MBAF Bronze Donating Members 2,156 Member For: 8y 3m 10d Posted 17/09/17 01:35 PM Share Posted 17/09/17 01:35 PM yeah should fit perfect from what ive looked at....im not to worried about the cooling aspect till I actually start purchasing parts though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 7m 24d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 17/09/17 06:44 PM Share Posted 17/09/17 06:44 PM 3K for just the GPU's now this is going to be some rig!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBAF Bronze Donating Members 2,156 Member For: 8y 3m 10d Posted 18/09/17 12:17 AM Share Posted 18/09/17 12:17 AM that's the plan. Having something that works extremely well under both circumstances is where im short falling for massive gain and ideally high detail 4k VR is a must for my next set of adventures 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,905 Member For: 9y 9m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 18/09/17 12:34 AM Share Posted 18/09/17 12:34 AM I'd get a bigger nvme drive if you plan to run games from it. I bought a 1TB one and I still have to use a couple of ssd's for the games that I don't play that often. If you can wait a few months then you could pick up a couple of Volta gpus rather than pascal based cards. Obviously 1080Ti's in sli will be good for years to come so it might not be much of a consideration for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBAF Bronze Donating Members 2,156 Member For: 8y 3m 10d Posted 18/09/17 12:43 AM Share Posted 18/09/17 12:43 AM I wont have a million games on it....most will be a few flight sims, the rest will be installed and deleted plus ill have plenty of space via HDD for backup and options if I need be....at least that's the plan but this is just planning and working out what will be best for my goals long term. not due for release till 2018 but they look good, the other thing is this board will have some flexibility as prices drop for upgrades on the 2066 socket later on but I don't think it will be really necessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,905 Member For: 9y 9m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 18/09/17 12:57 AM Share Posted 18/09/17 12:57 AM 4 minutes ago, MBAF said: the rest will be installed and deleted plus ill have plenty of space via HDD for backup I was doing that but I got sick of it pretty quickly. Hdd storage is great for a back up but if you have to transfer from it to an ssd and vice versa along with deleting games cos you run out of ssd storage it gets old real quick. If you only have a few games then it might not be a problem. Still, for the extra $200 it wont hurt to spring for a bigger drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 8m 30d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 18/09/17 01:21 AM Share Posted 18/09/17 01:21 AM Waiting for the upgrade ends up being a vicious circle lol 14 minutes ago, Puffwagon said: Hdd storage is great for a back up but if you have to transfer from it to an ssd and vice versa along with deleting games cos you run out of ssd storage it gets old real quick. I've got about 5TB of games on my secondary drive and usually just play of that and don't really notice a huge inconvenience.. If there's any that I need the faster load times or am hitting pretty hard I just cut/paste from the HDD to the main one and "reinstall" - it's all pretty painless. My "sim" machine is just running a single 512gb SSD, holds most of the things I want (racing and VR titles) and is easy enough to copy stuff over the network if I need something else. Same with the lappy - although that's got a 1TB ssd for storage as well as the 512 NVME. Decent rundown below: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,905 Member For: 9y 9m 26d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 18/09/17 01:38 AM Share Posted 18/09/17 01:38 AM 5 minutes ago, Rab said: it's all pretty painless. When it works out like that, it is. It doesn't always go to plan however. Firstly you are waiting ages to transfer the game cos hdd to ssd ain't quick, you can lose data and have to download the game again, you can lose saves if it isn't saved on the cloud, and my favourite is when you transfer the game and steam wont install it cos there isn't enough room on the drive cos you just copied the game there. No thanks, gimme a bigger ssd any day of the week. I just wanna sit on my fat ass, click the clicker and play the game. Each to his own though. 11 minutes ago, Rab said: I've got about 5TB of porn on my secondary drive Me too Rab, me too There is frig all difference between and pcie ssd and a sata ssd when it comes to loading games but a hdd is like a blow up doll. You only use it when you have to. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBAF Bronze Donating Members 2,156 Member For: 8y 3m 10d Posted 18/09/17 02:41 AM Share Posted 18/09/17 02:41 AM 1 hour ago, Puffwagon said: Still, for the extra $200 it wont hurt to spring for a bigger drive. yeah I agree in that instance. as for moving games you can install to a drive from a remote image or likes anyway. no need to copy to the local drive then install, unless you have a gumby setup? im not too worried about the storage side of things, plenty of options. Prob have an NVMe, decent sized ssd for any other games need and a big HDD for data dumps, storage etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 8m 30d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 18/09/17 03:09 AM Share Posted 18/09/17 03:09 AM In other news.... have preordered PCars 2 and currently making room to setup the rig properly Hopefully this time I'll get the setup complete and get to have a play before life happens again. grrrr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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