$1-1.5k Budget Upgrade, Some Parts Already

Oni · 03-28-2016, 07:39 AM

I'll be getting a replacement motherboard tomorrow and should have everything up and running.

Losi · 03-28-2016, 08:03 PM

(03-23-2016, 09:33 AM)Angel Beats Wrote: Hmm maybe a z87 board with 16-32GB DDR4 and a 6700k and get a cheap af second hand 680 for SLI?

A z87 board cant hold a 6700k. Only the z170 chipset boards can.

Jiggly · 03-28-2016, 10:16 PM

(03-28-2016, 07:39 AM)Oni Wrote: I'll be getting a replacement motherboard tomorrow and should have everything up and running.

I pray for you.

I hope it's up and running by the end of the day. I used to want to try and put together my own machine one day (I'm too PC illiterate) but watching this process has put me right off.

Skullmeat · 03-29-2016, 12:29 AM

Nothing ever goes as planned when PC building. Also, its rare to get a faulty motherboard.

Oni · 03-29-2016, 02:26 AM

99.9% done. My PCIE riser broke and almost fried things. Getting a more expensive one now.

(03-29-2016, 12:29 AM)Skullmeat Wrote: Nothing ever goes as planned when PC building. Also, its rare to get a faulty motherboard.

Not as rare, when it's the retailers fault.

Spoiler:The graphics card I ordered was supposed to be the open-box part, not the motherboard. I was surprised when I got the items from in-store pickup and the motherboard looked to be open-box and the graphics card was new.

Oni · 03-29-2016, 06:58 AM

(03-29-2016, 02:26 AM)Oni Wrote: 99.9% done. My PCIE riser broke and almost fried things. Getting a more expensive one now.

Not as rare, when it's the retailers fault.

Spoiler:
The graphics card I ordered was supposed to be the open-box part, not the motherboard. I was surprised when I got the items from in-store pickup and the motherboard looked to be open-box and the graphics card was new.

Got the PCIE riser and everything is running great. Have to run benchmarks on this beast. Will post pictures later.

pvnk · 03-29-2016, 10:03 PM

I demand pictures right now.

m0dem · 03-29-2016, 11:46 PM

I won't "demand" pictures. Tongue

@primitive
But I'm looking forward to them. Smile

pvnk · 03-30-2016, 12:02 AM

(03-29-2016, 11:46 PM)m0dem Wrote: I won't "demand" pictures. @primitive
But I'm looking forward to them.

Good thing I didn't speak for you, but that isn't something you should ever be concerned with because you're not someone I would want to knowingly associate myself with.

Oni · 03-30-2016, 12:52 AM

I'm waiting on a USB 3.0 (20-pin) extension. I'll post pictures when I get it. Wondering what games can test this Titan X (if such a thing exists?!).

(03-30-2016, 12:02 AM)Primitive Wrote: Good thing I didn't speak for you, but that isn't something you should ever be concerned with because you're not someone I would want to knowingly associate myself with.

Cyberbullying is mean.

(03-28-2016, 08:03 PM)Losi Wrote: A z87 board cant hold a 6700k. Only the z170 chipset boards can.

Which is, funnily, what I got.