It's been 4-years, since the last full build. (a bit too long)
This time around I went with fairly new components... Only to be out done 18-months later. Hahahahaa!!!
I went from This -- (Hot stuff in 2012)
- DIY - Custom Rig
- Processor: Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E (3.8Ghz w/10m cache)
- Memory: 8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600
- Hard Drives: Dual 1TB WD BLACK + 30GB OCZ Vertox SSD (30sec OS boot times)
- Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi)
- Monitor: UltraSharp LCD 24in Widescreen
- Sound Card: SB X-Fi
- Headphones: Tritton AX51 Pro
- Keyboard: Logitech G510
- Mouse: SteelSeries Xai Pro Gaming Mouse
- Surface: RATPADZ.COM
- Operating System: WIN7 Ultimate (Ninja)
- Motherboard: EVGA X79 SLI Classified
- Computer Case: Aluminum ANTEC SuperLanBoy
To THIS!!!! (I've highlighted the major changes)
- DIY - Custom Rig
- Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 Skylake (3.2Ghz w/6m cache)
- Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3000MHz
- Hard Drives:
Samsumg 850EVO (OS)
Samsung 850PRO (Games)
Dual 1TB WD BLACK (misc. games/files)
30GB OCZ Vertox SSD (for video capture) - Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC ACX 3.0
- Monitor: AOC 27-Inch LED-backlit LCD
- Headphones: Tritton Pro+ True 5.1
- Keyboard: Logitech G510
- Mouse: SteelSeries Xai Pro
- Surface: TORQ x10
- Operating System: WIN7 Ultimate (Ninja)
- Motherboard: ASUS Z170-A ATX
- Computer Case: Antec Three Hundred Two (Had to leave my old case due to the size of the GTX1070)
I went with the Core i5 this time around. I found very few games that would take my old 3rd-Gen i7 past 50%.
I usually stay away from getting the newest parts, but I just couldn't resist the Price-to-Performance of the GTX1070.
I've been able to play Star Citizen (Alpha 2.4.1) with 40+ fps & everything else on Ultra/Max settings for all the glorious eye-candy!
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