My new TESTing Rig

[Black Sunder]

Yes its true, I have just ordered the necessary parts to build a new computer. That means I can actually play Star Citizen in the near future and be horrible at it. I did not make this list, a friend did but I had alot of input into it and I trust his judgement. Tear it apart do whatever but I'm extremely pleased with all of it.

Dual GTX 1070 $879.98 Newegg
i7 6700K $349.99 Newegg
SeaSonic Platinum SS-860XP2 $189.99 Newegg
G.Skill Ripgaws V Series $119.99 Newegg
Seagate ST1000DM003 $51.99 Newegg
Samsung 850 Pro $219.21 Newegg
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 (rev 1.0) $189.99 Newegg
Arctic Silver 5 $6.95 Newegg
Noctua NH-U12S $61.95 Newegg
CM Storm Trooper $154.99 Newegg
Coboc SC-SATA3-18 $0.57 Newegg
BYTECC 2.5 to 3.5 Mounting Kit $4.50 Newegg
Noctua NF-F12 PWM 120mm Case Fan $19.95 Newegg
MSI GAMING SLI BRIDGE $29.99 Newegg

 

[CosmicTrader]

Ooooooo NICE system.
You lucky TESTie.

 

[Blind Owl]

That'll do Rock Boss, that'll do.

 

[Tyrone Alfonso]

Arctic Silver 5 paste for $190??? You got ripped off brah.

 

[Black Sunder]

Arctic Silver 5 paste for $190??? You got ripped off brah.

It copied wrong. $6.95. Fixed in OP.

 

[Black Sunder]

Got the Case and CPU cooler today. Most everything else will be coming on Monday and then I'm having a friend drive up and help me put it all together because he has the OS and other software I want.

 

[Kortheous]

That should be really nice! I have been looking to do a similar setup with just one 1070.

 

[Tyrone Alfonso]

That should be really nice! I have been looking to do a similar setup with just one 1070.

For this budget, I would go with a 6600k and a CM Hyper 212 EVO and throw that extra money at a GTX 1080. My 6700k doesn't overclock anywhere near as well as I would like even with an H110i GTX... so I wouldn't say its worth the upgrade.

 

[Shadow Reaper]

I haven't found a separate thread for rigs in general so I hope no one will mind if I hijack this one. I am very curious about those using gaming controls to fly, if they feel they have more control over gimbles and such, and I am curious what people think of using a touchscreen for weapons. if you can simply tap where you want to shoot, would that be faster, easier, more intuitive or woulda gaming controller, stick or mouse be faster? I am curious about stuff like this:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1005445-REG/infocus_inf7011_bigtouch_70_aio_mult_tch_disply.html

70" at I20 hz should look pretty impressive, and mounted to a gaming chair just seems like twenty-first century interior design run wild. Could be great fun, and the prices will crash before I'm ready to buy. 70" touchscreens are still pretty new. They won't be in six months, and the manufacturers need to move into the gaming sector.

 

[Tyrone Alfonso]

I haven't found a separate thread for rigs in general so I hope no one will mind if I hijack this one. I am very curious about those using gaming controls to fly, if they feel they have more control over gimbles and such, and I am curious what people think of using a touchscreen for weapons. if you can simply tap where you want to shoot, would that be faster, easier, more intuitive or woulda gaming controller, stick or mouse be faster? I am curious about stuff like this:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1005445-REG/infocus_inf7011_bigtouch_70_aio_mult_tch_disply.html

70" at I20 hz should look pretty impressive, and mounted to a gaming chair just seems like twenty-first century interior design run wild. Could be great fun, and the prices will crash before I'm ready to buy. 70" touchscreens are still pretty new. They won't be in six months, and the manufacturers need to move into the gaming sector.

Controllers are highly intuitive... I highly recommend voice attack. Its only $10 and I've only had it for a short amount of time but I love the HCS voice packs for voice attack and it really does take a load off of finding controls. With a handheld controller, it would make even more of a difference. I'd invest in that before shelling out $8k.... which is kind of silly.