Spontaneous Gamer Build

shippuuden · 27th July 2012, 2:19 PM

Well ive been sick , knocked out in bed for around 7 days! Thanks flu and fever! one day i got bored lying in bed so i grabbed my iphone, jumped on youtube and looked for zombie stuffs....I ended up finding DAYZ, and discovered that it may or may not be the game for me...But i wanted to try it, and my HP DV6 Laptop that i swapped my old gaming rig for will probably not be able to play it.......... Anyway....Flu and Fever in hand, i spent about 2 hours researching a nice budget build i could game with, and headed off to a few pc shops!

I ended up with the rig below!

Case : Bitfenix Colossus case
Motherboard : Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
Cpu : Intel 3570k 3.4ghz
Ram : 16GB Gskill Ripjaws
Gpu : Gainward GTX 580
HDD : 1Tb Western Digital
PSU : Corsair GS800
Cooling Cpu : Corsair H80
Keyboard : Roccat Isku Illuminated
Mouse : Razer Naga Expert Wireless

Box Build Cost : $1015 ( not including keyboard, mouse, h80 )
Total Build Cost : $1364 ( including keyboard, mouse, h80 )

Everything in the build is brand new EXCEPT the GPU and the Case

I also couldn't resist office works deal on 2TB Externals for 117$ so i got 2 of them making my total external storage around 10TB now.

i got this build yesterday and im yet to game or benchmark as im still installing / updating steam / bf3 etc etc and downloading arma2 to try dayz!

I got the ISKU board mainly because i was bored of the same old logitech / razer setup, but i couldn't resist the naga as i think its sexy.

Timbojones0123 · 27th July 2012, 2:49 PM

Nice!

I some times get those days when i get extremely bored and buy something new. But I wish I had the spare cash lying around to build a whole new pc!

orby · 27th July 2012, 4:10 PM

haha good idea, how's that keyboard and what does that button on the palmrest do?

I like the new technology contrasting with the old banged up desk lol.

Mind if I post up some spontaniety of my own which I did this week as a reply?

C-BuZz · 27th July 2012, 4:14 PM

Nice tidy build mate well done

Let the games begin !!!

shippuuden · 27th July 2012, 5:00 PM

Thanks guys!

Haha @ the desk! ive had this desk for about 10 years, i made it from scrap wood i had lying around and its been banged up over the years, and it has a slight concave in the middle lol!

Feel free to post your own spontaneous purchases as replies! The only reason i could afford this is because of my fortnightly wage combined with my tax return netted me around 3.5k worth of money to blow, and cause i was sick for a whole week i didn't spend any of it!

There is 3 buttons on the palm rest which can be bound to what ever you like, i would just probably bind it to grenades / knife kill etc on bf3, but the keyboard and mouse combo i got is directed towards a MMORPG player as the mouse has 12 buttons on the side as well!

The keyboard also has 5 macro buttons on the side and 5 extra profiles for each of them up the top, you can also record macros on the fly with this keyboard, you could potentially hit the "rec" button, play an entire game of BF3, then hit your macro button and it will do everything, this keyboard has a mouse talk feature so it records every single thing you do on the keyboard and mouse together

nerdyfred07 · 27th July 2012, 6:31 PM

Loooking sick dude! but wheres the SSD!! haha

Kommandant33 · 27th July 2012, 6:34 PM

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Originally Posted by nerdyfred07

Loooking sick dude! but wheres the SSD!! haha

I was just thinking that - It is almost worth donating one to him!

shippuuden · 27th July 2012, 8:00 PM

haha couldeent justify spending 300-500$ on a tiny hdd, normal drives are fast enough these days, my nephew runs bf3 of an external usb3 drive with less hardware than me and its fine lol

Madengineer · 27th July 2012, 8:39 PM

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Originally Posted by shippuuden

haha couldeent justify spending 300-500$ on a tiny hdd, normal drives are fast enough these days, my nephew runs bf3 of an external usb3 drive with less hardware than me and its fine lol

SSDs are pretty cheap these days dude....You coulda got a 120gb for 100ish dollars. More than big enough for OS and some programs

5tumpy · 30th July 2012, 12:50 AM

SSD's are overrated... I've gone through 2 now, both dead as a dodo just outside of warranty... I've never had a mechanical drive die on me (except in cases of abuse)... For the sake of a few seconds load time for Windows, and a fraction of a second in load times for programs, it's just not worth it...

Pure epeen/wank factor IMHO...

miicah · 30th July 2012, 1:10 AM

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Originally Posted by 5tumpy

SSD's are overrated... I've gone through 2 now, both dead as a dodo just outside of warranty... I've never had a mechanical drive die on me (except in cases of abuse)... For the sake of a few seconds load time for Windows, and a fraction of a second in load times for programs, it's just not worth it...

Pure epeen/wank factor IMHO...

Hahah ok CHIEF

BBITS · 30th July 2012, 7:05 AM

Just like PSU's, people never thought a decent subsystem was important until i RAID0'ed my raptors, then R5, then 4x 15k SAS drives

then just 1 SSD drive flogged the crap out of all of those.

kazen · 30th July 2012, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5tumpy

SSD's are overrated... I've gone through 2 now, both dead as a dodo just outside of warranty... I've never had a mechanical drive die on me (except in cases of abuse)... For the sake of a few seconds load time for Windows, and a fraction of a second in load times for programs, it's just not worth it...

Pure epeen/wank factor IMHO...

lololololol good one.

power · 30th July 2012, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5tumpy

SSD's are overrated... I've gone through 2 now, both dead as a dodo just outside of warranty... I've never had a mechanical drive die on me (except in cases of abuse)... For the sake of a few seconds load time for Windows, and a fraction of a second in load times for programs, it's just not worth it...

Pure epeen/wank factor IMHO...

sure haha, funniest thing I've read today.

5tumpy · 30th July 2012, 7:50 PM

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Originally Posted by miicah

Hahah ok CHIEF

Quote:

Originally Posted by kazen

lololololol good one.

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Originally Posted by power

sure haha, funniest thing I've read today.

Glad you guys think it's so funny, but fucked if I'm going to put a hard drive into my laptop that I can't rely on... I got stuck on site with clients looking over my shoulder 6 months ago thanks to a POS SSD... 12 months before that I had one die on me inside my desktop in the middle of a gaming session... I have a 10 year old 320GB seagate HDD in my NAS that's never skipped a beat, still perfect... I won't be using an SSD again until they're that reliable...

SSD's are the Alfa Romeo's of the IT world... They might go well and look good, but what's the point in it if it spends half it's life in the shop being fixed?

27th July 2012, 2:19 PM	#1
shippuuden Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,214	Spontaneous Gamer Build Well ive been sick , knocked out in bed for around 7 days! Thanks flu and fever! one day i got bored lying in bed so i grabbed my iphone, jumped on youtube and looked for zombie stuffs....I ended up finding DAYZ, and discovered that it may or may not be the game for me...But i wanted to try it, and my HP DV6 Laptop that i swapped my old gaming rig for will probably not be able to play it.......... Anyway....Flu and Fever in hand, i spent about 2 hours researching a nice budget build i could game with, and headed off to a few pc shops! I ended up with the rig below! Case : Bitfenix Colossus case Motherboard : Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 Cpu : Intel 3570k 3.4ghz Ram : 16GB Gskill Ripjaws Gpu : Gainward GTX 580 HDD : 1Tb Western Digital PSU : Corsair GS800 Cooling Cpu : Corsair H80 Keyboard : Roccat Isku Illuminated Mouse : Razer Naga Expert Wireless Box Build Cost : $1015 ( not including keyboard, mouse, h80 ) Total Build Cost : $1364 ( including keyboard, mouse, h80 ) Everything in the build is brand new EXCEPT the GPU and the Case I also couldn't resist office works deal on 2TB Externals for 117$ so i got 2 of them making my total external storage around 10TB now. i got this build yesterday and im yet to game or benchmark as im still installing / updating steam / bf3 etc etc and downloading arma2 to try dayz! I got the ISKU board mainly because i was bored of the same old logitech / razer setup, but i couldn't resist the naga as i think its sexy. __________________ My Rig : Intel Core i5 3570k + Corsair H80 / 16GB Gskill Ripjaws / Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 / GTX 580 / 27" Samsung 275T / Bitfenix Colossus / Logitech Z-906 / Roccat ISKU Gaming Keyboard / Razer Naga Expert Wireless / Corsair GS800 PSU [B]

27th July 2012, 2:49 PM	#2
Timbojones0123 Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Melbourne Posts: 101	Nice! I some times get those days when i get extremely bored and buy something new. But I wish I had the spare cash lying around to build a whole new pc! __________________ I love to game and mess around with computers and play the best sport in the world. BASKETBALL!

27th July 2012, 4:10 PM	#3
orby Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pyrmont Posts: 558	haha good idea, how's that keyboard and what does that button on the palmrest do? I like the new technology contrasting with the old banged up desk lol. Mind if I post up some spontaniety of my own which I did this week as a reply? __________________ \| Cooler Master Elite 120 \| i7 3770K \| Asus P8Z77-i Deluxe \| Intel 520 180GB \| 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1.35V \| Asus 7870 Direct cu ii \| Seasonic X-750 \| ATH-AD900 \| Filco Majestouch Ninja \| Steelseries Sensei \|

27th July 2012, 5:00 PM	#5
shippuuden Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,214	Thanks guys! Haha @ the desk! ive had this desk for about 10 years, i made it from scrap wood i had lying around and its been banged up over the years, and it has a slight concave in the middle lol! Feel free to post your own spontaneous purchases as replies! The only reason i could afford this is because of my fortnightly wage combined with my tax return netted me around 3.5k worth of money to blow, and cause i was sick for a whole week i didn't spend any of it! There is 3 buttons on the palm rest which can be bound to what ever you like, i would just probably bind it to grenades / knife kill etc on bf3, but the keyboard and mouse combo i got is directed towards a MMORPG player as the mouse has 12 buttons on the side as well! The keyboard also has 5 macro buttons on the side and 5 extra profiles for each of them up the top, you can also record macros on the fly with this keyboard, you could potentially hit the "rec" button, play an entire game of BF3, then hit your macro button and it will do everything, this keyboard has a mouse talk feature so it records every single thing you do on the keyboard and mouse together __________________ My Rig : Intel Core i5 3570k + Corsair H80 / 16GB Gskill Ripjaws / Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 / GTX 580 / 27" Samsung 275T / Bitfenix Colossus / Logitech Z-906 / Roccat ISKU Gaming Keyboard / Razer Naga Expert Wireless / Corsair GS800 PSU [B]

27th July 2012, 8:00 PM	#8
shippuuden Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,214	haha couldeent justify spending 300-500$ on a tiny hdd, normal drives are fast enough these days, my nephew runs bf3 of an external usb3 drive with less hardware than me and its fine lol __________________ My Rig : Intel Core i5 3570k + Corsair H80 / 16GB Gskill Ripjaws / Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 / GTX 580 / 27" Samsung 275T / Bitfenix Colossus / Logitech Z-906 / Roccat ISKU Gaming Keyboard / Razer Naga Expert Wireless / Corsair GS800 PSU [B]

27th July 2012, 4:14 PM	#4
C-BuZz Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melb, East Posts: 3,888	Nice tidy build mate well done Let the games begin !!!

27th July 2012, 6:31 PM	#6
nerdyfred07 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Brisbane Posts: 18	Loooking sick dude! but wheres the SSD!! haha