building new comp,need help

[mako69]

Hi mate, tnx once again for your precise answers on all of my Q. Yes i ment CM 690 II Advanced, but just found out that here they dont hold them on stock anymore and i could get CM 690 III only which is pretty good looking too. Yes i am looking for value for my money but estetics are also very important to me and that Midi R2 is damn ugly for my taste...sorry just honest
Will be particulary picky about case choosing because i will probably use it for my next build also if it does not became to outdated. I am a little hard and picky but hell this is my build for next few years and dont want to buy whatever comes to hand...

 

[Feronix]

I personally love the R2, but I'm a guy of simplistic looks

The 690 III seems to fix most, if not all, of the cons I mentioned about the 690 II. If you really like the looks of it, by all means go for it!

 

[NeverBackDown]

@NeverBackDown - I really prefer intel and nvidia over amd because of personal experience with both...fanboy? maybe....and also i might keep one 460 for physx only until i get another 770 for SLI

...and one more thing. I still did not decide about CPU cooling, h100i looks great, and i heard only good things about it, but i am not sure how i would install it because of its double fan radiator. where would i install it? will it fit on top of the case? can i take its fans of if i install it on case top that allready has fans on it?

Pick what you want but in all honestly a 280x in crossfire will beat a 770 SLI set up in practically any game, and be cheaper; hence why i am recommending you to reconsider.


690 II is okay case.. R2 is a much better value for the money and more future proof. H100i will easily fit in it. To install just screw in the screws into the 8 threads in either the rad or fans. IMO it is best to have fans up on top- meaning screw the screws into the fans.

 

[mako69]

Morning to you all,
Unfortunately i good first calculations for my build, and i am over my budget. First victims are MoBo and Cooler, i will have to downgrade to ASRock´s Killer or MSI Gamer. Which is better for my needs? And also i found a few MoBo´s from Gigabyte in black and red version, are they better then the ones above?

 

[Excalabur50]

If you can buy a better board and run stock clocks and stock cooler till you can afford to update the cooler that way you will have a board that performs

 

[mako69]

Best ideas are always simple...tnx

 

[barnsley]

Good morning,

@NeverBackDown - I really prefer intel and nvidia over amd because of personal experience with both...fanboy? maybe....and also i might keep one 460 for physx only until i get another 770 for SLI
?

Don't have a dedicated physx card, its not all that important anymore. I understand the reluctant feelings about going to AMD again (i'm like that with Nvidia to some extent) however fanboy is a dirty word on this forum.

 

[mako69]

Really? I was under impression that dedicated physx card would help me substantially with games like Batman and BF4 .
About that dirty F word i apologize for misuse of it on this forum, and i promise wont use it again

 

[Feronix]

Does BF4 support PhysX?

Anyway, as Barnsley mentioned, todays GPUs are powerful enough to handle the PhysX past on their own, especially when you have something like a GTX 770. A dedicated PhysX card will give you little (1-2fps) to no performance increase, but your system will run warmer and draw more power. It's just not worth it imo.

 

[barnsley]

Does BF4 support PhysX?

I thought it didn't as it was one of those AMD never settle games? What is really sad about physx is it has potential that never either a) gets used well b) gets used correctly (-cough- farming simulator -cough-) or c) makes enough difference to be really noticable (again, my experience). I think the only game in which i struggled with physx was with my old pc in planetside 2 (i3 550, 7870). A simple cpu upgrade fixed that and considering how my 7870 performed with my 8320 I think it was a simple case of upgrading the cpu and planetside being more optimized meant that physx wasn't an issue.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Pretty sure Physx is not supported by bf4.

 

[mako69]

Morning!
Bf4 doesnt,you are wright. Neverthelast i tought Physx was heavyer for GPUs to manage. 460 has performance problems with P so i dont even use it. Truthfully dont even use anything that much because its raining BSOD lately.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Just stick to a 280x and be a happy camper.

 

[barnsley]

Am I right in thinking physx is offloaded to the cpu if itsn't an nvidia graphics card? Either way, it doesn't matter much about physx at the moment. Nvidia are more likely to now start to push G sync out as their "thing".

 

[NeverBackDown]

Yes that is correct. Just the cpu gets a very very heavy load and may end up giving slightly more a hit in fps compared to a nvidia card doing it.

 

[mako69]

Ok...i finally got my comp up and running, tested it a few rounds, thrown a game or two at it and all seems to be working good. Only thing that is bothering me are GPU temps, that are a bit high (80C) for my norms at full load and without any OC. Will post some pictures later.

MoBo:ASRock Fatal1ty z87 Killer
CPU:i5 4670k+Thermaltake SpinQ VT @ 4,2GHz
GPU:Asus GTX 770 2GB DirectCUII OC @ 1,150 MHz
PSU:XFX PRO 750w Core Edition 80+ Bronze
RAM:G Skill RipJaws-X cl9 kit 8GB 1600Mhz 1,50V
SSD:Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2,5'' SATA3
HDD:WD Green 1TB
OPT: LG BD - RW
CASE:CM 920 III Windowed
OS: Win7 64 Ultimate