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Re: Your computer
« Reply #165 on: May 22, 2013, 08:02:07 AM »
Currently I am building a new system; That is, I am saving up for building a new system (hopefully by September)

Corsair 600t SE
Asus Sabertooth Z77
Intel i5-3570k
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Lite-on CD/DVD drive (can't remember the model)
and finally a Corsair H100i

Keyboard and Mouse are an old Logitech EX110 wireless set
(Windows 7 x64, btw)

I have a question; Should I wait for the new release of Intel processors coming up soon (Haswell, Tick) and get one of those (I then need to change the board as the pin number changes from 1155 to 1150) or should I carry on what I am getting, saving money as the prices should drop and then get Broadwell (Tock) when it's released next year?

As for other PC's;

The one I am currently using is a HP TouchSmart 310-1110me running Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" with Cinnamon user interface and my laptop is a HP Pavilion G6-1252se (my current gaming machine. Poor, I know) running Windows 7 x64 Ultimate.
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Re: Your computer
« Reply #166 on: May 22, 2013, 11:45:43 AM »
To be honest, whatever you buy will usually be outdated in less than 12 months.
If Intel follows previous trends, Haswell will be more of a leap than Broadwell (think Has-Broad is probably gonna be like Sandy-Ivy). That means that if you wait for Haswell, you'll probably be up-to-date for longer than dropping for Ivy Bridge now. But then again, Haswell is expected in June - before September - so I guess that kinda makes this whole thing irrelevant.
Either way though, your processor wouldn't be bad in any case.
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Re: Your computer
« Reply #167 on: May 22, 2013, 11:57:37 AM »
Quote from: drenten on May 22, 2013, 11:45:43 AM
To be honest, whatever you buy will usually be outdated in less than 12 months.
If Intel follows previous trends, Haswell will be more of a leap than Broadwell (think Has-Broad is probably gonna be like Sandy-Ivy). That means that if you wait for Haswell, you'll probably be up-to-date for longer than dropping for Ivy Bridge now. But then again, Haswell is expected in June - before September - so I guess that kinda makes this whole thing irrelevant.
Either way though, your processor wouldn't be bad in any case.

Really? I would have thought Broadwell is more of a leap as it's a die shrink/Tick where-as Haswell is only a new microarchitecture/Tock. I think what I'll do is when September rolls round I will get Haswell and then wait until Broadwell is released for an upgrade to the system, as you said.

Other then that everything is OK, yes? You never know, I may change the parts list by the time September is here.
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Re: Your computer
« Reply #168 on: May 22, 2013, 12:11:08 PM »
Probably wait until September to finalise things, because most new things tend to come mid-year.
Having said that though, I don't see any major issues with it.


Also, Broadwell is a manufacturing leap more than Haswell, but usually shrinking something doesn't make it that much better. Changing everything around does make a difference though.
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Re: Your computer
« Reply #169 on: May 22, 2013, 01:49:57 PM »
As far as I know rightn ow, Broadwell won't be coming out until around a year after Haswell. Broadwell will be the Ivy to Haswell's Sandy in terms of what it'll be like, as far as I've been able to tell.
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Re: Your computer
« Reply #170 on: May 22, 2013, 02:47:54 PM »
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As far as I know rightn ow, Broadwell won't be coming out until around a year after Haswell. Broadwell will be the Ivy to Haswell's Sandy in terms of what it'll be like, as far as I've been able to tell.

Which is good, as I will build the system based on Haswell and then upgrade when June 2014 rolls around roughly 9 months later.
If you remember though Ivy was a massive improvement over Sandy, and from past experiences the Tick stage is usually faster than the Tock but the Tock is usually more efficient power wise.

Either way, we'll see when Broadwell rolls around next year.
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Re: Your computer
« Reply #171 on: May 22, 2013, 03:00:20 PM »
Yeah it'll be interesting to see what happens.

Regardless of the quality I know I won't be able to afford it, but I'm happy enough with what I have right now in terms of CPU x3
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Re: Your computer
« Reply #172 on: June 02, 2013, 06:45:04 PM »
Okay, im ripping my old pc apart and doing a little update.
I wont update the motherboard or CPU since ill wait for the next architecture, and the current hardware is still fast enough.

Ill also be building my own test bench case, ill post some images when done...

MOBO: Asus Rampage Extreme
CPU   : Intel i7 990x (6 core, 3,7GHZ)
MEM   : 32GB 1600MHZ CL8 (board will only support 24GB though.)
HDD   : 2x Intel 500MB/sec SSD 250GB (Mirrored)
VIDEO: 2x Asus GForce TITAN (SLI)
POWER: 1200W PSU

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Re: Your computer
« Reply #173 on: June 16, 2013, 08:58:10 AM »
Finally got to do a decent upgrade!
Moved from my old Q6600 quad core, with 4 gigs of ram...to...

i7-4770k - havent OC'd yet, but dangit haswell, why couldn't you be an amazing overclocker :(
Asus z87-Pro Motherboard
16 gb (2x8gb) 1866 Mhz G-skill sniper RAM
way too many old HD's
MSI Twin Frozr HD 7950 3gb
Antec 900 (original Antec 900 case from like 7-8 years ago, heck yeah!)
OCZ modXtreme 700 watt modular PS
Cooler master hyper 212+

I'm happy, until I have enough money for another SSD. Current SSD is in my laptop. My god so much RAM. So glad I didn't do 32 gb.

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Re: Your computer
« Reply #174 on: June 25, 2013, 08:04:58 PM »
Woohoo, got the first GPU :), and made a quick 3D design of the case in two hours. Ill add details the coming week and then get some prices from my steel supplier :O (Sorry for the messy photo, Need to clear out desk, full of fursuit / electrical / pc / art stuffz. )




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Re: Your computer
« Reply #175 on: August 13, 2013, 10:54:35 PM »
right now I  have a basic hp that I will work on upgrading once I get some more money and finish building my gun
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Re: Your computer
« Reply #176 on: August 26, 2013, 10:03:18 PM »
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Re: Your computer
« Reply #177 on: August 28, 2013, 09:48:11 PM »
Looks good Timmy!
I allways like watercooling, makes for a silent pc. Even if you overclock it to where the parts nearly explode.

Btw, what EK radiator are u using? Looks like a XT240?
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Re: Your computer
« Reply #178 on: August 28, 2013, 09:54:49 PM »
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Looks good Timmy!
I allways like watercooling, makes for a silent pc. Even if you overclock it to where the parts nearly explode.

Btw, what EK radiator are u using? Looks like a XT240?
Thanks! Yeah, it's the XT240 ^^

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Re: Your computer
« Reply #179 on: August 30, 2013, 04:09:30 AM »
Well, the computer I have is a Samsung Chromebook Series 5 XE550C22....


Ugh....


Don't ever buy one of these. [size=78%]My main gripe with it is that it can't run any programs at all, which is something that I could really use.[/size]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook


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