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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:39 am    Post subject: The Official Unofficial PC building thread! Reply with quote

Ask questions about Building PCs or show off your rig.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Build a gaming PC rig, buy a cheap laptop. You can definitely pull it off with $1,500. Gaming laptops just aren't worth it IMO. Less upgrade ability, too much heat being created, batteries and gaming don't mix. Plus a gaming PC will last you years (and will be easily upgradeable), as will a decent cheap Dell laptop.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

FBMrider86 wrote:
Build a gaming PC rig, buy a cheap laptop. You can definitely pull it off with $1,500. Gaming laptops just aren't worth it IMO. Less upgrade ability, too much heat being created, batteries and gaming don't mix. Plus a gaming PC will last you years (and will be easily upgradeable), as will a decent cheap Dell laptop.


I second this motion. I just dropped $1400 on my desktop and it'll be spectacular for years to come.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gaming and laptop. No.

You can build your own computer for under $1000 and play games with extreme graphics with ease.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

fffffiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
(I didn't want to go through the trouble of building a PC)

Question still stands. What should I be looking for? I'm not up to speed on quality video cards and all the suchings.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Garwood wrote:
fffffiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
(I didn't want to go through the trouble of building a PC)

Question still stands. What should I be looking for? I'm not up to speed on quality video cards and all the suchings.


http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=20358748

If you want, you can jump to 12GB Ram instead of 6GB ram, and still be under $1500.

Enjoy. This is one hell of a gaming rig.

Building a PC is super easy. Things only go in one direction.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Squirrel wrote:
Garwood wrote:
fffffiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
(I didn't want to go through the trouble of building a PC)

Question still stands. What should I be looking for? I'm not up to speed on quality video cards and all the suchings.


http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=20358748

If you want, you can jump to 12GB Ram instead of 6GB ram, and still be under $1500.

Enjoy. This is one hell of a gaming rig.

Building a PC is super easy. Things only go in one direction.


Hey Squirrel check out my build for a budget PC plz kthx

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=15415706
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

joerod wrote:
Squirrel wrote:
Garwood wrote:
fffffiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
(I didn't want to go through the trouble of building a PC)

Question still stands. What should I be looking for? I'm not up to speed on quality video cards and all the suchings.


http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=20358748

If you want, you can jump to 12GB Ram instead of 6GB ram, and still be under $1500.

Enjoy. This is one hell of a gaming rig.

Building a PC is super easy. Things only go in one direction.


Hey Squirrel check out my build for a budget PC plz kthx

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=15415706


1. Get a more powerful power supply, such as this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006&cm_re=power_supply-_-17-139-006-_-Product

People tend to don't care about power supplies, however cheap ones tend to fail.

2. I'd spend a little less on the case. Try going with this one (the reviews are fantastic, may I mention).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112238

3. If you are going to run CPU intensive games/applications (such as Battlefield), don't go with the AMD processors. AMD tends to overheat at a lower temperature then Intel, and there are a few other minor things of why Intel is slightly superior to AMD, even though AMD is a lot cheaper. If you would switch to Intel, I'd recommend the Core2Quad Q9300, 2.5 Ghz. Its priced a lot higher, however it is fantastic.

4. You may want to add 2 GB of RAM. Can't hurt.

Also Squirrel, $109 for a CD drive is a little ridiculous, don't you think?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Southparkhero wrote:
joerod wrote:
Squirrel wrote:
Garwood wrote:
fffffiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
(I didn't want to go through the trouble of building a PC)

Question still stands. What should I be looking for? I'm not up to speed on quality video cards and all the suchings.


http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=20358748

If you want, you can jump to 12GB Ram instead of 6GB ram, and still be under $1500.

Enjoy. This is one hell of a gaming rig.

Building a PC is super easy. Things only go in one direction.


Hey Squirrel check out my build for a budget PC plz kthx

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=15415706


1. Get a more powerful power supply, such as this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006&cm_re=power_supply-_-17-139-006-_-Product

People tend to don't care about power supplies, however cheap ones tend to fail.

2. I'd spend a little less on the case. Try going with this one (the reviews are fantastic, may I mention).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112238

3. If you are going to run CPU intensive games/applications (such as Battlefield), don't go with the AMD processors. AMD tends to overheat at a lower temperature then Intel, and there are a few other minor things of why Intel is slightly superior to AMD, even though AMD is a lot cheaper. If you would switch to Intel, I'd recommend the Core2Quad Q9300, 2.5 Ghz. Its priced a lot higher, however it is fantastic.

4. You may want to add 2 GB of RAM. Can't hurt.

Also Squirrel, $109 for a CD drive is a little ridiculous, don't you think?


Yeah I'm never sure on the PSU, and I won't be doing too much gaming on it beyond WoW at the most. I mainly want it for a media server/transcoding

Also, the CD drive is $23, lol.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Squirrel wrote:
Building a PC is super easy. Things only go in one direction.


But everything has so many numbers and strange letter combination and dots and slashes!!!1 IT'S SCARY!

Also, will totally be looking into that.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Roughly what I'd build if I had the money:

Core i7 930
GTX 460 (probably from EVGA)
at least 4GB of RAM (maybe 6 if I have the $$)
I'd try for a Mobo with SATA3 and USB3 but it wouldn't be a priority for me.
(if money was a non issue) I'd get 2 SSDs and run them in AID-0(notice I didn't say "RAID")
Also toss in a 500+GB HDD for storage (I dont store that that much, plus I have a few external drives too)
Logistics like Case and PSU I'd figure out later but this would be roughly what I'd want.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those looking for a good mid-size case for a great price, I cannot recommend the Antec 300 enough. I adore this case.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042&cm_re=antec_300-_-11-129-042-_-Product
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Southparkhero wrote:
joerod wrote:
Squirrel wrote:
Garwood wrote:
fffffiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
(I didn't want to go through the trouble of building a PC)

Question still stands. What should I be looking for? I'm not up to speed on quality video cards and all the suchings.


http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=20358748

If you want, you can jump to 12GB Ram instead of 6GB ram, and still be under $1500.

Enjoy. This is one hell of a gaming rig.

Building a PC is super easy. Things only go in one direction.


Hey Squirrel check out my build for a budget PC plz kthx

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=15415706


1. Get a more powerful power supply, such as this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006&cm_re=power_supply-_-17-139-006-_-Product

People tend to don't care about power supplies, however cheap ones tend to fail.

2. I'd spend a little less on the case. Try going with this one (the reviews are fantastic, may I mention).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112238

3. If you are going to run CPU intensive games/applications (such as Battlefield), don't go with the AMD processors. AMD tends to overheat at a lower temperature then Intel, and there are a few other minor things of why Intel is slightly superior to AMD, even though AMD is a lot cheaper. If you would switch to Intel, I'd recommend the Core2Quad Q9300, 2.5 Ghz. Its priced a lot higher, however it is fantastic.

4. You may want to add 2 GB of RAM. Can't hurt.

Also Squirrel, $109 for a CD drive is a little ridiculous, don't you think?


Its a Blu-Ray burner

Joerod: I agree completely with what southparkhero said with power supplies. If you want to spend a few bucks more on something better, its the power supply. An iffy PSU can cause all kinds of problems, from blowing motherboards/video cards, to instability in games, and much more.

It depends on what kinds of games you're playing. The ATI 5750 is a couple bucks cheaper, and if you're playing mainly ATI games (Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2, Portal 1/2, for example) then you're going to get better performance with that card. If you're going to be playing Unreal Tournament, or anything with the Unreal engine, you'll want to go with the Geforce card.

I would go with 2 2GB DDR3 sticks of ram instead of a single 4GB stick. Dual Channel works amazing when it comes to gaming performance, and is faster than a single 4GB stick.

You said you wanted to use it for Transcoding. I'd go with Intel. They've really picked up their game in the encoding department, especially if you go with an i5 processor.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just bought a 20 inch LED monitor with cash. It's super bright but strangely my eyes aren't hurting. This is sweet. Any of you guys have experience with them?
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The Blue Orb is replaced with a Corsair H50 though. This was taken around a month ago.
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