Need help getting a new rig.

[mefy]

fuck! i dont trust myself putting a cpu together... especially all the wiring and liquid cooling n shit...

[Vancha]

Originally Posted by mefy

fuck! i dont trust myself putting a cpu together... especially all the wiring and liquid cooling n shit...

Why in hell's name are you trying to liquid cool anything?

The square thing goes in the square socket, the long things go into the long socket, the less-long things go into the less-long sockets and the small rectangles go into the small, rectangular sockets.

If you can play this...



...you can put together a computer.

[mefy]

whats wrong with liquid cooling?

[Vancha]

Originally Posted by mefy

whats wrong with liquid cooling?

There's nothing wrong with it, I just see it as the equivalent of trying to learn to drive in a Ferrari, plus I'm not even sure it'd be worth it for a rig your size.

[Fenrys]

If you get a self-contained unit like these, then it's just as easy to install (or easier) and as low maintenance as a stock air cooler.

More exotic DIY setups require a bit of arcane knowledge to purchase and keep clean. It's not too much homework if you want to learn about it, but (having never done it personally) I'd wager that it's about as hard to set up as the rest of the computer combined.

AFAIK, an awesome water loop will set you back about $400. That's totally worth it if you can make money via processing power. For example, if you make wedding videos and can render one video in 24 hours at stock speed using stock cooling, but with a heavy overclock that requires water cooling you can render 2 videos in 24 hours, it'll pay for itself. Otherwise, its kind of like adding a turbocharger to your rice rocket - if that's your hobby and you've got the money to burn, then cool, but otherwise it's kinda pointless.

[Chaff]

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When did the 590 cards disappear off of NewEgg ?

Did Nvidia recall them for some reason ?

[Vancha]

Originally Posted by Chaff

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When did the 590 cards disappear off of NewEgg ?

Did Nvidia recall them for some reason ?

I don't want to call them "limited edition" (though I suppose all GPUs are technically limited editions), but as far as I know supplies of 590s, 6990s etc. are always quite low.

[SgtMAD]

Originally Posted by mefy

fuck! i dont trust myself putting a cpu together... especially all the wiring and liquid cooling n shit...

are you fucking kidding me?

go read the mobo instructions,go to newegg or any other one of the million sites out there with clips of how to do anything you want to your computer and build the damn thing, its pretty friggin simple,if you can read and are able to wire up a home stereo system you can build it.

[mefy]

Right, but if I fuckup somewhere I could potentially fry the whole system.

[NivexQ]

Only if you get a static discharge. That and cracking should be your only concerns, so as long as you ground yourself and handle the hardware carefully, it's easy peasy.

[NeuspeeD]

I just picked up a 590gtx a couple of weeks ago and they are really tough to find. I had to buy it off eBay, brand new and it works heavenly.