Tax season is/was upon us, and I got monies back so I decided to start building a new desktop rig for the LAN and also to take care of the games my y410p can't handle with all the purdies turned on.
No pics yet, but you'll get 'em.
Current specs:
-Xeon E3-1231v3 @ stock
-8GB Samsung 'Magic' RAM @ stock (probably upgrade to 16GB down the line)
-Gigabyte GA-h97n-WIFI
-120GB PNY XLR8 for OS's
-250GB PNY XLR8 for Games and stuff*
-PNY GTX970 4GB*
-Silverstone SG05 + 450W SFF PSU
* indicates I don't actually have the part yet. I'm currently using a donated 8800GTS for video out since the Xeon has no iGPU.
Eventually I plan to WC the whole thing internally, because wtf not?
It's not up to LAN snuf yet, but makes a good media server. _________________ i5-6600 - 16GB DDR4 - ASUS z170i Pro Gaming - EVGA GTX1060 SC - 480GB PNY SSD
Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:21 pm
Brules
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Why a Xeon? _________________ K-SWISS Power cologne. Who knew you could bottle the scent of boner?
Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:49 pm
Anreill
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It's essentially the same chip as whatever normal line chip it matches up with. 4770 in this case I think, but doesn't have the video and doesn't turbo quite as high and is a little bit cheaper.
Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:02 pm
redivulpis
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Anriel nailed it. It's a 4770 without the GPU I'd not planned to use anyway. Saved a few bucks on it and it kills anything I throw at it. Right now it's just kinda serving my PLEX media and light gaming since I don't have much time. This build is definitely playing out over time. Don't plan to pick up the 970 for another few months at least. It's able to 'archive' my Blu-rays at full quality in under an hour, which is pretty nice. Also, it runs a little cooler than the comparable i7 does, and while it doesn't OC really, I hadn't planned on doing much of that anyway.
Ultimately this build is to try to cram as much power into a shoebox as possible and then watercool it internally because reasons. _________________ i5-6600 - 16GB DDR4 - ASUS z170i Pro Gaming - EVGA GTX1060 SC - 480GB PNY SSD
Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:01 am
Shinare
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Interesting.. did not know that. I always thought server destined hardware always cost more than consumer stuff. Thanks for the tip. _________________ For with what measure you measure it will be measured to you.
Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:38 pm
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Same here........good to know! _________________ K-SWISS Power cologne. Who knew you could bottle the scent of boner?
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