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@Bonesy Hey man thank you! I was also wondering what port should I use? Like I have all three available I think?

Hey guys, now this probably sounds super lame and dumb, but I'm doing my first desktop build, its just about complete, but I'm stuck on installing my monitor, just not real sure what goes where and such, I have a BenQ xl2420z monitor umm so yeah if anyone can help that would be awesome! Cheers guys Dragonite400

@Pearsonia @TokyoSin @deVIZtation @Jaybird @Unlikelyjoker Thank you all for helping me out! I'm just about to plug em in and get it going! Woot I love this, building my first desktop rocks Thank you again and take care Dragonite400

Hey everyone, just putting together my first desktop It's awesome I love it haha, anyways I have a http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42974kr(it's a evga gtx 970) anyways its connection is two 6 pins that are identical, I have my pci cable, and it has two pci 6+2, so do I just hook up the two 6's and ignore the little 2's, or hook up just one 6+2, or yeah, please help me out I'd absolutely love to finish this tonight! Cheers everyone, Dragonite400

@SteveDornan I personally think you should go up to maybe a 550w PSU, my build is similar to yours, and I know you don't have to go to like 700w like some people think, mine's just a 550w, I feel like 450w might be too low, anyways just a thought aye mate haha

@Dash Lambda Holy crap That's sick as mate Good to know that

@Dash Lambda Interesting and good thoughts Dash, I do know about the closed loop coolers, I've done my fair bit of research on air cooling and water cooling, even considered the whole fuss of doing my own but quickly decided against that hah way too costly for me. Anyways I do believe for me, I'm looking at about $50 more for the H100i rather than just $10 I know that the Noctua will fit inside the cash I've already checked that out, and it should be fine with the GPU I bloody hope it's fine. Considering I just found a company though that is a lot closer to me so I'll be paying less freight, I don't believe they actually have Noctua anyway, so it might be best for me to go with the H100i. I'm honestly not sure, thank you for telling me and giving me your opinion and suggestion also Cheers about the ram thing, really appreciate that aye I've decided finally to go for 16gb, it just feels right, like I know I'm not going to have any problems if I do that so yeah that's my final choice on that matter at least One thing at a time. Awesome mate thank you for your help!!!!

@Rashy Ah yeah sounds like you'd be right mate @msquare Ohhhhhhhhhhh okay makes sense why the extra ram is suggested, I don't currently record, I might one day, so I might just get extra ram then? Like one stick of 8gb should do me fine for now @stconquest Haha sweet, ah screw it I'll do 16gb, it'll last me well enough hahah so many back and forth thoughts and Australia bro You were right on it @LiamApex Thanks man I really appreciate it Yeah I totally agree with you about the motherboard aye it'll do me well

@Rashy Yeah that's been one of my major concerns, like 16 does seem a bit overkill aye, thank you @tomison25 Cheers mate, yeah 8gb seems the way to go Although if I do I might just go 1600hz and one stick, I'm pretty damn sure the hz don't make a massive difference, although I'm not too sure about one or two sticks but thank you @Rangelov Fair enough, to each their own about peripherals, I like em, I'm used to laptops, used em all my life so that kind of keyboard I think will work for me. And that is an extremely good point hah, totally forgot the psu my bad I'll have to search around. @RedSphyxis Hah sure mate can do and thank you @msquare That is fair enough, I think if I were to go with 12 I'd instead just go all out and get 16, although I don't think I'll be using monitoring software? I'm not entirely sure what kind of software you're talking about, I'd love it if you told me, but from the sounds of it 8 should be enough for me Thanks everyone for all your help! Appreciate it heaps

Heyy whatsup guys Just doing planning for my first build, I decided I want it to last at least like 4-5 years in terms of what it can do, looking for any tips, thoughts on said build, also I'm definitely going with air cooling, cause I don't need watercooling, it seems like it'll be too much of a fuss. Anyways here it is Oh yes also I'm planning to game, not incredibly hardcore, depends how much I get into it over the years really, but I would like to run current/recent games on high/best graphics at 1080p. Intel® Core™ i5 4690K Processor Samsung 840 EVO Series 250GB SSD Kingston Hyper X Fury HX316C10FBK2/16 16GB (2x8GB) Black Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 Windforce OverClocked 4GB Video Card ASRock Z97 Extreme4 Motherboard Seagate Barracuda 2TB ST2000DM001 Noctua NH-d15 NZXT Phantom 630 Case Matte Black with Window Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit with SP1 OEM =$1907 Extras: Razer Deathstalker Gaming Keyboard BenQ GL2460HM 24in Widescreen LED Monitor Razer DeathAdder 2013 Gaming Mouse =$319 Total = $2226 Cheers for all your opinions and help, take care aye and I'll keep an eye on this post Thank youuuuu Dragonite400

Awesome stuff guys I really like the Kuhler 1250, it looks great and will function awesomely I'm sure Cheers guys

Hey whattup guys So I've just been thinking, because I live in Australia, and the temperatures seem to jump up and down quite a bit, is it possible for me to have like 'modes' for my computer? So like I could have a 'normal' mode where the GPU is just like stock standard and so is everything else, and then an 'OC' mode where all the things are overclocked? Also another question about the boost clock of GPU's, how does that work? Is it just always on, and controlled by the GPU's temperature or is it like a manual switch or something? Cheers for all the responses Dragonite400

Hey whatsup guys Cheers for takin a look at this post by the way, okay so onto my first question, with watercooling, and the whole ambient temperatures, i know that if the inside of the case gets under the ambient temperature (very very unlikely) water can condensate inside and screw up equipment, and as I said that's so very unlikely BUT over here in Australia, in winter and sometimes autumn/spring, temperatures can dropppp like crazy at night and hit 0C (32F) and that can happen quite often, so do you guys think that water condensation could happen? Also in summer it can stay at 35C (104F or so) for days upon days, all day and all night, I feel like air cooling wouldn't work so great, cause the ambient temp would be crazy high as it is, how do you think air cooling would go, and same with water cooling? Cheers for everyones help!! dragonite400

Hmm, thank you, yeah that's a good point about the pumps aye, and I'd do that for sure, the extra airflow would definitely help, I normally keep my window/blinds closed to keep it cooler, sadly I can't move into our basement, because well we dont even have one we just live in a unit (appartment) Thank you for your tips and reasons, I appreciate the fact that you're backing up your beliefs with reasons seems like more and more people are suggesting air cooling, haha cheers to you all

Hahah I've seen some oil cooled builds and as much as they look sweet, I'll be alright but thank you it'd just be too much work, and I'm not looking for it, sorry mate. Yeah that's what I'm thinkin aye, haha

I was thinking about a h100i pre filled, just a simple CPU one, nothing too fancy, otherwise it'll add a crap tonne more onto the cost of my build. Oh sweet as dude, good to hear from another Aussie Okay that's cool, I'm thinking of getting a 4690k, yeah I'm not doing any insane OC's either haha cheers Yeah the environments temp is a big thing, sadly I don't have any AC, closest thing I have is a fan haha, so yeah it's gonna stay prettttty damn warm okay awesome thank you for the recommendation Yeah the pricing between the (two things I'm trying to decide between, or am open to new suggestions) Noctua NH-d15 and the h100i is about $50, I'm going for the nzxt phantom 410 case, which will fit the h100i fine plus two fans on top easily which I'm pretty happy about, but yeah thank you

Whatsup everybody Okay so I'm really struggling with deciding between air cooling or water cooling, like I live in Australia right? And especially where I live the temps jump up and down a lot, in winter it can drop down to 5C (41F) and in summer it can go to 40C (104F) And in spring and autumn it alternates somewhere around the middle, it's a massive pain in the butt. I've heard that if you have a water cooler, especially in very cool temperatures, it can condense the water around it so then waters going to get on your components and that certainly isn't good, so that makes me think air cooling, but then it hits as I said sometimes 104F in summer, which then air cooling might not be enough, although my house is also cool cause it's pretty much all concrete, so then maybe air is the way to go? Anyways thoughts and suggestions? Cheers Dragonite400

It's freaking price to performance value is insanely brilliant, it's certainly helping out gamers all over the world who simply don't have too much cash in their hands, yet can still have a great gaming experience

@vern021 Oh, yeah, I totally forgot about dual OS-ing, that ain't too bad an idea haha, but yes you're completely right, some stuff would need to be compatible, cheers though for the idea, didn't even come across my mind @MrBaker89 Dude you totally have to link me the cheaper 980 haha, that'd be awesome So far I can't see any 980's that are cheaper, they're all at least 200-300 above the 780, but that'd be sick if you could C:

Woah you guys responded fast, I didn't really expect so many people to be willing to help me out so fast! You guys are awesome @MrBaker89 Cheers man for letting me know haha I'm sure the 980 takes out the 780 easily hah, but I suppose I just don't want to be spending toooo much on GPU's, like the 780 should do me pretty good for hopefully a fair bit of the forseeable future, and as for the case, I actually also had my eye on it haha and I totally agree it looks great and seems great, the only downside is the lack of airflow it gets, unless of course you take off the front/top, then theres barely any real good available airflow, but thank you so much for letting me know @FearMe Yeah I totally agree, I'll definitely downsize the case, but to what I'm not certain, I'll be checking out reviews and stuff of everything you gave me though, especially the case, thank you for that, hahaha yeah I'll keep my mind open for the 'different way' xP It would certainly save some cash, actually really your whole build would save me a whole bunch of cash, definitely going to help me downsize I think, thank you again @vern021 thanks so much man for such a tank build and for welcoming to the forums Yeah I'll be needing Windows for my operating system, I've considered getting freeware OS' and whatnot, but considering some of the games I play, they won't accept other OS's apart from Windows and Mac. and Mac isn't really my style, too heavily based around editing and whatnot. As for now I'll be sticking with just a singular GPU as going duo just costs a tonne and singular still gives great benchmarks, but seeing as you and Fearme already mentioned it I will think about it for future builds. I'm definitely gonna be taking everything you all said into planning and theory and whatnot, but thank you all so so very much!

Hey guys, so yeah the title pretty much says it all haha, I would absolutely love some advice on what I should do as this will be the first desktop I ever build . My budget is, well, I'm not too sure what it is, I'd like to not let it get too expensive, so probably 1.5-2k would be great, although I'd be willing to hit 2.5k but certainly no more. As for my location I'm an aussie, and that's one of the main things I'm thinking about with the whole watercooling deal, like most of the year I doubt I'd need it, winters cool, spring and autumn are pretty much fine in terms of temperatures, although when it his Summer, man does it heat up, some days hit 40C or even higher, which umm for Americans is like 104F or so, that doesn't happen every day in summer, but a lot of the time its hitting 30C which is still pretty hot, and I don't want my build to overheat and crap happen to it, so yeah whats your guys' thoughts on watercooling? and if so, how much watercooling? The aim is mainly for gaming, perhaps video editing in the near future, I also don't want to have to upgrade anytime soon. It'll be hardcore gaming more or less, and lots of it, Wildstar, Minecraft, League of legends, Dishonoured, Rust, DayZ, Skyrim, and a bunch others. I'll start with one monitor, probably bump it up to two within a year, I'll just see how it goes and how I feel. Yeah I'll need peripherals, I have no idea about what mouse I should get, although with keyboard I'm pretty happy with the DeathStalker Expert I think it is, the one with backlit keys, it's around $75, a bit costlier than I'd realllllly like, but it's flat (I've had laptops all my life, so it's similar) and I can see the keys in the dark. And the reason I'm upgrading is because as I've said I've used laptops all my life, and I'd love to be able to hit up some of the heavier games without crap tonnes of lag hah or at least with some games that I can play on low low settings, at least then I'd be able to play them on high and enjoy em that bit more . I currently have a build set out, like this is what I'm thinking so far, some of it is a bit overkill, but as I said I'm planning on not needing to upgrade it for a while. Intel® Core™ i5 4690K Processor $269 Corsair Hydro Series H100i CPU Cooler $149 ASRock Z97 Extreme4 Motherboard $179 Galaxy GeForce GTX 780 Hall Of Fame Super OC 3GB $549 Kingston Hyper X Fury HX318C10FBK2/16 16GB (2x8GB) Black $185 Samsung 840 EVO Series 250GB SSD $139 Seagate Barracuda 2TB ST2000DM001 $95 Antec EA-550 Platinum Power Supply $119 NZXT Phantom 820 Case Matte Black $255 Microsoft Windows 8.1 64bit OEM $115 [one thing I'm definitely fine to reconsider would be the case, pretty overkill, it looks great and breathes great, but costs a tonne for a case hah so yeah, cheers] If anyones willing to help after reading all this, thank you so very much, as I know I wrote a lot, thank you greatly!!!!!! I hope you have a wonderful day MJ

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