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On 2/12/2017 at 2:45 PM, nicklmg said:

Buy Intel 6900K on Amazon: http://geni.us/E0RB2YR

Buy ASUS Strix 1080 on Amazon: http://geni.us/SXkl1Xq

 

This is definitely one of the coolest PCs we've ever built...

 

 

@Slick WHERE DID YOU GET THE URBANE SSDS I NEED THEM TO MATCH MY RAM

Man Lian Li-'s O series cases are beautiful. Whole room looks really sweet!

I think it's the first really well executed short throw projector. The size is phenomenal, other short throw projectors with image quality this good are at least five times the size. I really like the bluetooth audio capability, that's a little thing you wouldn't think of that makes it a lot more useful and a lot more portable for a full system you can actually enjoy. I love that they went with an LED light source, incandescent lamps are too hot and they're always burning out.

5 hours ago, mariushm said:

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wow look at that essay you wrote me, coulda just said you disagree

Wow HP sponsorship, congrats. Really fantastic video guys.

On 7/5/2016 at 11:17 AM, mariushm said:

Backblaze's figures don't really apply to everyone

Their testing shows us what drives will survive better in any circumstances, it's good data.

18 hours ago, CableMod said:

one question about I something I never got - the plugs on the components into which you plug the cables are always BLACK anyways... I personally prefer to have that matching rather than one plug being black and the other one white or any other colors.

If you're doing a white build the more white you have the better. Even if your gpu or motherboard have black power connectors it looks nicer to have white conductors running into white connectors at the end of the cable. You just deal with black board connectors because they're much more difficult to change. With white going into white it looks more like a complete white cable rather than a bundle of conductors running into darkness.

See how these look:

compared to this:

@CableMod It would be great to have the option of a 4-pin EPS cable so that on motherboards with both 8 and 4 pin connectors the extra 4 aren't dangling. Motherboards like the Z170X SOC Force, Z170 OC Formula, Z170A XPOWER, Maximus VIII Extreme, Crosshair V Formula-Z, and plenty of X99 and Z97 motherboards have a supplemental 4 pin CPU power connector. I have a full list of Z97, Z170, and X99 below.

4 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

The VS is a terrible CWT unit, not a Seasonic unit. http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page447.htm

 

It could be the PSU as it is a very poor quality unit, but you should still check that all your connectors are in properly.

Oops, I was thinking of a cooler master V550. If it's a corsair VS series then yeah, definitely replace it with something less prone to explosion.

Reseat your power supply cables

How are your CPU and GPU temperatures?

It shouldn't be failing, you have a seasonic unit. First make sure all of your power connectors are plugged in right at both ends.

4 minutes ago, radical guild said:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Xw4mPs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Xw4mPs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($114.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($57.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($61.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.99 @ NCIX US) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($319.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($70.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $957.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-31 02:00 EDT-0400

Why would you put a Z97 board with a xeon?

17 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center)

The core 1000 has really poor fan options and a top mounted PSU, plus the HDD bracket thing is awful. I recommend the Core 1500 over it for a much more livable case.

A good overclocking motherboard is going to cost you $200, for that you can get a much better motherboard and CPU than your q6600.

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On 5/25/2016 at 4:00 AM, ManIkWeet said:

There's a difference between a gamepad and an xbox controller. Often games support the xbox controller but not anything else, which is sad...

It also registers as an xbox controller, if you want it to.

On 5/25/2016 at 8:31 PM, DrJones said:

What do you mean? What's your opinion?

EK throws a lot of money at aesthetics and advertising, the rest of the brands listed hardly advertise at all. For a lot of people, EK is the only brand they know or pay attention to, so they think it's the best quality without considering any other brand.

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-r9-390x-tf5-acetal-nickel

it says 390x but it'll work fine

An air cooler

This poll is what happens when a brand focuses almost entirely on how their products look

1 minute ago, swordsman247 said:

you can get an i3 6100 for around $100 usd for a used one in the states.

He isn't in the states, he will most likely be paying new prices

1 minute ago, wcreek said:

IIRC the X4 860K was basically an A10 7850K with out the iGPU.

That's correct, stronger quad core from the 7850k but no igpu

5 minutes ago, swordsman247 said:

Maybe a Intel Core i3-6100 3M 3.7 GHz LGA 1151 ?

3 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

In NZD, maybe the Core i3-6100? Its iGPU is weaker but its CPU side of things is far better.

 

Keep in mind the 7650K costs $90, the i3 6100 is $130.

None that you'll be able to overclock, only intel option is a G3258 for less but it's a dual core and you have to disable the igpu to overclock it