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MrWizard6600
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Hey guys,
I'm looking for a build --in Canada, this is my current list:
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Groostav/saved/#view=4JLjpg
This is my home machine, so I'm looking to use it to write software and play games.
Needs:
Monitor; cpu + mobo + ram + gfx; main-drive.
cpu waterblock, gpu waterblock, tubing, mouse recommendations welcome.
Do not need:
case, PSU, peripherals, pump, reservoir.
The things it will be doing:
My current machine is in a really nice case with an 800W Seasonic PSU and a liquid CPU + GPU loop, all of which I want to re-use.
I've heard 144Hz monitors are nice, and 30"+ panels seem to be pretty common, so I want both. I've also got 3 old 22" Dell/TN monitors that I'll probably take to the office, though I am looking for an "upgrade", I think I've pretty much given up on eyefinity --though I did have some fun with it. I'm honestly not sure what to do here.
I'm also wondering if i can get clever with dual-booting two copies of windows or virtualization. I like the idea of separating my games from my work by a reboot, though I'd want some clever file synchronization to do that. Any thoughts here appreciated.
I've also got an ancient Auzentek Bravura that drives a set of equally ancient Sennheiser HD 650 headphones, I'll probably keep both though my driver situation for the sound card is pretty dicey.
I'm looking for a build --in Canada, this is my current list:
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Groostav/saved/#view=4JLjpg
This is my home machine, so I'm looking to use it to write software and play games.
Needs:
Monitor; cpu + mobo + ram + gfx; main-drive.
cpu waterblock, gpu waterblock, tubing, mouse recommendations welcome.
Do not need:
case, PSU, peripherals, pump, reservoir.
The things it will be doing:
- gaming. I play odd things, I would like cities skylines with mods not do die, but if Crytek releases something that's stupidly good looking I'd like to play that. Similarly, I might do the "how many smoke grenades can this machine handle?" test.
- compile things. Mostly javac, kotlin mostly in IntelliJ. I put it to the kotlin user group directly and they suggest that compile times scale with number of logical cores. The incitement for this build actually came from intelliJ: its constant indexing
- I occasionally run Finite Element and Fluid dynamics simulations on this machine, which I've been told likes to slam huge pages of memory. My needs are fairly modest, but I would like to be able to run these simulations as quickly as a non-HPC workstation can.
- Overclocking: as per my below notes I want all of this to be underwater, and I've had fun with overclocking before, so I figured I might do it again.
My current machine is in a really nice case with an 800W Seasonic PSU and a liquid CPU + GPU loop, all of which I want to re-use.
I've heard 144Hz monitors are nice, and 30"+ panels seem to be pretty common, so I want both. I've also got 3 old 22" Dell/TN monitors that I'll probably take to the office, though I am looking for an "upgrade", I think I've pretty much given up on eyefinity --though I did have some fun with it. I'm honestly not sure what to do here.
I'm also wondering if i can get clever with dual-booting two copies of windows or virtualization. I like the idea of separating my games from my work by a reboot, though I'd want some clever file synchronization to do that. Any thoughts here appreciated.
I've also got an ancient Auzentek Bravura that drives a set of equally ancient Sennheiser HD 650 headphones, I'll probably keep both though my driver situation for the sound card is pretty dicey.
