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So, simply put, I love making pretend setups in newegg and so-forth. Things people would actually build. Because I don't have a ton of money and my Phenom II x4 is more than ample for my current needs.

 

So... what I was thinking of doing was a gaming rig/daily driver. Enough power to play most games maxed out at slightly above 1080p.

 

Core i5 4690k 1150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372

 

Asus Z97M-Plus 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132130

 

G.Skill Trident X 16GB DDR3 1866mhz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231623

WD Black Series 4TB (because reasons)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236622

 

HIS iPower IceQ X2 Radeon R9 290X (I love HIS they're the shiznit)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161457

 

Fractal Design Define R4 Mid Tower 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352020

Cooler Master V850 850w modular PSU 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171079

 

 

I dunno does this look like something you guys would use? I dunno. 

Just like throwing parts together on newegg. 

 

 

 

 

 

Eric S. Raymond used an E6600 from 2005 until 12/30/14 or open source software creation. Raw data computations in excess of 18GB each. Core 2 Duos still have tons of life left, my friend.

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Want a project request? Build the cheapest hackintosh you can that can run mavericks but wont blow up from super cheap parts lol

Case: NZXT Phantom PSU: EVGA G2 650w Motherboard: Asus Z97-Pro (Wifi-AC) CPU: 4690K @4.2ghz/1.2V Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Ram: Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB 1866mhz GPU: Gigabyte G1 GTX970 Storage: (2x) WD Caviar Blue 1TB, Crucial MX100 256GB SSD, Samsung 840 SSD Wifi: TP Link WDN4800

 

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i5 with 16 GB of RAM? If you're doing the professional work that can take advantage of that much RAM, you'd probably want an i7. If you're just gaming, the i5 is a better choice, but then you could easily get away with only 8 GB of RAM.

 

No SSD?

 

mATX board in a full ATX case? Not an issue, but looks kinda strange having that small board in the bigger case..

i7 not perfectly stable at 4.4.. #firstworldproblems

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Well if you were going to buy this i would say that 16gb is a bit much for just gaming and change the hard drive because iv'e heard that people are having a lot of issues with 4tb drives.

 

Also this isnt a big issue but why a mATX motherboard in a ATX case?

CPU: 6600K @ 4.6Ghz | COOLER: H100i GTX | MOBO: Asus Z170 AR | GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti Hybrid | RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB | 

CASE: Corsair 760T | PSU: Corsair RM750x | STORAGE: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB & Seagate 2TB | KEYBOARD: K70 RGB | MOUSE: Deathadder Elite

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Something that i would done is change the psu to a Evga g2 850w 

jonny guru says this psu is better than that. both are amazing though (picking one of them up soon :P)

|| MAELSTROM ||

|| i5 3570K W/ CM 212x @ 4GHz || r9 290 Windforce || Corsair Obsidian 450D || 2tb HDD + 120gb 840 evo SSD || 2x4gb Hyperx Fury Blue

 

 

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change to 8gb of 1600ghz

INTEL CORE I5 4670K | NVIDIA GTX 980 | NOCTUA NH-L9i | GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SLI | KINGSTON 120GB V300

CM STORM QUICKFIRE TK | BENQ XL2420TE | ROCCAT SAVU | FRACTAL DEFINE R4

 

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My dream build would be a 4960x, 8x4 gigs of kingston fury painted green and a titan black painted green in a green 450D (rest of components green) only reason i went blue is because it easier and cheaper :P

|| MAELSTROM ||

|| i5 3570K W/ CM 212x @ 4GHz || r9 290 Windforce || Corsair Obsidian 450D || 2tb HDD + 120gb 840 evo SSD || 2x4gb Hyperx Fury Blue

 

 

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I would probably go down to 8GB of RAM, 16 is unnecessary for gaming. I would probably use a Mini ITX or Micro ATX case and motherboard to save space (unless this is designed for major upgrading potential later on), then use the money I saved from those two changes to add a small boot drive (ssd of course) and a good aftermarket cooler.

I've built 3 PC's, but none for myself... In fact, I'm using an iMac that my dad bought for me as my desktop. Awkward...

Please don't say "SSD drive." By doing so, you are literally saying "Solid State Drive Drive" and causing my brain cells to commit suicide. The same applies to HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express).

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I would probably go down to 8GB of RAM, 16 is unnecessary for gaming. I would probably use a Mini ITX or Micro ATX case and motherboard to save space (unless this is designed for major upgrading potential later on), then use the money I saved from those two changes to add a small boot drive (ssd of course) and a good aftermarket cooler.

IMO I'm a bit of a tab monkey like linus... so if I were to build it... I'd totally use 16GB. Or 12GB. I just couldn't use 8GB with a devil's canyon it doesn't seem right. 

Eric S. Raymond used an E6600 from 2005 until 12/30/14 or open source software creation. Raw data computations in excess of 18GB each. Core 2 Duos still have tons of life left, my friend.

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IMO I'm a bit of a tab monkey like linus... so if I were to build it... I'd totally use 16GB. Or 12GB. I just couldn't use 8GB with a devil's canyon it doesn't seem right. 

Fair enough, you know your computing needs better than anyone else.

Oh and BTW, have a foot: /)

I've built 3 PC's, but none for myself... In fact, I'm using an iMac that my dad bought for me as my desktop. Awkward...

Please don't say "SSD drive." By doing so, you are literally saying "Solid State Drive Drive" and causing my brain cells to commit suicide. The same applies to HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express).

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Fair enough, you know your computing needs better than anyone else.

Oh and BTW, have a foot: /)

O3O 

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Woah that HIS card looks soooooo dope!

Ola Englund does not approve of your hashtags. Sleep is for the weak, insomnia builds character.

As you are reading this you are slowly traveling forwards in time to where you will get out of the time machine and continue to read posts. Too spookyfor100me.

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Woah that HIS card looks soooooo dope!

HIS makes great stuff. Asus too and MSI too when it comes to GPUs. 

But HIS actually has customer support staff with personalities. Contact them about an issue and they have a sense of humor and are knowledgable and are willing to do an RMA *snap* no issue. 

Buddy of mine just got a 7770 and OC'ed it with no issues. 

Another bud of my has a 7850 Double D that I OC'ed to 985 core and 1350 mem with no issues. 

HIS card are done right IMO. I own an Asus AMD Radeon HD 6770 and I managed to fix some of the issues I had now it's like a dream. 

 

*THESE ARE JUST OPINIONS*

Eric S. Raymond used an E6600 from 2005 until 12/30/14 or open source software creation. Raw data computations in excess of 18GB each. Core 2 Duos still have tons of life left, my friend.

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Want a project request? Build the cheapest hackintosh you can that can run mavericks but wont blow up from super cheap parts lol

Why not? I bet I could do one with an overclocked g3258, a reference r7 260x, and a 256GB SSD. That should do mavericks okay after a bit of fiddling. 

Also gigabyte boards because those are the best with hackintoshes. 

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Why not? I bet I could do one with an overclocked g3258, a reference r7 260x, and a 256GB SSD. That should do mavericks okay after a bit of fiddling. 

Also gigabyte boards because those are the best with hackintoshes.

you take "cheapest" lightly xD

Case: NZXT Phantom PSU: EVGA G2 650w Motherboard: Asus Z97-Pro (Wifi-AC) CPU: 4690K @4.2ghz/1.2V Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Ram: Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB 1866mhz GPU: Gigabyte G1 GTX970 Storage: (2x) WD Caviar Blue 1TB, Crucial MX100 256GB SSD, Samsung 840 SSD Wifi: TP Link WDN4800

 

Donkeys are love, Donkeys are life.                    "No answer means no problem!" - Luke 2015

 

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you take "cheapest" lightly xD

You want me to go hard mode? Sure. 

Used MSI LGA 775 Mobo: ~$50

http://pcdirect.com//msig4coso775.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwsJyfBRC729Oy5Pf26ekBEiQAYtd9Qd2MHgkvrvWWcqz7M6t3vjxNRfQ6ETryS5CcQ1IAtKUaAuHV8P8HAQ

Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5ghz (i have one sitting around ^^)

4GB DDR2 800MHZ (Have that sitting around :3) 

Nvidia Quadro Fx 570 (have that sitting around and should work natively with anything 10.6+)

500w PSU (have that sitting around~)

Rosewill Thingy 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147023

 

Yep I just went hard mode. 

 

Eric S. Raymond used an E6600 from 2005 until 12/30/14 or open source software creation. Raw data computations in excess of 18GB each. Core 2 Duos still have tons of life left, my friend.

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You want me to go hard mode? Sure. 

Used MSI LGA 775 Mobo: ~$50

http://pcdirect.com//msig4coso775.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwsJyfBRC729Oy5Pf26ekBEiQAYtd9Qd2MHgkvrvWWcqz7M6t3vjxNRfQ6ETryS5CcQ1IAtKUaAuHV8P8HAQ

Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5ghz (i have one sitting around ^^)

4GB DDR2 800MHZ (Have that sitting around :3) 

Nvidia Quadro Fx 570 (have that sitting around and should work natively with anything 10.6+)

500w PSU (have that sitting around~)

Rosewill Thingy 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147023

 

Yep I just went hard mode. 

 

 

MOM GET THE CAMERA!!!!!! #MLG #GETREKT

Ola Englund does not approve of your hashtags. Sleep is for the weak, insomnia builds character.

As you are reading this you are slowly traveling forwards in time to where you will get out of the time machine and continue to read posts. Too spookyfor100me.

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You want me to go hard mode? Sure.

Used MSI LGA 775 Mobo: ~$50

http://pcdirect.com//msig4coso775.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwsJyfBRC729Oy5Pf26ekBEiQAYtd9Qd2MHgkvrvWWcqz7M6t3vjxNRfQ6ETryS5CcQ1IAtKUaAuHV8P8HAQ

Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5ghz (i have one sitting around ^^)

4GB DDR2 800MHZ (Have that sitting around :3)

Nvidia Quadro Fx 570 (have that sitting around and should work natively with anything 10.6+)

500w PSU (have that sitting around~)

Rosewill Thingy

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147023

Yep I just went hard mode.

lord, i was thinking more of a pentium/celeron and a gt 610 with some mini 1155 mobo thats osx friendly

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZfLsVn

Take out the hdd and its ~300 :3

Case: NZXT Phantom PSU: EVGA G2 650w Motherboard: Asus Z97-Pro (Wifi-AC) CPU: 4690K @4.2ghz/1.2V Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Ram: Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB 1866mhz GPU: Gigabyte G1 GTX970 Storage: (2x) WD Caviar Blue 1TB, Crucial MX100 256GB SSD, Samsung 840 SSD Wifi: TP Link WDN4800

 

Donkeys are love, Donkeys are life.                    "No answer means no problem!" - Luke 2015

 

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