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drinkbeer said: is it difficult to build your own rig? Depends, i've been doing it for literally years, theirs tuts/videos out there. its more about getting compatible parts than it is the building of the system. |
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| It's incredibly easy, as was said getting the right parts is the hardest part drinkbeer said: is it difficult to build your own rig? |
Sanjur0 said: It's incredibly easy, as was said getting the right parts is the hardest part drinkbeer said: is it difficult to build your own rig? I wouldn't call it incredibly easy, there are certainly a few little things you have to keep in mind while building your own system. |
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| I suppose, guess I am jaded since I have built so many. sippychao said: Sanjur0 said: It's incredibly easy, as was said getting the right parts is the hardest part drinkbeer said: is it difficult to build your own rig? I wouldn't call it incredibly easy, there are certainly a few little things you have to keep in mind while building your own system. |
| I did my first build last year. Using half new parts, and half parts from my old PC in a new case. It was much easier than I expected. Hardest part was plugging in the front panel stuff into the correct spots on a generic motherboard with no labels. Bit of trial and error. |
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| I use the 27 in iMac and the 12 core Mac pro |
| "Currently playing the Game of of Life" Poppin Pills is All We Know - Antidote |
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| MY EYES!!! IT'S SO BRIGHT!! Pretty sweet rig non the less :) Also I'm a big fan of those huge Imacs! |
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Prequel said: MB: Gigabyte EP45-DS3R CPU: Intel C2Q Q9400 @3.2GHz RAM: 4GB DDR2 1066 @5-5-5-15 GPU: MSI Nvidia GTX560Ti HAWK SSD: Corsair Force F60 HDD: 2x2TB Internal+1.5TB Ext. Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Display: Samsung T220 Display 2: Sony KDL-52W5800 (Main, atm) KB: Logitech K350 Mouse: Logitech M570 Not exactly an up-to-date system as you can see but i'm happy about it. What I want most is a 21:9 monitor and a 256GB SSD right now. Then I plan a change to ITX form factor, when it's absolutely neccesary for more power. You want more power...so you switch to an ITX case? lol. |
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| I would post a pic of my rig but you guys probably would not like it. How the hell do manage wires so easily mine has wires just everywhere and it gets dusty almost every day. I use zip ties to tie them down, but they are still bukly and block off area's to the fan, etc. I can't keep that damn thing clean ever. This room gets really dusty through especially since i have pets which makes it a bad environment for the computer. No matter what i do do this computer, now matter what kind of upgrades i give it, it always seems to run slow for some damn reason. I checked temps and they are fine. Specs are: ANTEC Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel Mid tower ATX. One of the best towers on newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021 I5 CPU 2.67 ghz 8GB of ram The mobo is a EVGA P55 SLI. The graphics card is a GTX 460 512MB. The PSU is a Corsair 650 WATT These parts are really not that old, i just upgraded it recently. I do alot of high intensive CPU and video tasks though, like running sony vegas, playing video games on the computer, lots of encoding, video capturing, photoshop, etc. Every time i try and do these tasks, i always have a damn problem with shut downs, computer turning off unsuspectingly, freezes, BSOD screens, even video output issues, etc. The whole reason why i decided to completely upgrade my pc was because of all these previous issues and the inability to run sony vegas and other high intensive software. I can just never manage to build a pc that can handle my tasks and operations. I actually created a topic here very recently about assistance on what to buy to build a pc and this is what i got, but apparently its still not strong enough to handle my needs lol. Sorry if this went a little off topic |
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elevenletters said: Have you had any problems with microstuttering? If so, how often? Just curious as I've been thinking of going the SLI route. Probably not anytime soon but still... ---------- Lowered the voltage in my CPU. The micro stuttering happens when you hit the TDP limit. I've not had any on my system, although ive got the voltages on dynamic so then system can take/use what ever it needs |
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ArtemisX said: I would post a pic of my rig but you guys probably would not like it. How the hell do manage wires so easily mine has wires just everywhere and it gets dusty almost every day. I use zip ties to tie them down, but they are still bukly and block off area's to the fan, etc. I can't keep that damn thing clean ever. This room gets really dusty through especially since i have pets which makes it a bad environment for the computer. No matter what i do do this computer, now matter what kind of upgrades i give it, it always seems to run slow for some damn reason. I checked temps and they are fine. Specs are: ANTEC Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel Mid tower ATX. One of the best towers on newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021 I5 CPU 2.67 ghz 8GB of ram The mobo is a EVGA P55 SLI. The graphics card is a GTX 460 512MB. The PSU is a Corsair 650 WATT These parts are really not that old, i just upgraded it recently. I do alot of high intensive CPU and video tasks though, like running sony vegas, playing video games on the computer, lots of encoding, video capturing, photoshop, etc. Every time i try and do these tasks, i always have a damn problem with shut downs, computer turning off unsuspectingly, freezes, BSOD screens, even video output issues, etc. The whole reason why i decided to completely upgrade my pc was because of all these previous issues and the inability to run sony vegas and other high intensive software. I can just never manage to build a pc that can handle my tasks and operations. I actually created a topic here very recently about assistance on what to buy to build a pc and this is what i got, but apparently its still not strong enough to handle my needs lol. Sorry if this went a little off topic That case you linked to is well rubbish tbh. It has practically no cable management, all the cables in my system are hidden behind the motherboard via the hole. http://i.imgur.com/WE7Ecuv.jpg - see how all my cables (except for GPU) all go through to the right, for the cable management. |
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GnomeChompski said: ArtemisX said: I would post a pic of my rig but you guys probably would not like it. How the hell do manage wires so easily mine has wires just everywhere and it gets dusty almost every day. I use zip ties to tie them down, but they are still bukly and block off area's to the fan, etc. I can't keep that damn thing clean ever. This room gets really dusty through especially since i have pets which makes it a bad environment for the computer. No matter what i do do this computer, now matter what kind of upgrades i give it, it always seems to run slow for some damn reason. I checked temps and they are fine. Specs are: ANTEC Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel Mid tower ATX. One of the best towers on newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021 I5 CPU 2.67 ghz 8GB of ram The mobo is a EVGA P55 SLI. The graphics card is a GTX 460 512MB. The PSU is a Corsair 650 WATT These parts are really not that old, i just upgraded it recently. I do alot of high intensive CPU and video tasks though, like running sony vegas, playing video games on the computer, lots of encoding, video capturing, photoshop, etc. Every time i try and do these tasks, i always have a damn problem with shut downs, computer turning off unsuspectingly, freezes, BSOD screens, even video output issues, etc. The whole reason why i decided to completely upgrade my pc was because of all these previous issues and the inability to run sony vegas and other high intensive software. I can just never manage to build a pc that can handle my tasks and operations. I actually created a topic here very recently about assistance on what to buy to build a pc and this is what i got, but apparently its still not strong enough to handle my needs lol. Sorry if this went a little off topic That case you linked to is well rubbish tbh. It has practically no cable management, all the cables in my system are hidden behind the motherboard via the hole. http://i.imgur.com/WE7Ecuv.jpg - see how all my cables (except for GPU) all go through to the right, for the cable management. Yeah i see that, what bout the mobo, pretty decent i guess? Its not to outdated? Also i was thinking bout just taking everything out and putting it in another case, like maybe this one. I just recently build a computer for my family and this is the one they got, i love this case to death, you don't even need screws for the hard drives they just slip right via these clips and the wiremanaging you can put actually behind motherboard like you said. It also has a temp reading gauge on it, so yeah i might consider it and its a cheap case. Maybe thats my whole problem, you think? anyways here is the case i was taking bout http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144275 Its actually a slightly new one. I want a case looking like "s043uf" that thing is squeaky clean, he must like buffer and blow the hell out of it like every day. Ahh hell ill take a pic of my case and show you, it will take me a min. |
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ArtemisX said: Yeah i see that, what bout the mobo, pretty decent i guess? Its not to outdated? Also i was thinking bout just taking everything out and putting it in another case, like maybe this one. I just recently build a computer for my family and this is the one they got, i love this case to death, you don't even need screws for the hard drives they just slip right via these clips and the wiremanaging you can put actually behind motherboard like you said. It also has a temp reading gauge on it, so yeah i might consider it and its a cheap case. Maybe thats my whole problem, you think? anyways here is the case i was taking bout http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144275 Its actually a slightly new one. I want a case looking like "s043uf" that thing is squeaky clean, he must like buffer and blow the hell out of it like every day. Ahh hell ill take a pic of my case and show you, it will take me a min. Now that case is more like it. Although me personally, that blue is a bit over powering on the side panel :P |
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elevenletters said: GnomeChompski said: elevenletters said: Have you had any problems with microstuttering? If so, how often? Just curious as I've been thinking of going the SLI route. Probably not anytime soon but still... ---------- Lowered the voltage in my CPU. The micro stuttering happens when you hit the TDP limit. I've not had any on my system, although ive got the voltages on dynamic so then system can take/use what ever it needs I thought microstuttering happened when the cards fail to synchronize properly? Hm, i've not heard it happening because of that. Would be more of a blame to the motherboard setup though. Example, 1 single card runs at x16, and 2 at 2x x8. but at 3 thats where you could possibly get stuttering as it has to do x8/x8/x4 (on a single CPU motherboard) |
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elevenletters said: GnomeChompski said: elevenletters said: GnomeChompski said: elevenletters said: Have you had any problems with microstuttering? If so, how often? Just curious as I've been thinking of going the SLI route. Probably not anytime soon but still... ---------- Lowered the voltage in my CPU. The micro stuttering happens when you hit the TDP limit. I've not had any on my system, although ive got the voltages on dynamic so then system can take/use what ever it needs I thought microstuttering happened when the cards fail to synchronize properly? Hm, i've not heard it happening because of that. Would be more of a blame to the motherboard setup though. Example, 1 single card runs at x16, and 2 at 2x x8. but at 3 thats where you could possibly get stuttering as it has to do x8/x8/x4 (on a single CPU motherboard) Did a little googling and it seems like it's not just one particular thing that causes it. It can be bad drivers, the game itself, or just the cards aren't ideal to be run in SLI/Crossfire. So I might hold off on buying another card, instead I'll just upgrade to a single card when the time comes. "but at 3 thats where you could possibly get stuttering" "...results show evidence of micro stuttering across two GPUs, but the problem substantially resolves itself when they add a third card." (link) I don't know, I'm just getting more confused. Seems like too much of a hassle to me. It depends, it could be link limitations causing the stuttering, again, it's dependant on the system. Add: this also says what i said about the PCI bus being the problem. "The general theory is that micro stuttering occurs because video cards are forced to share data across the relatively slow PCI-Express bus instead of between their own high-bandwidth connections." For my system! Ordering some nice Red LED's to put in the bottom half of the case, and i'm thinking about modding the side panel and taking out the intake grill (theirs no fan on it, cpu cooler is that big) and putting in plastic so i can look at my pretty system. |
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Fishi said: 5.5TB green HDD (Why so much? For anime of course!) Of course! |
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sippychao said: If you keep it all :PFishi said: 5.5TB green HDD (Why so much? For anime of course!) Of course! |
mallobaude said: sippychao said: If you keep it all :PFishi said: 5.5TB green HDD (Why so much? For anime of course!) Of course! I do, I almost filled up my new 1tb drive I got for Christmas lol. It is actually taking forever to get all the funds for my new pc, but everything should be here near the end of may! |
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sippychao said: mallobaude said: sippychao said: If you keep it all :PFishi said: 5.5TB green HDD (Why so much? For anime of course!) Of course! I do, I almost filled up my new 1tb drive I got for Christmas lol. It is actually taking forever to get all the funds for my new pc, but everything should be here near the end of may! Dang dude, I always delete it unless it was like amazing stuff. Then again I have fibre so redownloading is no biggy :P |
mallobaude said: sippychao said: mallobaude said: sippychao said: If you keep it all :PFishi said: 5.5TB green HDD (Why so much? For anime of course!) Of course! I do, I almost filled up my new 1tb drive I got for Christmas lol. It is actually taking forever to get all the funds for my new pc, but everything should be here near the end of may! Dang dude, I always delete it unless it was like amazing stuff. Then again I have fibre so redownloading is no biggy :P Should get glass fibre in my city this year, will probably get it because my dad's work pays for our internet :) |
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GnomeChompski said: On the topic of storage, i'm current planning out a new home server, initial idea is 3x3TB drives for data and 3x3TB for backups and a 64GB SSD for OS. Looking along the lines of minimal energy usage. so i'm going with an i3 T series and i've got a 700W 80+ Gold PSU for it. Sounds sweet, and expensive! |
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sippychao said: GnomeChompski said: On the topic of storage, i'm current planning out a new home server, initial idea is 3x3TB drives for data and 3x3TB for backups and a 64GB SSD for OS. Looking along the lines of minimal energy usage. so i'm going with an i3 T series and i've got a 700W 80+ Gold PSU for it. Sounds sweet, and expensive! It's going to be, but it's needed. My current home server is almost full and the SATA controller is slowly failing. |
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darren42 said: I have a file server build in progress as well to house my ever expanding digital media collection. I only have 8 bays connected to the motherboard at the moment, need to get another raid card to connect the other 16. Not in rush to get the second raid card as it is going to take me a while to get enough hard drives to fill in all the bays. OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Motherboard: Supermicro X9SCM-F CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 3.2GHz RAM: 4 x 4GB ECC 1333MHz DDR3 ram (KVR1333D3E9S/4GEC) Graphics card: Onboard Soundcard: Onboard Hard Drives: WD 320GB, 24 x Hard drives (Future) PSU: Corsair HX750 Case: Norco RPC-4224 Raid Cards: LSI SAS 9211-8i Did you buy a base server and then add other bits yourself? I know that supermicro boards are brill (my dedi has one) |
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darren42 said: I have a file server build in progress as well to house my ever expanding digital media collection. I only have 8 bays connected to the motherboard at the moment, need to get another raid card to connect the other 16. Not in rush to get the second raid card as it is going to take me a while to get enough hard drives to fill in all the bays. OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Motherboard: Supermicro X9SCM-F CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 3.2GHz RAM: 4 x 4GB ECC 1333MHz DDR3 ram (KVR1333D3E9S/4GEC) Graphics card: Onboard Soundcard: Onboard Hard Drives: WD 320GB, 24 x Hard drives (Future) PSU: Corsair HX750 Case: Norco RPC-4224 Raid Cards: LSI SAS 9211-8i You know ubuntu has specific releases for servers right? Debian stable (wheezy is finally getting released in a few days) or centOS are also really good server distros, just as food for thought. |
Caze said: Debian stable (wheezy is finally getting released in a few days) or centOS are also really good server distros, just as food for thought. Balls to upgrading from Squeeze, i bet Wheezy will still have tonnes of bugs compared to Squeeze. |
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Fishi said: 5.5TB green HDD (Why so much? For anime of course!) There is this thing called a external hard drive... |
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ixsetf said: Fishi said: 5.5TB green HDD (Why so much? For anime of course!) There is this thing called a external hard drive... Because using external hard drives in a desktop computer opposed to traditional 3.5" hard drives for long term storage of data is ridiculous, counter-productive, and more expensive? I know some people have cases with 3.5" external drive bays that connect through SATA, but you don't put actual external hard drives in there. (I still think the amount of people who actually need this feature because they have people bringing them full size HDDs all the time for whatever reason is incredibly small) Anyway point being that those aren't really bad, but if you're talking about the actual small externals using USB, they are blown away by traditional 3.5" drives connected to SATAII/III, and can't compare performance or stability wise. If you're talking about those giant clunky enclosed ones, I don't even understand the point if you have a desktop. |
Caze said: ixsetf said: Fishi said: 5.5TB green HDD (Why so much? For anime of course!) There is this thing called a external hard drive... Because using external hard drives in a desktop computer opposed to traditional 3.5" hard drives for long term storage of data is ridiculous, counter-productive, and more expensive? I know some people have cases with 3.5" external drive bays that connect through SATA, but you don't put actual external hard drives in there. (I still think the amount of people who actually need this feature because they have people bringing them full size HDDs all the time for whatever reason is incredibly small) Anyway point being that those aren't really bad, but if you're talking about the actual small externals using USB, they are blown away by traditional 3.5" drives connected to SATAII/III, and can't compare performance or stability wise. If you're talking about those giant clunky enclosed ones, I don't even understand the point if you have a desktop. This. I have 7TB total storage internally in my current home server. If i was going to get any form of external drives they'd be eSATA's as you still get the speeds of using internal SATA. |
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Caze said: ixsetf said: Fishi said: 5.5TB green HDD (Why so much? For anime of course!) There is this thing called a external hard drive... Because using external hard drives in a desktop computer opposed to traditional 3.5" hard drives for long term storage of data is ridiculous, counter-productive, and more expensive? I know some people have cases with 3.5" external drive bays that connect through SATA, but you don't put actual external hard drives in there. (I still think the amount of people who actually need this feature because they have people bringing them full size HDDs all the time for whatever reason is incredibly small) Anyway point being that those aren't really bad, but if you're talking about the actual small externals using USB, they are blown away by traditional 3.5" drives connected to SATAII/III, and can't compare performance or stability wise. If you're talking about those giant clunky enclosed ones, I don't even understand the point if you have a desktop. I guess you have a point, but bigger hard drives do tend to fail more often, and having them externally makes them easier to replace. That said you do have a point, and it's probably something that you could manage either way depending on your goals. |
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edwd2 said: No pictures since its at home Intel Xeon E3-1245 v2 (4C/8T 3.4-3.8GHz) 8GB DDR3-1600 AsRock B75 Pro3 Intel HD Graphics P4000 1TB Barracuda BP430 Dell U2312HM Not a gamer, so I chose the xeon and integrated graphics for stability. Not a gamer and you chose a Xeon chip? :P |
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GnomeChompski said: edwd2 said: No pictures since its at home Intel Xeon E3-1245 v2 (4C/8T 3.4-3.8GHz) 8GB DDR3-1600 AsRock B75 Pro3 Intel HD Graphics P4000 1TB Barracuda BP430 Dell U2312HM Not a gamer, so I chose the xeon and integrated graphics for stability. Not a gamer and you chose a Xeon chip? :P Well Xeon's are usually meant for servers and workstations. |
Ambient_ said: GnomeChompski said: edwd2 said: No pictures since its at home Intel Xeon E3-1245 v2 (4C/8T 3.4-3.8GHz) 8GB DDR3-1600 AsRock B75 Pro3 Intel HD Graphics P4000 1TB Barracuda BP430 Dell U2312HM Not a gamer, so I chose the xeon and integrated graphics for stability. Not a gamer and you chose a Xeon chip? :P Well Xeon's are usually meant for servers and workstations. And they are great at their job as well! |
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