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Batchi, A Teen's First Build

by DooofusChoco

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CPU Clock Rate

3.2GHz

CPU Temperature While Idle

29.0° C

CPU Temperature Under Load

41.0° C

GPU Core Clock Rate

1.11GHz

GPU Effective Memory Clock Rate

6.21GHz

GPU Temperature While Idle

31.0° C

GPU Temperature Under Load

62.0° C

Description

This is my very first build and it took me a five months saving up for this. i'll use it for gaming at 1080p and simple 3D rendering stuff. My budget was $750. Parts in my country are BIT more expensive than the US so i'll have to downgrade to Ivy... :'(

i5 3470: A nice cpu and it's just enough for what i do.

Z77 Pro4M: I know - a locked cpu in a Z chipset. The other option is H77-Pro4M, but the price differences between these two are 1.5 dollars.......................

Corsair Value Ram: Nice ram and 8gb was recommended for me.

250gb hard drive: I store stuff here.

GTX 760: This is a great card. Some people were wondering why not Asus or Msi - These two brand cost a hundred dollars more than this Zotac one..... Anyways I get 5 years warranty and Batman XD.

N200: I love this chassis. I did my best in cable management and yes, you can route your 24pin cable through the back. yay

M12ii 520w: Appreciate modular power supplies. It makes assemble so simple. Just another great psu from Seasonic.

Any critics are much appreciated.

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Zeus 1 Build 6 points 45 months ago

Nice build. +1 I personally would have went the amd route at this budget, however.

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Swish2000 5 points 45 months ago

He makes a point, AMD mATX motherboards suck lots of wee-wees. It's a shame, I wish MSI or ASUS would step in and make a really high-end one.

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ImElkay 1 Build 4 points 45 months ago

I literally laughed out loud when I saw that. +1 on life.

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 2 points 45 months ago

I understand. A couple of my friends also mentioned it but i prefer a compact computer on my desk. AMD microatx motherboard have less features... Mini-Itx is expensive... haha

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Zeus 1 Build 1 point 45 months ago

'tis true, the majority of AMD motherboards are a fair bit behind atm.

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deathfromup 6 Builds 6 points 45 months ago

Hey man, i don't mean to worry you, but im pretty sure there's a monster in your computer.

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 3 points 45 months ago

Ahaha an orange one! It's a hot day so he's cooling down himself XD

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Marcus_CA 1 point 45 months ago

Zotac is known to be a horrifying company when it comes to returning or exchanging faulty products. I also haven't seen many people attempt overclocking these either.

All-in-all, if the card works, enjoy the build. Congrats to your first build!

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 1 point 45 months ago

Thanks for the info and thanks

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xshadowinxbc 2 Builds 1 point 45 months ago

For an Intel build at this price point, you did fine. +1

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 1 point 45 months ago

Thanks haha

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ravagex 1 point 45 months ago

Fine job and your description for choices helps your cause.

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 1 point 45 months ago

Thanks!

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Firecrackers 1 Build 1 point 45 months ago

How's the Zotac? I heard it may be a little bit loud, but I don't know. Nice build though! Where do you live? I'd think Canada but.

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 1 point 45 months ago

When I boot the system up It wasn't audible. I haven't done any gaming/benchmark yet, but when i do, i'll upload the scores here. Oh, and I am Asian :P

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talby 10 Builds 1 point 45 months ago

+1 great balance between cost and performance, have not seen that case in person it looks awesome - seems like a good upgrade from the Core 1000.

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 1 point 45 months ago

Thanks!

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aludka 1 Build 1 point 45 months ago

Well done. +1

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 1 point 45 months ago

Thanks!

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BranToast75 4 Builds 1 point 45 months ago

Initially i would have suggested an AMD cpu and GPU for your budget, but then i read the description and saw you have 3D rendering in mind. You will benefit from the cuda and Intel, so +1

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 1 point 45 months ago

Right On! That was the point i opt for Intel and Nvidia

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Starlana 2 Builds 1 point 45 months ago

+1 for 5 months of saving and learning the value of a dollar.

Good choices overall. I've decided to go RAID with mine for faster downloads. That is something you can look into to. I don't know if SSD's are worth the price, WITH THE EXCEPTION for a faster boot. I suppose they are more reliable as well, but they fill up so damn fast!

Good job kid! :)

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 2 points 45 months ago

Thanks a lot! RAID sounds interesting too maybe i'll try that as well :D

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ITneto 1 point 42 months ago

Is that case a windowed version of the n200?

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 2 points 32 months ago

Yea it is. lol i took 10 months to reply you sorry ;D

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PCMan416 1 point 36 months ago

I know you were on a budget but I think Zotac isn't such a good choice for video cards.

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 1 point 32 months ago

Well... It has been more than 1 year and I have been doing a lot of 3D rendering(animations) and gaming(BF3 and Assassin's Creed)... It's solid but i get your point. Haven't had any issues yet :D

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iTzSnypah 0 points 45 months ago

Turn on MCE and undervolt. No reason not to.

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 1 point 45 months ago

How do I do that?

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iTzSnypah 1 point 45 months ago

In the motherboard BIOS there should be an option somewhere to enable MCE. All it will do is instead of turboing up to 3.6GHz (depending on load) it will just run at 3.6GHz (EIST will still make the CPU idle at 1.6GHz).

Undervolting will be more tricky because you have to stability test. You can skip undervolting if you want (all it will do is shave a few Watts off and maybe 1C under load).

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 1 point 45 months ago

i'll try. Thanks for the tip :)

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angustlee -2 points 33 months ago

I5 3470 is noobshit. Y u no buy i7-4770k??????????????????????? Y u buy zotac???? Y u no buy Asus Poseidon?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Why ASSRock????????????? Y u no buy MSI or Gigabyte????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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DooofusChoco submitter 1 Build 1 point 32 months ago

Mmmmnnn During that time the i53470 was a whole lot cheaper than its unlocked counterparts... Yes I have considered Haswell and Asus,Msi gpus but things went beyond my budget ;_; , let alone that Asus Poseidon. The Asrock was an unbeatable deal

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