Project Dead Rising

[DarkBlade2117]

Goal- Turn this old piece of junk into something cool.

So basically I've been stuck with this thing for a few years. Been trying to find out what's inside my family friends PC when we traded since we did I had no idea what was inside a PC. It had some pentium inside it and a AMD HD something.

My specs as of now.

CPU- A6-3650 w/stock

Mobo- Some HP junk

Ram- 1333mhz 2x4 by Hyundai

Case- Some HP JUNK

PSU- Some 300w HP Junk

Specs of the Dream Machine ( will change with parts coming out and this will be an ongoing log of everything )

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($327.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($114.99 @ B&H)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($145.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Red 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($88.93 @ Amazon)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($70.89 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($674.99 @ NCIX US)

Case: NZXT Noctis 450 ATX Mid Tower Case ($136.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($121.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($88.88 @ NCIX US)

Monitor: Acer K272HULbmiidp 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($388.41 @ B&H)

Monitor: Acer XB270HU bprz 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($719.99 @ Amazon)

Keyboard: Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Red LED Backlit (Blue Cherry MX) Wired Standard Keyboard ($137.00 @ Mechanical Keyboards)

Mouse: Corsair Raptor M45 Wired Optical Mouse ($59.45 @ Amazon)

Speakers: Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 120W 2.1ch Speakers ($184.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $3351.47

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-24 20:16 EDT-0400

Why I chose certain parts I will answer down below.

Current Plans-

Add a 750Ti to give me a boost in performance until some money comes in. I just wanna be able to,play some nice indies like SpinTires or a game like space engineers.

Add a BeQuiet! Pure Rock for silence as the current fan/s sound like leaf blows.

Hopefully switch out the PSU to something temporarily like a 550w ( whatever I can get ahold of that is reliable like a EVGA GS )

Switch out the 90mm leaf blower

I'm building a desk to but that will be awhile.,

After this the next update won't be for awhile. I'll be sure to post updates whenever I can. I gotta get some money and while being in early college it's hard. I plan after these plans to get a new CPU, mobo, ram, and case all at once. Then upgrade the GPU. After all these I'll,be trying to optimize temps, silence and aswell as a new chair. I'll post some pictures later of the current PC ( tomorrow 8/25/15 ) and then update when I've ordered parts ect ect.

Hope,you enjoy!

Will edit this at some point to make more "professional" quite hard to do on mobile.

[DarkBlade2117]

Update 1-

Yay already. Small one. Very small.

Well I've noticed that the airflow in the case is very bad. It comes with one 90mm stock which is being replaced and some airflow holes ,on a side panel. Well I I think I might use one of those holes to add another fan but a problem.. The mobo only has one FAN 3-pin header. Is there a possible way to get a splitter and hook two fans up to the same header? They will,most likely be 90mm each. I've got to go now. Hopefully a surprise for tomorrow will happen.

[DarkBlade2117]

Update 2-

Waiting to get a few emails back from some companies. Asked a few questions on some parts. I might order some parts tomorrow.

Parts I may get,

-Asus 750Ti ( To last me until I get more money for high end parts )

-BeQuiet! Pure Rock ( I get very close to the 70 degree C max according to AMD, Hit 67 on 75% load )

-NZXT Source 210 Elite Black ( this is because the current HP case is quite small so I want something I won't have to worry about incompatible parts as much for a low price )

Parts I'm still thinking on,

Power Supply, would be a cheap reliable one. ~500w ( PPP says I'm at roughly 259w. PSU is 300w, You think it will be fine? )

Case Fans, I think the 210 may come with enough fans for now.

[colinreay]

I have a Be Quiet, great cpu cooler. Looks like a great build!

[DarkBlade2117]

Update 3-

WOOHOOO BeQuiet! Has agreed to send me something. No idea what it will be but I'm hoping for an air cooler . Just gotta wait for NZXT to message me back because j had a few questions on the ?Source 210 and AMD because I was wondering if they knew where I could find a certain APU. This will be putting a hold on Whenever a order stuff. Will update whenever I review emails and when I'm ordering parts or if whatever BeQuiet decides to send me arrives Thanks BeQuiet!

Parts I may get

750Ti

Source 210

( maybe a PSU )

[DarkBlade2117]

Update 4-

WOW an amazing deal on a 960 showed up. $170!!! Well I'd need a new PSU for this and maybe a case. I've got $180 to. Maybe my mom will let me borrow some money for a PSU since the case is 100% needed right away.

EDIT 1- After some thought I figured I won't be needing a 960. Don't even think my CPU could handle it and the 750Ti is more of a thing to get my PC to last a bit longer.

[DarkBlade2117]

If you look close you'll see everything is backwards lol... So.. This may effect GPU temps. There is some holes where the GPU fans will be on the side panel since the fans will be facing up, yes it's VERY bad quality. I'll edit with a better one in a second.

[DarkBlade2117]

Some better quality pictures! Going to the Flea Market soon and maybe I'll find some parts ? If I can find a CPU that'll be great. I'm considering this A8-3870k and FM1 mobo for $65. Seller said was used in an office PC, never overclocked or put under stress. How does this compare to my A6-3650?

Ordering 750Ti Tommorow or tonight.

Next update won't be until Sunday at the minimumTop View The only spare 90-92mm exhaust fan The CPU cooler

[DarkBlade2117]

Found some time to post. 750Ti will officially be here Sunday. I'll post benchmarks, temps, and just overall how it works out. Also I'll be looking into any big bottlenecks. Next update Sunday Also I'll post pictures of the whole thing and how temperatures are.

[DarkBlade2117]

Pictures won't happen until Tommorow ): After my little sister gets up from her nap I'll post benchmarks. Everything is working fine and drivers are installed

[DarkBlade2117]

Pictures Today! As soon as I get home from college I'll post them. I'll give a brief idea of what I've got now,

A6-3650

8GBs 1333mhz ram

1Tb HDD

Asus Strix 750Ti

I'll,post future upgrades in a minute but I don't know how my CPU runs before the games I own aren't very intensive.

60+ FPS Farming Simulator 2015 Very High settings 4x AA and whatever the other thing is. V.sync off

56-60FPS ( game is capped at 60 ) Very High settings No AA VSync off

Space Engineers Very High Settings 60+FPS

Minecraft ( Yea it helped quite a bit ) 256x R3D Craft Fast Graphics ( looks better to me ) Everything else max except render distance which was at 12. This is on AMPLIFIED. 60-120FPS. On a regular world 200+ FPS.

Specfic benchmarks later!!!

Now for future upgrades I'm kindda stuck. I don't have any money left to,buy more intensive games.

Games I want are-

H1Z1

Stranded Deep

ARK: Survival Evolved

Cities: Skyline

And just for fun GTA V but I've gotta wait for that.

I might be able to get one but I've got no money, so maybe later this week.

Future Upgrades-

850w EVGA G2 ( overkill yes, don't have to worry about a PSU upgrade for a long time )

Maybe a used i5-2500k or i7-2600/2700k ( depends on prices ) and a Z77 Mobo w/ maybe a Shadow Rock 2?

Then a Case because the current prebuilt HP one is to small. Was thinking a temp NZXT Source 210 Elite or go all out on a NZXT Noctis 450. I might go with the source 210 elite.

Now the CPU I don't know... Because like I said earlier I've got no idea on how my current one will hold up to these games and if it will hold back my GPU. From quick looks my CPU temps are lower after the GPU installed and the highest I've seen it hit is 70% usage but it wasn't constant. Was dipping down to 20% back up to 40% ect ect... All drivers are installed also

EDIT- OH I ALMOST FORGOT I'm getting like 3-4 old PCs. One of them was my stepdads mom who would custom build PCs and this was like 4-5 years ago. No idea what's in it. The other ones I might just take out the HDD, maybe ram, ect. I might take the GPUs for fun but they are only,like GT 6200's I think. Like I said no idea on what's in the custom one.

[DarkBlade2117]

Apparently HP has some secret advanced settings in there mobos. Read the comments some dude said if it don't work newer ones use something different. I'll have to check it out and see if I can do maybe a small overclock after I see how my PC performs in a new game.

Was thinking Rust thanks to Aytex for suggesting it. If not H1Z1 or Stranded Deep.

[DarkBlade2117]

Little Sneak Peak of some benchmarks.

 

I'll be doing two more, One of a less demanding game and one I don't think my PC will even run.

[DarkBlade2117]

Bad news, my APU is bottlenecking my GPU. Getting this computer that's like 4ish years old. Hoping it has a nice CPU in it.

[DarkBlade2117]

Bad news, my APU is bottlenecking my GPU. Getting this computer that's like 4ish years old. Hoping it has a nice CPU in it.

I am officially going to the flea market this Saturday, hoping I find something nice. Also I might be going to look at the PC Tommorow hopefully. When in doubt I'll,live with it until my BDay when I get s new PSU.

Also I got H1Z1.

No AA

Medium Quality

Ultra Pixel Quality

40-60FPS ( monitor is only 60HZ so I could,probably get more. Gonna try and overclock my monitor when I get home from college and I'll post on how that goes )

[DarkBlade2117]

So... Got some parts today for quite cheap.

1TB HDD

8GBs 2x4 Ram

And a 92mm Antec fan that is very quiet.

All for $50.

Now I plan on doing some upgrades. I don't know if I wanna get a AMD 860k w/ a low profile cooler and a A68 mobo. Oh and a new PSU which will come to around $200. Or get an i3 mobo and PSU which will be the same price. What would you do?