Benobatman Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Hey guys, i asked for your advice on comp bits and this is what it spanned out to bebought the case Thermaltake level 10 (Some may say its ugly, i love it )Finaly Spec list was.ntel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket 1155Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 1.5V Non-ECC UnbufferedMSI GTX 560 Ti 1024MB DDR5 TWIN FROZR II OC Edition Dual DVI Mini HDMI PCI-E Graphics CardCorsair 120GB Force 3 SSD - SATA-III 2.5" - Read 550MB/s Write 510MB/s 85K IOPS [put windows on this]Powercool 650W Modular PSUArctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 [this came in a deal with the cpu]Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H Socket 1155 VGA DVI HDMI 8 Channel Audio ATX MotherboardSeagate 2TB BARRACUDA 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache [use this for saving games onto]Only problem now is ive seen Steves latest build for chicken and its making me want more screens Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01VWGREENMACHINE Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 I love that Case i almost bought it. just couldn't justify it for nearly $300. Love the build Gigabyte and Thermaltake! LOVE IT! http://www.stevemead...f-system-build/ 2001 VW GTI with a 1.8T motor BIG 3 Pioneer AVH-4200DVD DOUBLE DIN HEAD UNIT 6 - 4 VOLT PREOUTS RF T1500-BDCP (running at 2 ohm) RF T400.4 RF T1 D212 x2 (in ported box) RF 1/0 TO 4 GAUGE distribution block x 2 all stinger wires 200a alternator (SINGER ALT) RF T2652-S (6.5 MID BASS AND 1" TWEETS in front and rear) KINETIC HC 800 BATTERY (Front) KINETIC HC 1200 BATTERY (BACK) 120ft of 1/0 stinger blue and clear matt 20ft of 4 gauge stinger blue and clear matt 30ft of 8 gauge stinger blue and clear matt 100ft of 12 gauge stinger speaker wire black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benobatman Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 i love this case but i also love its big brother http://www.amazon.co.uk/GEH%C3%84USE-471-Thermaltake-Level-10/dp/B009FEC5IM/ref=sr_1_240?ie=UTF8&qid=1357237101&sr=8-240 and definetly could justify paying that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n1ghtsn1p3r Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 I like the case. That's probably the only Thermaltake product that I'm even remotely interested in. Those Level 10's are hella expensive. Not bad spec wise. Not too sure on the PSU though. 2016 Ford Focus SE No build log yetDC Audio 1.2K2x DC Audio Level 2 10" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benobatman Posted January 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Its been running fine upto now, if i end up upgrading ill probly be changing the psu aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaker Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Video card is in the wrong slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benobatman Posted January 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Probly a stupid question but what difference will it make if i move it up there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxim Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Probly a stupid question but what difference will it make if i move it up there ? The slot you installed the graphics card in is only wired for a 4x connection. Your graphics card is designed to use a full x16 connection. The top slot is wired for x16 operation. It will provide more bandwidth for data to travel between your graphics card and the rest of your system. It's likely that you wouldn't see a big difference installing it in the top slot in most scenarios. However some games would certainly see a boost in performance from the added bandwidth. TechPowerUp did a review on it a while back and found that an slot wired at x4 will perform almost as well as a slot wired at the full x16. There are games that are affected heavily by it though. Here's the results page of their review broken down by screen resolution: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_5870_PCI-Express_Scaling/25.html Averaged across all the games they tested they found that x4 performed at 96% of x16 at 1920x1200 resolution. Call of Duty and a few other games saw big performance hits from the x4 connection acting as a bottleneck. Do you NEED to install the card in the top slot? No. Will you see vastly improved performance in your games? Probably not. Should you install the card in the top slot because it's designed to go there? I would say yes. All things considered it's not a big deal and won't affect performance much. However it is a good practice to make sure things are plugged in and set up to get you the most performance from the start. If plugging it into a different slot will get you an extra 2-5 frames per second for free I don't see why you wouldn't put it there. wtf is lolcats? I'd def get a fat hooker if i had to resort to that kinda thing. I feel like they'd be grateful and work harder. Also its more bang for my buck, more real estate for my dollar if you catch my drift. its like the Costco of streetwalkers. I was hoping for 150 . I was hoping she would let me put it in her butt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benobatman Posted January 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Thanks, i just moved it up now gonna test out some games and see if ive got any improvement on fps, thanks for the tips guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaker Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 That and I'm pretty sure in the motherboard manual it says for single video cards to only use the top slot, at least mine does. Usually it wont post with it like that, kinda suprised it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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