The Computer Megathread

[TomTheGeek²]

Where do you live? There's a store called Microcenter, they have REALLY good deals on processors.

Around Chicago. Suburbs. I've heard about them.

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[Ethan]

would this be a nice set of memory for LAN hosting/online FPSing
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231460&cm_sp=Cat_Memory-_-Daily_Deal-_-20-231-460

All memory is pretty much the same.

Oh lookie what I found...
Not a bad deal.

Processor is ok, but the GPU is stuff.

Have any suggestions? I'm not sure what to get.

Coming up.

>1366x768

no thanks

It's not a bad resolution TBH. My favorite (picture quality wise) monitor lying around is 1366x768.

Guys, I still need a hand with this:

Also, from the other topic:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=177661.0
Citrus, you're making a mistake. You've turned down better specs for average ones that probably won't play TF2 well. The new SB Intel Graphics, like 3000, are nearly equal to about a 6550. And the i3-2310m is better than the AMD processors you have suggested.
I don't know if you will read this, but oh well. Why lock the topic? My god.
As I can't PM, could someone PM him for me? That would be a great help.

[devildogelite]

Bought 2 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236102

[HerpaDerp]

Around Chicago. Suburbs. I've heard about them.

That's good, there's two Microcenters around the Chicago area. I REALLY recommend going to one of the stores and buying your processor plus mobo from there. It'll save you a lot of money.
Also, sent the PM Ethan.

[Ethan]

Bought 2 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236102

Nice.

That's good, there's two Microcenters around the Chicago area. I REALLY recommend going to one of the stores and buying your processor plus mobo from there. It'll save you a lot of money.
Also, sent the PM Ethan.

Thanks, man.

[Nickelob Ultra]

I prefer 1080p for desktops.  For laptops 1366x768 would do great, as long as it's 16:9.

[Bahamut]

Coming up.

anything so far?

[Ethan]

anything so far?

Sorry. Few questions first;
Prebuilt or custom built?
Monitor or no monitor?
Windows or do you already have a copy?

[dawngaward0110]

What I wanted you to measure was the distance parallel to the first port, from the back of the case to the nearest thing blocking the front.
Some graphics cards are around 9 inches long, and I want to know if it would fit.

About 20-25cm/7.5-10inch of space from the PCI port to the nearest thing that's blocking it. If I push some cables up I could squeeze a bit more space (about 2 inch)
The wattage of my power input is 400W.

[Bahamut]

Sorry. Few questions first;
Prebuilt or custom built?
Monitor or no monitor?
Windows or do you already have a copy?

Prebuilt, monitor, and windows. I checked for a copy but I don't have one.

[KoopaScooper]

Bought 2 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236102

dammit I want a monitor like this :(
damn vga

[Shy_Guy]

That's good, there's two Microcenters around the Chicago area. I REALLY recommend going to one of the stores and buying your processor plus mobo from there. It'll save you a lot of money.

I seen them but I never went in to it.

[artbot345]

Is this an ok build for cheap?

Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar Blue WDBAAX3200ENC-NRSN

Mobo: ASRock A55M-HVS

GPU: DIAMOND A4870PE5512

PSU: FSP Group FSP450-60GHS(85)-R

RAM: G.SKILL F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL Ripjaws Series

CPU: Athlon II X4 631 Llano 2.6GHz

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM

Parts I have that I will reuse: eMachines ET1161-03 Case, 320GB Harddrive and DVD-RW.

I am going to run the harddrives in RAID 1.
I will buy every new part from NewEgg.

[Flush535]

My little computer icon thing says I have no connection. But as you can see, I'm on the internet. What's going on? :o

[Pentium]

Is this an ok build for cheap?

Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar Blue WDBAAX3200ENC-NRSN

Mobo: ASRock A55M-HVS

GPU: DIAMOND A4870PE5512

PSU: FSP Group FSP450-60GHS(85)-R

RAM: G.SKILL F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL Ripjaws Series

CPU: Athlon II X4 631 Llano 2.6GHz

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM

Parts I have that I will reuse: eMachines ET1161-03 Case, 320GB Harddrive and DVD-RW.

I am going to run the harddrives in RAID 1.
I will buy every new part from NewEgg.

Most of the stuff in that list is quite old by now. Also, you can't run hard drives in RAID unless they are identical.
Also, I would probably toss away that old case and find a better one at a junkyard. eMachines aren't really known for making quality products, and I wouldn't be surprised if their cases had crap cooling or proprietary motherboard mountings.