The Computer Megathread

[Cookiez664]

someone give me a computer :) mine sucks.

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[Trymos]

someone give me a computer :) mine sucks.

would be nice to have a budget.

[Cookiez664]

would be nice to have a budget.

I do, just too lazy to take money out of my bank >:)

[Trymos]

I do, just too lazy to take money out of my bank >:)

what's the budget?

[Cookiez664]

what's the budget?

$300-400

[pecon98]

Could you recall anything you installed that could have caused it to start getting slower and slower?
Like drivers?

I assume last known good configuration didn't work.

No, it didn't. And nothing was installed recently that I was aware of.

Would reinstalling the OS fix it?

$300-400

Do you have any salvageable parts? Case, HDD, peripherals, ect?

[Trymos]

$300-400

okay, going to check both pre builts and builds to see what would be the best computer, going to take a bit of time.
(for the people who are paranoid of pre builts, they can offer pretty great deals at $300-400, some of them even better deals then building a computer.)

No, it didn't. And nothing was installed recently that I was aware of.

Would reinstalling the OS fix it?

yes, it's a software error.
you can back up your files via linux live cd if you want.

[ScratchTehEPICSpaceDude]

No, it didn't. And nothing was installed recently that I was aware of.

Would reinstalling the OS fix it?

Pecon, you have a gateway?

[pecon98]

Pecon, you have a gateway?

No.

[zefoo]

Hey I have a question.

Whats the best gaming laptop for $1000 or under?
I have a Lenovo y570 with a Intel Core i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz and a 1 Gig NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M GPU and I have found some games its having trouble playing with its 2.40GHz CPU and I am not sure if I have ever had any problems with the GPU not being able to play a game at decent FPS. It has also been running really hot on some games (About 100° C) but I would like to see if I could find a laptop that could at least play games at decent FPS and on decent graphics settings. I would love to find a laptop with the same GPU or better, a better CPU (Like 2.6-3.0GHz), and a laptop in the $700-$1000 price range. The ASUS N53SM ES72 was suggested to me but it has a 2.2GHz I7. Is that better than a 2.4GHz I5?

[Trymos]

i didn't bother with the building a PC part because HP refurbished already gave some really great specs for $325.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883203747 if you're not afraid of refurbished.

if you're willing to go a little bit over budget you can install this motherforgeter for a pretty beast PC:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161395

wait i think that thing is going to have problems with the GPU, not entirely sure since i don't know the watts of the PSU.
actually, get the card later on when you have more cash and replace it with a 500 watt PSU and that GPU.

No.

ooh ooh can i guess?
i'm going to guess you have a DELL!

[pecon98]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121119 - Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181 - Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157309 - Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161354 - GPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026 - Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231394 - Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103887 - CPU

~$390
You'll still need peripherals and an OS.
Also has $35 of mail-in rebates.

[Soukuw]

Holy what the flying forget is going on in there?
And also your motherboard what

This:

At a nice stable frame rate.

I love my computer. <3

[Nickelob Ultra]

Hey I have a question.

Whats the best gaming laptop for $1000 or under?
I have a Lenovo y570 with a Intel Core i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz and a 1 Gig NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M GPU and I have found some games its having trouble playing with its 2.40GHz CPU and I am not sure if I have ever had any problems with the GPU not being able to play a game at decent FPS. It has also been running really hot on some games (About 100° C) but I would like to see if I could find a laptop that could at least play games at decent FPS and on decent graphics settings. I would love to find a laptop with the same GPU or better, a better CPU (Like 2.6-3.0GHz), and a laptop in the $700-$1000 price range. The ASUS N53SM ES72 was suggested to me but it has a 2.2GHz I7. Is that better than a 2.4GHz I5?

Well, laptops tend to run very hot.  They have incredibly packed spaces for ventilation and basically run on maybe 1-3 fans (usually at most 2 in most laptops).  However if you want to get maximum framerate and stability you'd probably have to go above $1k, possibly around $1,200-$1,500.  Otherwise, you're going to have to kind of deal with it as far as balancing settings and framerate.  It's a good laptop but don't expect amazing out of it.

[Doomonkey]

I know a person who plays Skyrim on high with a $500 laptop. He gets around 30-60 fps. I forget exactly which but it was at least 30 and seemed seamless.

It was a graphic design laptop or something. It has an AMD fusion that designates two cores to graphics.