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

[PositiveCrew]

what case is that brah?

Corsair C70 master race

His obviously has a custom plexi-window without the dumb fan slots though

[eXistenceLies]

^ nice scores brah!

So I decided to delid my 7700K and was pleased with the results. I don't have the setup eXistenceLies does but my CPU hit 5.2 GHz and was stable enough to run Cinebench @ 1.392V and scored 1130. This tiny motherboard is pretty damn capable.

Damn 5.2ghz under 1.4v is good man! You got yourself a good chip. I have not tried going passed 5ghz yet. Maybe sometime down the road but for now I am good. Nice scores too.

[CrookedDink]

Picked up an Acer Predator XB271HU at Costco for 499. 27" IPS 144/165hz GSync 2560x1440. Yuge upgrade. Getting about 120fps in DOOM on Ultra and notice the difference coming from 60hz.

Also mirin how thin the bezel is

[InstantLoser]

Hilarious 1080 Ti SLI performance. Hilarious.

[eXistenceLies]

Picked up an Acer Predator XB271HU at Costco for 499. 27" IPS 144/165hz GSync 2560x1440. Yuge upgrade. Getting about 120fps in DOOM on Ultra and notice the difference coming from 60hz.

Also mirin how thin the bezel is

How did you get it for $500?

[CrookedDink]

How did you get it for $500?

They're clearancing them apparently. Still $750-799 from online retailers. Makes you wonder what the markup on these things is...

[Dota2Brah]

why do you guys ruin your builds with chitty american keyboards? filco, topre, leopold only crew.

[eXistenceLies]

They're clearancing them apparently. Still $750-799 from online retailers. Makes you wonder what the markup on these things is...

Would probably buy two more if I can find them at that price.

why do you guys ruin your builds with chitty american keyboards? filco, topre, leopold only crew.

I use razer cause I have never had a problem with them. Keyboards work fine for me and the green backlit matches my theme.

[freeburn]

I use corsair keyboards cause they've served me well. Also cause they are the best keyboards best buy sells and I need their warranty cause I spill alot of beer while I game. Can't beat it... Unplug broken keyboard... Go to bb.. Get new one instantly for free.

[CrookedDink]

People who are "into" mech kbs are generally snobby af about it lmao. Corsair Strafe RGB crew.

[freeburn]

How did you get it for $500?

Costco has had it at 499 for weeks now. It doesn't sell well there. I work there... Ours isn't even plugged in and displaying anything... Just sitting there on display turned off. Pretty sure it's 500 at every Costco.

I've been tempted to grab one to replace my 1080p 144hz

[jinda628]

Costco has had it at 499 for weeks now. It doesn't sell well there. I work there... Ours isn't even plugged in and displaying anything... Just sitting there on display turned off. Pretty sure it's 500 at every Costco.

I've been tempted to grab one to replace my 1080p 144hz

Damn its tempting especially now that I have my tax refunds lol! But I'm saving this for Vega!

[freeburn]

Damn its tempting especially now that I have my tax refunds lol! But I'm saving this for Vega!

I'm waiting for my job to mark the display for sale... Since it hasn't been on for months it's still Gunna be in good shape haha.

A few years back I waited for an LG 2560x1080 that was normally 250ish to get the display marked for sale and got it for like 75 bucks.

[eXistenceLies]

Costco has had it at 499 for weeks now. It doesn't sell well there. I work there... Ours isn't even plugged in and displaying anything... Just sitting there on display turned off. Pretty sure it's 500 at every Costco.

I've been tempted to grab one to replace my 1080p 144hz

Looked online and saw nothing......

[jinda628]

I'm waiting for my job to mark the display for sale... Since it hasn't been on for months it's still Gunna be in good shape haha.

A few years back I waited for an LG 2560x1080 that was normally 250ish to get the display marked for sale and got it for like 75 bucks.

Dont you get great discounts as employee?

[CrookedDink]

Looked online and saw nothing......

The individual store GMs decide the prices is what a costco employee told me, so you have to go in person to see if they have the deal. Here's the tag..maybe theyll honor the price anyway

[eXistenceLies]

The individual store GMs decide the prices is what a costco employee told me, so you have to go in person to see if they have the deal. Here's the tag..maybe theyll honor the price anyway

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[JamesA1990]

Picked up an Acer Predator XB271HU at Costco for 499. 27" IPS 144/165hz GSync 2560x1440. Yuge upgrade. Getting about 120fps in DOOM on Ultra and notice the difference coming from 60hz.

Also mirin how thin the bezel is

Wow the gun takes up the entire bottom of the screen lmao

I only played DOOM on my Acer 34 ultrawide and it doesn't take up nearly as much of the screen haha. Man i wanna get this monitor too

[freeburn]

Dont you get great discounts as employee?

No just free executive membership.

[JamesA1990]

I've got some SSD questions boyos


1) Is it hard to transfer an old SSD to a new SSD? Im looking to upgrade from 256 to 500 or even 1TB. Some google searching is telling me i need a special program etc?


2) Any difference in brands? Currently have Samsung but i can see other brands are cheaper?

[InstantLoser]

I've got some SSD questions boyos


1) Is it hard to transfer an old SSD to a new SSD? Im looking to upgrade from 256 to 500 or even 1TB. Some google searching is telling me i need a special program etc?


2) Any difference in brands? Currently have Samsung but i can see other brands are cheaper?

1) As long as at least 1 of your drives is Samsung branded, you can clone your disk to another SSD using Samsung's data migration software (the disc should have come with the drive on a cd, but I think you can also download it from the Samsung site). It'll clone your drive onto the new drive, which you can then boot from (assuming you're cloning your OS drive).

2) The difference between brands is usually read/write rates, though it's not much of a difference for standard SATA III drives. If you start looking at M.2 NVME drives or U.2, or PCI Express x4 interface SSD's, then the speed ramps up pretty significantly.

SATA III drives are usually around 500-550Mbps read/write with a 6GBps transfer rate over the SATA III cable
M.2 is similar read/write but a 10GBps transfer rate
M.2 NVME, U.2 NVME, and PCI Express x4 NVME are between 2100-3500Mbps read, and around 1600Mbps write. I think U.2 is slightly faster than M.2, and PCI Express x4 3.0 should be around 4GBps transfer rate.

U.2 is a pretty uncommon interface standard so I wouldn't bother looking at them (they're kind of overtly expensive too and not much faster than M.2 NVME). If your board supports an M.2 slot which uses x4 PCI Express lanes, you can use either a Samsung 960 EVO or 960 Pro (which I think is 3500Mbps). They're pretty badass drives.

960 Evo:
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-E...amsung+960+evo

$249 for a 500GB model, 3200Mbps read, 1900Mbps write. Beast mode.

[Rawp0wer1O1]

960 Evo:
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-E...amsung+960+evo

$249 for a 500GB model, 3200Mbps read, 1900Mbps write. Beast mode.

now get 2 and put them in raid-0 and you will achieve maximum computer

also hopefully intels new cross point technology takes off...brb no more ram or ssd's

[JamesA1990]

1) As long as at least 1 of your drives is Samsung branded, you can clone your disk to another SSD using Samsung's data migration software (the disc should have come with the drive on a cd, but I think you can also download it from the Samsung site). It'll clone your drive onto the new drive, which you can then boot from (assuming you're cloning your OS drive).

2) The difference between brands is usually read/write rates, though it's not much of a difference for standard SATA III drives. If you start looking at M.2 NVME drives or U.2, or PCI Express x4 interface SSD's, then the speed ramps up pretty significantly.

SATA III drives are usually around 500-550Mbps read/write with a 6GBps transfer rate over the SATA III cable
M.2 is similar read/write but a 10GBps transfer rate
M.2 NVME, U.2 NVME, and PCI Express x4 NVME are between 2100-3500Mbps read, and around 1600Mbps write. I think U.2 is slightly faster than M.2, and PCI Express x4 3.0 should be around 4GBps transfer rate.

U.2 is a pretty uncommon interface standard so I wouldn't bother looking at them (they're kind of overtly expensive too and not much faster than M.2 NVME). If your board supports an M.2 slot which uses x4 PCI Express lanes, you can use either a Samsung 960 EVO or 960 Pro (which I think is 3500Mbps). They're pretty badass drives.

960 Evo:
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-E...amsung+960+evo

$249 for a 500GB model, 3200Mbps read, 1900Mbps write. Beast mode.

wow thanks, repped m9

Never had an internal SSD before, so it goes directly into my mobo? Any compatibility issues with mine? ASROCK Z170

edit: im sure i can work it out anyway when i get out of work, thanks!

[GhenghisPWN]

Picked up an Acer Predator XB271HU at Costco for 499. 27" IPS 144/165hz GSync 2560x1440. Yuge upgrade. Getting about 120fps in DOOM on Ultra and notice the difference coming from 60hz.

Also mirin how thin the bezel is

Looking to buy a monitor as I'm building my PC next week. I keep hearing good things about this monitor, but I'm a little gunshy dropping $500 on something.

Are there great monitors for cheaper or would I be stupid to pass this up?

I will have a GTX 1070 that I want to take advantage of...

[KRANE]

I've got some SSD questions boyos


1) Is it hard to transfer an old SSD to a new SSD? Im looking to upgrade from 256 to 500 or even 1TB. Some google searching is telling me i need a special program etc?

Those "special" programs make it simple, and you get extra convenience features that you may or may not need.

2) Any difference in brands? Currently have Samsung but i can see other brands are cheaper?

Like most goods you pay for what you get. In the case of (Samsung) SSD, that's quality in construction, and a better guarantee.

[eXistenceLies]

Looking to buy a monitor as I'm building my PC next week. I keep hearing good things about this monitor, but I'm a little gunshy dropping $500 on something.

Are there great monitors for cheaper or would I be stupid to pass this up?

I will have a GTX 1070 that I want to take advantage of...

That monitor is $750 everywhere else. I have it and it's great!

[GhenghisPWN]

That monitor is $750 everywhere else. I have it and it's great!

Slept on it. If Costco still has them, I'll buy one. Maybe buy two and flip one.

[jinda628]

Slept on it. If Costco still has them, I'll buy one. Maybe buy two and flip one.

Just be sure you have Nvidia GPU since it has GSync.

[InstantLoser]

wow thanks, repped m9

Never had an internal SSD before, so it goes directly into my mobo? Any compatibility issues with mine? ASROCK Z170

edit: im sure i can work it out anyway when i get out of work, thanks!

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z170%...Specifications
ASRock Ultra M.2 (PCIe Gen3 x4 & SATA3)

Yup, it supports the Samsung 960 EVO or PRO.

[freeburn]

Looking to buy a monitor as I'm building my PC next week. I keep hearing good things about this monitor, but I'm a little gunshy dropping $500 on something.

Are there great monitors for cheaper or would I be stupid to pass this up?

I will have a GTX 1070 that I want to take advantage of...

Monitors are one of the few things you really shouldn't cheap out on. A goods one is 100 percent worth it.

That monitor is really fantastic for that price. Plus Costco has a 90 day return window and they ask 0 questions about refunds so it's Def worth it.