ThePartyLeader

All these people putting roswill PSU apparently didn't notice that pc part picker is double applying the rebate. So they are all the cost of the rebate more expensive than it is saying,
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I guess I'm just insane

480 8gb if you have the $220 and don't mind the AMD Catalyst drivers. Especially if you are upgrading monitors at some point during the cards lifespan since Freesync is pretty much a free add on to new monitors where as Gsync cost either a hand or an entire arm.

480 8gb if you have the $220 and don't mind the AMD Catalyst drivers. Especially if you are upgrading monitors at some point during the cards lifespan since Freesync is pretty much a free add on to new monitors where as Gsync cost either a hand or an entire arm.

I don't disagree that the 470 is a fine choice too if it hits the numbers he wanted. He stated he wants to spend his full budget so his original card choices seem solid for hit position. Just like to point out other options as some people watch these you tubers then buy graphics cards that are far more powerful than they need to play WOW, League of Legends, and CS GO. Just because they here that other cards are better.
Like to provide a different viewpoint.

I got a 750ti way back and that little thing kicked ass (': 

Soooooo not sure what goes and what doesn't, I kind of read the rules thing, definitely didn't lurk and learn but instead just jumping in. I mean what's the worst that happens I use a comma in a thread instead of a semi-colon and the punctuation Nazis storm my house; insult my life's work, and I'm forced to watch my thread be deleted and cry myself to sleep. Not like that hasn't happened before so nothing to lose. No regerts.
 
So lets start off with a dream. about 7 years ago, before I had kids and the state showed me some paperwork that appeared to have my signature saying I was married, there was this dream. A dream of building a computer, modding that computer, and playing hardcore graphics intensive games like... Age of Empires III and Diablo and do so with so much hardware that whenever anyone sees what I have under the hood they say crazy things like "You're an Idiot you can run those games on a smart phone why did you spend enough money to buy a car on your computer?!". I don't have a good answer to that question, probably never will.
 
The first iteration before I went broke and the dream was halted included a Phenom Black 9750 if my memory serves me correct, a 9800 GT in a  Massive full tower windowless NZXT Phantom. No photo since well. It was a windowless case with a brown motherboard, stock cooler, and enough LED fans to hold a LED addicts anonymous meeting. One thing was learned, Full tower cases are not for me, and you do not have to fill every fan mount with a fan to make a computer run.
 
Second iteration when I was no longer broke but my hardware was useless to mod by this time. Based off the I5 2550k cause that .1ghz guys! a 4x4 kit of blue Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600 Ram to match with my Asus P8Z68-V Pro in this sexy XION Predator Gaming Series Mid tower and a H100 corsair AIO cooler cause stock coolers are for squares.
 Photo of what my build would have looked like if I took a photo of it.
 
Hopefully that formatting worked...
 
Not the actual stress test but some minor proof for when my brother asked why I was dumb enough to pay for a unlocked CPU.
 
I don't know what really happened after that but somehow I ended up with a white windowed Phantom 630.... a full tower..... yeah I know I said they are not for me and they are not.... but they are just so Damn Pretty! Either way here is a photo of internals since you probably know what a white phantom 630 looks like.
 
mmmmm hot sauce.
 
Now at this point you probably are like "PartyLeader uhhhh those are definitely not a EVGA 550 ti". I know time lines are hard. Previous to this there would have been a 680 Classified upgrade to that 550ti cause well Skyrim ENBs. Then later my brother was building a computer and me being a good human being donated that 680 to his build and suffered through installing dual 970s. Your second question is like hey dude is that a 1000w power supply. And yes, we both can read, otherwise this thread would be kind of awkward for you to be on, especially if my images don't work...... All I have to say to you is Newegg sale and don't you remember my dream?
 
Either way the Phantom 630 didn't last long and with it went the I5-2550k as I learned again. I don't want a huge case. So I picked up the current iteration an I5 6600k a 2x8 kit if Crucial Ballistix Tactical, and a glorious MATX board that supports SLI the ASRock Z170m Extreme4. There was only like 2 boards at the time that did this and the other looked like a race car vomited on it. Then the coup de grâce the case of my dreams a full tower Phantom the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv MATX.
 
Either way I drew up a bunch of pretty pictures trying to figure out what I wanted to do to this gorgeous case. I then ignored them all and started randomly spray painting it Fluorescent Green and White.
The Room
 
Rebuilding
 
Now that the dream has started. Hopefully it comes into reality. Not sure where it is going as over the years as you probably..... maybe not have read I just been kinda flying by the seat of my pants and will continue to do so as next is motherboard and component painting. Then after taxes in 2017 water cooling.
 
O Yeah Glam.... Unknown to you I have not looked at my work under the proper light until just before writing this very line. So here it is with a jury rigged Cable mods UV LED strip.
 
Hopefully someone enjoyed this as I enjoyed making it and reflecting on my little hobby I squeeze in between work, wife, kids, pets, and Game of Thrones.
Thank You for your time. I will hopefully be back soon with updates as this project evolvs but being in retail and it being the time it is I may not have a day off for a month or so. Wish me luck.
 
Update
Installed system and did a little quick detail work with some fluorescent gel pen. Also updated keyboard to a Masterkeys Pro S.


Color and photo quality kinda suck do to my phone camera
 

Soooooo not sure what goes and what doesn't, I kind of read the rules thing, definitely didn't lurk and learn but instead just jumping in. I mean what's the worst that happens I use a comma in a thread instead of a semi-colon and the punctuation Nazis storm my house; insult my life's work, and I'm forced to watch my thread be deleted and cry myself to sleep. Not like that hasn't happened before so nothing to lose. No regerts.
 
So lets start off with a dream. about 7 years ago, before I had kids and the state showed me some paperwork that appeared to have my signature saying I was married, there was this dream. A dream of building a computer, modding that computer, and playing hardcore graphics intensive games like... Age of Empires III and Diablo and do so with so much hardware that whenever anyone sees what I have under the hood they say crazy things like "You're an Idiot you can run those games on a smart phone why did you spend enough money to buy a car on your computer?!". I don't have a good answer to that question, probably never will.
 
The first iteration before I went broke and the dream was halted included a Phenom Black 9750 if my memory serves me correct, a 9800 GT in a  Massive full tower windowless NZXT Phantom. No photo since well. It was a windowless case with a brown motherboard, stock cooler, and enough LED fans to hold a LED addicts anonymous meeting. One thing was learned, Full tower cases are not for me, and you do not have to fill every fan mount with a fan to make a computer run.
 
Second iteration when I was no longer broke but my hardware was useless to mod by this time. Based off the I5 2550k cause that .1ghz guys! a 4x4 kit of blue Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600 Ram to match with my Asus P8Z68-V Pro in this sexy XION Predator Gaming Series Mid tower and a H100 corsair AIO cooler cause stock coolers are for squares.
 Photo of what my build would have looked like if I took a photo of it.
 
Hopefully that formatting worked...
 
Not the actual stress test but some minor proof for when my brother asked why I was dumb enough to pay for a unlocked CPU.
 
I don't know what really happened after that but somehow I ended up with a white windowed Phantom 630.... a full tower..... yeah I know I said they are not for me and they are not.... but they are just so Damn Pretty! Either way here is a photo of internals since you probably know what a white phantom 630 looks like.
 
mmmmm hot sauce.
 
Now at this point you probably are like "PartyLeader uhhhh those are definitely not a EVGA 550 ti". I know time lines are hard. Previous to this there would have been a 680 Classified upgrade to that 550ti cause well Skyrim ENBs. Then later my brother was building a computer and me being a good human being donated that 680 to his build and suffered through installing dual 970s. Your second question is like hey dude is that a 1000w power supply. And yes, we both can read, otherwise this thread would be kind of awkward for you to be on, especially if my images don't work...... All I have to say to you is Newegg sale and don't you remember my dream?
 
Either way the Phantom 630 didn't last long and with it went the I5-2550k as I learned again. I don't want a huge case. So I picked up the current iteration an I5 6600k a 2x8 kit if Crucial Ballistix Tactical, and a glorious MATX board that supports SLI the ASRock Z170m Extreme4. There was only like 2 boards at the time that did this and the other looked like a race car vomited on it. Then the coup de grâce the case of my dreams a full tower Phantom the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv MATX.
 
Either way I drew up a bunch of pretty pictures trying to figure out what I wanted to do to this gorgeous case. I then ignored them all and started randomly spray painting it Fluorescent Green and White.
The Room
 
Rebuilding
 
Now that the dream has started. Hopefully it comes into reality. Not sure where it is going as over the years as you probably..... maybe not have read I just been kinda flying by the seat of my pants and will continue to do so as next is motherboard and component painting. Then after taxes in 2017 water cooling.
 
O Yeah Glam.... Unknown to you I have not looked at my work under the proper light until just before writing this very line. So here it is with a jury rigged Cable mods UV LED strip.
 
Hopefully someone enjoyed this as I enjoyed making it and reflecting on my little hobby I squeeze in between work, wife, kids, pets, and Game of Thrones.
Thank You for your time. I will hopefully be back soon with updates as this project evolvs but being in retail and it being the time it is I may not have a day off for a month or so. Wish me luck.
 
Update
Installed system and did a little quick detail work with some fluorescent gel pen. Also updated keyboard to a Masterkeys Pro S.


Color and photo quality kinda suck do to my phone camera