The Power PC Thread [f*ck off consoles]

Addicted · Jan 18, 2014

Nice, good choice of case too

Have fun building in it, it's a lovely case!

SharkyUK · Jan 18, 2014

Thanks mate. Looking forward to putting it together as I haven't done a home build for a while. I was quite calm and relaxed this morning when it arrived... now I'm like an excited kid and want to get started on it!

But - alas - I have a mate to meet and a bit of a drive planned first so it will have to wait until later this afternoon / evening. I'll also have to try and remember my Steam login details as I haven't been on there for a good 5-6 years.

welshname · Jan 18, 2014

This thread makes me want to blow my car fund on a gaming rig. It's been so long...

BigDaveRotary · Jan 18, 2014

Winners have the Carbide 540

McGherkin · Jan 18, 2014

welshname said:
This thread makes me want to blow my car fund on a gaming rig. It's been so long...

Scutch · Jan 18, 2014

SharkyUK said:
Didn't want @Silent_Scone feeling left out so...

lol.

Homer-Simpson · Jan 18, 2014

I'm thinking of building my first watercooled rig.

I was thinking of getting something like this (but building it myself)

If you were buying it yourself what would you change and why? I'm interested to hear what people suggest.

Addicted · Jan 18, 2014

Looks nice, no mention of which radiators + fans used, which is a bit strange.

Aside from that all looks good to me imo.

Amberlamps · Jan 18, 2014

The radiators in the pics look like HW Labs SR1's, very high quality they are. Also look like EK waterblocks for gpu's and cpu, and a EK DDC res/pump combo.

Looks lovely

Addicted · Jan 18, 2014

Amberlamps said:
The radiators in the pics look like HW Labs SR1's, very high quality they are. Also look like EK waterblocks for gpu's and cpu, and a EK DDC res/pump combo.

Looks lovely

Yep rest looks correct

Ty for rad info! (just wondered personally).

Silent_Scone · Jan 18, 2014

LOL...oh dear

. That's brilliant Andy

Amberlamps · Jan 18, 2014

No worries

. Bevelled edge and no logo suggest HW Labs, could be GTX's as well i guess, either way, top radiators

SharkyUK · Jan 20, 2014

It's good to be back among the gaming elite...

Just got a shed load of s**t to install now.

JaredHasNoBrain · Jan 20, 2014

In love with that case.
I need more money before I buy another computer! Damn

SharkyUK · Jan 20, 2014

JaredHasNoBrain said:
In love with that case.

Yeah, I see why a few people recommended it now; it's a really nice case. Extremely happy with it.

Gareth · Jan 20, 2014

Love that case also, I'm itching to do a tech refresh on mine but want to wait till its a bit more worthwhile (DDR4 etc)

SharkyUK · Jan 20, 2014

Gareth said:
Love that case also, I'm itching to do a tech refresh on mine but want to wait till its a bit more worthwhile (DDR4 etc)

Ideally I would like to have been able to postpone the build for a little longer (to wait for Haswell-E, DDR4, etc.) but I was in desperate need of a PC. I'll just wait for Silent_Scone to buy the new hardware when it comes out... and then buy it off him cheaply when he sells it a month later.

Wilkeh · Jan 20, 2014

JaredHasNoBrain said:
In love with that case.
I need more money before I buy another computer! Damn

Same mate. I love it so much I'm going to order one myself for this weekend but keep my old case for when I sell my system in the near future. I can finally do some decent cable management!

STRBramley · Jan 20, 2014

I gave my gaming rig to my brother this weekend because his is knackered. Such a waste of hardware to be solely used for Minecraft.
Now I'm stuck with a Raspberry Pi for my main media, quite a downgrade .

Silent_Scone · Jan 20, 2014

SharkyUK said:
Ideally I would like to have been able to postpone the build for a little longer (to wait for Haswell-E, DDR4, etc.) but I was in desperate need of a PC. I'll just wait for @Silent_Scone to buy the new hardware when it comes out... and then buy it off him cheaply when he sells it a month later.

lol, see you've still got that monitor. Proper loved that screen. Unfortunately it wasn't a real man-res though (2560x1440)

JaredHasNoBrain · Jan 20, 2014

wilky1107 said:
Same mate. I love it so much I'm going to order one myself for this weekend but keep my old case for when I sell my system in the near future. I can finally do some decent cable management!

I would do the same but I just quit my job lol
I got like £1.5k in the bank now but keeping it for the time until I get a new job.

SharkyUK · Jan 20, 2014

Silent_Scone - Yes mate - the monitor is great. One of the best I've used in terms of quality and colour reproduction. It's not the highest resolution (1920x1200) but I can happily live with that given how well it performs everywhere else! I can comfortably use it for my software development and graphic design so all is good. No complaints about the price, either... bit of a bargain really.

Silent_Scone · Jan 20, 2014

Yeah it's an awesome panel, prolly one of the best quality IPS ones I've had. Not only that but in your instance with one 780Ti 1440P is a lot of pixels to push around so you'd have to drop a few bits of multi sampling here and there. Not what you want on a new build lol

.

VRAM usage gets nail bitingly high sometimes at 1440P. Although a lot of it I think is just heavy caching.

On a note of the consoles, I read recently that Tomb Raider 'Definitive Edition' on XB1 and PS4 is 1080P and capped at 30FPS.

Yep, PC still the go to platform

SharkyUK · Jan 20, 2014

I want to feel all smug... but I can't. I still love my console gaming.

And yes, a single 780 Ti will struggle at 1440p with everything turned up to 11. Naturally I got a suitable mobo to allow future expansion (quad SLI, yada yada blah blah). But I don't think it will be happening in the foreseeable future. Still got the Trophy and holidays to pay for!

As I mentioned elsewhere (either in this thread or another) the main purpose of this machine is for software development and similar work. But it would be a shame to not put at least a few games on there. I've got several years of PC gaming to catch up on after all...

Wilkeh · Jan 21, 2014

JaredHasNoBrain said:
I would do the same but I just quit my job lol
I got like £1.5k in the bank now but keeping it for the time until I get a new job.

Just ordered mine from Dabs for £107 :approve:

Going to move everything over tomorrow

JaredHasNoBrain · Jan 21, 2014

Damn you lol!
Time Lapse could be fun to watch

SharkyUK · Jan 21, 2014

wilky1107 said:
Just ordered mine from Dabs for £107 :approve:

Going to move everything over tomorrow

Willpower FTW...

Have fun mate.

Wilkeh · Jan 21, 2014

Cheers mate

Will get some photos up tomorrow. Just got my new Dota 2 canvas prints for my room as well

Damo_Sport · Jan 21, 2014

Got a cheapo second hand graphics card for my PC the oher day

£25 bargain of a AMD Radeon HD 4650 1gb

Wilkeh · Jan 21, 2014

SharkyUK How are you finding the fans on the 540 mate? Few reviews are suggesting that they are too loud and a fan controller is essential.

SharkyUK · Jan 21, 2014

wilky1107 said:
@SharkyUK How are you finding the fans on the 540 mate? Few reviews are suggesting that they are too loud and a fan controller is essential.

Personally I don't find them too loud at all. Yes, they are noticeable but this is easily the quietest system I've had; even under load. I've only had the system running a few days but don't even notice them now.

mantis946 · Jan 21, 2014

What OS people running at the moment ? A mate of mine swears by Win 8.1 but I'm not sold on 8.1 at all. OCD kicked in and I'm rebuilding as my registry is a mess !

Jay_A · Jan 21, 2014

mantis946 said:
What OS people running at the moment ? A mate of mine swears by Win 8.1 but I'm not sold on 8.1 at all. OCD kicked in and I'm rebuilding as my registry is a mess !

8.1

I hate it, but it's fast as hell.

McGherkin · Jan 21, 2014

^What he said.

SharkyUK · Jan 21, 2014

A mixture of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 (on different machines). I'd go with 8.1 - I don't think it's too bad.

Wilkeh · Jan 22, 2014

So my K70 packed in the other day just 6 months old. Have requested an RMA with Corsair and just had it approved. I've got the message labels to send to Hong Kong but of course I'm responsible for the costs of sending it. Cheapest place to send to Hong Kong? Guess I won't be seeing my K70 for a good few weeks

SharkyUK · Jan 22, 2014

Very unhappy...

I finished installing my software development environment on my new setup last night and decided to try a few games, etc. Oh s**t, the whine I'm getting through my speakers when the graphics card is under load is ridiculous!

It's fine when at idle but horrific under load. It's too bad to simply try and ignore it

Nickson · Jan 22, 2014

wilky1107 said:
So my K70 packed in the other day just 6 months old. Have requested an RMA with Corsair and just had it approved. I've got the message labels to send to Hong Kong but of course I'm responsible for the costs of sending it. Cheapest place to send to Hong Kong? Guess I won't be seeing my K70 for a good few weeks

That sucks mate!

Hong Kong? When I RMA'ed some items with Corsair their RMA Centre was in the Netherlands!

Wilkeh · Jan 22, 2014

Nickson said:
That sucks mate!

Hong Kong? When I RMA'ed some items with Corsair their RMA Centre was in the Netherlands!

Sorted now

I assumed with it being past 30 days of purchase I would have to go direct to Corsair but this isn't the case. Just spoken to ebuyer and they're picking it up tomorrow to replace under warranty

As for the Hong Kong address it appears Corsair had me down as "United Arab Emirates" instead of the UK, hence the other side of the world!

Silent_Scone · Jan 22, 2014

SharkyUK said:
Very unhappy... I finished installing my software development environment on my new setup last night and decided to try a few games, etc. Oh s**t, the whine I'm getting through my speakers when the graphics card is under load is ridiculous! It's fine when at idle but horrific under load. It's too bad to simply try and ignore it

Through your speakers? Under load is normally coil whine, mine are quite loud under load but nothing bad enough to make me of the same mind as you. Any vids of it mate?

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