BlackMamba

upgrading ram and psu won't make any difference regarding to 2k gaming. Ram could be an issue when it comes to certain games needing more than 8 GB but that has nothing to do with the graphics side. The GPU does all the work in the end, I think a substantial upgrade would be to sell that 1060 and buy a new GPU. You can add a stick of ram if you need it for some games.

Wouldn't it be easier to just try it on the FX and seeing what kind of load it puts on the CPU? If the cores are pegged at 100% load, you can then start to worry about upgrading, but worrying about upgrades prematurely doesn't seem that wise.

You have to look into enterprise software for managing large sets of PCs. Spiceworks its a good example but even that has limited features.

I think that might have worked. I disabled it and rebooted a few times and opened a heap of programs to test it. It seems to be running a hell of a lot faster and more responsive. Thanks for that! Who would have thought that of all things would cause it! Literally no change in boot time either so I don't understand the point of it. 

Anyway, thank you so much. Appreciate it man!

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Material is better suited as a status update.

all my builds are based off of 1's and 0's

Hell no it isn't WORTH it, early adoption never is
 
If you want to be efficient you always wait for it to mature a bit.

So I've been waiting roughly 5 years for this moment; and it's finally come to fruition. I have an opportunity to build my own personal rig from scratch without any limits.
I plan to use the rig as not only my daily driver but a workstation also. It will be compiling 3D work as well as graphical elements within my given career field. (Also what good is a killer rig of you can't do a bit of gaming.)
So I've decided that a price tag will only take away from this experience. As it's my first private rig I've decided to go all out 'Balls to the wall.'
My budget is at around 6/7k (GBP or 10k USD). I maybe got a little to confident in my own capabilities with building a rig and decided to go in head first.
I have spent years swapping in and out parts on this list, so please and critique is well heard. My main goal with this rig is to be 4k ready.
(On a side note, Intels latest release of their new processors have provoked a slight product switch.
Originally I was going for a intel i7 extreme, with a ASUS RoG black edition Mobo. As well as 32g of hyper x DDR3 memory.
So in short what I'm asking is if I have missed anything I want to cover all bases with this machine, no stone left unturned sort of thing.
I'm aware of a few missing parts like fan controllers, fittings, rads and fans etc. but before I cool it I want to ensure it's all hunkie dory.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Beaniie/saved/jMp323
CPU: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£749.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (£294.23 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£509.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Intel 730 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£140.60 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Intel 730 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£140.60 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£161.32 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£161.32 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£719.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) (£719.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 760T White ATX Full Tower Case (£148.51 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Cooler Master V1000 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (£105.75 @ Ebuyer)
Monitor: Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor (£509.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: Asus PB287Q 60Hz 28.0" Monitor (£509.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Fan Controller: BitFenix Recon (Black) Fan Controller (£33.90 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Mouse: Corsair Vengeance M65 Wired Laser Mouse (£52.32 @ Amazon UK)
Headphones: Astro A40 + MixAmp Pro - White 7.1 Channel Headset
Other: Apogee HD CPU Water Block (£46.00)
Other: [swiftech] Komodo-NV LE (Luxury Edition) VGA waterblock (x2) (£222.00)
Other: Logitech Webcam C930e (£110.00)
Other: Corsair k95 Rgb Mechanical keyboard (£105.00)
Other: Shure SM7b Studio Mic (£315.00)
Total: £5765.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-09 13:47 BST+0100
Thanks in advance for any and all advice.

Luke sounds a bit like me on +4

Open up your playback devices window, select the active one and go to properties, under the enhancement tab select pitch shift and change the value from 0 to -4. 
 
Launch the video.
 
its been a good 15 minutes of continuous laugh. still laughing. 
 
 
Edit: a wan show enhance the experience imho

haha nice trick,+4 is also weird lol

Open up your playback devices window, select the active one and go to properties, under the enhancement tab select pitch shift and change the value from 0 to -4. 
 
Launch the video.
 
its been a good 15 minutes of continuous laugh. still laughing. 
 
 
Edit: a wan show enhance the experience imho

This hammer costs 100 times less than Xbox One, PS4 and this PC but it can still trash all three.

i dont get whats the problem with a repost guys, he didnt post this knowing he was reposting...

try using the cpu at stock speed, happened just 3 hours ago to me, same system crash on light activity every 10-15 minute, i reverted the setting of my oc and worked fine since then

try using the cpu at stock speed, happened just 3 hours ago to me, same system crash on light activity every 10-15 minute, i reverted the setting of my oc and worked fine since then

seems legit  :lol:

doh! Of course... I love when I overthink these things

If your Audi is crackling, you better take it to the dealership to get it checked out.
get it? you said Audi.

Hi everybody!

Been following LTT for a while now, figured I should finally make an account in order to get involved with the community. As a bit of background, I'm a student from the UK with a passion for modding and watercooling in particular. Some of you may know me from reddit, where I'm an active member of /r/buildapc and a moderator at /r/watercooling, I'm also found on Bit-Tech under the same name. I haven't actually been modding for that long, I probably started seriously not more than a couple years back. Since then I've caught the bug and can't wait to launch into new projects the moment one is finished!

So to kick things off I thought I would share with you my current work in progress rig:

 

The idea behind "Loramentum" was to make a rig that could be wall mounted but at the same time watercooled. The challenge comes from how I also wanted the rig to be portable so that it could be taken to LAN events and to/fro home and university. Naturally a simple mini-ITX rig in say an EVGA Hadron could have sufficed here, but I wanted to try something new and a bit more novel, at the expense of being a bit more portable.

The main construction itself is formed from a single piece of machined acrylic, which will not only provide the structure to the components, but also feature water channels for the coolant. Protection during transport will be provided by a flight case that I'll also be building.


Contents:

Update 1: Introduction and Renders
Update 2: Laser Cut Frame Lid
Update 3: Watercooling Care Package from EK
Update 4: O-rings, Wires and Braid
Update 5: GPU Blocks and Fractures
Update 6: Trial by Water
Update 7: Fans, Plugs and Dye
Update 8: Extenders, Extensions and Sharpies
Update 9: Corsair Dominator Platinum - Gold Edition
Update 10: Front panel cut
Update 11: GPU Bracket Started
Update 12: GPU Bracket Finished
Update 13: Flight Case Parts
Update 14: PSU Bracket and Pump Jacket
Update 15: Part assembly!
Update 16: Stand and Coolant Renders
Update 17: Flight Case Part 1
Update 18: Flight Case Part 2
Update 19: 24 Pin Sleeved... Again
Update 20: Flight Case Interior Work
Update 21: 8 Pin CPU Cable made and sleeved
Update 22: GPU Sleeved up and Cable Management
Update 23: PSU Fan and SSD Painting
Update 24: New Mechanical Keyboard and Stand Progress
Update 25: Stand Finished
Update 26: Smashed... Better start over
Update 27: New Block Design and 3D Model sharing!
Update 28: The Parts Still Work!
Update 29: New Block and Giveaway
Update 30: O-rings back in
Update 31: Block filled and tested
Update 32: Hardware Installed
Update 33: Tubing Added
Update 34: Coolant Added
Update 35: Finished!  Final Pics Here!
Update 36: Better Final Pics Here!  Ignore the previous ones
Update 37: Battlestation Upgrade!
 
First up I'd like to thank EK Waterblocks who will be providing much of the watercooling equipment used in this build, I'd also like to thank Intel for sending me an i7 4770k to use in this build!

 

So here's a hardware lowdown:

CPU: Intel Core i7 4770k
Motherboard: Asus Z87I-Pro
RAM: 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866MHz
GPU: Asus AMD R9 290
PSU: Corsair RM650
Storage: Samsun Evo in some undecided size (likely 512GB)

Cooling:

CPU Block: EK Supremacy Clean Gold
GPU Block: EK-FC R9-290X Acetal
Radiator: XSPC EX360 Crossflow
Pump: Laing D5 Vario with EK Clean Pump Top
Fittings: EK HD Adapters
Tubing: EK rigid acrylic tubing 10/12mm
Fans: Undecided but I'm likely to go for Noiseblocker eloops as they look simply fantastic

Concept Renders:
 
 
These were made using a combination of Autodesk Inventor and Blender, with the renders themselves being done in Cycles within Blender. I find planning builds like this in 3D can be a great idea as it allows you to play with things like colour schemes and alternate parts very easily.
 
 










For the case I've decided to go for the carbon vinyl look. Not only is it easier to work with, but most of the people I asked said they preferred it, which certainly works for me. I'm planning on having the RAM heatspreaders and GPU Plate/IO shield gold plated so that they match the theme. You'll notice from the renders that the reservoir is actually built into the structure itself, it's definitely one of the parts I'm most looking forward to finishing.

And now for some actual components!

 


I know you've all seen it before, but damn I love the look of these sticks. Very different in person to how they appear in the promotional art though, the bars have much more texture to them, which is no bad thing.


Dat box...


Sockets make for some cool macro shots.


And just for a laugh, this is where I'm keeping the components for now... Yeah I know, I don't think I've ever seen an emptier Phantom before.

And the award for the loudest stock component ever goes to the 290. I knew the stock cooler was pretty loud, but I was truly taken aback just by how much, it's insane.

Here's the machined part after a few goes with some coarser grit sandpaper. I'll be slowly working my way up the grades, just need to order in some more of the high grit stuff first.



Rough fitting session with the rad, pump and an old GTX 590. That card is monstrously sized, much larger than the 290 (or at least it feels it), thankfully the holes line up with the ports etc. on the 290.

Hope you all enjoy the project! I'm looking forward to being able to post more updates as well as getting involved with the awesome community here.

You need to change your mind.

no problem buddy 

It's the 4th in the us. they have the day off.