Lemur's New Rig

**Husar** · 12-17-2013, 20:59

Oh yes, NVidia cards are cooler and use less energy in some (comparable) ranges, which may not be a concern for you but I already pay way too much for my electric energy and that certainly influenced me since I was also eyeing and ATI card at the time.

**Lemur** · 12-18-2013, 20:16

Hmm, I wonder if the Litecoin crash is going to mean a whole lotta discounted R9 videocards hitting the market. I hope it does—couldn't time out better for me.

Did some late-night reading about the mid-range cards. Hard to get clarity on what's going to work best—the info about the 270x, 280x, 760, 770 ... maybe I shouldn't do GPU research right before bed ...

**Lemur** · 12-26-2013, 17:50

Well, forget all of that, the post-Christmas sales swayed me, shaving maybe $150 off the overall cost of the build. I done pulled the trigger, and ordered the parts from NewEgg.

IT IS DONE.

Now I can switch from obsessing over the build to obsessing over the shipment tracking.

If y'all want unboxing and/or build pics, I can oblige. Since I only do a new build every 6–7 years, this kinda feels like an event.

**Gregoshi** · 12-26-2013, 21:08

Pictures or it didn't happen when it does.

**Lemur** · 12-27-2013, 20:50

Changed my mind about a number of the components, when all was said and done.*

Not least of which was the case. Wound up going with a Carbide 540 Air.

*In fact, looking at the original list I posted, the only thing that stayed the same was the SSD from Samsung.

**Montmorency** · 12-28-2013, 00:28

Whoa, check out Lemur's new gig!

**Raz** · 12-28-2013, 14:50

sorry, i skipped over the second half of the thread, but did anyone ask you what you were using the PC for?

I ask because this is pretty much the main idea that you'd build your rig around.
A gaming PC is different to a design+production workstation, which is different to a server, which is different to a crypto-currency miner, which is also different to the dual-purpose email reader/paperweight.

But you've made the purchase already, so i suppose it doesn't matter too much at this point anymore.

**Xiahou** · 12-30-2013, 05:45

Originally Posted by Lemur

Changed my mind about a number of the components, when all was said and done.*

Not least of which was the case. Wound up going with a Carbide 540 Air.

*In fact, looking at the original list I posted, the only thing that stayed the same was the SSD from Samsung.

We all hate and despair and love that perfect ~~hair~~case in equal measure.

But seriously, have you worked on the build yet? That case looks huge.

**Lemur** · 12-30-2013, 06:23

Originally Posted by Raz

what you were using the PC for?

In order of PC-taxing activities:

Gaming
Transcoding video for work
Work (mostly in MS Word and Outlook, I know, I know)

Originally Posted by Xiahou

[H]ave you worked on the build yet? That case looks huge.

The case really isn't that big. Fat, but short. The way I like my men.

I will confess that I am going to cheat on the build. My Wisconsin BFF is a guy who ran his own IT company for years, and has built hundreds of rigs. I'm going to supply the beer, and maybe open some boxes. He can whip a machine together in the time it would take me to figure out the pin-out for the front panel. So yeah, I am a lying cheater and a cheating liar, and Imma let my buddy do the build.

Will post pics!