The Computer Megathread

[Mr.jacksaunt]

Quick question
Does a card like the radeon 6750m get bottlenecked by a 1.8ghz quad core at all

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[KoopaScooper]

Quick question
Does a card like the radeon 6750m get bottlenecked by a 1.8ghz quad core at all

It depends on what type of processor it is.

THERE'S loving NOTHING GOOD ON SALE TODAY FOR NEWEGG.CA >:(

[¥ola]

oh my god that EVGA 560 ti is soooo tempting.

[KoopaScooper]

one of the hybrid SSD drives was on yesterday for $55 and i was too much of a pusillanimous individual to ask if i could buy it :(
SO MUCH loving REGRET

[¥ola]

The temptation I have to blow my savings money on a new computer is so high.

It's SO HIGH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA H

[Marcem]

oh my god that EVGA 560 ti is soooo tempting.

Never get an outdated GPU, even if it's just one generation back.

[Treynolds416]

Never get an outdated GPU, even if it's just one generation back.

Speaking of which, when can we expect the next radeon generation to come out?

[Mr.jacksaunt]

stuff just accidentally overclocked my cpu from 1.8 ghz to 2.5 ghz

[Sheath]

stuff just accidentally overclocked my cpu from 1.8 ghz to 2.5 ghz

Neat

I'm not a fan of overclocking personally. I don't think its necessary if you have a modern system. Its a little bit risky and you end up having to spend money on quality fans, or ideally some kind of liquid cooling. I'd rather just buy a nicer CPU and run it at stock for peace of mind. More power is good, but I'm concerned about "real world performance". Though I could see 1.8GHz to 2.5GHz would be notably different.

[Mr.jacksaunt]

Neat

I'm not a fan of overclocking personally. I don't think its necessary if you have a modern system. Its a little bit risky and you end up having to spend money on quality fans, or ideally some kind of liquid cooling. I'd rather just buy a nicer CPU and run it at stock for peace of mind. More power is good, but I'm concerned about "real world performance". Though I could see 1.8GHz to 2.5GHz would be notably different.

Yeah I often have troubles playing games with just 1.8ghz. I took the clock down to 2.2ghz, that should be a stable clock considering some people that OC with the same cpu I have often go to 2.4-2.6.

[Treynolds416]

Yeah I often have troubles playing games with just 1.8ghz. I took the clock down to 2.2ghz, that should be a stable clock considering some people that OC with the same cpu I have often go to 2.4-2.6.

Or you could just burn your CPU out at a super high clock and use it as an excuse to buy a CPU that doesn't suck

[Mr.jacksaunt]

Or you could just burn your CPU out at a super high clock and use it as an excuse to buy a CPU that doesn't suck

I can almost see it now
 I'm gonna pop some tags, only got twenty dollars in my pocket

[Flush535]

I'm having a lot of trouble deciding between w8 and w7

any help?

[KoopaScooper]

It's pure choice, we can't help you decide. Just look for what you want in either of them and compare.

[Trinick]

loving fantastic. My harddrive crashed on loving thanksgiving when no stores are open. I'm posting from a USB drive with arch linux on it-- installing x server and firefox filled up 92% of my flashdrive. I can't do anything that's not web based, which means I can only use steam chat and the blockland forums. Fantastic.