defrag wrote:Too bad that power supply is overkill unless you add another 560Ti.
Like I said I built this for my buddy last year when SandyB dropped. I had no idea what his intentions were or what he'd eventually get into with it..I wanted to be ready in case he got into PC gaming more and wanted to do SLI down the road..Didn't wanna have to go in and replace stuff..just pop a new card in. Besides PSU's aren't really expensive.
Nothing is overkill when it doesn't hurt you and its not your money.
Jjjj wrote:I recommend you to buy a "third market cpu cooler". The original cpu cooler that comes with AMD and INTEL is so loud!...Buy 2 extra fans and run PnP (Push N Pull). Schyte Gentle Typhoon series, Enermax and Phobya´s fans work good.
Btw what case is it ?
I just picked up the machine on friday and completely took it apart, cleaned it (OMG dirtiest comp Ive ever seen), reapplied artic paste etc, reformatted/reinstalled/updated firmware and overclocked. etc etc. I haven't had time to go out and buy stuff for it. The core temps are fine, I got Everest Ultimate Ed and ran a bunch of stability tests. I know what I'm doing but thanks for the tips. If I see the temps rise when I start working/gaming on it, I will probably look into getting an after market cooler. The case is a cool master storm scout. I really like it.
I didn't pay for any of this. I got this all for free. So I'm going to try to leave it as is. If anything, I wanna throw another wd caier black in there and run it in raid 0 for my rendering and editing purposes..
Until this landed in my lap, I was looking at getting the new i7 3900 series and geforce 600 series whenever it drops..But beggers can't be choosers.
That's basically the exact same build I have except I have an OCZ SSD and a stock gtx 560. Runs like Usain Bolt, even with 3 VMs and tons of crap in the background.
Meek, that's rad. I was pretty happy with what I picked out when I built this a year ago. It's still a beast. Can't wait to start rendering on it~! Upgrading from a core i7 dual core laptop. It was good but it was a laptop.
[quote="defrag"]Too bad that power supply is overkill unless you add another 560Ti.[/quote]
Like I said I built this for my buddy last year when SandyB dropped. I had no idea what his intentions were or what he'd eventually get into with it..I wanted to be ready in case he got into PC gaming more and wanted to do SLI down the road..Didn't wanna have to go in and replace stuff..just pop a new card in. Besides PSU's aren't really expensive.
Nothing is overkill when it doesn't hurt you and its not your money. :D
[quote="Jjjj"]I recommend you to buy a "third market cpu cooler". The original cpu cooler that comes with AMD and INTEL is so loud!...Buy 2 extra fans and run PnP (Push N Pull). Schyte Gentle Typhoon series, Enermax and Phobya´s fans work good.
Btw what case is it ?[/quote]
I just picked up the machine on friday and completely took it apart, cleaned it (OMG dirtiest comp Ive ever seen), reapplied artic paste etc, reformatted/reinstalled/updated firmware and overclocked. etc etc. I haven't had time to go out and buy stuff for it. The core temps are fine, I got Everest Ultimate Ed and ran a bunch of stability tests. I know what I'm doing but thanks for the tips. If I see the temps rise when I start working/gaming on it, I will probably look into getting an after market cooler. The case is a cool master storm scout. I really like it.
I didn't pay for any of this. I got this all for free. So I'm going to try to leave it as is. If anything, I wanna throw another wd caier black in there and run it in raid 0 for my rendering and editing purposes..
Until this landed in my lap, I was looking at getting the new i7 3900 series and geforce 600 series whenever it drops..But beggers can't be choosers.
[quote]That's basically the exact same build I have except I have an OCZ SSD and a stock gtx 560. Runs like Usain Bolt, even with 3 VMs and tons of crap in the background.[/quote]
Meek, that's rad. I was pretty happy with what I picked out when I built this a year ago. It's still a beast. Can't wait to start rendering on it~! Upgrading from a core i7 dual core laptop. It was good but it was a laptop.