My new computer build

[SikSemper]

Here's my new computer build. Runs every game including crysis 3 maxed settings, 45+fps.
Specs:
Case: Corsair 750D - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811139024
CPU: i7 5930k - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product
Graphics Card: Asus GTX 980 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814121900 (Badass)
Motherboard: Asus X99 Deluxe http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813132260
Power Supply: Evga SuperNova 1300w - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817438011
SSD Hard Drive x 2: Samsung 840 Evo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820147249
Mechanical Hard Drive x2: Western Digital - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136941
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance LPX - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820233698
Blu-ray Burner: Asus Black - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827135252
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DX 7.1 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6829132006
Operating System: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6832416804
CPU Cooler: Corsair H110 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835181035
Fans x4: Cougar CF-V14HP - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835553016
Fan Controller: ZXT AC-SEN-3-B1 Sentry - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811992013
Lighting: NZXT HUE - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811992011

With the NZXT Hue LED controller I can make any color I want in the case, with different fade, flash, and color switching modes

I'm sure I'm forgetting something somewhere.

Total cost - $3300 USD.
Was it worth it? Hell yes. This thing shats on everything.

Pics: (low light ones are focused kind of bad, sorry)

[Click16]

Freaking sweet build!

[SikSemper]

Freaking sweet build!

Thank you!

[DoorM4n]

Wow man, you were right. this is insane!!

[NotZachary82]

What's the maximum framerate? 45+ on max is something I can reach with my build that cost less than 1/3 of your setup.

Haven't made the jump to DDR4 yet, looking forward to, but I doubt that'll be anytime soon because I'm dirt poor ;_; ... Which brings me to my next point, what's your opinion of that motherboard? Kinda has some ass reviews on newegg.

[DoorM4n]

What's the maximum framerate? 45+ on max is something I can reach with my build that cost less than 1/3 of your setup.

Haven't made the jump to DDR4 yet, looking forward to, but I doubt that'll be anytime soon because I'm dirt poor ;_; ... Which brings me to my next point, what's your opinion of that motherboard? Kinda has some ass reviews on newegg.

Interesting, I have the GTX 760 and I can run everything on ultra also and valve games typically get around 300fps. Am I reading it wrong? My build was only $750--which I thought was too much when I bought it

[SikSemper]

I can run any older generation game at ridiculous frame rates everything maxed, anti aliasing, post process, etc. But when it comes to the newer generation games like crysis 3 it runs max 60 and I'd say average 45. That's with every single setting maxed though at 1080p and I mean all the settings. Try a game like crysis 3 because that's the real test. You're just not going to get super frame rates without SLI on these games. I have one of the fastest processors and the best GPU out, not to mention my ram. But yeah on any game besides these new ones (amazing graphical detail might I add) I can run super high fps.

NotZachary, What games are you testing this with?

DoorM4n, what game did you run at 300fps? lol.

Here's some pics of H2V, Crysis 3, and Far cry 4 (far cry isn't as demanding though)

H2V LOL, Renders so fast that it lags my mouse and I have to set a 30fps cap on the game to play it. 500fps and in the pregame lobby it's 1000 fps.


Crysis 3






Far Cry 4

[SikSemper]

What's the maximum framerate? 45+ on max is something I can reach with my build that cost less than 1/3 of your setup.

Haven't made the jump to DDR4 yet, looking forward to, but I doubt that'll be anytime soon because I'm dirt poor ;_; ... Which brings me to my next point, what's your opinion of that motherboard? Kinda has some ass reviews on newegg.

Sorry forgot to reply to the second part. The motherboard is aesthetically amazing, and preforms the same. I went with it because:

1. it was Asus, I've always been a big fan of asus. (not particularly their ROG series)
2. Met the requirements I wanted
3. Has good on-board audio (this is going to be my music studio PC) although I bought a sound card anyways.
5. Bios, I love the bios this thing comes with
4. it looked awesome.

I've had no problems at all with this board, overclocks well, easy to set up my SSD Raid, Overclocking was super simple and stable. In most cases I would have went away because of the reviews but you also have to think that only a small percent of people who have no problems and love a product will actually take the time to post a positive review, but 99 percent of people who have a problem will post. That being said, there were a lot of people having problems (probably 50 percent user error though). So I took a chance because I wanted the features it came with (shit ton for that matter) in fact I compared to the similarly priced competitors and it had the same or more features (thank you newegg compare tool). Absolutely no problems and I love the board and I'm glad I chose it over everything else.

[DoorM4n]

lol im running CSS. Pretty much all valve games--even new ones--get these stats.
Am i reading it wrong? I don't really know the technicalities

[SikSemper]

lol im running CSS. Pretty much all valve games--even new ones--get these stats.
Am i reading it wrong? I don't really know the technicalities

Aa far as valve games go, they're very optimized. They look fantastic but aren't super demanding at the same time. You do have a really good graphics card though and it may actually be running at 300+ Fps on a game like that. I use fraps to determine my framerate in realtime. Google: "fraps free download" or something along the lines of that and use it to test your fps (good program to record with too) I'm curious as to what your machine would do with crysis 3 at your max resolution and settings. I torrented crysis 3 (oopsie) just to test my graphics card out, I don't realy enjoy playing the game that much.

[DoorM4n]

So I ran "The Valley" a few months ago and saved my benchmark results. Here it is on ultra:
PRE-GRAPHICS CARD CLEAN


POST GRAPHICS CARD CLEAN


I thoroughly cleaned my graphics card after running this, but I didnt test it. (just tested now) I think the range in fps is expected for the mid-upper range graphics card.

BTW, how the fuck do you get 1000fps in H2V? That's incredible and hilarious man

[SikSemper]

I ran that same benchmark with these settings:


Result:


I can still overclock my GTX 980 for 10-15% gains so I've heard.

EDIT: In fact I went ahead and overclocked it with EVGA Precision X
added 266Mhz to the GPU clock (memory speed untouched) so I could have probably gotten a bit more.

Result:


About 10% faster. As I watch the GPU clock during benchmarking I see it drops down slightly under heavy load to keep the card at optimal temps which is nice, so you can overclock it without having to worry much about damaging it. It stayed at around 1500-1550Mhz while being throttled. The normal boost clock is 1279 so staying at 1500 is actually impressive to me, just gives me that much more performance for free.

[troymac1ure]

o I jut ordered some parts to build a machine. I'm sick of having 2-3 crappy machines around the house. Nothing huge, just gonna use it for KODI, but I went slightly higher to see if PC gaming will interest me. Gonna just use an old case for now, but ordered:
* Motherboard: ASUS Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Z87
* CPU: Intel Core i5 I5-4590 Haswell 3.3GHZ
* Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Memory Black 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1866 CL10 Dual Channel
* P/S: Corsair CS650M CS Modular 80 Plus GOLD-RATE 650W
* SSD: Samsung 850 EVO Series MZ-75E120B/AM 120GB

I'm hoping it should do my media crap alright. Gonna connect it to my 21" LCD and 50" Panasonic LED TV. I read AMD was better for that, but I wanted to be able to expand to play games, program, photoshop, 3D model, etc. Right now my laptop is probably 8+ years old, so most computers would seem fast.
Depending how things go, I will likely add a dedicated video card on later and update my HDD, but any suggestion/opinions are welcome.

[JacksonCougar]

I think the 850 series was prone to death.

[xxpenguinxx]

I think the 850 series was prone to death.

I haven't seen any complaints about the 850 series. The 840 series has an issue with reading data as the data got older.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1507897/sams ... drive/0_20