New computer build finished

[Fraido]

Those prices make me cringe. >.< Yikes!

I wouldn't know the first thing about building something like that. It looks like a really interesting project, though. Maybe one day!

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[reptileexperts]

Those prices make me cringe. >.< Yikes!

I wouldn't know the first thing about building something like that. It looks like a really interesting project, though. Maybe one day!

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It's all about buying in piece by piece and every piece buying with a purpose toward a final goal. Start cheap and add to it as you go.


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[reptileexperts]

Changed the ultra wide on top to a 2k (1440p) 27" 144hz 8 bit TN panel couple days ago. Cleaned things up and ran the Xbox one to the desk


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[reptileexperts]

Updated again. My wife decided the living room was looking too much like NASA so while the game room is updated I decided to clean up the build. Thanks to my new friend from Craig's list he was looking for a new triple setup with 144hz and I was looking for higher resolution without compromise, so we did a trade favorable to both and I am now rocking two ROG Swift stacked for my primary and focus displays. And it had been a great refresh to the build!


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[Neal]

I actually built a gaming PC as well, and at some point last year I changed over once skylake was released but prior to this I was running the same devils canyon processor as you.

CPU: i7-6700k
MOBO: ASRock Fatal1ty Gaming Z170
RAM: G.SKILL DDR4 3200 Ripjaws V Series 64GB
GPU: EVGA GTX 980ti Hybrid
Case: Thermaltake Core V71
PSU: EVGA SuperNova 1300 G2 w/ black/red Cable Mod PSU cables to match my ram/mobo colors.
Keyboard: Corsair Gaming K70
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 3.5G
Drives: 2x 512gb SSD / 2TB 7200RPM HDD

CPU Cooling: EKWB Predator 240mm AIO.

and I don't like gaming on multiple monitors because of reasons I won't state, so I have two monitors. I run an 29" ASUS 2560x1440 as my main and 27" 1920x1080 as my secondary.

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[reptileexperts]

Nice. I almost went with the EK predator but a lot of leak reports kept me away. Too high of a risk. I kept tossing around sky lake as a potential upgrade but thought if I changed I'd just do an extreme chip and do it down the load. Running 5.0ghz is rare and special.


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[Neal]

Nice. I almost went with the EK predator but a lot of leak reports kept me away. Too high of a risk. I kept tossing around sky lake as a potential upgrade but thought if I changed I'd just do an extreme chip and do it down the load. Running 5.0ghz is rare and special.


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Mine never leak, but they did a complete recall whether yours was leaking or not. If anything got damaged by the leakage they replaced that. EK has top notch customer service. It was their first one so it was bound to have some sort of issue. I just asked for $50 reimbursement as I had to disassemble everything and order new thermal paste. They paypal'd me the $50 without question.

A friend had his GPU get killed by leakage, they covered an exact same card.

[reptileexperts]

Mine never leak, but they did a complete recall whether yours was leaking or not. If anything got damaged by the leakage they replaced that. EK has top notch customer service. It was their first one so it was bound to have some sort of issue. I just asked for $50 reimbursement as I had to disassemble everything and order new thermal paste. They paypal'd me the $50 without question.

A friend had his GPU get killed by leakage, they covered an exact same card.

That's good to hear and know. Still extremely happy with the swiftech x2 system Prestige was well worth it.

[Neal]

That's good to hear and know. Still extremely happy with the swiftech x2 system Prestige was well worth it.

Definitely the best customer service hands down. I looked at the swiftech system but a lot of those other AIO's aren't actually all made in house. I used to run err, Corsair, then I had a run of bad luck with the pumps failing.

[Neal]

Oh to add, I have a gaming laptop as well.

MSI GT72 Dominator Pro-G 034

Specs:

i7-6700HQ
17.3" IPS screen
32GB DDR4 2133
GTX 980m video card
256gb SSD
1TB HDD

The first thing I did when I got it was wipe Windows 10 off and put Windows 7 on, then I spent another 2 hours piecing together drivers. That was fun.

Then I bought a kanguru defender 3000 32gb flash drive which uses 256 AES bit hardware encryption, has remote management system so if it's lost or stolen when it's plugged into the CPU it will automatically get the signal to erase all data.

Then I have a Buffalo 2TB Ministation which uses 256 AES bit encryption again.