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Cool. I've been wanting to build my own. I don't do any gaming. Just want speed and storage.
This will probably be way more than I need. I would like to do some flight simulation though. |
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I finished my first build about 2 years ago. Haven't opened it up since. One of the case fans is making noise and being obnoxious. I'm gonna open it up and clean it to hopefully fix the noise. I shudder to think what it's gonna look like in there.
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For that Diablo 3 case - I had to search out the build log for it, not sure how I missed it. Turns out I missed the release of the case as well, pretty cool that it's offered with 90 degree mobo tray.
Look forward to the full write up. I enjoy being into computers and trying to help people, but I'm not the best with descriptive writing. |
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I have the Corsair Vengeance C70 Military Green case and it is awesome. I picked up the panel without fan holes and some extra screens for the top and front fan slots. It has a lot of options to route and hide cables inside. I highly recommend it for both form and function.
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Quoted: IN, I need to upgrade my system soon. View Quote Salvageable: Corsair TX750 (still running 12.04v on the +12v), Noctua NH-U12F cooler (need to request a bracket for an 1150), TJ09 case, and harddrives. Leaves me looking for a MB, ram, gpu, processor. Good times ahead |
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lol no, I don't wanna post my spec's its several years out of date.
seems like guns and reloading have eaten up my computer monies. |
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Can you just use any old case/power supply? Like from an older desktop PC?
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Can you just use any old case/power supply? Like from an older desktop PC? depends on the case having the same screw holes for the motherboard, and if the power supply has enough juice to move your PC, and if it has the correct connections needed for newer hardware. Most older PC cases won't fit newer graphics cards, and older power supplies will also probably lack the PCI-E power connectors for said cards. |
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My last 2 builds have been mid-towers. I have built 3 so far over the years and love the process of picking and matching parts. My builds have lasted 5-6 years on average. I generally use components in the median between mid and high performance and don't slack on the ram or the power supply.
My next build will incorporate SSDs, but I have a while to do that as I just built my last on in October 2013. |
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Thank you for taking the time to make this thread.
My computer is a 7 or 8 year old laptop. Games on that are measured in "seconds per frame." |
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If you are looking for a place to start Tom's Hardware does a quarterly build of three levels of PC. Typically they have some good insight where to trade performance for dollars. In my experience you will spend A LOT of money chasing a few percentage points of performance.
http://www.tomshardware.com/ |
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This is relevant to my interests.
My laptop is 7 years old and was a gift to me in December of 2008 after getting discharged to the reserves. |
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My current system is: AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Processor ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 Motherboard ASUS R9-290x Graphics card Corsair Carbide 400R case Corsair HX 750W Power supply Corsair H-100i closed loop water cooler with upgraded Noctua Fans Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD G-Skill Sniper RAM, 4x4GB, 16GB total Seagate 1TB Hard Drive |
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Mini-ITX is the way to go these days. SLI is pretty much the only limitation. For a budget gaming build, a video card is all you need to plug-in to any slots. |
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Great write up OP!
I have to chime in and say that depending on what you want to do, some graphics cards work better than others. I know a couple flight sim guys who only go with AMD cards as there are supposed to be really good custom drivers for their flight sims. I play FPS games and nVidia usually has the upper hand there. The nVidia newest gfx card enabled AA works well in games that support it, saving framerates, and their awesome DSR feature allows you to downscale a much higher resolution and display it on whatever your native resolution is. What that means is your games look sharper and more awesomer. So far, the only game I have that supports this is Far Cry 4, but...if I had an AMD card, that wouldn't be an option. I like nVidia cards is what I'm saying Speed |
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Great write up OP! I have to chime in and say that depending on what you want to do, some graphics cards work better than others. I know a couple flight sim guys who only go with AMD cards as there are supposed to be really good custom drivers for their flight sims. I play FPS games and nVidia usually has the upper hand there. The nVidia newest gfx card enabled AA works well in games that support it, saving framerates, and their awesome DSR feature allows you to downscale a much higher resolution and display it on whatever your native resolution is. What that means is your games look sharper and more awesomer. So far, the only game I have that supports this is Far Cry 4, but...if I had an AMD card, that wouldn't be an option. I like nVidia cards is what I'm saying Speed View Quote I can down, and upscale with an AMD card. that's not just an Nvidea thing. Nvidea has Gsync, but AMD has freesync, and you dont need display port for it. More people have used AMD cards for mining, because of custom drivers[ also see linux] than Nvidia. AMD cards support open sourced software, where Nvidia does not. *sitting with a Nvid GTX 970, and an AMD R9 280 at his desk* |
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Quoted: I can down, and upscale with an AMD card. Nvidea has Gsync, but AMD has freesync, and you dont need display port for it. More people have used AMD cards for mining, because of custom drivers[ also see linux] than Nvidia. AMD cards support open sourced software, where Nvidia does not. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Great write up OP! I have to chime in and say that depending on what you want to do, some graphics cards work better than others. I know a couple flight sim guys who only go with AMD cards as there are supposed to be really good custom drivers for their flight sims. I play FPS games and nVidia usually has the upper hand there. The nVidia newest gfx card enabled AA works well in games that support it, saving framerates, and their awesome DSR feature allows you to downscale a much higher resolution and display it on whatever your native resolution is. What that means is your games look sharper and more awesomer. So far, the only game I have that supports this is Far Cry 4, but...if I had an AMD card, that wouldn't be an option. I like nVidia cards is what I'm saying Speed I can down, and upscale with an AMD card. Nvidea has Gsync, but AMD has freesync, and you dont need display port for it. More people have used AMD cards for mining, because of custom drivers[ also see linux] than Nvidia. AMD cards support open sourced software, where Nvidia does not. Sorry, I apologize. Looks like AMD does have a simpler version now, with more support coming soon: December 8, 2014
NVIDIA FTMFW!!!!! Speed |
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console master race . Weird. I know all of those words, but they're completely nonsensical written in that order. I've upgraded once in 5 years to keep playing the latest and greatest at the resolution my "monitor" supports, for the same cost as a top of the line video card... |
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console master race . Weird. I know all of those words, but they're completely nonsensical written in that order. I've upgraded once in 5 years to keep playing the latest and greatest at the resolution my "monitor" supports, for the same cost as a top of the line video card... Ah, so you meant "cheap and lazy master race". Got it. |
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Quoted: Ah, so you meant "cheap and lazy master race". Got it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: console master race . Weird. I know all of those words, but they're completely nonsensical written in that order. I've upgraded once in 5 years to keep playing the latest and greatest at the resolution my "monitor" supports, for the same cost as a top of the line video card... Ah, so you meant "cheap and lazy master race". Got it. Especially since the latest gtx 960 is equal to 2 xbox 1s as far as graphics power...for $200. |
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console master race . Weird. I know all of those words, but they're completely nonsensical written in that order. I've upgraded once in 5 years to keep playing the latest and greatest at the resolution my "monitor" supports, for the same cost as a top of the line video card... Ah, so you meant "cheap and lazy master race". Got it. Especially since the latest gtx 960 is equal to 2 xbox 1s as far as graphics power...for $200. So that $200 graphics card is functional all by itself? </derail> |
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On the reals, though, I play cs:go pretty casually on my mid 2011 iMac with a 2.4 ghz i5. How important is my mouse and keyboard hardware at that level?
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I have an ancient Radeon x1900 in my crap desktop. What's a really really cheap graphics card to "upgrade" to? I'll only be using this computer for another 2-3 months for casual gaming.
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