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Looking into building a new custom rig, suggestions?
Hey everyone, I'm thinking about getting a new computer because my laptop just isn't cutting it for the higher end apps and rendering these days. I've custom built computers in the past and really enjoy doing it, but I've been out of the technology loop for a little while. Before I start my hours and hours of research and… -
Re: Looking into building a new custom rig, suggestions?
Wow, thanks for posting your new specs pior, that should save me a good amount of time! I'll probably get a cheaper case though, $144 is steep! The Antec P182 does look awesome though. However, I wonder if I could find a better price/performence processor. I don't know. If I'm going to build it, I want to future proof it… -
Re: Looking into building a new custom rig, suggestions?
Your best bet is to track down the specs of whatever graphics card you plan to install and look for the min power requirements. You should try to exceed those min requirements due to all of your other components power needs. The real issue isn't just the overall watts, but the amps on the +12v rail. Not enough juice… -
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Yea same here. It's caught me a few times and made me check if I'm in tech talk or GD, ha. arrangemonk, It's not all about looks, if you buy right, it will have proper air flow. ASUS has started putting life spans on their parts, even if you don't overclock and have bad air flow you greatly shorten that life span. It will… -
Re: Looking into building a new custom rig, suggestions?
+1 for cintiq recommendation, i want to buy another one for home! -
Re: Looking into building a new custom rig, suggestions?
I know :) Altho, it's not for bragging rights. The integrated watercooling + the video card and such makes for a VERY silent high-end pc, which is good since im strangely sensitive to fan noises. Also, money right now isn't an issue for me. It's a long story but i pretty much had around 5k that i could spend on pc hardware… -
Re: Looking into building a new custom rig, suggestions?
Off the top of my head:* three way SLI (x16/x16/x16). * 24 gigs of RAM. * Liquid cooling. * Solid state harddrives. 'Edit' ...or you could scale back the pc and buy a cintiq to go with it if you don't have one. Just a thought. -
Re: Looking into building a new custom rig, suggestions?
Ouch. that's a hefty pricetag for bragging rights. In reality you could have a machine that would give you 95% of the performance for most day-to-day tasks as that setup for a third of the price. An i7 920 and a GTX 260 will handle almost anything you can throw at it with no problem. For that matter the Asus P6T is a… -
Re: Looking into building a new custom rig, suggestions?
Im also building a new one right now. Pretty sweet rig if might say so myself :poly121: Chassi - ZALMAN EXTREME HYBRID LQ1000 (Integrated water-cooling) - $678.99 Video Card - BFG GEFORCE GTX 295 H20C (Water cooled/overclocked edition) - $958.83 Motherboard - ASUS RAMPAGE II EXTREME - $399.00 Processor - INTEL CORE I7 965… -
Re: Looking into building a new custom rig, suggestions?
289 Pages. ^Toms Hardware Rig is a reasonable term. "PC Rig" produces 38,800 search results on google with the websites being pretty accurate: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22PC+Rig%22. Whether or not it was the best, well known, choice for use in a thread title, maybe, maybe not. It's a pretty well known term, and definitely not…
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