The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[Onus]

This weekend will be very busy, but it needs to include rebuilding Minion in my Rosewill Neutron, if only to free up my Define Mini for a mATX board. I want to finish the testing on Biostar H170 #2 and at least start on the next board (Gigabyte or ASRock).

 

[Onus]

I'd like to pick up 16GB of DDR4. I'm not as familiar with the speeds, latency and other timing numbers on DDR4 as I am with DDR3. What is the cheapest [Newegg] kit you would recommend, i.e. would use yourself? Thanks.

 

[Bossyfins]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f42666c15q16grr

Easily anything from GSKill. Using a similar set on my system, mine is 2400, not 2666,



Speaking of random,
https://gyazo.com/882678fede268b2e116898c3013ea86c

I am not even gonna respond. ITs so random, I didn't even read/comment on a thread related to crash and lag. Ok.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I'd like to pick up 16GB of DDR4. I'm not as familiar with the speeds, latency and other timing numbers on DDR4 as I am with DDR3. What is the cheapest [Newegg] kit you would recommend, i.e. would use yourself? Thanks.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $74.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-14 18:49 EST-0500

 

[Bossyfins]

Wait, do you want 4x4 or 2x8?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

For DDR4 I only recommend higher stuff about 2800Mhz and above. The frequency to latency ratios are just so much better than the lower frequency ones, that I think it's worth the extra cost.

So I got my fans! And I also fixed my horrible cable management!

My case does vibrate a bit more. I do have some rubber washers, should have used them. Hey wait a sec, some reason my one hard drisk drive is not being detected. My other one is, but not my annoying Seagate. Hmm...

 

[Bossyfins]

For your audo cable, you can bring it under where the 850 cable thing is

 

[turkey3_scratch]

True, didn't think of that.

So, I just heard this really strange vibrating noise, and when I touched where my hard drive is, it stopped, and when I let go, I heard it more. Now it has completely stopped.

Do you think my hard drive is dead? I'd have no idea how it'd happen. Eh, it was about time this was going to happen. I heard clicks every so often. But then again I just installed the fans, so perhaps it's those vibrating. Perhaps I should tighten down them screws.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

True, didn't think of that.

So, I just heard this really strange vibrating noise, and when I touched where my hard drive is, it stopped, and when I let go, I heard it more. Now it has completely stopped.

Do you think my hard drive is dead? I'd have no idea how it'd happen. Eh, it was about time this was going to happen. I heard clicks every so often. But then again I just installed the fans, so perhaps it's those vibrating. Perhaps I should tighten down them screws.

Run some SMART tests. If the hard drive is dead, then it wouldn't show up in My computer... or disk manager

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Well, it doesn't show up in My Computer. That's when I noticed it in the first place.

On the bright side, my temps have dropped a stunning 20C in Assassin's Creed Syndicate on 100% load!

 

[nukemaster]

That's a good drop for sure.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Frankly, I wasn't expecting much of a drop because they're top-mounted fans cooling a gPU (rather than side panel), but I was mighty surprised. Now I can game in peace without being concerned over temperatures.

As for the vibration, I think it's pinpointed to the HDD. I'll have to unplug it and see.

 

[Darkbreeze]

For DDR4 I only recommend higher stuff about 2800Mhz and above.

Well, that would be incorrect then. Some chipsets don't even support DDR4 above 2133mhz, just like the H97 and B85 didn't support RAM over 1600mhz.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I know, I meant for the Z170 chipset (I should have clarified that). I know the others are restricted to 2133Mhz.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

USPS wants us to pay on our own dime for the mailbox... online, its looks like a thousand split across all the houses... looking for other options. Absolute bs

 

[Darkbreeze]

I'd tell the USPS where they could go, and get a P.O box through another service like UPS. And they wonder why the USPS can't stay out of the red.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

I'd tell the USPS where they could go, and get a P.O box through another service like UPS. And they wonder why the USPS can't stay out of the red.

haha, just talking about getting a PO box.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Well, strangest story with my hard drive. I opened up my computer and noticed the SATA power cable was loose - I must have knocked it with the side panel or something, but it was crooked. Now, after trying numerous times pushing it in all the way, and making sure it's in all the way, the hard drive is not detected, and I know it's not running either because my HDD makes plenty of noise. Do you think the loose cable could have actually damaged it?

Anyway, I'll just live with the vibration from the fans (which I verified it was from). It's not really that bad at all, just minor, and for 6 fans on full blast, reasonable vibration.

 

[nikoli707]

ddr4 and cpu overclocking you will want at least 2800mhz so you have plenty of wiggle room to play with the baseclock and multiplier settings without running into a wall with the ram speed.

 

[nukemaster]

Try to power the hard drive without the SATA cable and see if it spins up.

Try another connector in case that one is the problem. Normally the hard drive is not damaged when a cable comes loose, it just stops working until power is restored.

 

[Bossyfins]

For DDR4 I only recommend higher stuff about 2800Mhz and above. The frequency to latency ratios are just so much better than the lower frequency ones, that I think it's worth the extra cost.

So I got my fans! And I also fixed my horrible cable management!

SNIP

My case does vibrate a bit more. I do have some rubber washers, should have used them. Hey wait a sec, some reason my one hard drisk drive is not being detected. My other one is, but not my annoying Seagate. Hmm...

Zip Tie the CPU fan cable so it can't get caught in the fan,

The 24pin can go through one of the gromets,

Same with the USB 3.0. Easily passable through the grommet.

The GPU cables can go where the arrow is pointing, basically where your 24pin extra cable is.

Audio, go through passthrough on the left hand 850

USB can either go through the right hand ssd hole or where your GPU cables are coming from.

I am a stickler when it comes to cable mgmt. :lol:

Spoiler

 

[Darkbreeze]

As am I. Very few cables to see here, and I have TONS of cables in use on this. Granted, the drives are all in the back, but still, there's a lot going on in the business side of the chassis too. Sometimes it takes a bit of creative thinking, son finagling and a lot of patience, but there is usually a way to improve the routing to some degree or other.

Spoiler

 

[Deleted member 217926]

You need to slap an NZXT HUE + in that thing. It looks great. Would look better if the image was working correctly.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I'm getting an NZXT Grid+ v2 and maybe the HUE setup as well. I haven't fully decided what I'm doing as far as the lighting goes yet. I also need to sleeve the cables or get a presleeved cable kit for my G2 but I'm not finding much information on the quality of the cables compared to OE EVGA on any of those presleeved cable kits.

Probably look better if I had a half decent camera too. I've had to compromise a lot of the image sharpness to take out all the noise.

 

[Onus]

I'll probably use a H170 board, so overclocking may not be an issue, although I may take a shot at tightening up the timings.
I also like G.Skill; probably 80% of my RAM is G.Skill, most of it from their Sniper line.
I prefer 2x8GB.

I'm not ignoring the build pics; I simply cannot see them at work as their sources are blocked.