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[bowei006]

Far cry 4 anyone?

 

[Dobrescu George]

Far cry 4 anyone?

I will soon. I looked at the trailers and gameplay on youtube, and it seemed so much fun. I will try far cry series. are they any good?

 

[ibob4tacoz]

  I will soon. I looked at the trailers and gameplay on youtube, and it seemed so much fun. I will try far cry series. are they any good?

They're alright. Worth having and playing for a bit. I only own FC4, and I will say that it gets relatively dull after some time.

 

[214324]

 

   
Do you have a source of any kind that provides a measurement of the RAM clearance of your case/cooler?

Your case will never be an issue, but usually the specs of the cooler or the reviews of it will tell you the RAM clearance. It also depends on the motherboard, as some motherboards are much more compact than others, though this is becoming less of an issue as it is much more standardized and long traces are bad anyways.

+1

 

[HedgeHog]

Anyone use an AiO liquid cooling solution?  I got the Corsair H90 but the water pump makes a racket.  Drives me crazy.
 
-H

 

[Coolzo]

Anyone use an AiO liquid cooling solution?  I got the Corsair H90 but the water pump makes a racket.  Drives me crazy.

-H

I've owned the H110i, and the pump is almost completely silent. My only guess is that the pump/waterblock assembly is not quite secure, although I'd be careful about overtigitening as well. Make sure there isn't any cables hanging directly on the pump, and perhaps make sure that the pump isn't vibrating against a neiboring MOSFET or VRM heatsink. If you have skylake, it's possible that there's issues with mounting, seeing as Skylake processors are physically shorter in height.

 

[Duncan]

H110i GTX here, and the fans on silent mode make more noise than the pump...

Belated edit, just ran a passmark test for my PC - summary here

Further edit, might as well throw in a 3DMark result as well... Not too bad on a single card.

 

[bowei006]

  I will soon. I looked at the trailers and gameplay on youtube, and it seemed so much fun. I will try far cry series. are they any good?

 
If you liked Far Cry 3 the you'll probably like Far Cry 4. They aren't serial so you don't have to had played the previous ones. 
 
It's fun and will keep you entertained for 12 - 20 hours most likely. The game is more focused on gameplay, exploration, and doing schiit then story. 

  Anyone use an AiO liquid cooling solution?  I got the Corsair H90 but the water pump makes a racket.  Drives me crazy.
 
-H

I have an original H50, no issues for the past 6 years or so

 

[HedgeHog]

Thx, guys.  I called Corsair and they are sending a replacement.  Apparently, it's a known thing and some water pumps do exhibit the rattling issue.
 
Cheers.
 
-H

 

[bowei006]

  Thx, guys.  I called Corsair and they are sending a replacement.  Apparently, it's a known thing and some water pumps do exhibit the rattling issue.
 
Cheers.
 
-H

I've heard good things about Corsair support! Nice to hear they are doing fine still

 

[bowei006]

Doing some client builds this winter. Check them out
 
Computer #1
 

CPU	Intel Core i3 6100 3.7GHz	$125.00
Motherboard	ASUS H110M-A	$49.00
RAM	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB	$40.00
PSU	Corsair CX430M	$25.00
Windows	Windows 10 Home
CASE	Zalman T5	$29.99
SSD	Samsung 850 EVO 250GB	$81.61
Hard Drive	1TB WD Blue 7200rpm	$55.00

 
Total $405
 
Computer #2

CPU	Intel Core i3 6100 3.7GHz	$125.36
Motherboard	ASUS H110M-A	$49.00
RAM	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB	$40.00
PSU	EVGA 430W1 80+	$29.99
Windows	Windows 10 Home
CASE	Rosewill Micro Mini SRM-01	$29.99
SSD	Samsung 850 EVO 250GB	$81.61
Hard Drive	1TB WD Blue 7200rpm	$55.00

 
Total $410.95
 
Mini Desktop Stations (2x)
We also bought two Lenovo Thinkcenter M73 Tinys speced at:
 

CPU	Intel Core i5 4590T 3GHz Quad Core
Hard Drive	500GB 7200RPM
RAM	8GB DDR3 1600MHz SODIMM

For $470 each. Note that these are extremely small and well reviewed.
 
For computer station #1, we bought two borderless 21.5" monitors
 
Lenovo LI2223s 2x for station #1

 
For station #2 and the two Lenovo Thinkcenters. They will be using each a 21:9 widescreen monitor. So bought 3 of these
 

 
 
Super excited to put them together. Will upload pics

 

[Za Warudo]

Doing some client builds this winter. Check them out

Computer #1

CPU	Intel Core i3 6100 3.7GHz	$125.00
Motherboard	ASUS H110M-A	$49.00
RAM	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB	$40.00
PSU	Corsair CX430M	$25.00
Windows	Windows 10 Home
CASE	Zalman T5	$29.99
SSD	Samsung 850 EVO 250GB	$81.61
Hard Drive	1TB WD Blue 7200rpm	$55.00

[tr] [/tr]

Total $405

Computer #2

CPU	Intel Core i3 6100 3.7GHz	$125.36
Motherboard	ASUS H110M-A	$49.00
RAM	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB	$40.00
PSU	EVGA 430W1 80+	$29.99
Windows	Windows 10 Home
CASE	Rosewill Micro Mini SRM-01	$29.99
SSD	Samsung 850 EVO 250GB	$81.61
Hard Drive	1TB WD Blue 7200rpm	$55.00

[tr] [/tr]

Total $410.95

Mini Desktop Stations (2x)
We also bought two Lenovo Thinkcenter M73 Tinys speced at:

CPU	Intel Core i5 4590T 3GHz Quad Core
Hard Drive	500GB 7200RPM
RAM	8GB DDR3 1600MHz SODIMM

[tr] [/tr]

For $470 each. Note that these are extremely small and well reviewed.

For computer station #1, we bought two borderless 21.5" monitors

Lenovo LI2223s 2x for station #1


For station #2 and the two Lenovo Thinkcenters. They will be using each a 21:9 widescreen monitor. So bought 3 of these



Super excited to put them together. Will upload pics

You don't factor in the cost for Windows 10?

 

[bowei006]

You don't factor in the cost for Windows 10?

Haven't bought it yet lol
 
I'm buying keys in the week.
 
Going to be buying two Windows 8.1 keys and then upgrade to 10. (Only need two keys for the two custom computers, the others come with it already)
 
And then going to be buying 4 Microsoft Office 2013 Standard keys.
 
The Windows 8.1 keys are $20 each and Offie 2013 Standard keys are $25 each which isn't that much

 

[JbstormburstADV]

  Haven't bought it yet lol
 
I'm buying keys in the week.
 
Going to be buying two Windows 8.1 keys and then upgrade to 10. (Only need two keys for the two custom computers, the others come with it already)
 
And then going to be buying 4 Microsoft Office 2013 Standard keys.
 
The Windows 8.1 keys are $20 each and Offie 2013 Standard keys are $25 each which isn't that much

Not Office 2016?  Is this a cost issue or is there something else?
 
Nice budget builds, too, but make sure the PSUs are decent, since not going with something OEM'd by Seasonic or Super Flower can bite you in the ass sometimes.  Also, are those 6100s OCable since there's no base clock restrictions, or do you need Z170?

 

[bowei006]

Not Office 2016?  Is this a cost issue or is there something else?

Nice budget builds, too, but make sure the PSUs are decent, since not going with something OEM'd by Seasonic or Super Flower can bite you in the ass sometimes.  Also, are those 6100s OCable since there's no base clock restrictions, or do you need Z170?

Yep costs plus availability for Office

I'm not getting garbage PSU units but at the same time I'm not dropping dough on full Seasonic platforms. PSUs are important but are pretty overblown in terms of how often fail or will mess stuff up.

I don't recall OC on those but its a client build. There will be no OC or worry about Z170 chipsets.