- Processor: I know you guys say that i5's are more bang for your buck, but if I can get a decent performance boost I would be willing to spend a bit extra for an i7. I know I need a K version to overclock.
It's not about bang for your buck, at the same mhz the I7 has no benefit for gaming or normal computer use. I dunno about which is better for overclocking.
Is that true? I just did a bit of research and from what I saw; an I7 seems to perform better at the same clock speed and can achieve higher clock speeds with overclocking.
I don't want to make the wrong choice here, so if I am wrong do you have anything to show that?
Actually you know what I've done even more reading and it seems like you guys are probably right about i5's with respect to gaming.
I guess the key thing here is if games will suddenly start utilizing HT.
The L3 cache is larger on the i7, what kind of noticeable impact would that have?
This is always something that's said and it's never really turned out to be a factor for most games, not yet anyway. Don't sweat the i5 instead of the i7 unless you have non-gaming needs for it.
It seems kinda...I dunno...like ricing out a car to put those beautiful parts in the lower end Corsair cases. They're not bad at all just...fuck it, go all out!
As long as you have a case that has all the features you want (front USB3.0, vent filters, decent cable management) and is built solid and strong, then spending more money on it just takes away from the budget for better parts. It's nothing at all like putting a Lamborghini motor in a Daewoo, because in the first scenario the car chassis is completely incapable of controlling the amount of power the motor puts out, and in the second scenario, the internal computer components do not rely on the case for their performance at all.
Besides, the 350D is a nice little case.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Yeah, hyperthreading doesn't help much in games at all. Overclockling doesn't really help much either. In all honestly, you'll be hard pressed to find a game that loads your cpu over 50%. The GPU is going to be your performance bottleneck in nearly every case.
If you're planning on doing anything other than gaming, such as video/image editing, hyperthreading is a godsend.
It seems kinda...I dunno...like ricing out a car to put those beautiful parts in the lower end Corsair cases. They're not bad at all just...fuck it, go all out!
As long as you have a case that has all the features you want (front USB3.0, vent filters, decent cable management) and is built solid and strong, then spending more money on it just takes away from the budget for better parts. It's nothing at all like putting a Lamborghini motor in a Daewoo, because in the first scenario the car chassis is completely incapable of controlling the amount of power the motor puts out, and in the second scenario, the internal computer components do not rely on the case for their performance at all.
Besides, the 350D is a nice little case.
My ideal case is a nearly featureless black box. No LEDs. No markings. No plexiglass windows. Just a box.
As long as you have a case that has all the features you want (front USB3.0, vent filters, decent cable management) and is built solid and strong, then spending more money on it just takes away from the budget for better parts. It's nothing at all like putting a Lamborghini motor in a Daewoo, because in the first scenario the car chassis is completely incapable of controlling the amount of power the motor puts out, and in the second scenario, the internal computer components do not rely on the case for their performance at all.
Okay, it's computer upgrade time. My old Core 2 Quad setup has held in for a surprisingly long time but I'm starting to run into things it can't do as well. Upgrading the processor means I need to get a new motherboard and RAM, of course, but I'm planning on keeping the graphics card (GTX660), power supply (a 550W SeaSonic) and hard drives.
Does this look okay? I've been out of the loop for a while. Can I go cheaper on the processor? I know that only the "K" models will let you overclock now, although when I was overclocking my Q9400, I could never keep it stable at the speeds I wanted for more than a couple months. Is it worth the trouble?
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
That looks fine, although you'll need an aftermarket CPU cooler to overclock. I have my i7-3770K at 4.5 GHz just because I can.
Both Xbone and ps4 have genuine octocore processors, so eventually console game devs will figure out how to take advantage of this and make their products more multithreaded. However HT doesn't increase compute, but makes it so there is no wait between computes; it handles better lots of tasks that are similar in some way (hence the application in rendering, encoding, folding, virus scan) and doesn't help at all for 1 really big serial task; or maybe this description helps.
IMO console game devs will focus on how to best use multiple compute cores available, rather than try to take advantage of HT-not-really-cores cores.
HT does increase compute though. Or it will in any situation where not all of the components of a core are being used each cycle. There's also a hefty amount of dark magic going on to make HT give as much of a performance boost as possible.
In my rig, turning on HT and using 8 threads gives a straight up x2 performance boost to using simulationcraft vs no HT and 4 threads. I see similar performance gains in most tasks that actually load my processor to 100%.
Looking at some of the prices you guys post makes me feel really spoiled living so close to a microcenter, do they not ship stuff?
All of their really good deals are in store pick up only. It really sucks that theres only one in California; I used to live 2 hours from it but now I live like 7
Both Xbone and ps4 have genuine octocore processors, so eventually console game devs will figure out how to take advantage of this and make their products more multithreaded. However HT doesn't increase compute, but makes it so there is no wait between computes; it handles better lots of tasks that are similar in some way (hence the application in rendering, encoding, folding, virus scan) and doesn't help at all for 1 really big serial task; or maybe this description helps.
IMO console game devs will focus on how to best use multiple compute cores available, rather than try to take advantage of HT-not-really-cores cores.
Yeah the 360 had 6 threads it could use but PC ports typically used 2-3.
Okay, it's computer upgrade time. My old Core 2 Quad setup has held in for a surprisingly long time but I'm starting to run into things it can't do as well. Upgrading the processor means I need to get a new motherboard and RAM, of course, but I'm planning on keeping the graphics card (GTX660), power supply (a 550W SeaSonic) and hard drives.
Does this look okay? I've been out of the loop for a while. Can I go cheaper on the processor? I know that only the "K" models will let you overclock now, although when I was overclocking my Q9400, I could never keep it stable at the speeds I wanted for more than a couple months. Is it worth the trouble?
If you're not going to overclock you can get the processor for 30 less.
HT cores are not compute cores. For simplicities sake you could consider HT a doubling of the pipeline feeding the compute/execution core. The vast majority of applications will see absolutely no benefit from HT. That said, for workflows that take advantage of HT they can give significant benefit. I cannot think of any game that works better with HT vs a similarly clocked non-HT cup. W/r/to published benchmarks i7's beat i5's only to the extent that they are clocked higher.
Okay, it's computer upgrade time. My old Core 2 Quad setup has held in for a surprisingly long time but I'm starting to run into things it can't do as well. Upgrading the processor means I need to get a new motherboard and RAM, of course, but I'm planning on keeping the graphics card (GTX660), power supply (a 550W SeaSonic) and hard drives.
Does this look okay? I've been out of the loop for a while. Can I go cheaper on the processor? I know that only the "K" models will let you overclock now, although when I was overclocking my Q9400, I could never keep it stable at the speeds I wanted for more than a couple months. Is it worth the trouble?
If you're not going to overclock you can get the processor for 30 less.
Or, if you live near a Microcenter you can get the 4670K in-store for $180.
Looking around, it seems I can get a 240GB Crucial M500 for $130 shipped on Amazon, or even a few bucks less elsewhere. Is there any convincing reason to spring for the more expensive Samsung option? I see a lot of recommendations for the latter.
I'd like to get a 240 GB model as that'll give me enough overhead to use it as a primary drive for the foreseeable future. I don't tend to keep a lot of media hanging around.
There's a few different SSD technologies out there. It usually breaks down that the cheaper ones are a tech that will not last as long as the more expensive ones, and are a bit slower. That being said, even the cheap ones ought to last 5 or so years with normal use.
There's a few different SSD technologies out there. It usually breaks down that the cheaper ones are a tech that will not last as long as the more expensive ones, and are a bit slower. That being said, even the cheap ones ought to last 5 or so years with normal use.
Shrug, even TLC based SSDs will last ages unless you're using a tiny one.
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toloveistorebel Impressive. Most impressive. Central FLRegistered Userregular
edited February 2014
Alright so I've started putting my current build into my new Corsair Carbide Air 540. Here are some photos I took while working on things. This was over a few days.
Here's a component list:
CPU: i7 3770K
Cooler: Cooler Master 212 EVO (Ordered. Will be here 2/12/14)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme3
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X 8GB (2x4GB) 1600
GPU: Sapphire 7870 XT (Tahiti LE)
Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex 4, 64GB
HDD: 500GB 7200RPM
Old PSU: Non 80+ 500W Rosewill.
New PSU: Seasonic G Series 650W Semi Modular
Old Case: Rosewill Blackbone
New Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540
Fans: 3 Corsair AF120 White LED on front (intake), 1 AF140 stock fan on rear (exhaust), 2 AF140 stock fans on top (exhaust).
Fan Controller: NZXT Sentry Mix 2
So here we go!
Case arrives.
Decent packaging. Cool bag protective bag thing.
Here she is!
Corsair
Time for the transplant.
Before the takedown.
Progress.
Cable management was difficult with the PSU having super short wiring, and the back panel not offering much space or many holes.
The parts. Actually didn't include the DVD drive in the new case.
Main compartment.
Isolated PSU/Drives/etc compartment.
Putting the parts in.
Got some AF120 While LED fans, with 2 more on the way. Its gonna be 3 of those in the front and the stock 140's in the top and back.
Got my new PSU on Saturday. Time to take out the old one and put in the new.
Was nice having a semi modular unit. So many left over cables.
Before the PSU swap.
I got some birthday money and ordered 2 more AF120's, a Hyper 212 EVO, and a NZXT fan controller. Should be here Wednesday. I'll post some pictures of the finished build after that.
EDIT: Added fan info and controller info to spec list.
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zucchinirobotheropretty much amazingRegistered Userregular
edited February 2014
Going to put this in its own thread so as not to clutter actual building
Looking around, it seems I can get a 240GB Crucial M500 for $130 shipped on Amazon, or even a few bucks less elsewhere. Is there any convincing reason to spring for the more expensive Samsung option? I see a lot of recommendations for the latter.
I'd like to get a 240 GB model as that'll give me enough overhead to use it as a primary drive for the foreseeable future. I don't tend to keep a lot of media hanging around.
That's a great price and a good SSD. Unless you were looking for a Samsung 840 Pro, I don't think there's any reason to go with Samsung over Crucial. I think the M500 is better than their M4 which was one of the most popular SSDs for a good while.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Aww damnit you got three velcro ties! I only got one with my SS-760! I did get a natty little velcro bag (to put my PSU in?), though.
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toloveistorebel Impressive. Most impressive. Central FLRegistered Userregular
Yeah I think my bag is only a drawstring type. I think I might use it in my golf bag for tees and markers and such. Instead of the typical Crown Royal bags everyone uses.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Oops, I meant velour, not velcro. Still drawstring though, and I'm using it to hold the nylon fold-out thing that the spare cables are kept in.
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toloveistorebel Impressive. Most impressive. Central FLRegistered Userregular
Oops, I meant velour, not velcro. Still drawstring though, and I'm using it to hold the nylon fold-out thing that the spare cables are kept in.
Oh ok. That's what mine has then. Mine didn't come with a nylon fold-out thing though. Sounds fancy!
For anyone that uses the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo (or Plus even I guess), did you use the included thermal paste? Is it decent or should I get some Arctic Silver or something? Anyway I slice it its gonna be miles ahead of the stock cooler. So if its only going to be a degree or two difference its not really worth it to me.
EDIT: Good heavens. Cooling will be especially nice having three fans in the front. Its basically going to be a straight wind tunnel from the front top fan > fan on the 212 Evo > rear AF140. I'm gonna have my own polar vortex going on here.
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Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
Oops, I meant velour, not velcro. Still drawstring though, and I'm using it to hold the nylon fold-out thing that the spare cables are kept in.
Oh ok. That's what mine has then. Mine didn't come with a nylon fold-out thing though. Sounds fancy!
For anyone that uses the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo (or Plus even I guess), did you use the included thermal paste? Is it decent or should I get some Arctic Silver or something? Anyway I slice it its gonna be miles ahead of the stock cooler. So if its only going to be a degree or two difference its not really worth it to me.
EDIT: Good heavens. Cooling will be especially nice having three fans in the front. Its basically going to be a straight wind tunnel from the front top fan > fan on the 212 Evo > rear AF140. I'm gonna have my own polar vortex going on here.
It looks like there's plenty of room up the top of the case for an H100i, too!
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toloveistorebel Impressive. Most impressive. Central FLRegistered Userregular
Oops, I meant velour, not velcro. Still drawstring though, and I'm using it to hold the nylon fold-out thing that the spare cables are kept in.
Oh ok. That's what mine has then. Mine didn't come with a nylon fold-out thing though. Sounds fancy!
For anyone that uses the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo (or Plus even I guess), did you use the included thermal paste? Is it decent or should I get some Arctic Silver or something? Anyway I slice it its gonna be miles ahead of the stock cooler. So if its only going to be a degree or two difference its not really worth it to me.
EDIT: Good heavens. Cooling will be especially nice having three fans in the front. Its basically going to be a straight wind tunnel from the front top fan > fan on the 212 Evo > rear AF140. I'm gonna have my own polar vortex going on here.
It looks like there's plenty of room up the top of the case for an H100i, too!
Yeah there's just a ridiculous amount of room for any kind of water cooling in this case. It will be a year or two before I start doing a custom loop or anything. I have a feeling since I'm getting a 212 Evo that when the time comes I'll skip the AIO route and just go straight to a custom loop. Of course I would need more monitors to make it worth it to have more powerful components to make it worth it to watercool everything :-)
So a couple months back I bought a new machine, finally got it assembled last week
The case was a Bitfenix Phenom M
Holy mother of fuck was that case a pain in the ass to work in
It looks nice and it's got really good airflow for a case of its size but I swear I had to actually build that thing like five times to get everything to fit properly
So a couple months back I bought a new machine, finally got it assembled last week
The case was a Bitfenix Phenom M
Holy mother of fuck was that case a pain in the ass to work in
It looks nice and it's got really good airflow for a case of its size but I swear I had to actually build that thing like five times to get everything to fit properly
Got any pictures? I'm thinking about this case. What were the issues you had?
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GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
edited February 2014
Case check-in: Still in love with my Corsair Carbide 500R. Best case I've ever owned (I've had it for hmmm, two years now? Something like that).
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It's not about bang for your buck, at the same mhz the I7 has no benefit for gaming or normal computer use. I dunno about which is better for overclocking.
I don't want to make the wrong choice here, so if I am wrong do you have anything to show that?
I guess the key thing here is if games will suddenly start utilizing HT.
The L3 cache is larger on the i7, what kind of noticeable impact would that have?
This is always something that's said and it's never really turned out to be a factor for most games, not yet anyway. Don't sweat the i5 instead of the i7 unless you have non-gaming needs for it.
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As long as you have a case that has all the features you want (front USB3.0, vent filters, decent cable management) and is built solid and strong, then spending more money on it just takes away from the budget for better parts. It's nothing at all like putting a Lamborghini motor in a Daewoo, because in the first scenario the car chassis is completely incapable of controlling the amount of power the motor puts out, and in the second scenario, the internal computer components do not rely on the case for their performance at all.
Besides, the 350D is a nice little case.
If games do suddenly start going multi-core in a big way, hey, at least the i5s have four solid, high performing cores in them.
If you're planning on doing anything other than gaming, such as video/image editing, hyperthreading is a godsend.
My ideal case is a nearly featureless black box. No LEDs. No markings. No plexiglass windows. Just a box.
Thankfully, such a wonderful contraption exists.. Technically it does have a front power LED, but I definitely did not plug it in.
I was being tongue in cheek!
Also it was on sale for $100.
Here's what I priced out so far:
Core i5-4670K - $240
ASRock Z87 "Extreme3" - $115
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 (Corsair ValueSelect) - $79
Does this look okay? I've been out of the loop for a while. Can I go cheaper on the processor? I know that only the "K" models will let you overclock now, although when I was overclocking my Q9400, I could never keep it stable at the speeds I wanted for more than a couple months. Is it worth the trouble?
IMO console game devs will focus on how to best use multiple compute cores available, rather than try to take advantage of HT-not-really-cores cores.
In my rig, turning on HT and using 8 threads gives a straight up x2 performance boost to using simulationcraft vs no HT and 4 threads. I see similar performance gains in most tasks that actually load my processor to 100%.
All of their really good deals are in store pick up only. It really sucks that theres only one in California; I used to live 2 hours from it but now I live like 7
Yeah the 360 had 6 threads it could use but PC ports typically used 2-3.
If you're not going to overclock you can get the processor for 30 less.
http://www.microcenter.com/product/413251/Core_i5_4670K_34GHz_Socket_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor
Looking around, it seems I can get a 240GB Crucial M500 for $130 shipped on Amazon, or even a few bucks less elsewhere. Is there any convincing reason to spring for the more expensive Samsung option? I see a lot of recommendations for the latter.
I'd like to get a 240 GB model as that'll give me enough overhead to use it as a primary drive for the foreseeable future. I don't tend to keep a lot of media hanging around.
Shrug, even TLC based SSDs will last ages unless you're using a tiny one.
Here's a component list:
Cooler: Cooler Master 212 EVO (Ordered. Will be here 2/12/14)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme3
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X 8GB (2x4GB) 1600
GPU: Sapphire 7870 XT (Tahiti LE)
Boot Drive: OCZ Vertex 4, 64GB
HDD: 500GB 7200RPM
Old PSU: Non 80+ 500W Rosewill.
New PSU: Seasonic G Series 650W Semi Modular
Old Case: Rosewill Blackbone
New Case: Corsair Carbide Air 540
Fans: 3 Corsair AF120 White LED on front (intake), 1 AF140 stock fan on rear (exhaust), 2 AF140 stock fans on top (exhaust).
Fan Controller: NZXT Sentry Mix 2
So here we go!
Decent packaging. Cool bag protective bag thing.
Here she is!
Corsair
Time for the transplant.
Before the takedown.
Progress.
Cable management was difficult with the PSU having super short wiring, and the back panel not offering much space or many holes.
The parts. Actually didn't include the DVD drive in the new case.
Main compartment.
Isolated PSU/Drives/etc compartment.
Putting the parts in.
Got some AF120 While LED fans, with 2 more on the way. Its gonna be 3 of those in the front and the stock 140's in the top and back.
Got my new PSU on Saturday. Time to take out the old one and put in the new.
Was nice having a semi modular unit. So many left over cables.
Before the PSU swap.
I got some birthday money and ordered 2 more AF120's, a Hyper 212 EVO, and a NZXT fan controller. Should be here Wednesday. I'll post some pictures of the finished build after that.
EDIT: Added fan info and controller info to spec list.
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That's a great price and a good SSD. Unless you were looking for a Samsung 840 Pro, I don't think there's any reason to go with Samsung over Crucial. I think the M500 is better than their M4 which was one of the most popular SSDs for a good while.
Oh ok. That's what mine has then. Mine didn't come with a nylon fold-out thing though. Sounds fancy!
For anyone that uses the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo (or Plus even I guess), did you use the included thermal paste? Is it decent or should I get some Arctic Silver or something? Anyway I slice it its gonna be miles ahead of the stock cooler. So if its only going to be a degree or two difference its not really worth it to me.
EDIT: Good heavens. Cooling will be especially nice having three fans in the front. Its basically going to be a straight wind tunnel from the front top fan > fan on the 212 Evo > rear AF140. I'm gonna have my own polar vortex going on here.
It looks like there's plenty of room up the top of the case for an H100i, too!
Yeah there's just a ridiculous amount of room for any kind of water cooling in this case. It will be a year or two before I start doing a custom loop or anything. I have a feeling since I'm getting a 212 Evo that when the time comes I'll skip the AIO route and just go straight to a custom loop. Of course I would need more monitors to make it worth it to have more powerful components to make it worth it to watercool everything :-)
The case was a Bitfenix Phenom M
Holy mother of fuck was that case a pain in the ass to work in
It looks nice and it's got really good airflow for a case of its size but I swear I had to actually build that thing like five times to get everything to fit properly
Got any pictures? I'm thinking about this case. What were the issues you had?