Building a new rig. I meant to do a post asking for opinions but I jumped the gun and bought everything so lalalala. I already got the RAM, GPU, and PSU from a local shop, and the rest is in the mail.
Here's what I've got:
Mobo: ASUS Maximus VIII Impact
After seeing the Corsair 250D, I decided I wanted to a Mini-ITX build for the first time in my life. I always buy ASUS boards, and this was the best one I could find for what I am trying to do: build a Mini-ITX rig but game on it. I didn't want to skimp here because I wanted to be able to upgrade other components later.
CPU: Intel i3-6100
Decided to save some money here and upgrade it later. It's going to be way better than my Core 2 Duo anyway so it'll do for now... I'm even going to use the stock fan until I upgrade it.
RAM: Corsair Vengeage LPX DDR4 3200 Mhz 2x4GB
Saving some money/planning to upgrade here as well. I would have gotten something even cheaper but this is what my local shop had, so I went for it.
GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 960 OC 4 GB
This was something I wanted to get now and not have to upgrade later, since I have been using a GT 440 for a few years. I didn't want to spend all my money on a 980 though, so this was a good compromise.
PSU: Corsair RM650i
I wanted an RM550x but my local shop had the RM650i for basically the same price so I got it. I won't use the Corsair Link feature, but otherwise it's the same thing with a bit more juice.
Case: Corsair 250D
This thing looks awesome, and I am super excited for it:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/01/ ... e_review/1
I've always done ATX builds before and been super unhappy with all the wasted space. I only put two internal drives, one optical drive, and one GPU in any build I do, so I really don't need a cavernous case for lots of expansion. This case has the smallness of an ITX case, but is still big enough for the PSU/GPU/cooler etc. If I was building a media PC or a NAS I would probably go for something else (though it seems fine for a NAS if you don't need a ton of drives) but for what I wanted this was perfect.
I'll be salvaging the SSD and HDD from my current machine, as well as all peripherals. For the curious:
Keyboard: http://www.siig.com/it-products/keyboar ... h-hub.html
Speakers: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Mackie/MR5- ... 4484265.gc
Monitor: https://www.asus.com/Commercial-Monitors/VS248H/ (I plan to upgrade this next)
The SSD is some HyperX something and the HDD is a 2TB Seagate... I don't remember the specifics and am too lazy to look them up.
Anyway! There ya go.
Edit: Build pics: http://imgur.com/a/K7Nhe
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That's pretty cool, the Core 2 Duo is pretty old now and it sound like a good upgrade. I'm thinking of upgrading as well, but instead of a custom build, I'm thinking of going OEM for a gaming PC and going to Dell and no, not an Alienware, an XPS. I actually compared the baseline XPS to a custom build and the custom build was actually more expensive. (the difference with custom builds is it's more al-la-carte) By the time I have the money, Zen should be out so I'll be enjoying a Zen XPS
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One of the big draws of doing a custom build for me is being able to pick the brand of all the components. I guess I could buy a pre-built ASUS since that's what I like to buy anyway, but being able to throw some Corsair stuff in there is worth it for me.
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Yeah, that's one of the things you miss out on, picking your parts. When an OEM picks a drive, I always assume they're going to be a cheapass and use a seagate that dies easily. I'm guessing I can talk to a sales rep and ask them not to put a seagate in my computer like I can request not to have them install Windows and get reimbursed $100, but ask for a Western Digital upgrade.raevol wrote:One of the big draws of doing a custom build for me is being able to pick the brand of all the components. I guess I could buy a pre-built ASUS since that's what I like to buy anyway, but being able to throw some Corsair stuff in there is worth it for me.
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It's funny, I hear a lot of people dislike Seagate... they're all I've ever used and the only one that gave me problems was the 2.5 inch USB one that I would throw in the bottom of my bag and smash into things.commodore256 wrote:a seagate that dies easily
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Hard drives are a un-lucky bag really, I had 6 Seagates die on me years ago and never used one since but I've heard the same about WD, and I have a 500GB WD thats been running for over 1000 days according to the smart data and never died.raevol wrote:It's funny, I hear a lot of people dislike Seagate... they're all I've ever used and the only one that gave me problems was the 2.5 inch USB one that I would throw in the bottom of my bag and smash into things.commodore256 wrote:a seagate that dies easily
SSDs though, OCZ used to be a scourge. Samsung have never failed me though the non evo or pro drives degrade in performance over time.
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I was fixing a friend's laptop a bit ago, and he needed to replace his HDD. He'd asked his dad what he was allowed to get, and he'd said anything except a WD as they always break. This seemed odd to me, as I preferentially use WD drives as they're reliable, decently fast, and reasonably priced.
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Must be another emacs/vim thing.
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Personal experience is hard to put away, and if you don't try again, you'll never get new experiences. Once bitten, twice shy.
Case in point: HGST drives fail less than WD drives (Seagate at the bottom of the stack). Interesting fact, HGST and WD merged a few years ago, it is only the Chinese that said they had to keep their product line separated. (I work for HGST.)
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-dri ... r-q2-2015/
Case in point: HGST drives fail less than WD drives (Seagate at the bottom of the stack). Interesting fact, HGST and WD merged a few years ago, it is only the Chinese that said they had to keep their product line separated. (I work for HGST.)
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-dri ... r-q2-2015/
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That's a pretty weird graph... Interesting stuff though!