**Official PC rig Pics/Specs/Mods thread PART V ** GOAT PC Master Race Checking In!**

[MrJensenn]

[Mehhzyy]

I never realized how bad the used market is for computers lmao.

Can't even get $350/monitor for these 34", 100hz, 1440p ones.

And my i7-8700k + 1070 isn't getting any offers over $800.

Looks like I'll be keeping it forever xd

Built my friend a mid range PC for about $1k-1100 CAD a while ago. Gtx 960, i5 6400 or something like that. Had to sacrifice some parts cuz he wanted the H440 razer case and we live in Canada so..

Anyways he's considering selling and thinks he can sell it for more than he paid because the prices of the now very outdated parts went up in price... just like the ridiculous prices on my old 3570k and 1155 mobos. I sold my old PC for way less than those 2 parts alone.

Tried to tell him that's not how it works. lol

[PositiveCrew]

Built my friend a mid range PC for about $1k-1100 CAD a while ago. Gtx 960, i5 6400 or something like that. Had to sacrifice some parts cuz he wanted the H440 razer case and we live in Canada so..

Anyways he's considering selling and thinks he can sell it for more than he paid because the prices of the now very outdated parts went up in price... just like the ridiculous prices on my old 3570k and 1155 mobos. I sold my old PC for way less than those 2 parts alone.

Tried to tell him that's not how it works. lol

In the past, every PC I built I sold for more than I paid.

Same with my monitors.

It's weird because with the crypto market right now, GPU prices are up, but evidently the demand for everything else went way down.

Ohwell lol. Traded my $1500 PC for some batteries and sold them for $2800, so now I can start building a new, lower powered setup

[AdamWW]

Newcomer to this thread... had no idea this existed!!! I've built 4-5 gaming rigs in my life... freakin love it.

Will post current rig soon... definitely not my most impressive one ever, but it's solid. Will be upgrading soon...

Still, has decent items:

GTX980 (one for now)
i7 4970k
16g RAM
Dual Samsungs SSD in RAID 0 (512 total)
Liquid Cooling (Corsair Xtreme)
etc....

Here's it's guts...




Notice the roof-mounted radiator... THAT was hard to do, honestly, but I was insistent on having a setup with air venting OUT for easy cleaning (all I have to do is wipe the interior panels on the radiator to clean the dust).

[bartosh]

I'm looking for a specific piece of tech and i'm not sure if it exists. Help me find it.

I'm looking for a [displayport/hdmi in, displayport out] switch that supports 4k@60
similar to this but also with hdmi in:
https://www.amazon.com/LINDY-Port-4K.../dp/B00ZK2S71W
(i'm fine with the hdmi in not supporting 4k@60, I just need the possibility for the displayport in part to support it)

[bartosh]

I have not seen something like this myself (I've been looking at switches, too) but if you try the Anand forums, you might get some better or faster responses.

I'm not in a particular rush but i'll take a look there if nobody suggests anything here.

[M0nsterB0y]

Just wanna share the DIY glass and LED lights that I did on my old school In Win 2010 case

Before



After



Fallout ambiance lol

[Fivefootkillerz]

Just wanna share the DIY glass and LED lights that I did on my old school In Win 2010 case

Before



Fallout ambiance lol

Mirin cave lmao

[Fivefootkillerz]

Moved and have a bit more room to spread my gear out. feels good to roll back and forth from each battle station.

[InstantLoser]

Can't wait until I move to my new condo this weekend and get a new desk/computer setup. Gonna be sweet son.

[Chynaman]

Just built a new setup

asus-e z370
i8700k
gtx 1080
16gb ram
and EVGA AIO 240
in a corsair 460x

went from a 3 monitor setup to a 49'' samsung chg90

i think 32:9 is just too new and only 1080p. will probably return after using it for the last couple weeks.

first new system i've built in almost 6 years







how much do you guys think a GTX 960 can sell for, or an i5 2500k

[M0nsterB0y]

Moved and have a bit more room to spread my gear out. feels good to roll back and forth from each battle station.


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mirin yours as well man. btw is that board to prevent the carpet from being damaged by the computer chair?

[Fivefootkillerz]

mirin yours as well man. btw is that board to prevent the carpet from being damaged by the computer chair?

No it's so I can actually roll on the carpet. It's pretty soft/plush

[DualBandWiFi]

Just wanna share the DIY glass and LED lights that I did on my old school In Win 2010 case

Before



After



Fallout ambiance lol

do you live in a room or a garage? I am genuinely curious, it doesn't seem to be too comfortable.

[jinda628]

Just wanna share the DIY glass and LED lights that I did on my old school In Win 2010 case

Before
[img]https://i.imgur.com/b4Stv8K.jpg[img]

After

Fallout ambiance lol

Lol are you setup in a kitchen? That looks like a countertop. Where's the sink?
Looks like some in-game scene.

[M0nsterB0y]

do you live in a room or a garage? I am genuinely curious, it doesn't seem to be too comfortable.

It's a part of my house that was supposed to be a kitchen but the construction of it was discontinued a long time ago lol

Its quite comfortable gaming and looking at my fish tank while the game is loading and seeing my little monsters. The only thing that's not comfortable is the lack of AC.

Lol are you setup in a kitchen? That looks like a countertop. Where's the sink?
Looks like some in-game scene.

You have a good eye. yes it was actually going to be a kitchen but the construction was discontinued so I made it my computer space instead =p

It may have actually been a functioning kitchen once upon a time but I do not know. Its already like that when I moved in.

[jinda628]

You have a good eye. yes it was actually going to be a kitchen but the construction was discontinued so I made it my computer space instead =p

It may have actually been a functioning kitchen once upon a time but I do not know. Its already like that when I moved in.

Looks like it since there are some remnants of the old tiles still left and you can see the traces of the tiles on the top.
And is that Goku inside the case? Lol!

[KilaByte]

Not playing FC5 until I finish AC O, might be a minute since I don't play anything during the week.

[M0nsterB0y]

Looks like it since there are some remnants of the old tiles still left and you can see the traces of the tiles on the top.
And is that Goku inside the case? Lol!

yep SSJ4 Goku lol

[Kermeli]

im out of keyboard game, what is good mechanical keyboard for around 150€? My ducky shine broke all of a sudden :/

[jinda628]

im out of keyboard game, what is good mechanical keyboard for around 150€? My ducky shine broke all of a sudden :/

Lol if you had the ducky, I'm not sure how you'll be happy with other brands.
I have the Corsair K70 RGB with brown switches and been using this since 2015 and been great since then.
Not a ducky but I think for gaming, it will feel the same as long as you have the same switches that you are used to using.

[M3lony]

Im not super up to date with the current cpu hardware. I see the 8700k posted alot as the or one of the best cpus. Im sitting here with a 6700k, havent overclocked it yet,not sure if its even worth to upgrade. The numbers confuse me, didnt the 4k series hold on longer? Bought the 6700k 2 years ago and we are already closing into 9series wth.

[jinda628]

Im not super up to date with the current cpu hardware. I see the 8700k posted alot as the or one of the best cpus. Im sitting here with a 6700k, havent overclocked it yet,not sure if its even worth to upgrade. The numbers confuse me, didnt the 4k series hold on longer? Bought the 6700k 2 years ago and we are already closing into 9series wth.

Depends on what you use your PC for but you honestly don't need to upgrade that yet. I still even have my 4790K lol.
New CPUs are coming out. AMD made a comeback last year with their Ryzen CPUs pushing Intel to improve a lot also.

Ryzen 2nd gen is almost out (I think) and the 9th gen Intel maybe summer. A lot has happened in the CPU market. AMD released their high-end Threadripper CPUs aside from the regular Ryzen and Intel responded with their X series on top of the regular 8th gen.

[M3lony]

Depends on what you use your PC for but you honestly don't need to upgrade that yet. I still even have my 4790K lol.
New CPUs are coming out. AMD made a comeback last year with their Ryzen CPUs pushing Intel to improve a lot also.

Ryzen 2nd gen is almost out (I think) and the 9th gen Intel maybe summer. A lot has happened in the CPU market. AMD released their high-end Threadripper CPUs aside from the regular Ryzen and Intel responded with their X series on top of the regular 8th gen.

So its due to competition, I guess thats good. I think I hold on until a alot of games profit from 6 cores.
Is it worth OC the 6700k? I have a cooler, my idle temp is at about 95°.

[frenchfries510]

Hey brahs
Is it a good time to build a computer right now? I know a lot of parts are going up like crazy due to miner *******s. I’m running a old setup i7 2600k with some upgraded parts throughout the years ( 970 ssd, etc etc) games still runs smooth ( med- high on newer games @ 1080 lol. I heard after going with a higher refresh rate monitor is life changing.
My budget is $ 2.5~3k including monitor. I am in no hurry build, at least have everything by the summer. I am planning to have a reliable system for years to come

[jinda628]

So its due to competition, I guess thats good. I think I hold on until a alot of games profit from 6 cores.
Is it worth OC the 6700k? I have a cooler, my idle temp is at about 95°.

Mine is not even OC'ed right now but I think any bump on the clock you get from OC will help in the overall operation.
Not much on the games though but still depends on the type of game.

[jinda628]

Hey brahs
Is it a good time to build a computer right now? I know a lot of parts are going up like crazy due to miner *******s. I’m running a old setup i7 2600k with some upgraded parts throughout the years ( 970 ssd, etc etc) games still runs smooth ( med- high on newer games @ 1080 lol. I heard after going with a higher refresh rate monitor is life changing.
My budget is $ 2.5~3k including monitor. I am in no hurry build, at least have everything by the summer. I am planning to have a reliable system for years to come

Wait for the 2nd gen AMD Ryzen CPUs.
- It will surely be faster than last gen AMDs and Intels
- It could lower the prices of last gen AMDs and Intels as well.

I think this gen's Intel is not coming until summer.
Also I think GPU prices are still inflated.

[frenchfries510]

I have a friend that would be able to get me a titan or 1080ti for cheap from a miner ( has a chit ton) What is a good price for one used?

[RicerBrah]

I have a friend that would be able to get me a titan or 1080ti for cheap from a miner ( has a chit ton) What is a good price for one used?

How cheap are they selling it? When the 1080ti was released the launch price was $699, so use that as a reference.

[IIIII]

I was settled on getting the highest Ryzen I could deem useful but there's rumor that Intel is bringing 8 cores to mainstream i7 processors soon... So many decisions, so little time. There's also the Ryzen 2000 series to consider. Of course, if you always wait for the next best thing, you'll keep waiting forever. Ideally, I'd like to build out a system that'll last 4-5 years with just a video card upgrade in between.

I'm still not decided on whether I'd want a normal SSD boot drive or a PCI-E SSD. While I can appreciate the raw read and write speeds of the latter, I'm not sure I'd gain anything from using one as a boot drive. Thoughts?

Upgrading to an NVME from a SATA III SSD is not worth it, but dropping a few extra bucks for an NVME into a mid to high end new PC build is worth it.