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1700+ I just realize I spent on my build, did I waste?

Jabberwookie
By Jabberwookie
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Iiiiiiiiiiiiiii just releaized  I spent 1700 not including 250 on perifs

 

I meant to just upgrade my new rig till I realized it was time just for a full new one

 

did I waste any money on this stuff?

 

I ate about 2 new fans tho was about it on waste since I changed cases

 

here is is

 

System

  • CPU
    AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0GHz
  • Motherboard
    GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3 AMD 990FX SB950 SATA
  • RAM
    G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DD 1866
  • GPU
    MSI Radeon R9 290X GAMING 4GB 512-bit GDDR5 PCI E x16 3.0
  • Case
    Thermaltake Armor Reve Gene White Mid Tower
  • Storage
    Intel 730 Series 480 SSD, Raid 0 Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD5000HHTZ 500GB for mass and WD Blue 500GB for hot swap bay(backup)
  • PSU
    Thermaltake SP850w SMART
  • Cooling
    Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO with Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver w/ 120 Coolermaster rad fans in push/pull for CPU, 2 (side and front intake) 200mm thermaltake 1 Black reg/1 Blue LED case fans, Corsair Air purple LED 140mm 1 AF and 2 SP (top and back)exhaust, Corsair air SP 120mm purple LED(bottom) intake
  • Keyboard
    Corsair k65 RGB w/ MX reds
  • Mouse
    Razer Deathadder 2013
  • Sound
    Sound Blaster Zx with ATH M50s
  • Operating System
    Windows 7 OEM sp1
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You spent 1700 on this ? where are you living ?

CPU: Xeon 1230v3 - GPU: GTX 770  - SSD: 120GB 840 Evo - HDD: WD Blue 1TB - RAM: Ballistix 8GB - Case: CM N400 - PSU: CX 600M - Cooling: Cooler Master 212 Evo

Update Plans: Mini ITX this bitch

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subratacted the PSU and about 50 because I had 150 credit for bad beats audio ear buds

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that bad huh?

TBH it was pretty overpriced, never the less its not that bad and still very good for gaming. WHO the heck sold you this ?

CPU: Xeon 1230v3 - GPU: GTX 770  - SSD: 120GB 840 Evo - HDD: WD Blue 1TB - RAM: Ballistix 8GB - Case: CM N400 - PSU: CX 600M - Cooling: Cooler Master 212 Evo

Update Plans: Mini ITX this bitch

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Jesus I've got about £700 in mine so far, also that sound card, was it really neccessary?

DESKTOP - Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H Processor - Intel Core i5-2500K @ Stock 1.135v Cooling - Cooler Master Hyper TX3 RAM - Kingston Hyper-X Fury White 4x4GB DDR3-1866 Graphics Card - MSI GeForce GTX 780 Lightning PSU - Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850w  HDD -  WD Caviar  Blue 500GB (Boot Drive)  /  WD Scorpio Black 750GB (Games Storage) / WD Green 2TB (Main Storage) Case - Cooler Master 335U Elite OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

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TBH it was pretty overpriced, never the less its not that bad and still very good for gaming. WHO the heck sold you this ?

Newegg

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So you built it on your own ?

CPU: Xeon 1230v3 - GPU: GTX 770  - SSD: 120GB 840 Evo - HDD: WD Blue 1TB - RAM: Ballistix 8GB - Case: CM N400 - PSU: CX 600M - Cooling: Cooler Master 212 Evo

Update Plans: Mini ITX this bitch

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Jesus I've got about £700 in mine so far, also that sound card, was it really neccessary?

yes because the audio on this mobo was a complete nightmare after about 2 days of comparing I found this to be my best bet for my situation

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Cancel the order ASAP

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yes

Why haven't you asked us before ? Try to send that stuff back to be honest

CPU: Xeon 1230v3 - GPU: GTX 770  - SSD: 120GB 840 Evo - HDD: WD Blue 1TB - RAM: Ballistix 8GB - Case: CM N400 - PSU: CX 600M - Cooling: Cooler Master 212 Evo

Update Plans: Mini ITX this bitch

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how the hell does that bottle neck lol?

 

The FX 8350 performs the same as an i3 in games.

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The FX 8350 performs the same as an i3 in games.

so I should have just got an i7? (i multitask and produce music)

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how the hell does that bottle neck lol?

8350 has horrible single threaded performance, it's not a gaming chip. I wouldn't pair it with anything over an R9 280.

I'd recommend returning it and getting a i5-4690k and Z97 board or i5-4460 and H97 board for around the same price.

RIP in pepperonis m8s

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so I should have just got an i7? (i multitask and produce music)

 

Yeah... or an i5. (i7 if you multitask most of the time)

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that 8350 and 290x is just a shame for a build of this price group

My Main Build: NZXT S340 - NZXT Kraken X31 - Crucial MX100 256GB - i5 4460 - Gigabyte Z97P D3 - Kingston HyperX Red 8GB - MSI Nvidia GTX 780 3GB - Corsair LL & HD RGB Fans, Corsair Lighting Node Pro. 

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