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  1. Sacro
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    New PC

    So would the U2715H be in your prefered price range then? Or do you want something cheaper? If you decide to get a new CPU, you'll have to also get a new motherboard and new RAM. Like I said, testing first if it's needed is probably the best solution.
    Post by: Sacro, Oct 5, 2016 in forum: Tech Support
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    New PC

    Since you wrote that this will be mainly a gaming PC, getting an i7 itself is not worth it (the main feature - hyperthreading - doesn't improve performance in most games). Personally, I'd just get all the other parts now and test it with the OSD of MSI Afterburner or something. If you run into a CPU limit, get a new one and if not then you've saved some money. Or is there some reason that you have to get everything at the same time? And if it does limit the GPU, then get an i5 6600 with a...
    Post by: Sacro, Oct 5, 2016 in forum: Tech Support
  3. Sacro
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    New PC

    Well, Corsair sold a lot of shit PSUs back in the day - still do as a matter of fact. The only really recommended ones are pretty much the RMX and RMi series. It's a pretty big problem in the PSU market actually - you take a cheap model from PSU manufacturer X, slap your name on it and there you go, you're now selling PSUs. Well, how much higher would you go then? 600W I can see with some builds, but anything more just seems wasteful.
    Post by: Sacro, Aug 20, 2016 in forum: Tech Support
  4. Sacro
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    New PC

    Sounds like you had one of those cheap ones then. Brands like LC-Power, and some others, still sell 600-1000W PSUs that can't even deliver half of the wattage they're advertised with. PSUs from good brands, on the other hand, can actually often deliver more wattage than advertised. Sure, you could go for the 50W more that a 600W PSU would give above the 550W models I mentioned above, but having a headroom? I don't think that's really necessary anymore nowadays, since new parts are now all...
    Post by: Sacro, Aug 19, 2016 in forum: Tech Support
  5. Sacro
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    New PC

    Those calculators, while somewhat useful sometimes, are not that accurate. I just looked at an old test of the GTX 570. The test system for that had an i7 965 Extreme Edition (that was overclocked to 3.87GHz), so a CPU that eats more power than the 950, and the whole system with a 570 was pulling 387W under load. Hell, even with a GTX 480, a card that was famous for its high power consumption, the system only pulled 448W. And that's why you look at tests and not those calculators. So, I...
    Post by: Sacro, Aug 17, 2016 in forum: Tech Support
  6. Sacro
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    New PC

    Greens are ok as a "data grave" for things you don't need often. But yeah, I'd go with a blue for things like games and stuff that are accessed regularly. Yeah, though especially on single-rail PSUs like the CX750M it also means that the protections (OCP, UVP etc.) will activate later than on a lower wattage PSU. Personally, I'd buy a PSU with a multi-rail design and fitting wattage. This. The PSU is actually THE most important part in a computer - it powers the rest of the components, and...
    Post by: Sacro, Aug 17, 2016 in forum: Tech Support
  7. Sacro
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    New PC

    No. Don't do this. A consumer PC that's not running SLI/Crossfire does not need more than a 500W PSU. So unless you plan to put another GPU in your system in the near future, go with a 500W PSU. Some recommendations would be the Cooler Master G550M, be quiet! Straight Power 10 500W, Superflower Leadex Gold 550W, Silverstone Strider Platinum 550W, EVGA G2 550W or the Corsair RM550X. The CX-series isn't really recommended, due to lower quality parts. And yeah, the CPU shouldn't really be a...
    Post by: Sacro, Aug 16, 2016 in forum: Tech Support
  8. Sacro
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    New PC

    Good price/performance and reliability have made the Samsung and Crucial drives pretty much the standard recommendation.
    Post by: Sacro, Aug 14, 2016 in forum: Tech Support
  9. Sacro
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    New PC

    Manufacturer and model are needed. Pure wattage is not useful, since there are many cheap PSU's that are advertised with high wattage, but are unable to actually deliver it. Get a Samsung 850 evo/pro or Crucial MX 300 instead. If you're looking for one, just make sure that it has DisplayPort, and maybe an IPS panel. Just stay away from Asus and Acer - go for a BenQ, Dell or something along those lines, and read reviews. Since you plan on getting a GTX 1080, you could look at a Gsync...
    Post by: Sacro, Aug 14, 2016 in forum: Tech Support
  10. Sacro
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    New PC

    Huh? You've got warranty on every induvidual part if you build it yourself. RAM, for example, almost always comes with lifetime warranty. The rest of the parts usually come with 2-5 years of warranty, depending on manufacturer. I don't know where you got the idea that you don't have warranty if you build a system yourself.
    Post by: Sacro, Dec 8, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  11. Sacro
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    New PC

    Is building one yourself out of the question? As for those two: I don't like that the one on newegg doesn't give the exact motherboard model. If the motherboard doesn't have heatsinks for the VRMs, then you're limited to a top-blow cooler if you ever want to change it for something else. Probably wouldn't be an issue on a FX-6xxx, but on a FX-8xxx it's a pretty comon issue. Another thing with AMD in general is that there's currently no AMD motherboard that supports PCIe 3.0. That doesn't...
    Post by: Sacro, Dec 7, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  12. Sacro
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    New PC

    Depends on what you want to do with it. What games do you play? What resolution? What settings do you want to be able to run the games at? The problems with it is that you can't upgrade the GPU, since it's soldered on (at least to my knowledge). It's also not a really good GPU - it's a cutsom GTX 860M. I must say though, that it's a pretty nice package for the reduced price (the i3 alone normally costs about $140). In short: if you don't have a problem with playing games on low-medium...
    Post by: Sacro, Nov 28, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  13. Sacro
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    New PC

    Looks good, except for the motherboard since it doesn't fit in the case (the case only supports mATX or ITX). Either change the case, or change the motherboard to this. Unfortunately that's the only real mATX board choice you've got in that store, since all the other ones don't have heatsinks for the VRMs, and I personally wouldn't buy one without, especially if a tower cooler is going to be used for the CPU.
    Post by: Sacro, Nov 16, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  14. Sacro
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    New PC

    Unless he plans to do video editing or something similar as well, he doesn't need an i7, since Hyperthreading is useless for games and the i7 thus not worth the extra money.
    Post by: Sacro, Nov 13, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  15. Sacro
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    New PC

    That's only really true if you compare the Fury X with the 980Ti. In all benchmarks I've seen, the 390 handles godrays far better than the 970, going from about 70FPS with god rays on high to about 65 with god rays on extreme. In comparison, the 970 goes from about 77 to about 66. What problems are you talking about? Nvidia being better in games that use gameworks by nvidia? Honestly, you're making it sound worse than it is.
    Post by: Sacro, Nov 12, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  16. Sacro
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    New PC

    Heh you got that right, it's another one of those "fanboy wars". In the end it always depends on the game. In some Nvidia works better, in others AMD/Radeon. If you've got a list of games you'll be playing the most it would be helpful. Now, since you're not planing on overclocking you can go with an i5-4460, and an H97 board like this Asus or MSI one. You can also go with a cheaper CPU cooler as well. Something like the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo is already more than enough. For the PSU,...
    Post by: Sacro, Nov 11, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  17. Sacro
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    New PC

    Was it your intention to build a small form factor PC? For a gaming PC I'd personally go with a normal ATX build, instead of mini-ITX. Anyways, do you want to overclock? If not, you can change the mainboard and CPU. If this was an ATX build, I'd also recommend getting a R9 390 instead of the 970, but since you can't find a 390 that would be small enough that's not really an option. Apart from that the build looks fine.
    Post by: Sacro, Nov 11, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  18. Sacro
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    New PC

    Well, you really have to look how much more CPU+Motherboard together are. In the end, most people would prefer to get a more powerful GPU, but since you don't really need that you might as well go for a better CPU, since upgrading a GPU later is cheaper than a new CPU+Motherboard. Really depends if you want to have some more money left over for something else. That's actually a misconception. Once you upgrade your license from 7 to 10, you can use it forever (though depending on your...
    Post by: Sacro, Aug 5, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  19. Sacro
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    New PC

    Well, with PSUs it's a little different. If you take a look at many cheap models, they advertise 500W or 750W but can't actually offer that much at all, and fail sooner due to lower quality capacitors. Of course, you still don't need to buy high-end, just not the cheapest you can find. Skylake NDA just lifted for the high-end models. It's very...disappointing, just like it has pretty much always been the past few years. You don't even get 10% more performance, although the power consumption...
    Post by: Sacro, Aug 5, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  20. Sacro
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    New PC

    Depends on the game. Across the board though? Nope, you're gonna have to wait for the next generation (or maybe even the one after that) to get that. Well, or go with SLI/Crossfire, but that brings along all of the well known problems multi GPU has. As a side note, there's no real reason for a normal consumer to get a TitanX, since the 980Ti is only 5% or so slower and much cheaper. For professional users it's also not really good anymore, like the other Titans were, since it's double...
    Post by: Sacro, Aug 4, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  21. Sacro
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    New PC

    Well I can't say anything about either case, but the difference is just 20€ (at least from looking at the minimal price on geizhals). So, it might not hurt to get the newer one. Also, if you can fit it in the budget, think about getting a second SSD (preferably 256/250GB). You could use it to put your games on, since you won't be able to fit that many on your existing 120GB SSD. Of course, you could always buy a second SSD later as well. Just something to think about, since putting games on...
    Post by: Sacro, Jul 12, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  22. Sacro
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    New PC

    No, the 290 is the little brother of the 290X. It's basically a 290X that has some shaders deactivated and stuff, so if you want the best performance the 290X is better. The 290 is only better from a price/performance standpoint. Edit: I just had a look around, and for 399€ you could get the PowerColor 290X 8GB PCS+. Now, the card isn't....optimal you could say, since you'd have to change some settings (like the fan-curve, which is far too agressive and makes the card too loud, and the...
    Post by: Sacro, Jul 12, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  23. Sacro
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    New PC

    Add Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4 and Ryse: Son of Rome to that. Like I said, it always depends on the game, and in the end you can just say that they're both equally good. Which isn't really important - inaudible stays inaudible whether it's 0 or not. Firstly, you're using TDP, which isn't equal to the real power draw. Secondly, yes there's a difference, but if he buys a 290 for 318€, which is on par with the 970, instead of the MSI or Asus 970 which are 354€ and 364€ respectively,...
    Post by: Sacro, Jul 12, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  24. Sacro
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    New PC

    The Sapphire Vapor-X cards disable two fans when idle, making it for all intents and purposes unhearable. Half is just plain wrong. You're looking at about 280-290W (depending on overclock(for the whole system)) with a 970, and about 360-390W (depending on overclock) with a 290/290X. In the end you maybe have, what 5-10€ more per year for power cost at most. True, though that doesn't really matter much. Plain wrong. It always depends on the game - in some games the 970 is faster, and in...
    Post by: Sacro, Jul 12, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  25. Sacro
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    New PC

    With him getting a case that has sound dampening material built in, I figured that he wants his PC to be as silent as possible - therefore the bigger cooler where the fan can run at a lower rpm. If silence isn't the priority however, then saving some money and going for one of those smaller coolers is an option.
    Post by: Sacro, Jul 11, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  26. Sacro
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    New PC

    You can take a look here (under the graph deselect everything except the HR-02 Macho and the Dark Rock Pro 3 SW 120+135mm). As you can see, the temperature differs only by about 6°C max on an overclocked 2500K, so you shouldn't run into any problems with it. As for if it will fit, it's not as high as the Dark Rock, and the Define R4 supports up to 170mm (if no sidepanel fan is installed), so it'll fit. Though as always with such large tower coolers (both the macho and dark rock), they...
    Post by: Sacro, Jul 9, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  27. Sacro
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    New PC

    I'd normally agree, but we recently had quite the heat-wave here in germany, and during it my 4430 with stock cooler was running at about 1.7-1.8k rpm (2k is the max) with 20% CPU usage. It normally doesn't get that hot here, but it taught me that getting an aftermarket cooler can't hurt if you can fit it in the budget. As far as I know, there's currently zero indication that skylake will be anything more than the usual 5-15% more performance (which won't matter much in the long run,...
    Post by: Sacro, Jul 9, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  28. Sacro
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    New PC

    Yes, though it's always going to perform better or worse on a game to game basis (I'm also going to assume that you will be gaming at 1080p, right?). Yeah, for non SLI/Crossfire builds 500W is generally enough. One thing though, is that you could exchange the CPU cooler with the Thermalright Macho. It's much cheaper and since you won't be overclocking (you don't have a K-CPU after all) it should easily suffice. The R9 300 series is basically a rebrand, so the 390X is just a 290X with minor...
    Post by: Sacro, Jul 8, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  29. Sacro
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    New PC

    The Alpenföhn Brocken Eco, the Scythe Mugen 4, the Themalright Macho 120 Rev.A and a bunch of others. Personally I probably would go with the Thermalright. Edit: For be quiet! there's basically just the Pure Rock. But if you want, you could of course alsways strap a silent wings 2 (or silent wings 3 when they're released sometimes this fall or so) onto one of the other coolers, and basically get the same quiteness and performance. Thermalright is also a very good brand for coolers, as is...
    Post by: Sacro, Mar 29, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  30. Sacro
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    New PC

    Not really true. There are good quality pumps that will produce almost no noise, and that you won't be able to hear outside the case (especially if the case has sound dampening). An aircooler without low RPM fans however? Now that's something that can get noisy pretty quickly.
    Post by: Sacro, Mar 29, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  31. Sacro
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    New PC

    That sounds about right. Honestly, since you're not overclocking you can go for a far smaller cooler - even a top blow if you want. Or if you want to spend a little more (about 10-15€) on the cooler, you could get the Corsair H55. Of course, that's if you're comfortable with having water in your PC.
    Post by: Sacro, Mar 29, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  32. Sacro
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    New PC

    The height. On hardwareversand they simply say "16cm", but on the be quiet! website you've got a more precise measurement (click on Technische Daten and then Technische Daten des Kühlkörpers). Since the height is more than the case allows (take note of the "Kühler die eine Höhe von bis zu 158mm haben"), you won't be able to close the sidepanel with the cooler installed (or if you're lucky the cooler will just scrape along it, which also wouldn't be good).
    Post by: Sacro, Mar 29, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  33. Sacro
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    New PC

    Looks good, but I just noticed that the dark rock pro doesn't fit in the case. 158mm is the maximum that fits in the silencio, but the dark rock pro is 163mm. You'll either have to choose a different CPU cooler, or a different case.
    Post by: Sacro, Mar 29, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  34. Sacro
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    New PC

    He'll be getting the Crucial Ballistix RAM anyway, which is already low profile, so there's nothing really to worry about there. Of course if even that would be too high, there's always the low profile version of it.
    Post by: Sacro, Mar 29, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  35. Sacro
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    New PC

    The E10 is fully modular, except for the 24-pin (and making that modular is frankly idiotic, since you'll always need it anyways, like you already said). be quiet! generally has none of those "modular but everythings is on one cable so not really modular" PSU's. You'll generally only find those in the low-end spectrum (though that might be different on the US market - after all you guys over there also don't like multi-rail PSU's from what I've heard), and I wouldn't trust my (or any) system...
    Post by: Sacro, Mar 29, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  36. Sacro
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    New PC

    The difference between a modular and non-modular PSU is that the cables are not attached from the start. You can take each cable (except the 24-pin for the mainboard) off if you don't need it, which makes cable management easier and also improves airflow by not having useless cables flying around. Also, I saw that you downgraded your PSU choice from the E10 to the L8. If possible, stay with the E10, since it's newer and more efficent.
    Post by: Sacro, Mar 28, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  37. Sacro
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    New PC

    Yes in the latest driver it was revealed that the low-end models will most likely be a bunch of rebrands (up to the 370). As for them not beating nvidia, we don't know yet - the 390X (and possibly 390) will at least use better VRAM (HBM) that should give them an advantage there, and as for performance well, the 390X will probably be more powerfull than the 980 at the least (and probably also the TitanX), at least if the leaked specs are to be believed that speak of the raw power being...
    Post by: Sacro, Mar 28, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
  38. Sacro
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    New PC

    Firstly, consider buying from Mindfactory (or be even smarter and use Geizhals.de), since Alternate tends to be on the expensive side (though be aware that Mindfactory isn't the best when it comes to RMA's - Alternate is much better there, but like I said more expensive). Jpzh2d is right that Intel CPU's are better, but completely wrong when the GTX 960 is concerned. That GPU barely has a right to exist if you ask me (at least at it's current price), since the memory-interface is...
    Post by: Sacro, Mar 28, 2015 in forum: Tech Support
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