The 12th Fleet: Starbase Valhalla

Have ordered myself a new gaming computer. Hopefully this will be more success than the previous one I purchase, which I had a lot of problems with, and was so noicy so the ones in the floor below complained.

So I have went for a system that is supposed to be silent this time around, and hopefully it will also cope well with Star Citizen when that come out.

Fractal Design Define R5 silence treated cabinet
Corsair RM850, 850W PSU
Intel Core i7-4790S Socket-LGA1150, Quad Core, 3.2GHz, 8MB, 65W, 22nm, HD4600
Noctua NH-L9i CPU Cooler KPC BULK 1150/1155/1156, 1800~2500 RPM, 40,8~57,5 m³/h, 14.8~23.6 dBA, 3-Pin
ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VII RANGER, Socket-1150 ATX, Z97, DDR3, 3xPCIe-x16, SLI/CFX, VGA,DVI,HDMI, M.2, SupremeFX,GameFirst III
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600MHz 16GB Black 2x8GB 1600MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMM
MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4GB PhysX
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB 2.5" OEM SATA3.0, 7mm, 450/450MB/s read/write

Looks good, probably going to want more than just the SSD for all your files/software and the OS. Do you already have a copy of an OS to put on it?

Post pics when you have it together.

I have other computers as well, with lots of storage, so not an issue. It may be that I add more storage to the computer at a later stage, but decided not to spend more on it at this stage.

The company I ordered from build the computar, and install with Windows 8.1 on it.

T'Hor wrote:I have other computers as well, with lots of storage, so not an issue. It may be that I add more storage to the computer at a later stage, but decided not to spend more on it at this stage.

The company I ordered from build the computar, and install with Windows 8.1 on it.

ah, ok. it's always cool to get new tech to play with.

Jealous.

New tech is always fun. Nice specs also.

ptttt a quad core is sooooo 2005. lol

would have went with a larger harddrive but thats me.

would love to know how you intend to install the os since theres no dvd-drive

There is ... just with held standard stuff like keyboard, and dvd burner. Its just an ordinary bulk dvd-burner.
I did not feel like paying up for a second SSD now. Have a seven drives in a closet which I can reach over the network if I should need to store anything else.

This will basicly just be used for games - I have an iMac and a Linux computer which I use for work and stuff, and an Mac mini set up at the TV.

T'Hor wrote:There is ... just with held standard stuff like keyboard, and dvd burner. Its just an ordinary bulk dvd-burner.
I did not feel like paying up for a second SSD now. Have a seven drives in a closet which I can reach over the network if I should need to store anything else.

This will basicly just be used for games - I have an iMac and a Linux computer which I use for work and stuff, and an Mac mini set up at the TV.

Yay, to a computer besides TV! Always a neat option!

There are 512 GB SSDs out there and Gen 4 i7?

Yes, and there was 480 GB drives. I do not pay much attention to processors and not so much hardware in general anymore. I went for the system that they have payed extra attention to generating very little noice. And as such there was limited options for customization for this setup.

I selected one of the optional motherboards, as the standard one had not such good reviews, and I also decided to go for one with option for SLI if I should decide later on to get a second graphics card.

With that in mind I also stepped up from the 650 watt PSU to a 850 watt PSU.

I was considering both the 480 GB drive, and possible of two 240 GB drives, but decided not use more money on it at the moment, and that hard drives always get cheaper/bigger, so better to buy it when you need it.