The Computer Megathread

[Nickelob Ultra]

because cheap

just don't do ebay.

is it always better to get  a ssd?

Kinda, yeah.  You can get a 128GB SSD for roughly $100 which can hold your OS and plenty more.  On my 64GB SSD, I can fit Windows, 3-5 GB of music/documents/etc., and another 15GB of games that I moved on there using SteamMover.

SSDs are super fast.  Booting my desktop takes less than 40 seconds maybe.

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[KoopaScooper]

because cheap

looking at some processors the heatsink apparently costs $10
that's not cheap
you're spending more money on an aftermarket cooler
plus there's always the risk of a scam
why the forget would you risk it for a ~$20 loss?

[Mulch]

Does Ethan have a steam account? For that matter does anyone else have a steam account that thinks they know how to solve crazy performance issues with and HD 7950?

[KoopaScooper]

Does Ethan have a steam account? For that matter does anyone else have a steam account that thinks they know how to solve crazy performance issues with and HD 7950?

what PCIe architecture are you using (1.0b, 2.0, 3.0)

[Coolio]

Does Ethan have a steam account?

http://steamcommunity.com/id/kuytre2/

[DANBOII96]

What laptop should I buy? it has to be about 15ish inches and It is going to be used for general use, I need an SSD cause I use it in vehicles a lot so a hard drive would normally forget up. I need about 4gig of ram and a i3/i5 cpu or amd equivalent battery life, about 4 hours and as for graphics, on board is good enough. For I/O I really only need usb.

Also could anyone recommend some light weight we development software that will work with different languages such as asp and php and javascript and jquery?

[Extrude]

So pretty much any laptop? HDDs don't break just because your laptop bounces around a bit. They are built to last, especially in laptops.

[Momentum]

i bought my parts on newegg. not ebay :D

i cant sleep now im too exited

[DANBOII96]

So pretty much any laptop? HDDs don't break just because your laptop bounces around a bit. They are built to last, especially in laptops.

Yes but they can do. I know this I work in a computer shop. Its because you have the head over the drive when the laptop is on that when you do go over a bump this force can often knock the head into the platter. which is why an ssd would be better for using it on the road as there is no moving parts.

[Trymos]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246489

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227791

create recovery disk then use that to install windows on SSD

SSDs are super fast.  Booting my desktop takes less than 40 seconds maybe.

already does that for my laptop with a HDD.

[Extrude]

After several million clicks, my poor $20 mouse's left click barely works. I want a cheap mouse that has a middle mouse button that ISN'T the scroll wheel, USB nubbin wireless, and I can pick up at best buy tomorrow... Anybody?

[Nickelob Ultra]

already does that for my laptop with a HDD.

I don't believe that.

[SPooK]

What laptop should I buy? it has to be about 15ish inches and It is going to be used for general use, I need an SSD cause I use it in vehicles a lot so a hard drive would normally forget up. I need about 4gig of ram and a i3/i5 cpu or amd equivalent battery life, about 4 hours and as for graphics, on board is good enough. For I/O I really only need usb.

Also could anyone recommend some light weight we development software that will work with different languages such as asp and php and javascript and jquery?

What is your budget.

[Mulch]

what PCIe architecture are you using (1.0b, 2.0, 3.0)

3.0

[KoopaScooper]

3.0

on the card or motherboard