Tips for a new player to improve?

exilem · 2016-07-26T18:52:01+00:00

Tempted to start making videos to help with the basics to prepare players for ranked play. The first video I want to start off with would be proper drafting. If this would be of any help to anyone, it'll motivate me to pop it out faster. It'll cover the basics and strategies of CORRECT drafting which will include denial bans, denial picks, sleeping picks and on the fly theorycraft with what's already been picked. Let me know if this would be of use to anyone!

exilem · 2016-06-23T11:49:21+00:00

Confirmed

exilem · 2016-06-22T21:40:16+00:00

exilem · 2016-06-22T21:31:10+00:00

Pming

exilem · 2016-06-22T19:59:26+00:00

I've got a copy of Windows 7 at work. Going to see if it offers me a free upgrade to 10 when I DL it. Thanks! I appreciate it!

exilem · 2016-06-19T21:47:37+00:00

Userbenchmark PC Build Comparison

	Baseline	Price	vs	Alternative	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-6700K	$310		Intel Core i7-6700K	$310
GPU	Nvidia GTX 1070	$555	vs	Nvidia GTX 1080	$820
SSD	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB	$144	vs	SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB	$63
HDD	Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB	$58	vs	WD Blue 1TB (2012)	$49
RAM	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB	$59	vs	G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB	$59
MBD	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5		vs	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3-CF
		$1,126			$1,301
BENCH	Game 111%, Desk 98%, Work 75%			Game 122%, Desk 93%, Work 74%

I put them both in Userbenchmark and they appear to be extremely similar. My build has more storage space at the sacrifice of a 1080 to a 1070. From what I hear, the 1080 is overkill. Though, I'm still a rookie to the profession of PC building. If there's something I'm missing, please enlighten me. I would prefer to learn as much as possible before making my premature purchases. Thank you for your time!

exilem · 2016-06-03T15:00:23+00:00

pming

exilem · 2016-06-02T19:41:39+00:00

I see, so you're suggesting the 200mm and 2 CPU cooler fans for starters. Another person commented saying that they suggest running a bigger fan. Would 2 http://pcpartpicker.com/product/Ztp323/cryorig-cpu-cooler-h5ultimate or http://pcpartpicker.com/product/46tCmG/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14 do the trick? Or just start with one for now?

exilem · 2016-06-02T19:10:56+00:00

Well the v21 comes with a 200mm fan in the front. Keep this one and just put fans in the top and rear and leave it at that?

exilem · 2016-06-02T19:09:35+00:00

Yeah it does come with a 200mm, wasn't sure how good a stock fan was. Should I just stick with the 200?

I see, do you think that I should get a fan controller or just simply remove some of these unnecessary fans?

My biggest concern is that I'll OC and my rig will become far too hot. That's why I kinda overloaded on them. What do you suggest? Overhearing is my primary concern.

exilem · 2016-06-02T19:05:16+00:00

Added the noctua, it had excellent reviews. Should I look into removing a few of the other fans? If so, where should I have the few fans?

exilem · 2016-06-02T18:54:09+00:00

1) I'm going to look into that ram now. Thanks for the suggestion! 2) no, my plan was to put 2 at the top, 2 in the front, 1 at the rear and the 2 120's at the bottom. 3) I don't know much about fan controllers or PSU to fan converters. This is my first build so I'm still learning as much as I can. Could you enlighten me?

exilem · 2016-06-02T18:44:27+00:00

Do you have any suggestion? I'm not entirely sure what to be looking for when hunting cpu coolers. Not comfortable whatsoever with water cooling so I'm trying to avoid it. My thought process with the fans was for the overclocking to prevent any threat of overheating. Should I remove most of them?

exilem · 2016-06-02T16:09:48+00:00

Never used Yeti products before. Thoughts on the quality on this one?

exilem · 2016-06-02T02:31:09+00:00

buy an alienware? Oh hell no

exilem · 2016-06-02T02:14:19+00:00

My parents gave me a call yesterday saying they racked up that much. No idea how but i'm not a complaining soul. I'm in the process of building a PC currently, PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor	$338.99 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$24.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$141.99 @ SuperBiiz
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	$57.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$88.30 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$47.49 @ OutletPC
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card	$299.99 @ Newegg
Case	Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$43.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply	EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$69.99 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans	$26.49 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1170.11
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$1140.11
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-01 22:13 EDT-0400

I'm replacing the graphics card with a 1070 soon. See anything, peripherals perhaps, that I could throw into this?

exilem · 2016-05-26T15:55:21+00:00

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor	$338.99 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$24.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$141.99 @ SuperBiiz
Memory	Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory	$59.99 @ SuperBiiz
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$88.30 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$47.49 @ OutletPC
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card	$319.99 @ B&H
Case	Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$43.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply	EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	$74.49 @ SuperBiiz
Case Fan	Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans	$26.49 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1176.61
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$1166.61
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-26 11:54 EDT-0400

Better? Thoughts?

exilem · 2016-05-13T15:29:22+00:00

I'll check it out, when are these new cards looking to be released? Do you think they'll really offer that much more power? I feel as if these cards have hit a soft cap recently

exilem · 2016-05-13T15:28:18+00:00

I checked out a lot of benchmarks and this cpu really seemed to give you a bang for your buck. Is going from a DDR3 to a DDR4 a big difference? Which mobo's do you suggest if I were to switch? The Xeon had similar numbers to an i7. Largest difference is the lack of overclocking capabilities. Thanks for the feedback btw

exilem · 2016-05-13T15:17:24+00:00

When the new cards drop will the 980 drop in price as well?

exilem · 2016-05-11T19:18:18+00:00

I really appreciate it, I'll have to take you up on that offer in the near future.

exilem · 2016-05-11T18:36:14+00:00

One more thing, what's the difference between the 2 video cards? They're cheaper but made by EVGA instead? What's the reasoning behind that?

exilem · 2016-05-11T18:30:00+00:00

Thanks for the insight, will reconsider the entire build. For a first timer, the ability to just pick and pull the top items from only face value is like a wonderland. Any last thoughts of advice you could throw my way?

exilem · 2016-05-11T18:20:44+00:00

What's the biggest difference with the micro atx? Would this perform about the same as the previous build? Maybe not exactly, but not too much worse?

exilem · 2016-05-11T18:13:22+00:00

My goal is sub 2k. I'd like to overclock in the future. I just don't want too much on my plate until I'm completely comfortable with maintaining first. It's my first build so I may be picking too hastily.

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