PC build thread

[emwearz]

I'm not sure, since I haven't really tried that. I did a clean install on my main PC not too long ago, but didn't change any hardware (I did upgrade to a GTX1080 shortly before doing so though). Simply saying I'd put a serial in later/etc resulted in it being activated once everything got set up.

I changed my Mobo, CPU, RAM (to Z170, Skylake and DDR4), reinstalled windows, did the same thing and Windows 10 was activated by the time I was on my desktop.

I had issues in the past with Windows 8/8.1, where I had to call them every time I changed some pieces of hardware, however since using Windows 10, I have had zero issues with activation.

[emwearz]

Would anyone here be interested in a benchmark thread? We can compare scores on CPU's GPU, etc, to help each other know where things sit for future upgrades as well as giving some drive to do a bit of overclocking.

Not sure how many people would be interested or which benchmarks people prefer (example, maybe 3DMark/Unigine Heaven for GPU, Cinebench R15 for CUP's).

If you have any interest let me know and I will create a thread with links to free benchmakrs, etc and we can get a thread going, if there is no interested (which I am not sure on the community's interest, hence this post) no harm, no foul.

[Ziggy]

I'm not sure if I would participate my own PC's benchmarks, but I wouldn't mind a thread like that. At the very least, I would read it.

[SpaceBooger]

Ok, so it seemed that the HD was the issue... but I kept all the upgrades anyway. Here is what I now have:
NEW
GPU: GTX 980
CPU: AMD FX 6300 (not much of an improvement from my 6100, but for the price and limited 95w choices, I am happy)
RAM: 16gb Corsair Vengeance Pro
HD: Seagate Firecuda 2TB Hybrid SSHD

OLD
PSU 700W
MB: GIGABYTE GA-M68MT-S2P

Next upgrade will be a new processor and motherboard... but not for a while.

[emwearz]

How much did you sink into the GTX 980?

[SpaceBooger]

How much did you sink into the GTX 980?

$270 NIVIDA brand on clearance (bestbuy.com).
I read the reviews and comparisons and found that on most games the 980 out performed the 1060. With the 1060 not in stock and the 980 still costing $4-500 I jumped on the deal.

[noiseredux]

nice, Fred. Congrats. Nothing like some new PC hardware to make you feel like a boss.

[emwearz]

Great price to pay for the GTX980, other than the 6GB framebuffer, there is not real reason to pick up a GTX1060 over the 980, at that price you can not go wrong.

[Xeogred]

Great price to pay for the GTX980, other than the 6GB framebuffer, there is not real reason to pick up a GTX1060 over the 980, at that price you can not go wrong.

Right after I bought a 1060...

[emwearz]

They trade blows with one another, the 980 tends to come out on top in most cases, but only by a few frames and the GTX1060 has 50% more VRAM. So it is a modest tradeoff for the extra VRAM.