Recent content by mackswelll

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/smnHP6 Same price at 653$ but with an ssd, 1tb storage drive, 16g ram,a better case(imo) and better power supply AND a corsair h60 AIO liquid cooler

^agreed. those calculators are marginal at best. you will be MAXING out that 520w PSU.. especially if you wanna mess with over clocking!

just get a 600-750w PSU. there are all kinds of deals on them right now.. 40-60$ P.S. that's an expensive sidegrade! are you like moving to the R9 390 and selling your 970 to someone?

the 600w should be fine.. but if you are too worried or have the cash, just upgrade to the 750. Please do not go get a 1000w PSU from some random build list, unless you start to overclock like crazy and run crossfire

use the AF fans for exhaust, and any intake fans you have that have ANYTHING in front of them(hdd racks, cables, ect) you should probs use your SP fans.

and its funny cus linus doesnt even uses noctua in his own personal rig(silverstone TJ07).

just throwing this out there since some of us do care about not having hideous fans.. Phanteks has some good quality fans. and they have some color options. they also have 140mm fans with 120mm mounting holes(interesting). I would check them out. They are known for there air heat sinks, just...

Hey sorry! Left work after my last post and have just been super busy. tbh, that sounds like the best and only option. with the amount of re-installs and other hardware changes you have done.. dont think it could be much else other than the mobo got toasted. Sorry again and good luck. :)

im a fan of phanteks fans..(no pun intended :p) good quality, air movement like noctua but... not hideous. phanteks has a 200mm static pressure oriented fan. might be worth checking out. http://www.phanteks.com/PH-F200SP.html

this is what they recommend for resolution too "We recommend the NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 for gaming with highest details at resolutions up to, and including, 800x600. " so it will only run it at a very low resolution too.

i would save up for a better GPU. at any decent graphics settings, i feel you will start to drop frames and it will start to get choppy as hell when it matters most( gun fights, ect) Pro's- very cheap system. Cons-wont handle BF4 on any sort of decent graphics setting.

watch and instead of doing what someone else says, form your own opinion based on what you are looking for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrwUWCsyjdY

No prob! here is a good vid of a solid youtuber talking about amd vs intel and his experience with both. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrwUWCsyjdY