My new build
 

Intel Core i7 4770K Haswell
360GB Corsair Sata3 SSD Drive
16GB Corsair DDR3 1600MHz Memory
Radeon 7970 GHz Edition (equal to the nVidia GTX770)
ASRock Z87 series motherboard
Razer Mamba wireless mouse
Reuse my 850w PSU
Reuse my DVD Burner
Reuse my case
Reuse my 2TB Sata2 storage drive
Reuse my three 25 inch monitors (yes... 3 damn monitors)
Reuse my Microsoft Sidewinder Keyboard

Quiver at my awesomeness you puny ****s.

How much faster is that i7 than my i7 2600k?

2 generations past your processor and is about 15% faster. I'm coming from a first generation i7 920. I bought it 2 weeks after it was released. This will be a massive upgrade for me at a, roughly, 35% jump from current.

Super. Jealous.


U need to install planetside 2 and tell me what fps u get on ultra so I can be even more jelly

However, in my experience, I rarely notice a difference in a computer's speed from the processor unless the difference is just huge. I see the biggest bang from 1.) hard drive (ssd) and 2.) bus and memory speed. I just thought I'd say that as people tend to get hung up on processor speed.

With that being said, it looks like he has the goods in place to actually be able to take advantage of the faster processor.

Also, don't take that as an insult to your computer knowledge or anything. I just felt the need to make the point.

I bet Solitaire looks pretty. Very nice build...

Very nice build but a 7970 does not quite equal a 770.

Which Corsair SSD are you getting? I have the ForceGT and with some tweaking it can achieve faster speeds than the out of the box version.

Why are you using 1600 memory?

Which ASRock Mobo are you getting? After using Asrock on my current build I don't think I can go back to Asus or Intel branded boards. My Asrock Extreme6/gb is KING of all overclocking.

What cooler are you using for that 4770k ? STOCK COOLER? nonono my friend Newegg has the h100 on sale right now for under a hundred dollars with rebate, and it kept my 3930k within acceptable range even at a 5.2ghz OC

What case are you reusing?

I will still race you with my mega OCed 3930k

Ah yes one more thing, if you are planning on overclocking you need to look into 'delidding' your haswell chip (this voids the warranty)

Without it they run so hot that big OC's cannot be achieved.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1415403/w...lts-mind-blown

Everything I've read points to equal. Not gonna argue it though... it was $110 cheaper than the GTX770 and whatever shrapnel of performance that the GTX is capable of over the ATi isn't gonna be worth that.

Corsair Force Series GS CSSD-F360GBGS-BK

Because I set an internal budget of so much. I could crank up the juice on my current 920 if inclined and squeeze more life out of this one but I'd rather just run stock.

ASRock Z87 PRO4 motherboard

stock fan for now... not overclocking so no need to go crazy. I can upgrade the fan later if I decide to OC.

Can't remember the case off the top of my head but it is a Cooler Master.

It's all ball bearings these days.

Where did you find a 7970 GHz edition for $110 less than a 770?

The cheapest 7970 I see right now is the XFX and its just $50 cheaper than an EVGA/Gigabyte/ASUS 770.

You should be good for 3+ years.

Open box deal on newegg. Got it for $300.

I'm looking into getting an 8-core Xeon system built for me. Know any good sites?

Cool.

I built my current computer in December 2012 and while it's keeping up, I haven't had time to check out serious advances since then.

I'll probably be good for another year. Thanks!

Yeah but that will cost about $4k or so, right?

adkproaudio.com is awesome.

Nice build man. I'm Rocken a similar build myself, and crush everything I have come up against. The 7970 kicks ass.

Nah. Looking at this atm.

http://www.avadirect.com/workstation...asp?PRID=24683

Think I can get what I want for about 2.5k

Too fat /Omaha

Why wouldn't you do it yourself? Building a PC is as easy as putting together legos, except.. easier.

Nothing will fit together in a way it is not supposed too.

Because I'd rather just have someone else do it for me.

Fair enough.


The build you linked seems decent enough for the price, but why not get some more RAM since you are using it as a workstation. RAM is cheap and goes along way in a workstation environment.

Yeah I will probably get 24GB.

I could build that comp for half that, probably.

Why aren't you using Blackmagic video cards instead of a graphics card?

I'd go for 32

Really? I thought you of all people was a DIY'er when it came to PC's. You buy pre-built? This makes me sad.

I haven't done this before. I've been building my own PCs for 15 years.

I'm to the point now where I'd rather just have someone else do it. My work is sloppy anyway.

I'll be installing my own video capture card.

It's obviously a nice rig. Thing is if you are watching TV, Youtube, etc, your connection can fail you more than a five year old piece of crap. His system does sound real nice though, congrats.

This almost makes me want to build a computer again. Been a while since i have done it. Ill probably do it sometimes next year. Not much of a computer gamer, but this computer i have is like 6 years old now.

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My 2 and a half year old computer scored a 7.6 on everything but hard drive, which was 5.9.

The SSD drive must make a HUGE difference. Why did you purchase a 320 when a 256 would suffice?

I do not quiver~

My work computer scores a 7.7/7.8 on everything except the hard drive as well. 5.9.

Hmm. I wonder if this test is arbitrary?

My brain in reading this thread:

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I wouldn't have sufficed for my purpose. With all the applications and games I will have installed on the computer, I will be reaching the low 200GBs in terms of space used. I didn't want to leave myself with that little room to install other programs.

That extra 100GB gives me the piece of mind that I can load several other programs in the future without worry that my main drive won't have enough space.

Cool, thanks. My hard drive is at 111 GB's with program files but I have five other hard drives that do the heavy lifting.

I can't wait until 2TB drives cost as little as the 320 you purchased.

Just put in an order for my new comp this morning.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1xc5A

Old computer is finally getting to the point where I just want to throw it out the ****ing window. In the last couple weeks it gotten really slow to where you can no longer watch youtube videos. But I suppose 10 or so years is pretty good value for the money.

This new one is a little overkill for my needs but w/e. Bought a USB 2.0 CM 690II case a year ago when it was like $40 that its going in.

Another nice rig~

Commence the quivering

http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4b35d93b.jpg

To be fair all of these high ends would score that or better in win 8 .

Mine is a win 8 system.

I "downgraded" to Windows 7. I cannot cope with Windows 8. I ran that abortion of an OS for 6 months and it was terrible.

I know, which is why your index goes higher. These other high end systems would likely score even higher than that, since it goes to 9.9 now. Has to do with how they tally the score, not anything saying win 8 would perform better.

Win 8 is pretty slick actually. My guess is that you probably didn't like the Metro feature, which admittedly is less than good. But as far as how the OS runs its great and really fast.

Well, well, well...

Most of my stuff shipped today and my "in stock" processor and cooler from NCIX is apparently on back order.

Gotta love it!

Isn't Microsoft updating Windows 7 alongside Windows 8 because not many people want to put that touchscreen directed bullshit on their desktop?

That tile shit can DIAF, imo.

it's ugly as sin no doubt. But it can be really useful, if you just think of it as a start menu on steroids. But change is hard for people, and this was a dramatic change that was forced on everyone, there is no wonder about the huge backlash from the public about it. But, if you had a touchscreen computer, like say a Surface, the Metro is really easy to use.

But I stand by the OS itself, it is really nice. Also, Windows 8.1 will have the option to revert back to the more traditional desktop theme, and the touchscreen directed bullshit will still be available to those who want it.

I love Windows 8, and I love the "Metro" UI; it is at once really, really easy to use and at the same time I can dig deeper than I could before. I don't understand why people don't like it. I think it is really intuitive. The new start screen is great; I can put apps/programs I use a lot in groups that are easy to see and navigate. I currently have 75 apps/programs on my start page sorted into groups. It is easier to find one of those apps/programs and launch it than it is to scroll through threads on CP. Seriously. I can't do that with the old Start page. This is with a mouse as well; this isn't with a touchscreen. The search function is awesome as well. The UI is better than any OS out there as far as I'm concerned. The people who don't like the new IU probably didn't take the requisite 5 minutes to figure out how it works; they just either started bitching about it because it is different or heard someone else who they think knows more about computers than they do bitch about and figured that is what they were supposed to do too.

You couldn't do that with the old windows?

Or you could hit the Start button on your keyboard and type the name of the program.

come on give us the cost

I'm still getting:

7.4
7.5
7.9
7.9
5.9

On my:

AMD Phenom II 970
Mushkin Blackline 8MB RAM
XFX 6950 XXX Edition
Gigabyte GA990FXA UD3 Motherboard

that I put together exactly two years ago.

I was about to purchase a SSD and two more sticks of the same memory along with the AMD FX-8350 Vishera chip. I was thinking of also bumping up to a 79xx series, but the 6950 is still providing excellent results so I'll hold off on that purchase.

Guys, there are actual benchmarking programs that do these sort of things. The Windows score doesn't say much about how good or bad your computer is.

$1,250 total for all purchased components.

LOL you could do that with DOS

My rig:

http://dash.coolsmartphone.com/wp-co.../eleven-11.jpg

Got you all beat.

Shopping at an overstock store, they had a bunch of PC desktop cases. Prices $15-20.

One was still in a box, but the outside indicated that it was a pretty nice case, so I opened it to take a closer look.

Of all things, saw a MOBO and HD in there.

Bought it with a quickness. $19.99

Got it home, 2 TB Seagate Barracuda, Blu-Ray Writer, 16 GB DDR III [2x8Gb], Win 7 Home Premium installed.

MOBO is a cheapo ASRock, and Processor looks to be a low end AMD Quad [EDIT: A10 6800K APU], but still

$19.99 - and before allegations of meddling or somesuch, the $19.99 sticker was on the cardboard box encasing it, and on the side of the case itself, right next to the Win 7 Home Premium Product ID# MoF.

NICE

LOL... this. Go download some actual benchmark tests you guys. The Windows rating score is reeruned, and is not a good benchmark test in the slightest..

Im pretty sure most of us know that