Sky May 20, 2015 Share Sky Member May 20, 2015 Hey everyone. It has been an incredibly long time since I've done anything on the PC side of gaming. However, I've built a new gaming rig, and on my end, it's working great, but thought I'd share it with everyone. {Motherboard} ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z{Processor} AMD FX 9370 Black Octacore{RAM} Kingston Hyper-X Beast @ 2,133MHz 16GB (2dimm){Cooling} Corsair H100i GTX{Additional Cooling} 8x Corsair SP120 (120mm) Performance @ 2,350rpm{Graphics} XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB{Audio} Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty PCIe card/front I/O{Case} NZXT Phantom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madvillain May 22, 2015 Share Madvillain Member May 22, 2015 Pretty sweet, enjoy Sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookback May 22, 2015 Share Lookback Member May 22, 2015 I want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky May 25, 2015 Author Share Sky Member May 25, 2015 Here's my current setup; I gave two of the 21" screens to my brother, since I sort of ran out of room. Speaking of my brother, I built a similar system for him... Here's a photo of it before wire management. The only real differences are... 1. Same case, but red. 2. Running Patriot Viper Xtreme 4dimm 4GB @ 1,866MHz 3. Corsair 850Modular PSU 4. Different cooling unit: Corsair H55 (it's a more entry-level. A little higher temps, but still nothing dangerous) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordbaby May 26, 2015 Share lordbaby Member May 26, 2015 Pretty good. I personally prefer intel platform, can also go with : ASUS x99pro platform ~$325 Intel i7 core 5820k ~$380 Corsair Vengeance LPX 4gbx4 pc4 21300 ~$190 XFX Radeon R9 290 ~$330 or wait for the 300 series Can upgrade where it is needed, this is a build with good value imo. Cooler and PSU are easier to decide... a 4k mointor and a good ssd are important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky May 26, 2015 Author Share Sky Member May 26, 2015 Personally, I own a 4K monitor and don't feel they're all that necessary, yet. On the gaming side, most games don't "officially" support it, and you really need a multiple-gpu setup to run games at that resolution smoothly while also looking pretty. I do, however, run an Intel PCIe SSD with 3gbps r / 2gbps w Intel CPU's are generally slightly better, but nothing game-changing when related to purely gaming. I don't use my machine for anything outside of gaming, there's really nothing that I do that requires the best-of-the-best, or even close to it, really. From a gaming perspective, I find that it's just a difference in preference; CPU's are so fast these days that I imagine games are hard-pressed to fully utilize them, and there are still many games that don't run threaded, or use multiple cores, for that matter. I'm also an avid console gamer, owning both a Wii U and an PS4. Speaking of hardware, prior to installing anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage May 29, 2015 Share ZeroDamage Member May 29, 2015 Depends on the games really. Most games will play just fine on AMD CPUs without a hitch (maybe a few fps difference) but some games those few fps make all the difference. I personally prefer the AMD stuff for budget minded builds but currently run an Intel system while I wait for the next gen AMD stuff to see how it performs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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