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@CornOnJacob, how about not allowing any submitter to vote?

 

When some submitters vote those who do not are, intentionally or not, manipulating the outcome.

What do you mean exactly? That's the point of voting. They are not allowed to vote for themselves, no one can manipulate the outcome in his/her favor, only in someone else's.

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What do you mean exactly? That's the point of voting. They are not allowed to vote for themselves, no one can manipulate the outcome in his/her favor, only in someone else's.

 

If a submitter does not vote then they deny all other builds a vote. Which is, perhaps counter intuitively, a vote for their own build.

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If a submitter does not vote then they deny all other builds a vote. Which is, perhaps counter intuitively, a vote for their own build.

 

No it isn't. ;)

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Voting is now live

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/315700-build-off-contest-61-scrapyard-wars-the-upgrade-edition/

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so guys i am not pro at this but i eventually got 1300 euros so i want i build pc for gaming most and i want it to run almost everything at high settings 1920x1080 after some search at seeing some reviews i come to this
cpu Intel Core i5-4690K
motherboard please help to chose one
ram Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600MHz
card MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB or the ZOTAC
COOLING Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
POWER SUPPLY Corsair Builder Series CX750M 80Plus Bronze
CASE HELP NZTX H440 OR CORSAIR CARBIDE SPEC 03

AND TELL ME IF SOME ITS BETTER TO COMBINE WITH SOMETHING ELSE OR FOR BETTER COMPATIBILITY AND I ALSO WANT TO OVERCLOCK THE CPU SOME SUGGESTION WILL BE APPRECIATED.AND ALSO THE CARD IS 400 EUROS WHERE I LIVE SO so maybe I MUST GET A MOTHERBOARD WITH SLI AND PUT TWO CHIPER CARDS PLEASE HELP SORRY FOR ENGLISH please some help 

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so guys i am not pro at this but i eventually got 1300 euros so i want i build pc for gaming most and i want it to run almost everything at high settings 1920x1080 after some search at seeing some reviews i come to this

cpu Intel Core i5-4690K

motherboard please help to chose one

ram Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600MHz

card MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB or the ZOTAC

COOLING Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

POWER SUPPLY Corsair Builder Series CX750M 80Plus Bronze

CASE HELP NZTX H440 OR CORSAIR CARBIDE SPEC 03

AND TELL ME IF SOME ITS BETTER TO COMBINE WITH SOMETHING ELSE OR FOR BETTER COMPATIBILITY AND I ALSO WANT TO OVERCLOCK THE CPU SOME SUGGESTION WILL BE APPRECIATED.AND ALSO THE CARD IS 400 EUROS WHERE I LIVE SO so maybe I MUST GET A MOTHERBOARD WITH SLI AND PUT TWO CHIPER CARDS PLEASE HELP SORRY FOR ENGLISH please some help 

 

Umm, not the right place to post this. Make a new thread about it.

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congrats to @terdel ninja for winning the Contest: 61

 

next contest coming soon

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Any idea on when the next contest will be?

- i7-2600k @ 4.7GHz - MSI 1070 8GB Gaming X - ASUS Maximus V Formula AC3 Edition - 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws @ 1600Mhz - Corsair RM1000 - 1TB 7200RPM Seagate HDD + 2TB 7200 HDD + 2x240GB M500 RAID 0 - Corsair 750D - Samsung PX2370 & ASUS ROG SWIFT -

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Waiting for the next contest

indeed. lets just have a little contest here in this thread for funssies.

for example, most clean looking superbudget gaming system for under 800 dollars. lighting is obligatory, rest is up to you.

with kb, mouse, headphones and monitor also.

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indeed. lets just have a little contest here in this thread for funssies.

for example, most clean looking superbudget gaming system for under 800 dollars

I'm in. Before or after rebates?

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@Manny Calavera

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($173.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus Z87-A (NFC Express Edition) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.98 @ OutletPC)

Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($159.99 @ Micro Center)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($66.50 @ Directron)

Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Monitor: LG 22M35D 60Hz 22.0" Monitor ($99.99 @ NCIX US)

Keyboard: Microsoft Keyboard 200 Wired Standard Keyboard ($6.99 @ NCIX US)

Mouse: Gear Head OM3400U Wired Optical Mouse ($4.29 @ Amazon)

Headphones: Superlux HD681 Headphones ($32.00)

Other: RED NZXT HUE Strip ($14.00)

Total: $773.66

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Yes, my build needs more performance, i think i should have risen budget to 1k at least. This build is actually very nice tho.

Shame pcie ssds are so expensive, it would really look nice with 750ti.

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8x Intel 750 series 2.5" 1.2TB drives 

2x LSI 9300-16i cards

1x Intel dual port 10Gb X520-DA2

1x Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 & supporting motherboard with say 32GB - 64GB DDR4 

 

 

4 drives per card.

Software raid 6 (or Raid-Z2) across all drives since cards run as HBA.

Should give about 7.2TB usable partition.

 

I'd estimate about 11GB/s Seq Reads & 5.5GB/s Seq Writes

 

I'd put the cost somewhere around $8.5k - $9.5k USD

Can Anybody Link A Virtual Machine while I go download some RAM?

 

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When is the next build-off going to start? I am exited to show my skills at picking out parts on PCPartPicker.

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When is the next build-off going to start? I am exited to show my skills at picking out parts on PCPartPicker.

Budget gaming PC price/perf: 400$

GO!

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Budget gaming PC price/perf: 400$

GO!

 

 
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($132.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Apex SK-393-C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($26.39 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $395.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-07 13:01 EDT-0400

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Main - Work + Gaming:

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Woodland Raven: Ryzen 2700X // AMD Wraith RGB // Asus Prime X570-P // G.Skill 2x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 // Radeon RX Vega 56 // Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB M.2 SSD // Deepcool DQ650-M // chassis build in progress // Windows 10 // Thrustmaster TMX + G27 pedals & shifter

F@H Rig:

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FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

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WIFE'S: Dell Latitude E5450 // 14" 1366x768 // i5-5300U 2.3GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD5500 // 2x4GB RAM DDR3L 1600 // 500GB 7200 HDD // Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

 

EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

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hey sorry guys

 

both Me and TerryTek are really busy with work here

 

I am pretty much going 12 hours shift work and to add on my night classes are killing me

 

i only can get to bed at 12 am and then be up by 4.30am for work the next day :(

 

 

 

I will try to make time to think up of a Build contest again once i got the time and look at the next scrapyard wars for ideas

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hey sorry guys

 

both Me and TerryTek are really busy with work here

 

I am pretty much going 12 hours shift work and to add on my night classes are killing me

 

i only can get to bed at 12 am and then be up by 4.30am for work the next day :(

 

 

 

I will try to make time to think up of a Build contest again once i got the time and look at the next scrapyard wars for ideas

Here's a few ideas for competitions:

1) colour matched build (no RGB components allowed)

2) $500 DiY steam machine

3) (when the new cards are all released) AMD GPU build (insert maximum price)

PCs

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Budget gaming PC price/perf: 400$

GO!

 
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P34(FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($55.66 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($47.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($129.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $410.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Here's a few ideas for competitions:

1) colour matched build (no RGB components allowed)

2) $500 DiY steam machine

3) (when the new cards are all released) AMD GPU build (insert maximum price)

I do like 1 and 3

 

will consider them

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I do like 1 and 3

 

will consider them

1) Red and Black Theme. Went with a 2k budget since it was unspecified.

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Micro Center) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($99.99 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($208.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Kingston Savage 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($215.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($239.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($239.99 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $2023.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Is there a version of this where we acutally build the pcs and like compare scores or something? That's be awesome

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