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Other / Re: Is This a good computer?
« on: November 27, 2012, 11:41:21 pm »
That sucks, I wish I had found this thread a couple days earlier

Well best of luck to you, pm or reply back if you need any building help haha

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Other / Re: Is This a good computer?
« on: November 24, 2012, 05:15:49 pm »
Mmm, just returned to this forum and found a post right up my ballpark

This would be a better build:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/phaS
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/phaS/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/phaS/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($169.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX  LGA1155 Motherboard  ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Samsung 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card  ($197.06 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($19.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $701.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

CPU: The 3570K is just the plain standard for gaming. You don't need 3770K's hyperthreading for gaming, and it's understood that AMD's 8core bulldozer is an absolute failure. You can only get this price in store at microcenter, or it's $200. Make sure you have a microcenter near by. Also, if you buy this CPU with any Z77 motherboard at Microcenter, you get an extra $40 off. So please, make the drive to the nearest microcenter (unless it's like 50 miles away, then you'd have to order it online and you can't get the discount).

CPU Cooler: The Hyper 212+ is the best budget CPU cooler. Ringing it at only $15 during these black friday sales, it's a great steal. It can push the 3570K to about 4.5Ghz at 70C under load. That's pretty good for $15.

Motherboard: The Z77 Extreme4 is a decent board for overclocking. I have one, and I have my CPU at 5Ghz stable, using an air cooler. This board is only $64 IF you buy it at microcenter with the 3570K, $40 off price  :w00t:

RAM: This ram is called the "secret ram". It's not very well known when it first came out, but when people got their hands on it, it easily clocks to 2133mhz from its stock 1600mhz. It has no silly heatsinks and is low profile so it can sit below any CPU cooler.

HDD: This Seagate 2TB hard drive is reliable, quiet, fast, and has ample storage for whatever you want to put on there. It's oddly cheaper than its 1TB counterpart.

GPU: The 7850 destroys the GTX 650Ti in everything. This asus version of the card comes with 2 silent fans. It get 50-60 frames on skyrim. It can also overclock to 1.1ghz, 240mhz more than stock.

Case: Good choice on the Source 210. I highly recommend it. With its great build quality, easy cable management, and good looks, it's definitely a winner.

PSU: Rosewill's PSUs aren't as reliable as PC Power & Cooling's, a subdivision of OCZ. This PSU has 500 watts, modular cable management (connect only the cables you need), and is 80plus bronze. It comes with a free CD/DVD drive I would sell/get rid of since it isn't very good.

CD/DVD Drive: This Asus CD/DVD drive is silent, writes very fast, and is reliable.

This computer is much more powerful, 2x more storage, a LOT more overclockable, and can literally play any game you throw at it. If you get the parts from microcenter, remember to subtract $40. Also, if you sell of the CD/DVD drive that comes with the PSU, you get an extra $15. So in the end, it really costs $646, but I did not add Windows. You could get Windows 8 for like $60 right now iirc. I hope you see the part choices I made, thank you for reading my build, best of luck, and most importantly, have fun.

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Portal X / Re: Questions for Builderboy
« on: November 24, 2012, 04:49:48 pm »
Hey Builderboy,

I haven't been on this forum for about 8 months, and I recently got an email about Portal X's thread being updated. Finally, you've come back to work on it haha

How much time do you estimate for a releasable (non closed) beta?

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Other / Intel Ivy Bridge Release
« on: April 15, 2012, 11:33:09 pm »
I know it isn't revolutionary, but I thought I'd mention this. Intel's Ivy Bridge 22 nm cpu is coming out, officially released on April 23rd. It will be lga 1155, and its selling point is that it will run usb 3.0 native, pcie 3.0, and can run ddr3 ram at 2800+ mhz. Just throwing this out there.
http://promotions.newegg.com/MB/041612/

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Other / Re: Which should I get?
« on: March 29, 2012, 12:35:43 pm »
Would you consider the iPhone 4s? The camera is like a dslr (for reals, 8mp, it takes HUGE yet high res pictures), and it doubles as ipod and phone.

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Computer Usage and Setup Help / Re: Connect laptop to wifi
« on: March 22, 2012, 11:42:15 pm »
I highly doubt it was disabled in BIOS for no reason. I would check if you accidentally disabled it in windows or maybe a physical wifi button

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Portal X / Re: Portal Prelude
« on: March 20, 2012, 01:43:55 pm »
1K POST YAY

Edit: sorry, to keep on topic, I'll say that I hope he returns to the project. I tried nightmare, it's a great game.

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Portal X / Re: Portal Prelude
« on: March 20, 2012, 02:20:27 am »
I don't think so lol, bboy is busy on nightmare

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Other / Re: Raspberry PI now available
« on: March 19, 2012, 07:24:43 pm »
They'll def. need a case for the pi...maybe they'll even have case modding competitions in the future :D

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Other / Re: Help with a custom build?
« on: March 19, 2012, 11:01:24 am »
Actually I would love this theme on a tablet. Just not an actual computer.

Yea, that's what I meant lol

Because I can't double post, here's something that will get us back on topic...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119227&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL032012&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL032012-_-EMC-032012-Index-_-ComputerCases-_-11119227-L014B
the elite 430 for 30 bucks
idk how to embed links or whatever

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Other / Re: Help with a custom build?
« on: March 19, 2012, 01:25:37 am »
I heard that Windows 8 interface was very different. Or will Direct X 11.1 be compatible with Vista/7?

Yea, their new theme, "metro" is made more for tablets than computers, so it will suck. The consumer preview is already out, if anyone wants to try. Idk if 11.1 will be compatible with Vista/7. The point of my post was that the 5k series is something you want to stay away from at this point in time.

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Other / Re: Help with a custom build?
« on: March 18, 2012, 03:04:34 pm »
DirectX 11.1 is coming out with Windows 8, the 5k series probably won't support it, and left to rot like the iphone 3g with iOS 4.21 (off topic)

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Other / Re: Help with a custom build?
« on: March 16, 2012, 01:40:52 pm »
Edit: You forgot about the gpu too, the 5770 is a dying gpu...in fact, the 5000 series is totally fading out just like the gtx 200s...For newer games such as skyrim and bf3, you need to have greater than (or equal to) a gtx 460 1gb or a 6850

The 5770 should be able to run skyrim no problem at full. BF3, though, would require you to run at low graphics settings, but it should still be playable. Yes, the 5000 series is dated and dying, but that doesn't mean it's completely incapable of running modern games.

(Offtopic: I just bought a 5870 off of one of my friends yesterday.)

@OP:
Case: CoolerMaster makes top of the line cases. I have the HAF 932, and I know people who have the one you're looking at, they're happy with it.
Processor: See previous thoughts
RAM: Looks good. With RAM being so cheap, though, why not go for 8GB?
PSU: I have that PSU, I haven't had any issues with it. One of my friends swears that OCZ is the devil, though.
GPU: See previous thoughts
Mobo: No USB 3, only two PCI-E slots. That may limit future upgradability, I'd definitely get one with at least USB 3.
HDD: Looks like a good HDD. I know you said no SSD, but the performance gain from a good SSD to put your OS on is amazing, you may want to consider it.
OS: I'd go for Win 7 Home Premium or Professional, x64 obviously.

The 5000 series would run skyrim at such a low fps...the max during outdoors is only 40 with everything off.

I also had suggested 8 gigs earlier, if you read the previous posts.

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Other / Re: Help with a custom build?
« on: March 15, 2012, 10:18:32 pm »
The clock speed isn't everything. It may seem like a very impressive clock speed, but compared to the cpu we are talking about right now, the core i5 2500k, the phenom can't even compete in many tasks. Since we are talking about cpu raw power and not including what games will play like, the core i5 2500k will destroy the phenom in sysmark and cinebench. Plus, the core i5 2500k can overclock to 5ghz.
The core i5 2500k may seem expensive, but if you check out microcenter.com (which I have mentioned like 90 times in this topic) you can get it for $179, only about $20 more expensive.

Edit: You forgot about the gpu too, the 5770 is a dying gpu...in fact, the 5000 series is totally fading out just like the gtx 200s...For newer games such as skyrim and bf3, you need to have greater than (or equal to) a gtx 460 1gb or a 6850

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Other / Re: Help with a custom build?
« on: March 15, 2012, 06:29:44 pm »
True, I wasn't counting that in as I assumed that he wanted it now and couldn't wait, but probably in reality it isn't that way :P

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