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Just now, DioOmicida said:

I assume most gamers use headsets.

Maybe I'm just picky, but I can hear my HDD over my headphones when not playing music and it's kind of annoying xD

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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)

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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

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7 minutes ago, Energycore said:

In that case I stand by my recommendation :)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£293.88 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: SilentiumPC SPC130 78.6 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£97.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: *Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£64.96 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£72.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.53 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card  (£393.79 @ Kustom PCs)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.65 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£79.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £1204.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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Would you say 3000MHz RAM is worth it? Many gamers and reviewers say the impact is minor to performance

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3 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Maybe I'm just picky, but I can hear my HDD over my headphones when not playing music and it's kind of annoying xD

Maybe it's getting dusty? I have a HDD but I hardly heard a noise eventhough I'm sitting literally next to my PC (no headphones used)

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Just now, zValhalla said:

Would you say 3000MHz RAM is worth it? Many gamers and reviewers say the impact is minor to performance

I go by Digitalfoundry's findings about RAM speed.

 

Add to that that 3000MHz DDR4 isn't more expensive than slower DDR4

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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Just now, GarnetDevil said:

Maybe it's getting dusty? I have a HDD but I hardly heard a noise eventhough I'm sitting literally next to my PC (no headphones used)

older HDDs are loud, slow, and run hot. i suspect its an older HDD that is pre 2010. 

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1 minute ago, GarnetDevil said:

Maybe it's getting dusty? I have a HDD but I hardly heard a noise eventhough I'm sitting literally next to my PC (no headphones used)

Nah what I hear is a high pitched weeeeee sound that I've heard in every HDD I've ever put my hands on. The movement of the needle is even louder.

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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1 minute ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

older HDDs are loud, slow, and run hot. i suspect its an older HDD that is pre 2010. 

I have 2 HDDs to be fair, one is from 2011 and the other is a WD enterprise drive that isn't particularly designed to be silent.

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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3 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Nah what I hear is a high pitched weeeeee sound that I've heard in every HDD I've ever put my hands on. The movement of the needle is even louder.

You sir need to invest in some earplug ;) but yeah hdds can be very loud. I find that WD Blues are but my seagate barracuda is really quite (then again I have really loud fans)

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Just now, Link357 said:

You sir need to invest in some earplug ;) but yeah ssd can be very loud. I find that WD Blues are but my seagate barracuda is really quite (then again I have really loud fans)

I'm a musician by passion so maybe I just pick up all the noises xD

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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Just now, Energycore said:

I have 2 HDDs to be fair, one is from 2011 and the other is a WD enterprise drive that isn't particularly designed to be silent.

i have a velocoraptor and that thing isnt quiet or cool at all. hell it runs at 60c... but all my seagate barracuda hdds from before 2010 are loud like the needle movement is loud as hell. 

 

Just now, Link357 said:

You sir need to invest in some earplug ;) but yeah ssd can be very loud. I find that WD Blues are but my seagate barracuda is really quite (then again I have really loud fans)

how can a ssd be loud? it has no moving parts... 

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17 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Maybe I'm just picky, but I can hear my HDD over my headphones when not playing music and it's kind of annoying xD

No, I totally understand where you are coming from.
Full emersion or get out, right?
I feel the exact same way.

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38 minutes ago, Energycore said:

In that case I stand by my recommendation :)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£293.88 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: SilentiumPC SPC130 78.6 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£97.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: *Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£64.96 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£72.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.53 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card  (£393.79 @ Kustom PCs)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.65 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£79.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £1204.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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I've revised your build and just tweaked it slightly, although I am still unsure where to buy windows, will keep looking.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£293.88 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: SilentiumPC SPC130 78.6 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£127.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Memory: *Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£62.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£44.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card  (£419.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.65 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£29.87 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1193.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
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4 hours ago, zValhalla said:

I've revised your build and just tweaked it slightly, although I am still unsure where to buy windows, will keep looking.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£293.88 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: SilentiumPC SPC130 78.6 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£127.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Memory: *Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£62.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£44.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card  (£419.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.65 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£29.87 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1193.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-12 17:50 BST+0100

Yeah this works

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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