Building my new rig

[pocaracas]

Steel, don't forget to use spacers when mounting the mobo... It's good to avoid short circuits...

[Edwardo Piet]

You lost me at not a gamer.

Well, not a pc gamer at least...

PC gaming is the only gaming I do.

I've done Playstation, I've done Xbox.

I've done Sega Megadrive/Genesis.

PC is always superior. Always. Even with the awesome gaming console that was the Megadrive/Genesis, there are now PC emulators for that.

PC. Is. Always. Superior. Always.


I can't afford to PC game but if I was serious about gaming doing anything but PC gaming seems pointless. I'd save up for a gaming PC if I was serious.

Or, just play the old classic PC games like I do in my spare time. The majority of video games in general games suck nowadays (IMO, that part is just my opinion). Sure there are some good ones and Fallout 4 is bound to be awesome: But it's also bound to be 80 billion times better on PC. Because... because PC.

[bennyboy]

Nice rig...
What do you need that much horse power for, if not gaming?

I used to stay about a year behind: slightly old MB but not too old, the tried-and-true DDR, not the bleeding edge.

These days, though, with a good system costing well under $1000, and with less revolutionary change in non-gaming apps, it's probably worth building a decent system right up front. I now have computers that are 3 or 5 years old, and are holding up perfectly well, even for gaming.

So I think, this rig, which is a little bit of overkill, will probabably run Window 12 or MS office 2020 (or their Linux equivalents) with essentially no loss in computing joy.

[ignoramus]

Fwiw, water cooling will help to keep the parts cool (CPU,GPU,chipsets,ram) when o/c'ing, but the main reason is for quietness. I don't o/c mine, but because mine is "open", the fan noises are amplified.
With water cooling, you just have one or 2 slow moving 6 inch fans blowing air through the radiator only.
Mine's a custom setup using a Toyota heater core as the radiator.
(It really is mild compared to some crazies out there though)

[bennyboy]

Fwiw, water cooling will help to keep the parts cool (CPU,GPU,chipsets,ram) when o/c'ing, but the main reason is for quietness. I don't o/c mine, but because mine is "open",  the fan noises are amplified.
With water cooling, you just have one or 2 slow moving 6 inch fans blowing air through the radiator only.
Mine's a custom setup using a Toyota heater core as the radiator.
(It really is mild compared to some crazies out there though)

The program "speedfan" will make the fans in a modern system very quiet, except when you are doing some intensive CPU work (like encoding video files or something). Leave on "Automatic fan speed," but then manually crank down everything to zero, and it will level them up to the necessary speed.

I don't know the Linux equivalent, but I can say I just ran the program now, and it's like that feeling you get when you notice the refrigerator just turned off-- ahhhh silence!

[Edwardo Piet]

That could make Skype calling less noisy due to computer fan.

There's bound to be a catch though. I don't like using software that will affect my hardware too much, my PC might implode.

[bennyboy]

That could make Skype calling less noisy due to computer fan.

There's bound to be a catch though. I don't like using software that will affect my hardware too much, my PC might implode.

No, not at all.  Speedfan monitors every available heat core, and it shows you the temperature that everything is reporting at.  If you leave on the automatic setting, it will still crank up the fan to full speed if necessary.  I don't even bother to use it when I'm gaming, because all my fans will be roaring away.  But if I'm recording audio or leaving the comp on overnight (it's in my bedroom), it's an absolute must-have.

I wouldn't bother getting too hacky with it: just leave "automatic" on, and turn down your CPU and GPU fans to 0, and they will right away go up to a sensible (and guaranteed quieter unless you're gaming) setting.

Speedfan also gives you very useful info: how hard your CPUs are working, the fitness of your hard drives, etc. Try it (or google it) and you'll see it's a must have

[SteelCurtain]

Fwiw, water cooling will help to keep the parts cool (CPU,GPU,chipsets,ram) when o/c'ing, but the main reason is for quietness. I don't o/c mine, but because mine is "open", the fan noises are amplified.
With water cooling, you just have one or 2 slow moving 6 inch fans blowing air through the radiator only.
Mine's a custom setup using a Toyota heater core as the radiator.
(It really is mild compared to some crazies out there though)

I agree, but this included fan is pretty quiet, and the case has 3 ultra-quiet 120mm fans built in. I'll try it out, and if it keeps me awake, I'll snag some water cooling goodness. I'm sure I'll get there eventually, but it's just not necessary at this point.

[pocaracas]

3 120mm fans?
Lol, no matter how ultra-super-mega-quiet they are... 3 will be too loud to sleep in the vicinity.

[SteelCurtain]

We shall see. If it's too loud, I will remedy that.

Upon review of the case specs, it's actually 2x120mm fans, (one front/one back) and a mounting space for a 3rd on the side grille.

So two. But I like white noise when I sleep.