« previous next » Print Pages: 1 Author Topic: Got me some new hardware (Read 10609 times) Joe Hero Member Posts: 2368 Karma: 39 Got me some new hardware « on: February 10, 2016, 09:47:27 AM » Finally entered the realms of real PC gaming, no more of this gaming laptop nonsense. Hadn't build a gaming machine in about 15 years; graphics cards got really fucking big! Logged Bird Administrator Hero Member Posts: 2321 Karma: -666 Ysu Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #1 on: February 10, 2016, 10:30:12 AM » Looks funky!It's always fun to build a new computer (if you have the time).What's the display at the top, if I may ask? Logged Joe Hero Member Posts: 2368 Karma: 39 Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #2 on: February 10, 2016, 10:55:56 AM » Quote from: Bird on February 10, 2016, 10:30:12 AMWhat's the display at the top, if I may ask?It's a fan controller, will speed up or slow down the fans based on the temperature, or you can manually override it. Seems to work okay, when I was running some GPU benchmarks last night I noticed it speeding the fans up as the temp went up then slowing them down again after. Logged StanDaam Full Member Posts: 529 Karma: 11 Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #3 on: February 10, 2016, 11:07:33 AM » Excellent stuff Joe, the joy of building a new rig!! Love it Logged Joe Hero Member Posts: 2368 Karma: 39 Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #4 on: February 10, 2016, 11:27:42 AM » Quote from: StanDaam on February 10, 2016, 11:07:33 AMExcellent stuff Joe, the joy of building a new rig!! Love it Now I just need some time for the joy of Assetto Corsa! I booted it up yesterday and fully maxed out the graphics settings to give it a go. Was getting fps dips into the mid 50's at spa which surprised me as I get a pretty constant 70fps on witcher 3 which is known for being GPU intensive. Logged Bruce Global Moderator Hero Member Posts: 3440 Karma: 76 "Look out, I'm comin' through!" Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #5 on: February 10, 2016, 03:15:09 PM » I see the "the little hand of a helper" too, should be easy to do one day before his nap!Looks like a winner kit. Logged "I refuse to be what you call normal." Lemmy Caution Guybrush Threepwood Hero Member Posts: 2133 Karma: 69 Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #6 on: February 10, 2016, 04:51:02 PM » Don't forget your CPU thermal paste is all I'll say. Oh, and also makes sure you don't have all the fans blowing into the case - you need some blowing and some sucking, just like..... Logged Wally Administrator Hero Member Posts: 11035 Karma: 152 AC Admin Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #7 on: February 10, 2016, 06:39:54 PM » Quote from: Joe on February 10, 2016, 11:27:42 AMQuote from: StanDaam on February 10, 2016, 11:07:33 AMExcellent stuff Joe, the joy of building a new rig!! Love it Now I just need some time for the joy of Assetto Corsa! I booted it up yesterday and fully maxed out the graphics settings to give it a go. Was getting fps dips into the mid 50's at spa which surprised me as I get a pretty constant 70fps on witcher 3 which is known for being GPU intensive.Looking good! It's probably still worth tweaking reflections, which give a FPS hit. Logged “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time” Joe Hero Member Posts: 2368 Karma: 39 Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #8 on: February 10, 2016, 11:50:58 PM » Quote from: Guybrush Threepwood on February 10, 2016, 04:51:02 PMDon't forget your CPU thermal paste is all I'll say. Oh, and also makes sure you don't have all the fans blowing into the case - you need some blowing and some sucking, just like.....The missing word is Marty, right?Front and side fans are sucking, rear fan blowing. The heatsink had thermal paste pre-applied so just using that for now and temps seems pretty good. I made a layout for my keyboard LCD to give me temp data on CPU and GPU as well as FPS and a few other things. Logged Joe Hero Member Posts: 2368 Karma: 39 Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #9 on: February 10, 2016, 11:52:27 PM » Quote from: Wally on February 10, 2016, 06:39:54 PMQuote from: Joe on February 10, 2016, 11:27:42 AMQuote from: StanDaam on February 10, 2016, 11:07:33 AMExcellent stuff Joe, the joy of building a new rig!! Love it Now I just need some time for the joy of Assetto Corsa! I booted it up yesterday and fully maxed out the graphics settings to give it a go. Was getting fps dips into the mid 50's at spa which surprised me as I get a pretty constant 70fps on witcher 3 which is known for being GPU intensive.Looking good! It's probably still worth tweaking reflections, which give a FPS hit.Cheers Wally, I'll tweak a few things once I get a chance to set my wheel up. The other night I gave it a try with the xbox controller and stopped playing pretty quickly as it sucks. Logged Joe Hero Member Posts: 2368 Karma: 39 Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #10 on: February 10, 2016, 11:54:42 PM » Quote from: Bruce on February 10, 2016, 03:15:09 PMI see the "the little hand of a helper" too, should be easy to do one day before his nap!Looks like a winner kit.The tiny hand was my three year old, she was pretty interested in it all. I started the build when she was still up but didn't get very far as she kept trying to touch everything! Logged Guybrush Threepwood Hero Member Posts: 2133 Karma: 69 Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #11 on: February 11, 2016, 06:58:18 AM » I just thought that Joe had unusually small hands. Good for laptop gaming. Logged Bruce Global Moderator Hero Member Posts: 3440 Karma: 76 "Look out, I'm comin' through!" Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #12 on: February 11, 2016, 08:28:48 AM » Quote from: Joe on February 10, 2016, 11:54:42 PMQuote from: Bruce on February 10, 2016, 03:15:09 PMI see the "the little hand of a helper" too, should be easy to do one day before his nap!Looks like a winner kit.The tiny hand was my three year old, she was pretty interested in it all. I started the build when she was still up but didn't get very far as she kept trying to touch everything!It is fun, I know have 4 sets of those little hands to help! (To be truthfull, I enjoying showing them as much as I can, as long as it safe and their mums approve ) I said "him" as i didn't want to use "it", can't help me, I'm a boy! Logged "I refuse to be what you call normal." Lemmy Caution StanDaam Full Member Posts: 529 Karma: 11 Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #13 on: February 11, 2016, 09:39:36 AM » Quote from: Guybrush Threepwood on February 11, 2016, 06:58:18 AMI just thought that Joe had unusually small hands. Good for laptop gaming. Logged Guybrush Threepwood Hero Member Posts: 2133 Karma: 69 Re: Got me some new hardware « Reply #14 on: February 11, 2016, 10:10:09 AM » All I can say is that I have long arms! Logged Print Pages: 1 « previous next » Xtreme Gaming Network / General Category / Hardware & Reviews / Got me some new hardware