Who is into building PC's/Gaming rigs?

[TClark22]

I just built my first PC over the weekend. I had my buddy help with picking the hardware as I'm not well versed in computer. lol

Specs:
i5-7600k
Gigabit z270-XP-SLI MB
Asus Gefore GTX 1070
Coolermaster Hyper 212
Crucial 275gb SSD
Seagate Barracuda 2tb HDD
Corsair CX-750M
G.SKill 16gb (2x8) Ram

My first venture into a gaming worthy computer...plus my college laptop has been on the fritz so decided it was time for a real PC.

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[Kiohtee]

Good on the GFX Card and the Ram
I would go 1TB Samsung 850 Evo SSD. It's Nice not to have to worry about space.

I Have a 1TB Samsung 850 Evo SSD and its great.

I'm gonna have to pass on the 1TB SSD. That's a roughly $250 expense I don't really need when I already have a 1TB HDD. I'm still not completely sold on the additional 256GB SSD.

As a matter of fact, I just checked, and I have 75GB left on my 120GB SSD I have now, so I highly doubt I'll be adding to it. Lol

 

[mr2cam]

Lol I have 1.5T of SSD space, I have a 512GB M.2 and a 1TB Sata, need the space with all the damn VR games

 

[Kiohtee]

Got some new goodies in!

New desk, new chair, added an extended mouse pad and swapped to an Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060. Also did some major cable management and put up some LEDs on the new desk. More cable management to come:

Notice the built-in cup holders as well. Gah I love this desk!

 

[HudsonFalcon]

^That looks really good. I did some led string lighting behind my desk for some ambient lighting as well.

 

[Sladester2]

Same desk I have lol, the Fredde is nice. I have a DX Racer for a chair

 

[Kiohtee]

Thanks fellas, and yeah, the Fredde is a real nice piece!

 

[Kiohtee]

I know it's not much, but I'd like to offer my old keyboard/mouse combo and RGB case lighting (both can be seen above) to anyone who wants to pay for the ride. It's just a little way I'd like to give back. See descriptions and pictures below:

The keyboard/mouse is a Devastator II from Cooler Master. It features solid green back lighting in both (no special effects).

Also up for grabs is my old Logisys 12" RGB LED strip made for the inside of a case. Will include everything needed for plug and play installation (might want to grab some double sided tape though).

 

[Serpent]

Who is excited about Ryzen? I've never been an AMD fan, but for half the price of their high end I7's, the 1800x is an i7 ass kicker. Only thing that beats it is a $1600 cpu 6950x. I'm due for a rig build, waiting to see test real world results from ryzen, gonna take the setup plunge. DDR4/GTX 1080/Ryzen 1800x/samsung nvme ssd.

 

[Kiohtee]

This is very relevant to me as I'm about to pull the trigger on an i5-7600K. Maybe I'll wait to see some real world results first.

 

[mr2cam]

Ryzen will be a game changer, I just want to see how the single core performance does, but either way Intel will have to either lower prices or try to find a huge performance increase to keep their piece of the market share

 

[InvisibleBlade]

Got some new goodies in!

New desk, new chair, added an extended mouse pad and swapped to an Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060. Also did some major cable management and put up some LEDs on the new desk. More cable management to come:

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That is totally an IKEA chair! Haha, I have the same one.

 

[jacker1991]

Ryzen will definitely be a gamer changer. I am tired of Intel raping us with their obscene prices because of the lack of competition. Hopefully this leads to great products, same way the Camaro/Mustang rivalry during the last 7 years or so.

DirectX12 is definitely going to help them out in pushing Intel to do some work.

 

[Kiohtee]

That is totally an IKEA chair! Haha, I have the same one.

Shhh! I don't want people know how cheap I am man! Lol

I will eventually get a race style seat in black and red, but for right now this setup works awesome!

 

[Gravik]

Got some new goodies in!

New desk, new chair, added an extended mouse pad and swapped to an Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1060. Also did some major cable management and put up some LEDs on the new desk. More cable management to come:

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Notice the built-in cup holders as well. Gah I love this desk!

What desk is that? Also sent u a pm about the keyboard

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[Kiohtee]

What desk is that? Also sent u a pm about the keyboard

Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

The desk is a FREDDE from IKEA.

And as of right now, the keyboard/mouse combo and case lighting have been spoken for. If the deal falls through, there's a short line and I'll update as needed.

 

[olympic]

I've been building my own rigs since about 2004, here's the latest iteration.

Current hardware:

Intel 3970X 6 core/12 thread
32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz
Asus ROG Rampage IV Extreme motherboard
Gigabyte GeForce GTX1080 8GB
Samsung Evo 850 1TB boot drive
Corsair 1500W PSU
3x2GB WD Green storage drives
Thermaltake Armor aluminum case

Water cooling:
Heatkiller 3.0 waterblock
MCP655pump w/custom top
Alphacool 2x180mm radiator w/Silverstone fans
Bitspower fittings
Primochill tubing

Desk setup:
Asus ROG Swift 34" G-Sync Ultrawide curved monitor.
Ducky Shine Keyboard
Athena speakers w/12" sub powered by a Yamaha 100wx5 amp

 

[Kiohtee]

Sweet unique build @olympic!

I'm impatient and have decided to forge ahead with my new build. Selling my i5-6400/GTX 1070 complete minus the HDD/SSDs and heading towards this baby:

i5-7600K
NZXT Kraken X62
MSi Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON
G.Skill TridentZ RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0
NZXT S340 (black)
Corsair RMx 550W 80+ Gold Fully Modular

 

[mr2cam]

Sweet unique build @olympic!

I'm impatient and have decided to forge ahead with my new build. Selling my i5-6400/GTX 1070 complete minus the HDD/SSDs and heading towards this baby:

i5-7600K
NZXT Kraken X62
MSi Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON
G.Skill TridentZ RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0
NZXT S340 (black)
Corsair RMx 550W 80+ Gold Fully Modular

I would wait for the 1080ti to come out, its less then a month away from release and its possible the price of the 1080 will drop because of it

 

[mr2cam]

Oh they just announced the 1080ti at $699 and a price drop on the regular 1080 to $499