re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

FUUUUCK I wish I had a Microcenter close.

$299 in store pick up only for an i7-5820K today, normally $370. Helluva deal. I would jump all over that.


Oh wells, just gonna have to stick to this cocaine and heroine to fill this upgrade bug I have until Skylake.

That's a little extreme to try and compare, a 5930 is almost $600, the whole point of my post was the nearly $400 5820K is under $300 at MC.

I don't mind the RAM/MOBO conversion, going to do it with Skylake when it launches either way, yes prices will go down some but not that much when it initially launches.

I've started seeing some pretty decent combo deals for x99 already too.

I mean if I could do it I probably would, grab the MSI x99 sli plus board for $200 and 8GB of Mushkin Redline 2800 DDR4 for $120 and call it a day, upgrading the board/ram down the road when it's come down.

The 5820K is cheaper than a 4790K in terms of this current MC deal though, and obviously buying the mobo/ram I mentioned above I would be future proofed until I upgraded the mobo/ram down the road when it's mainstream.

If I had an MC close I would do it, but since I don't, I'll just twiddle my thumbs and continue to wait for Skylake.

I am unbelievably impatient though. So bad. Skylake-K could get delayed too, and this PC would go out the window.

I literally have to tell myself "just wait for skylake" repeatedly in my head when browsing deals. Not even joking.

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Battlefield 4 was AMD-favored too. I think it actually took a little while for Nvidia cards to not do terribly by comparison. It's like the one AAA series that NVIDIA didn't stick their dicks into. This wasn't even tested with Mantle, either.

You people and your microcenters!!

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Granted, one disadvantage with the 5820K, as well as the other ones on that socket, is the 20% 

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I miss single threaded performance so much I rarely power up the main rig and use one of the secondaries with a 4330 and 4670k.

Benchmarks don't show it as much, but something can be said about how snappy a system with Haswell compared to Ivy. If you just game, I'm back in the higher IPC per core than more cores.

EDT: I want a new Pixel to run CoC and bypass running Android on a PC.

A few suggestions:

Add the Hyper 212 Evo at least, or else don't bother with an unlocked CPU.

Spend the extra $5 for this 2133MHz CL9 RAM: LINK
Ignore the PCPartPicker warning and do not be scared of the 1.65v. It is not a problem whatsoever with your CPU/Mobo combo.

No SSD in a $1,000 build is depressing. Add one. At least 120GB, 250GB would be better.

I don't see anything particularly compelling you get from the $340 Windforce that you wouldn't get the from the $320 EVGA ACX 2.0, other than an unnecessarily long cooler. These cards are easy to cool and overclock. Just for money-saving sake. There's also the Strix for $329. I just don't recommend spending more than MSRP for a 970.

Full-tower case for a single card, ATX setup with a Hyper 212 cooler (let alone stock cooling) is kind of odd, but if you like the look, no big deal. Just don't skimp elsewhere for the sake of affording that case.

I'd get a 80+ Bronze Rosewill HIVE over that EVGA. It's cheaper. LINK

Sirtec (Makes the Hives) is a better manufacturer than FSP (Makes the suprnovas). Don't get hung up on Bronze/Silver/Gold. It's negligibly different and not nearly as relevant or as important as getting consistent rail voltage from a PSU made by a reputable manufacturer (that's manufacturer, not brand).

Pirate Windows.

I'd go 1440P 60Hz over 1080 144hz for that GPU, but that's up to you. If you've never gamed at 1440P, for god's sake do it.