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TSOShadow
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Purpose:

Play ARK: Survival Evolved at best performance
Mount new monitor on wall.
Keep computer quiet.
Future proof within my price range 1000-1500$
 

Location:

Canada Sudbury

 

Parts List so far:
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZbqWbj

Should this have enough performance?
Can I reduce the cost?

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I HIGHLY recommend a i7 6700k for Ark

I'm a educated fool with money on my mind.

They say i got to learn but nobody here to teach me,if they can't understand it how can they reach me

Power and the money,money and the power,minute after minute,hour after hour

My Motivation

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Should definitely have the performance, unsure about cost-reduction

Build: CPU: i5 4690k; Mobo: msi Z97 PC Mate LGA 1150 GPU: Sapphire R9 270 Dual X Case: LSP ULTRA ETorque mid-tower ATX PSU: LSP ULTRA 650w SSD: Crucial BX200 240gb HDD: Western Digital Black 1tb RAM: EVGA SuperSC 16 gigs DDR3 (two 8 gig sticks)

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1 minute ago, TSOShadow said:

Purpose:

Play ARK: Survival Evolved at best performance
Mount new monitor on wall.
Keep computer quiet.
Future proof within my price range 1000-1500$
 

Location:

Canada Sudbury

 

Parts List so far:
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZbqWbj

Should this have enough performance?
Can I reduce the cost?

grab a 212 evo and a SSD

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

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7 minutes ago, TSOShadow said:

Purpose:

Play ARK: Survival Evolved at best performance
Mount new monitor on wall.
Keep computer quiet.
Future proof within my price range 1000-1500$
 

Location:

Canada Sudbury

 

Parts List so far:
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ZbqWbj

Should this have enough performance?
Can I reduce the cost?

Hi!

 

You could do with a better CPU cooler and mugh faster storage for your OS / games (4x the loading speed compared to a hard drive, give or take)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($238.98 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($43.53 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($64.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($36.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($429.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($75.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer GN246HL 24.0" 144Hz Monitor  ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cooler Master Storm QuickFire Rapid Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($79.67 @ Amazon)
Total: $1398.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-29 22:32 EDT-0400

We have a NEW and GLORIOUSER-ER-ER PSU Tier List Now. (dammit @LukeSavenije stop coming up with new ones)

You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here

 

Computer having a hard time powering on? Troubleshoot it with this guide. (Currently looking for suggestions to update it into the context of <current year> and make it its own thread)

Computer Specs:

Spoiler

Mathresolvermajig: Intel Xeon E3 1240 (Sandy Bridge i7 equivalent)

Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S
Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid

Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3

Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333

Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike"

Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500

AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550)

Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

Buttonrodent: Razer Viper Mini + Huion H430P drawing Tablet

Auralnterface: Sennheiser HD 6xx

Liquidrectangles: LG 27UK850-W 4K HDR

 

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15 minutes ago, Dresta said:

I HIGHLY recommend a i7 6700k for Ark

This one's for you <3

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hp3jpb

 

We have a NEW and GLORIOUSER-ER-ER PSU Tier List Now. (dammit @LukeSavenije stop coming up with new ones)

You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here

 

Computer having a hard time powering on? Troubleshoot it with this guide. (Currently looking for suggestions to update it into the context of <current year> and make it its own thread)

Computer Specs:

Spoiler

Mathresolvermajig: Intel Xeon E3 1240 (Sandy Bridge i7 equivalent)

Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S
Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid

Attachcorethingy: Gigabyte H61M-S2V-B3

Infoholdstick: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1333

Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike"

Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500

AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550)

Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

Buttonrodent: Razer Viper Mini + Huion H430P drawing Tablet

Auralnterface: Sennheiser HD 6xx

Liquidrectangles: LG 27UK850-W 4K HDR

 

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16 hours ago, Energycore said:

This one's for you <3

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Hp3jpb

 

Why thank you xD <3

I'm a educated fool with money on my mind.

They say i got to learn but nobody here to teach me,if they can't understand it how can they reach me

Power and the money,money and the power,minute after minute,hour after hour

My Motivation

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Don't mean to necro but I'm pretty well done saving up money and wanted to reassure my self of my selection. Around 2k$ saved..

I did another pass over on my parts list to really try and get ARK to perform at it's best...
I am a little concerned that my old keyboard and monitor might be the only bottle necks left... and if I were to wait on buying any parts for cyber monday coming up... would any really go on sale since it's all rather new?...

 

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/QpLK7h


Interested in any last tips for first time buys and builders...

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So I got everything but the SSD HD here and running except now I can't get my USB windows 7 to install?

Keep hitting a no drivers found window and none of my drivers are showing up under browse...
Youtube is giving me shady home brew videos about plugging it in different ports and creating partitions through console commands,
None of it has gotten me past this error so far...

 

EDIT:

And the fix can be found here:


Beware the motherboard doesn't support usb windows 7 installations very well without another computer to fool around with the memory stick...

EDIT 2:

Apparently the windows install will entirely ignore usb sticks on the desktop from that point further.. idk how to fix it.

 

EDIT 3:

So my only way around my usb stick issue was to disconnect the entire hard drive and hook it into a functioning computer long enough to transfer basic usb software onto it.

A new problem has arisen out of the MOBO in that the network cable connection doesn't have any network adapter software provided that works online...
I was only able to get the proper networking software out of the provided MOBO disc using explorer in my working computer to pull out the most relevant looking files for my OS...

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