I received all of the parts over the course of this week and completed the build yesterday. Still all new so I don't have much to report except that I went a little overboard with air circulation... I have too many fans and even with them turned down as low as possible, it is still louder than my previous machine.
Not a horrible noise, just louder.
Because of all the bad reports of the FX (Piledriver) series of chips and how poorly they compare with Intel, I immediately fired up Skyrim to test. Couldn't tell the difference from my previous build... settings on Ultra+. I do have to note that I also have a better graphics card, too, but even so, the game performed exceptionally well. So, I am pretty confident that I made the right decision going with AM3+ and the FX-8350.
More later as I get back to work...
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Trigger has been pulled. New build on its way.
My new PC is on its way here in pieces. There have been a few changes from my original build specifications. Here is what I got:
Corsair Graphite 600TM
Asus Sabertooth 990FX
Gigabyte 770GTX w/4GB VRAM
Corsair HX850 PS
AMD FX-8350 CPU
Samsung 500GB SSD
GSkill 1866 RAM, 16GB (4GB x 4)
Seagate 1 TB HD x 2
Corsair H60 CPU Cooler
Cougar 120MM Case Fan x 2
Windows 8 Pro
The changes from the original build are the graphics card, the power supply (newer version of same PS), a single SSD instead of 2 in RAID, and I threw in one more fan.
I was also going to reuse my current Windows 8 DVD but... decided since I am passing my current computer down to my son it would be easier to simply create an account for him on this box, and reinstall all of my stuff fresh.
The most important change was probably the graphics card... the NVidia 770 is ... well, it's a souped up version of the 680, but much cheaper than the 680 and most other cards in its class. It is quite the bargain. Apparently Nvidia has decided to become a little more aggressive in their pricing and are pressing ATI not only with excellent performance but excellent value.
So the parts are on their way! I should (theoretically) have all the pieces by Friday, and can begin putting them together over the weekend. Very exciting!
Corsair Graphite 600TM
Asus Sabertooth 990FX
Gigabyte 770GTX w/4GB VRAM
Corsair HX850 PS
AMD FX-8350 CPU
Samsung 500GB SSD
GSkill 1866 RAM, 16GB (4GB x 4)
Seagate 1 TB HD x 2
Corsair H60 CPU Cooler
Cougar 120MM Case Fan x 2
Windows 8 Pro
The changes from the original build are the graphics card, the power supply (newer version of same PS), a single SSD instead of 2 in RAID, and I threw in one more fan.
I was also going to reuse my current Windows 8 DVD but... decided since I am passing my current computer down to my son it would be easier to simply create an account for him on this box, and reinstall all of my stuff fresh.
The most important change was probably the graphics card... the NVidia 770 is ... well, it's a souped up version of the 680, but much cheaper than the 680 and most other cards in its class. It is quite the bargain. Apparently Nvidia has decided to become a little more aggressive in their pricing and are pressing ATI not only with excellent performance but excellent value.
So the parts are on their way! I should (theoretically) have all the pieces by Friday, and can begin putting them together over the weekend. Very exciting!
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