300zx]

660 is up on Amazon for $150 now...and I got an email this morning from Paypal saying I had unused funds sitting. Had $50 bucks sitting in there I didn't know about. Is this a sign to buy an unneeded second GPU?

[ImJJames]

660 is up on Amazon for $150 now...and I got an email this morning from Paypal saying I had unused funds sitting. Had $50 bucks sitting in there I didn't know about. Is this a sign to buy an unneeded second GPU?

Well considering 660 is around 7850/7870 equivalent(Depending which one versions you get), I think its a pretty good idea to SLI them. SLI'ed 660's would beat single GTX 680. Just like CF'ed 7850's would destroy single 7970.

[wereireland]

Wouldn't get a 290x until a non reference cooler is released. Runs at 94 degress C under load and is louder than a jet engine.