The Computer Megathread

[Maxwell23461]

Gtx 680
i7 6 core overclock 4.5ghz
32gb ram
2x 256gb ssd

how much would that cost

lodsemone
probably around 1,200

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[Tokthree]

i meant that sort of light-heartedly
yeah she was wayyy wrong
but not because she's a girl :(

Well obviously I said what I did light-heartedly as well, I'm not some sort of loveist monster whose only goal in life is to put women down when they try to do anything besides clean and cook, even if it is true that women are way better at both of those things than men are

[ultimamax]

Well obviously I said what I did light-heartedly as well, I'm not some sort of loveist monster whose only goal in life is to put women down when they try to do anything besides clean and cook, even if it is true that women are way better at both of those things than men are

ok cool
marry christmas

[Tokthree]

I can't, she's taken :(

[devildogelite]

Gtx 680
i7 6 core overclock 4.5ghz
32gb ram
2x 256gb ssd

how much would that cost

It would be mostly a waste of money

[SpreadsPlague]

lodsemone
probably around 1,200

lol wtf it would be a lot more than that

680: $400-500
latest i7 - $300-500+
32GB RAM - $130+
2 x 256GB SSD - $200+ each

this is already over ~1.2k, without case/OS/mobo/psu

[Nickelob Ultra]

Gtx 680
i7 6 core overclock 4.5ghz
32gb ram
2x 256gb ssd

how much would that cost

680s average around $450-550, mostly around $500, but you can get a 670 for $400 and just overclock it to achieve the same/better performance.
The cheapest of 3 hexcore Intel i7's is $569 and yet is Sandy Bridge, the other two (at higher clock rates and labelled "Extreme Edition" are $1000+)
32GB of RAM, while being incredibly useless as a hexcore i7, is around $140.
Two 256GB SSDs are also incredibly expensive (but so worth it if you're that rich lol).

All in all at least $1600+ and this is being really generous...

[Mr.jacksaunt]

Not to mention you would no better what have to upgrade to a much better psu if you're using something as hefty as a 680.

[devildogelite]

Not to mention you would no better what have to upgrade to a much better psu if you're using something as hefty as a 680.

What am I reading?

[fawkes..]

Ok, so I took out those adapter cable things and everything is still working, I have windows 7 installed, build finished.
A proud moment.

[devildogelite]

Ok, so I took out those adapter cable things and everything is still working, I have windows 7 installed, build finished.
A proud moment.

I'm pretty sure the actual pci-e cable is better because the psu is meant to handle the load on that pcie connector but the molex is used for various other things. Normally if a psu doesn't have pci-e it a stuff psu

[Maxwell23461]

that moment when you get the OS installed successfully

[Ben Grapevine]

that moment when you get the OS installed successfully

[fawkes..]

I'm pretty sure the actual pci-e cable is better because the psu is meant to handle the load on that pcie connector but the molex is used for various other things. Normally if a psu doesn't have pci-e it a stuff psu

Yeah, my psu has them so i just quickly switched them over, works just as well

[Tokthree]

Yeah, my psu has them so i just quickly switched them over, works just as well

Another reason to use PCI-E is because it provides better stability than a load of Molex cables would, something which is rather important with higher end graphics cards, OC'd cards or SLI/Crossfire