Dream Machines 2017-18
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 4:03 pm
How about a thread about building new machines? Anyone with thoughts about current generation stuff like boards, processors, cards, power & cooling & all the rest, or next gen stuff we might want to wait for is invited to share their wisdom.
This is my current rig in $CAD built back in 2008 when I was still getting nice fat paychecks every 2 weeks.
$ 274.42 Case Coolermaster Cosmos S will outlive me
$ 352.99 Mobo Asus Rampage Formula all the bells & whistles, dual gigabit LAN!
$ 229.49 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16 Mhz OC'd to 3.8 Mhz or better but couldn't make 4.4
$ 262.69 Memory G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR2 1100 just works
$ 114.99 PSU PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 Quad couple poor molex connectors but dual-card-ready
$1084.95 Video SAPPHIRE ATOMIC HD 4870 X2 2G GDDR5 Finally died this spring. I figure I had the fastest single-slot card in Canada for about 2 weeks & it still hangs to the side by strings watercooling the CPU!
$ 349.00 New Video SAPPHIRE NITRO R9 380 factory OC'd, air-cooled
$ 379.99 Monitor LG 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (L226WA) meh, had to recap its power board, I like the format
$ 146.79 HDD WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB SATA 3 solid
$ 150.00? " 2 x Seagate ST3500320AS in Raid 0 solid, but poor molex power connectors made raid drop out
sometimes
Total - $ 3,000.00 + peripherals ( 11 fans, Nostromo, gaming mouse, headset, etc....OUCH!)
Expensive, but 9 years out of a gaming system ain't bad!
OK, CPU is my main bottleneck so I need mobo, memory, cpu (& a way to cool it), and some faster, bigger storage.
This is my current rig in $CAD built back in 2008 when I was still getting nice fat paychecks every 2 weeks.
$ 274.42 Case Coolermaster Cosmos S will outlive me
$ 352.99 Mobo Asus Rampage Formula all the bells & whistles, dual gigabit LAN!
$ 229.49 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16 Mhz OC'd to 3.8 Mhz or better but couldn't make 4.4
$ 262.69 Memory G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR2 1100 just works
$ 114.99 PSU PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 Quad couple poor molex connectors but dual-card-ready
$1084.95 Video SAPPHIRE ATOMIC HD 4870 X2 2G GDDR5 Finally died this spring. I figure I had the fastest single-slot card in Canada for about 2 weeks & it still hangs to the side by strings watercooling the CPU!
$ 349.00 New Video SAPPHIRE NITRO R9 380 factory OC'd, air-cooled
$ 379.99 Monitor LG 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor (L226WA) meh, had to recap its power board, I like the format
$ 146.79 HDD WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB SATA 3 solid
$ 150.00? " 2 x Seagate ST3500320AS in Raid 0 solid, but poor molex power connectors made raid drop out
sometimes
Total - $ 3,000.00 + peripherals ( 11 fans, Nostromo, gaming mouse, headset, etc....OUCH!)
Expensive, but 9 years out of a gaming system ain't bad!
OK, CPU is my main bottleneck so I need mobo, memory, cpu (& a way to cool it), and some faster, bigger storage.