• New Build (ouch head hurts now)
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Hi All, So I'm looking to build a new system and I must of been out of the loop for too long as my head hurts now and it didn't last time. Of course last time when I built a E4500 with a Nvidia 8500gt and 2GB DDR there seemed to be less stuff available anyway or maybe thats just my interpretation. So I have lots of questions that need answering obviously... But before that heres what ive been thinking of so far. MSI P67A-GD53 (B3) (£103.80), with a Core I5 2500K (£159.98), with the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler (£39.99) and a MSI N560GTX Twin Frozer II (possibly the hawk edition) (£178.99) and a modular 650-700w PSU (not priced yet) and some kind of 8gb DDR3 memory (not sure on which mhz) (not priced yet) and a NZXT Sentry 2 or LX fan controller (not priced yet). Now to the questions. 1. First with the 560 GTX ive read that the Hawk version is already overclocked, but i saw someone overclock the non-hawk version higher than the hawk version so i am planning to overclock which would I better going with? 2. Next I've read about some problems (not many) with the board and booting and Bios stuff. What do you think of this choice (custom PC gave it good reviews). 3. Any suggestions on which DDR3 memory to get id budget about £60.00 for it. 4. What the hell is the difference between a modular and normal PSU. The only thing i know about modular construction is that it helped WW2 tanks get repaired easier by exchanging one component for another quickly. Is that what it is if the PSU died could i just pull the cables from it (leaving attached to the board) and plug it into a new modular PSU? 5. WTF is cable sheathing good for? (absolutely nothing, yeah I thought of the WAR song too) 6. The fan controllers say they work if a fan supports voltage control. Does the I5 stock fan or the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advanced CPU Cooler and the MSI N560GTX support voltage control. 7. If they do does this mean i can use the fan control to ramp up the RPM before i play a game or mine bitcoins so it gets a little cooler first? 8. Why cant I find a good looking gaming case. Dont get me wrong I probably wont look at it that much but when i do I wana think "oooo shiney" I was thinking of the NZXT Phantom as it looks ok but its very angular in places. Just to give you an idea of what I think is ugly, NZXT M59, Haf 922, Haf X, Coolermaster Storm Scout. And pretty is NZXT Phatom, NZXT Lexa S, Antec Sonata Elite, NZXT H2-001-BK Hush 2, Scythe Gekkou Silent, Antec P183 V3. But all of these do have problems either PSU isnt located on the floor or theres no side panel or there expensive. Any Better recommendations?. 9. Whats this $&"£ about filling an aquarium with mineral oil and sticking a PC in. Does this really provide better cooling than good Airflow. 10. Quick boot drive. Ok i get this windows boots alot quicker from a SSD than a spine drive. But really a SSD cant I use a USB oh and also does this board support USB disk booting? I should probably point out ill be installing some 120-140mm fans in whateva case i go for, for extra airflow. And ill be running windows 7 64 bit. well thats about all i can think of at the moment. See told ya there was lots. thanks in advance for your help.
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1: It's generally better to go with factory overclocked variants than doing it yourself (unless you know how to overclock properly without killing the card) 2: Problems with the BIOS? Never heard of such thing. 3: Can't help, don't know any UK sites for buying computer parts and electronics. 4: The difference between a normal and a modular PSU is that the cables can be taken out. It's handy because if you don't use a cable, you can just pull it out. 5: Tying cables together, so that the inside of a computer doesn't look like a jungle and it generally helps the airflow. 6: Most of the fans should support voltage control. 7: Yes. 8: Why is it a problem that the PSU isn't located at the floor? 9: Mineral oil doesn't conduct electricity, thus the parts can be submerged. It's not good for anything but casemodding competitions. 10: You can't use a pendrive to boot from, since the read-write speeds of the USB are very, very low compared to SATA2.
You can't mine bitcoins with a nVidia GPU. Well, you can but it is slower. GPU/CPU fans usually don't support voltage control actually, others should.
[QUOTE=VistaPOWA;31177557][b]1: It's generally better to go with factory overclocked variants than doing it yourself (unless you know how to overclock properly without killing the card)[/b] 2: Problems with the BIOS? Never heard of such thing. 3: Can't help, don't know any UK sites for buying computer parts and electronics. 4: The difference between a normal and a modular PSU is that the cables can be taken out. It's handy because if you don't use a cable, you can just pull it out. 5: Tying cables together, so that the inside of a computer doesn't look like a jungle and it generally helps the airflow. 6: Most of the fans should support voltage control. 7: Yes. 8: Why is it a problem that the PSU isn't located at the floor? 9: Mineral oil doesn't conduct electricity, thus the parts can be submerged. It's not good for anything but casemodding competitions. 10: You can't use a pendrive to boot from, since the read-write speeds of the USB are very, very low compared to SATA2.[/QUOTE] If you can build a computer, you can definitely overclock a GPU. Just use MSI Afterburner, and don't increase the speeds too much each time. Stress test - overclock more, or stop. Simply as fuck, really.
[QUOTE=tratzzz;31178017]You can't mine bitcoins with a nVidia GPU. Well, you can but it is slower. GPU/CPU fans usually don't support voltage control actually, others should.[/QUOTE] This using Nvidia GPUs to bitcoin mine is a waste of time, also you can boot via usb but as far as I know it is limited to certain linux distros only, not windows.
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