Budget 2500K First Time Build

All the settings stock, just stuck the multiplier to 43X, and left everything else as standard. 20 minutes Prime stable. :)

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At the moment, even stock was more than enough. I think OCing both CPU and GPU has helped Deus Ex slightly, as it would stutter slightly sometimes (very infrequently). For everything else, I can't tell a difference. :)
 
Yeah I just realised my BIOS also reset my OC. I put the multiplier to 45x, now it's on 35x... unless I put 35 by mistake? I haven't even rebooted, weird.

Also, I used Kombuster benchmark on my GPU. I ran it at 740MHz and got a score of 3770 (72FPS). Ran at 950MHz (1233mV, memory clock 1100MHz) and got a score of 3783 (73FPS). WTF?
 
Nevermind, just ran it again, making sure the CPU was still overclocked at 4.3GHz (multiplier only). GPU at 950MHz (1233mV, memory clock 1100MHz), got Kombuster score of 4522 (81FPS).

Phill, I don't even want to know what yours gets. :D
 
I keep hearing ticking coming from my case. Really annoying. I have no idea where it's coming from, I haven't tried to trace it yet, but it's not all the time. I don't notice it when gaming.
 
The top stock Antec exhaust fan (I think it's a 140mm?) was the culprit for those mysterious annoying clicks I've been experiencing the past week or so. I've unplugged it now and the rig is drastically quieter. I can barely hear it under my desk. But I now I have just 1 single 120mm exhaust fan at the back which is on the lowest speed. Idle temps are still under 30 degrees. I haven't gamed with it yet like this, but the CPU never went over 40 when gaming anyway.
 
Borsch said:
Did you have 140mm fan on the bottom of the case blowing IN? wow:eek:

How's your case doing dust wise?
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No? I had a 140mm fan at the top of the case blowing out. I have no intake fans at all, and never have. Now I just have one 120mm exhaust fan at the back. I blocked the opening for the side fan to get better front-->back flow through front dust filter. It is somewhat dusty, but not too bad I suppose. I have nothing to compare to though. The front filter was fairly dusty but I cleaned that about 2 weeks ago for the first time since building. Should clean it more frequently.

I'm going back and forth between getting the Bitfenix Raider and the Fractal Design R3. :confused:
 
Borsch said:
Oh, I see. Yeah, I guess if your temps are as low as yours are, you dont need intake fans:) The usual setup (as I understand it) is to have a bottom-front 120mm blowing in and top-back/top 140/120 blowing out ...

Dust wise- I just wanted to share that I have either sealed or glued pieces of fine mesh over every single opening on the case (apart from vent that blows out from the case) and for the first time in my computing, insides of my PC have as close to zero dust as I can imagine they can have!:) Its been two months since I put it together.
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Might have to try that.


I dont understand med range PC cases- expensive cases are cool (in both ways) and can look really good. But paying for med range... Why not just buy some cheap £20 Casecom 6788 that has all the features of "Big Brand" case like black painted inside (remember black body radiation Physics lessons? Black is the right colour for PC case), quick release mounts, mobo cutouts, water coolong grommets, lots of vents to fit 140 and 120 fans... And spend the rest on new sound card or something... imho
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Well, they look really good. :p

But also, the R3 is supposed to be very, very quite. I like understated quality looking cases, the R3 is almost too understated though. :D
 
Starting to get things how I want them. Still lots of tweaking to do, but I just got the lamps today and got the monitor elevated a little on a shelf. I got some cable management stuff to hide all those visible cables. I'll get another image up when I've got that done and also a little set of under desk drawers.

Please excuse the terrible wallpaper.

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My project leader has several old computers lying around and I went around all the keyboards to see if one was a mechanical one. There's this Viglen keyboard (which from what I can tell is a rebranded Acer unit) that had definite clicky keys. I've never used a mechanical keyboard before, but I think this one is. I did a little googling and it seems it has cherry blue switches I think. It looks like one of these:

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I may buy another cheap keyboard and ask if I can swap it?
 
Need some case fans. A 140mm and at least 2 120mm fans. Thinking about the Nexus 120mm Real Silent Basic Cooling fans, and maybe the Fractal Design 140mm Silent Series fan?
 
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