Custom PC Enthusiasts?

[angelsfire84]

Anyone else enjoy building their own system rigs and playing around with parts?

Let's see your custom build specs! Me first!

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(These are the specs of my PC build as copy/pasted from 'Speccy' software)

Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

CPU
Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.50GHz 34 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology

RAM
32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (11-11-11-28)

Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. MAXIMUS VI EXTREME (SOCKET 1150) 28 °C

Graphics
ROG PG279Q (2560x1440@120Hz)
2048MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (ASUStek Computer Inc) 51 °C
2048MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (ASUStek Computer Inc) 39 °C
ForceWare version: 361.43
SLI Enabled

Storage
931GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1TB (SSD) 25 °C
931GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB (SSD) 30 °C
931GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB (SSD) 33 °C

Power Supply
EVGA 1000W 80PLUS GOLD

Optical Drives
ASUS DRW-24B1ST j

Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

 

[Wookiee]

I wish I had the money for that

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
AMD Phenom II X4 965 (3.4 GHz)
8GB DDR2
850W CoolerMaster PSU
256GB Samsung SSD
3TB Seagate HDD
nVidia GeForce GTX660

Does the job for now, but I'll probably replace the board when AMD bring out their new socket.

 

[angelsfire84]

I wish I had the money for that

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
AMD Phenom II X4 965 (3.4 GHz)
8GB DDR2
850W CoolerMaster PSU
256GB Samsung SSD
3TB Seagate HDD
nVidia GeForce GTX660

Does the job for now, but I'll probably replace the board when AMD bring out their new socket.

Yours ain't half bad! Although I was under the impression that AMD stuff didn't get along well with NVIDIA stuff. ! But seems I was wrong lol.

Also, you reminded me that I didn't specify what PSU I was using. x_X! I'll edit that lol. Glad to have another PC Enthusiast to share specs with. ^__^

 

[Wookiee]

Nah, there's not really brand incompatibilities in any system as such. What you might be thinking of is the Crossfire and SLI; and you can still get boards for AMD processors that support SLI instead of Crossfire (and some boards even support both).

Unless I get parts given, I generally stick with an AMD/nVidia combo using ASUS stuff. Oh yeah, my board's an ASUS but I can't be bothered finding out which model (something old enough to use DDR2).

 

[angelsfire84]

Nah, there's not really brand incompatibilities in any system as such. What you might be thinking of is the Crossfire and SLI; and you can still get boards for AMD processors that support SLI instead of Crossfire (and some boards even support both).

Unless I get parts given, I generally stick with an AMD/nVidia combo using ASUS stuff. Oh yeah, my board's an ASUS but I can't be bothered finding out which model (something old enough to use DDR2).

Must be those urban myths going around. I've always kept away from mixing AMD and NVIDIA but if it works, it works!

And I probably should have changed my mobo by now, for no other reason than that I've had horrible experiences with it and it got poor ratings. I just prefer the ROG models more than others, so if I wanted to change I'd have no choice but to upgrade it and maybe my CPU cause of socket compatibility. but found no need for that yet since it's still functional and more than sufficient for the next couple of years.

I have yet to work with AMD stuff, but I'm thinking of creating a 2nd rig with AMD hardware so I can familiarize myself with it further. Any suggestions?

 

[Wookiee]

Must be those urban myths going around. I've always kept away from mixing AMD and NVIDIA but if it works, it works!

Pretty much. This is one reason I generally don't get into discussions with people I don't know that well about building PCs. Most of them are Intel fanboys who go way overkill.

I have yet to work with AMD stuff, but I'm thinking of creating a 2nd rig with AMD hardware so I can familiarize myself with it further. Any suggestions?

Well it's not really that different to an Intel PC at the end of the day. Pretty much the only real difference in that regard is putting the processor in: AMD still uses pins on the die rather than on the board (which I prefer, less that can go wrong), and the heatsink clips on in a different way (which I also prefer).

The only reason you see more Intel stuff is that it's been performing better for the last few years. AMD's been focusing more on their APUs (which are in both the PS4 and X Box One) which work quite well. You generally see AMD stuff in builds that are designed on a stricter budget.

They've got a whole new team of people in the past year or so (including a few ex-Intel engineers apparently) so in the next few months we'll hopefully see some designs that level the playing field a little.

 

[angelsfire84]

Pretty much. This is one reason I generally don't get into discussions with people I don't know that well about building PCs. Most of them are Intel fanboys who go way overkill.



Well it's not really that different to an Intel PC at the end of the day. Pretty much the only real difference in that regard is putting the processor in: AMD still uses pins on the die rather than on the board (which I prefer, less that can go wrong), and the heatsink clips on in a different way (which I also prefer).

The only reason you see more Intel stuff is that it's been performing better for the last few years. AMD's been focusing more on their APUs (which are in both the PS4 and X Box One) which work quite well. You generally see AMD stuff in builds that are designed on a stricter budget.

They've got a whole new team of people in the past year or so (including a few ex-Intel engineers apparently) so in the next few months we'll hopefully see some designs that level the playing field a little.

I see! Definitely something to look forward to!!!