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

[AetasNitor]

Anyone getting the Asus PG27UQ when it comes out? Supposed to be $2500 which is pretty damn steep for a monitor but fuk it I’m getting one. Asus has garbage QA control but their CS is decent enough to make up for it so I’m not worried

Doesn't high refresh 4k need some serious gpu power to properly drive? I believe I've seen that 1080ti's can't even do well with it.

I'm looking at getting the Alienware Ultrawide for gaming 3440x1440 at 120hz.

[InstantLoser]

Doesn't high refresh 4k need some serious gpu power to properly drive? I believe I've seen that 1080ti's can't even do well with it.

I'm looking at getting the Alienware Ultrawide for gaming 3440x1440 at 120hz.

A pair of 1080 Ti's can play most games in 4k between 70-100 FPS, assuming you have a beefy CPU to back them up. There are no current GPU's which can consistently hold 144 FPS @ 4k in modern games at max settings. Hopefully either the next Gen Nvidia cards, or Intel's new offerings (yeah, Intel is making gaming GPU's which will be out I think next year) will be able to do a better job.

[Micii]

oh god im an idiot. i thought there was protective film on the screen but it was actually the screen itself **** my life. i ****ed it up

dude wot lmaooooo

[jinda628]

Hey guys. So there is a power outage last weekend in my area due to our utility company repairing some electrical issues within our block. There was several power on and off and during those times, my desktop was on.

Didn't use my desktop until last night and only realized that its not turning on.
- I reset the cmos battery
- Changed the cmos battery in case the other one is dead
- Tested/shorted the PSU and its propertly working powering all lights, fans and pump.
- Removed, switched, reinstall RAM

Tried all the above but there's no response when I press the power on. No light, no sound, just nothing.

So I'm thinking my board could be dead? Is there something I'm missing that I can try?
If its dead, I think I can still claim for a 3 yrs warranty from MSI.

[kamil234]

Im gaming on this system right now

i5 3570K @ 4.2Ghz
16GB DDR3 1866MhZ CL10 ram
GTX 1080 8GB
60GB SSD for OS
500GB SSD for games
2TB HDD for general ****
1x BenQ 2411z 144hz
1x BenQ 2720z 144hz

Waiting on either good deal on ryzen 2700x/ram price to drop, or just gonna hold out another 2 years for DDR5 platforms..

This still plays mostly everything i need to on max settings, but getting into 100+ FPS I'm starting to get CPU bottlenecked.

[InstantLoser]

Im gaming on this system right now

i5 3570K @ 4.2Ghz
16GB DDR3 1866MhZ CL10 ram
GTX 1080 8GB
60GB SSD for OS
500GB SSD for games
2TB HDD for general ****


Waiting on either good deal on ryzen 2700x/ram price to drop, or just gonna hold out another 2 years for DDR5 platforms..

Your CPU shouldn't bottleneck you much if at all for a while, unless you get a GTX 1180 or 1180 Ti card which might start being bottlenecked by older i5's.

[MrJensenn]

Your CPU shouldn't bottleneck you much if at all for a while, unless you get a GTX 1180 or 1180 Ti card which might start being bottlenecked by older i5's.

I am bottlenecked with 1080 & 3570k@4.5ghz.
Although it can run games fine on high like kamil does, but it struggles to do more at the same time. That's the caveat.

[Fivefootkillerz]

Im gaming on this system right now

i5 3570K @ 4.2Ghz
16GB DDR3 1866MhZ CL10 ram
GTX 1080 8GB
60GB SSD for OS
500GB SSD for games
2TB HDD for general ****
1x BenQ 2411z 144hz
1x BenQ 2720z 144hz

Waiting on either good deal on ryzen 2700x/ram price to drop, or just gonna hold out another 2 years for DDR5 platforms..

This still plays mostly everything i need to on max settings, but getting into 100+ FPS I'm starting to get CPU bottlenecked.

I am bottlenecked with 1080 & 3570k@4.5ghz.
Although it can run games fine on high like kamil does, but it struggles to do more at the same time. That's the caveat.

You guys can pick up a cheap Xeon(for the hyper-threading) and sell the 3570k if you really want. There is a bunch more options but these are the best performance per dollar. The 3570k sell for about $80 or below on reddit hardware swap and most of these xeons are $50-$100. There are a few more in the $100 range that i removed. something to hold you over till some real massive upgrades happen

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare...28vs1199vs1202

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.../2vs1201vs1190

[MrJensenn]

You guys can pick up a cheap Xeon(for the hyper-threading) and sell the 3570k if you really want. There is a bunch more options but these are the best performance per dollar. The 3570k sell for about $80 or below on reddit hardware swap and most of these xeons are $50-$100. There are a few more in the $100 range that i removed. something to hold you over till some real massive upgrades happen

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare...28vs1199vs1202

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.../2vs1201vs1190

Thanks for the tip, but I think I am pretty set on buying a Ryzen 2700 either in august or I'll wait for black friday sales. Not yet decided. Probably august since I then have a computer I can run machine learning tasks on for real. (and other heavy-usage)

[Fivefootkillerz]

Thanks for the tip, but I think I am pretty set on buying a Ryzen 2700 either in august or I'll wait for black friday sales. Not yet decided. Probably august since I then have a computer I can run machine learning tasks on for real. (and other heavy-usage)

cool i really don't need the upgrade yet, not worth it for me. I actually picked up some 6/7th gen boards cheap though , so if i run in to some deals on 6/7th gen i7s i might actually leave me 3570k in the dust finally.

[Kermeli]

My audio endgame i guess, The Sennheiser 800S + HDVD800 amp/dac, hngg.



From the Top, Audeze LCD2C headphones, JBL 308 actice monitors, Schiit modi2u, Lyr2, Questyle Cma400i amp/dac, and the sennheiser hdvd800.

[AetasNitor]

My audio endgame i guess, The Sennheiser 800S + HDVD800 amp/dac, hngg.

[img] https://aijaa.com/img/b/00342/14572608.jpg[img]

From the Top, Audeze LCD2C headphones, JBL 308 actice monitors, Schiit modi2u, Lyr2, Questyle Cma400i amp/dac, and the sennheiser hdvd800.

Excellent audio set up. Do you get a hiss from your JBL's? My 305's tend to hiss at certain levels, so I end up playing audio first, then cranking them up to hide it.

[Kermeli]

Yea, every 305, 308 have certain amount of hiss.

[Fanatik]

****kkkk, you reallly have to enjoy music to spend that kind of money on setup

[Ivanoffff]

yes

[Fanatik]

what are JBL 305 wall mounted alternatives?

[imafireman]

Ay guys,

Been considering to get a PC to replace my laptop. Am completely new to this and I'm following the twitch/fortnite craze. I want in. Someone want to help me out with a basic startup build (can $500-700 be sufficient for what I want? Not looking to go anything more heavier than fortnite and streaming). Prebuilt or whatever I guess. Thanks!

[jinda628]

Ay guys,

Been considering to get a PC to replace my laptop. Am completely new to this and I'm following the twitch/fortnite craze. I want in. Someone want to help me out with a basic startup build (can $500-700 be sufficient for what I want? Not looking to go anything more heavier than fortnite and streaming). Prebuilt or whatever I guess. Thanks!

Maybe something like this? Found this as completed build in PCP but some parts have no prices so I replaced some of them.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($94.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($80.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX6000 128GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($45.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.90 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card ($189.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - BQ 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($56.54 @ Amazon)
Total: $716.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-30 09:53 EDT-0400

[MrJensenn]

Not sure if I want to get a 2950X Threadripper or the rumors 8 core mainstream i7 due in 1-2 years. This must be what it's like for women and shoes?

That i7 will probably stunt a respectable 28 pci-e lanes in good intel-style.

[jinda628]

That i7 will probably stunt a respectable 28 pci-e lanes in good intel-style.

Lol!

[Fivefootkillerz]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16814131734

red devil vega 64 + far cray 5 for $530 after promo code/MIR

NENPCR


torn on this lmao. Just sold my Ref card for $540 last week because no one was buying online. Missed the exit time for the real juicy profits.

[Azzurri]

SO rumor is new nVidia cards within a few months.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nv...faq,37067.html

[AetasNitor]

SO rumor is new nVidia cards within a few months.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nv...faq,37067.html

This is what I'm hoping. I'll end up buying an 1180 and a new monitor or two. Also waiting on new mobile gpus to get a new gaming laptop.

[J3remy]

Just finished building this last week









Except ive found i dont enjoy gaming that much anymore, or games these days just plain suck

Pretty depressed

[baroni01]

Looking to buy an Acer Predator XB271hu or an Asus ROG PG279Q. Any recommendations appreciated. Not too tech savy but I just heard that the asus has a lot more 'back bleed' ? So im going toward the predator even though all things aside the asus looks nicer.

[InstantLoser]

Interesting.

[InstantLoser]

Is it, though? NVidia has had the lead for a long time. I'm curious what 1080ti model that is. Some have a boost clock that isn't advertised to the user. EVGA has such a system, but they don't advertise it. They only advertise what their speed without boost is.

FE 1080 Ti's vs Windforce Vega 64 OC's. The 1080 Ti's were modestly OC'd, the Vega's were stock OC (so +20Mhz over stock). CPU frequencies were the same.

[KramericaInd]

sup brahs.

what single player games y'all playing rn?

[MrJensenn]

Didn't understand why the workstation laptop I was using was running its fan so freaking much.
Even set it to use the least amount of power while also using passive cooling. Still the fans were running loud.
Decided to open it up and try to remove the fans following the manual (these Dell Precision machines are sweet, you can dismantle the whole machine like it's a desktop, even the GPU/CPU can be removed).
The fans didn't move and I was like "what, I am following the manual". Went on youtube and saw a dude just pulling them out like no problem. "Hmm, guess I'll just have to use a little force".
They came out and the thing that had kept both fans almost glued to the heatsinks was built huge up amounts of compact dust.
Removed all the dust and now the machine is like new.

[Fivefootkillerz]

got myself some new GPUs

$368 zotac 1070ti
$420 duke 1080 + 20 rebate

have to decide which to keep