PC build thread

[marurun]

Do you have a price cap you've set for yourself? I found a neat new brand on Newegg that seems to use one of the standard OEMs for manufacturing, but better parts (like JPN caps).

[marlowe221]

Do you have a price cap you've set for yourself? I found a neat new brand on Newegg that seems to use one of the standard OEMs for manufacturing, but better parts (like JPN caps).

Uh... not sure. I'm looking at spending around $350 or so at most I guess.

Can you share the link to newegg?

[marurun]

Wait, wait... Is the $350 for card and PSU? Or just for the card?

The PSU I bought is by Fractal Designs. I read a review on-line of one of their models and basically it was a standard OEM design but with some higher quality parts, like caps.

[marlowe221]

Wait, wait... Is the $350 for card and PSU? Or just for the card?

The PSU I bought is by Fractal Designs. I read a review on-line of one of their models and basically it was a standard OEM design but with some higher quality parts, like caps.

That's how much I have to spend - on some combination of items.

Edit: Based on what is probably an unhealthy amount of research I have done on the topic over the past week, my current plan is to buy a graphics card now(ish) and then worry about the power supply in a few months or so. I have been recommended the XFX TS line of PSUs and will likely buy one of those.

[marlowe221]

Is $289 a good deal on a 970?

It's a Zotac.

Also, is it a better idea to buy a card that doesn't have too much of an OC over the reference model and then OC it myself or buy one that is higher OC'd out of the box but costs more money?

[fastbilly1]

You would be coming in $40-50 off list, so yeah, thats a great deal if you can get it.

As for the overclocking, thats really your call. Do you feel confident in your ability to overclock the card? If not, buying a factory overclock is probably a better idea. Personally I do not overclock until late in the hardware's life to get an extra bit of life out of it.


So I am looking at a new NAS for when I am video editing (Avid and Adobe) to hold the raw files. In the past this was always gigabit cat 5e, about six feet worth. Well I have two thoughts now, I could go with an LC fiber crossover cable and get a full 10gig speed, or I could daisy chain a bunch of USB3 drives (what the files come in anyway) and cap out at 5gigs per port. My gut is to start with Cat6, then upgrade the LC fiber down the road when I really need it. But has anyone daisy chained USB3 drives? I am thinking something like four or five hotswappable drivebays hooked up to a USB3 hub. I would not want to use it for scratch disks, but it could work and would be a helluva lot cheaper than a file server.

[marlowe221]

You would be coming in $40-50 off list, so yeah, thats a great deal if you can get it.

As for the overclocking, thats really your call. Do you feel confident in your ability to overclock the card? If not, buying a factory overclock is probably a better idea. Personally I do not overclock until late in the hardware's life to get an extra bit of life out of it.

I've literally never overclocked anything in my life.

The PC I have now is the first gaming rig I have ever had and this is my first upgrade from the original components.

But I thought I might educate myself on the subject and give it a whirl.

[MrPopo]

Overclocking isn't as impressive as it used to be unless you're really an enthusiast. If you want a factory overclock go for it, otherwise leave it alone. Then when the machine gets end of life you can look into going into some real overclocking and educate yourself then.

[noiseredux]

So I had brought this up last week or so in the RGT thread (here: http://racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 0#p1005250), but I'm interested in getting a floppy drive for my PC that can read Amiga discs directly. However, this is apparently not possible without some specific hardware. Tanooki linked some articles and stuff, and the gist of it to me was "you can do it - but you need some specific shit" - and I don't totally understand what I do need.

Ideally, I'd like to install this internally so that it looks nice and neat. Can anyone help me better understand what it is I need to do this properly?

I *think* if I understand correctly, I can get a "Catweasel" which is a PCI card that lets you internally install a floppy drive into a PC. (It also allows you to plug in Amiga keyboard, mouse, joystick if you want). But my confusion is - do you need an Amiga floppy drive or ANY floppy drive?

Overclocking isn't as impressive as it used to be unless you're really an enthusiast. If you want a factory overclock go for it, otherwise leave it alone. Then when the machine gets end of life you can look into going into some real overclocking and educate yourself then.

this is totally the camp I'm in. I bought a 4690k and my Zotac 970 w/ the idea that I *could* easily overclock them. But I haven't. I can't imagine any reason why I'd need to right now. Nor could I imagine seeing any difference. But I figured that as time goes on and this hardware gets long in the tooth, I'll have the opportunity to do so and have while knowing that if I fuck anything up it'll be time to upgrade anyway.

[fastbilly1]

Noise why are you trying to run Amiga floppies? You got a local source?

In looking for an internal Amiga 3.5 drive, I came across this controller for adding a 5.25 drive to your pc:
http://webstore.kryoflux.com/catalog/pr ... ucts_id=28