[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

[Trogtor]

does anyone know how you can control an led strip with my pc?

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[Mr Queeba]

Some of the questions have been answered:
Has a wireless mouse, no keyboard (used a laptop).
Wants a decent monitor, doesn't care about the rest of the peripherals.
Does not have a transferable copy of Windows.
Laptop HDD appears to not be easily accessible, so a new HDD should work better.
Doesn't need an optical drive.

[Mr Queeba]

does anyone know how you can control an led strip with my pc?

Depends on the type of strip.

[CCCPancakes]

Some of the questions have been answered:
Has a wireless mouse, no keyboard (used a laptop).
Wants a decent monitor, doesn't care about the rest of the peripherals.
Does not have a transferable copy of Windows.
Laptop HDD appears to not be easily accessible, so a new HDD should work better.
Doesn't need an optical drive.

I wasn't directing my post at you if that's what you're responding to, but I'll take a shot at it.

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($238.89 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($128.86 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($44.19 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 4GB RS Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus VC239H 23.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Logitech MK200 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Other: Windows License ($25.00)
Total: $1011.87

You can buy a Windows 10 license (legally) at this site: https://www.kinguin.net/

I've bought all mine from there. No issues.

[espio100]

does anyone know how you can control an led strip with my pc?

you can with the NZXT hue+ or something
wich is a waste of money because its expensive as loving stuff

Also depends on strip, usually you can just change the color but thats it

[AndroFox]

booting into sysrescuecd with this laptop and doing lsblk only shows loop0

is the HDD dead

pageloss

[Pentium]

Sounds very cool! I'll definitely start saving for one, thank you. Do you have any recommendations, or one's you've had good experiences with?

Sure thing. You can a Crucial MX200 250GB for $84 /w free shipping: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/KzyxFT/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct250mx200ssd1
There's also the Samsung 850 EVO 250GB for $90-ish: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/3kL7YJ/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e250bam
They're about equal except that the Samsung drive has a longer warranty.

[bloody jumper]

Sure thing. You can a Crucial MX200 250GB for $84 /w free shipping: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/KzyxFT/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct250mx200ssd1
There's also the Samsung 850 EVO 250GB for $90-ish: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/3kL7YJ/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e250bam
They're about equal except that the Samsung drive has a longer warranty.

Thank you! These both are well within my price range and I'll definitely grab them.

[Willco2]

Just bought a GTX 1070 and a 500gb Samsung 850 EVO. A little confused on overclocking the 1070, and cloning my current 120gb EVO is a pain in the ass, and now after cloning the drive I cant extend the main volume without not being able to boot Windows. Wonderful :/

[Foxscotch]

Just bought a GTX 1070 and a 500gb Samsung 850 EVO. A little confused on overclocking the 1070, and cloning my current 120gb EVO is a pain in the ass, and now after cloning the drive I cant extend the main volume without not being able to boot Windows. Wonderful :/

what do you mean by cloning? maybe you should just do a fresh install of windows on the new one and transfer all your data. at 520MB/s that'll take like five minutes IF you have the whole 120GB filled lol

[Willco2]

what do you mean by cloning? maybe you should just do a fresh install of windows on the new one and transfer all your data. at 520MB/s that'll take like five minutes IF you have the whole 120GB filled lol

I dont have my windows key lying around anymore though and I am definitely not using Kinguin lol

[Foxscotch]

I dont have my windows key lying around anymore though and I am definitely not using Kinguin lol

you should be able to get it somehow. how did you buy windows?

[Willco2]

you should be able to get it somehow. how did you buy windows?

i got a free windows 8 pro key from my mom that she got for doing some training at work and upgraded to windows 10, i dont have that windows 8 key anymore though
EDIT: i also have this problem now too

as evident by the image, i cant format this small partition that was created when cloning the drive

[espio100]

Open cmd
Diskpart
List disk
Select disk [nr here]
Clean
Exit
Exit

[Willco2]

Open cmd
Diskpart
List disk
Select disk [nr here]
Clean
Exit
Exit

awesome thank you