The Computer Megathread

[xxxxkill]

I mean I bought a nice LGA1366 mobo, a Core i7-930 2.8 GHz, 6GB RAM, a 640GB HDD, a DVD drive and a GTX460 768MB with $1000.
If I had to buy my monitor, headphones, keyboard/mouse with it, I'd probably be using a lower end CPU and only 4GB RAM.

I need $1000 right loving now.

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[Nickelob Ultra]

I need $1000 right loving now.

$1000 right now would buy even better probably.  I'm putting together his build assuming without keyboard/mouse/monitor/audio


http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4SrY
^this is assuming no keyboard or mouse or audio or monitor~

[xxxxkill]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4SrY

[Nickelob Ultra]

exactly~

If I didn't dish so much out on the Core i7 I probably could've gotten a better GPU.  Oh well, at least my CPU won't need upgrading for a good few years.

[Doomonkey]

Oh hey, look what I found.
 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215245&nm_mc=Criteo&cm_cat=Notebooks&cm_pla=Acer+America&cm_ite=34215245&cm_ven=BAC-CriteoBrand
Is that better than the one I said I was getting?

What is the one you said you were getting?

[Pentium]

$1000 right now would buy even better probably.  I'm putting together his build assuming without keyboard/mouse/monitor/audio


http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4SrY
^this is assuming no keyboard or mouse or audio or monitor~

Why would you want a previous-generation CPU?

[HerpaDerp]

$1000 right now would buy even better probably.  I'm putting together his build assuming without keyboard/mouse/monitor/audio


http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4SrY
^this is assuming no keyboard or mouse or audio or monitor~

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4T37

Updated

[mp7964]

Can someone put together a nice gaming build for less than $400? I won't need to run heavy-duty stuff like BF3, I'll mainly use it for Source games, Blockland, and some other games. It can't be huge and I don't care about noise as long as it doesn't sound like a loving jet engine. I can live with a semi-loud fan, I have noise-cancelling headphones. Monitor isn't a problem as long as the video card can output to an HDTV. It also has to have either built-in wifi support or a wifi card. Hard drive has to be at the very least 250 gigs, I'd like to have 300-500 gigs, though.

[KoopaScooper]

Any way to make Windows 7 stop uninstalling my sound drivers whenever I restart my computer?
It's pissing me off and making me want to go back to XP.

Can someone put together a nice gaming build for less than $400? I won't need to run heavy-duty stuff like BF3, I'll mainly use it for Source games, Blockland, and some other games. It can't be huge and I don't care about noise as long as it doesn't sound like a loving jet engine. I can live with a semi-loud fan, I have noise-cancelling headphones. Monitor isn't a problem as long as the video card can output to an HDTV. It also has to have either built-in wifi support or a wifi card. Hard drive has to be at the very least 250 gigs, I'd like to have 300-500 gigs, though.

Optical Drive - LG 22X Super-Multi DVD Burner Black
Case - COOLER MASTER Elite 311 Blue ATX Mid Tower
Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 500GB with $10 Promo Code
Motherboard - ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS AM3+ AMD 760G
Wireless Card (PCIe) - ENCORE PCI Express Wireless N Adapter
Video Card - SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6670
Power Supply - COOLER MASTER Elite 460W PSU with $10 Mail-in rebate
RAM - Team Elite 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1066
CPU - AMD Athlon II X3 455 Rana 3.3GHz Socket AM3 Triple-Core
Should all work together fine. Subtotal comes to 395.91 with rebates.

[Nickelob Ultra]

Why would you want a previous-generation CPU?

Because it's just as good as Sandy Bridge.  Yes yes, newer architecture higher clockrates bla bla.  The least clock rate you'll ever need for a quadcore is 2.66 GHz really.  Above 3.0 you're just doing it for bragging.

[Pentium]

Because it's just as good as Sandy Bridge.  Yes yes, newer architecture higher clockrates bla bla.  The least clock rate you'll ever need for a quadcore is 2.66 GHz really.  Above 3.0 you're just doing it for bragging.

The 2500K is both cheaper and faster than the 750, there is no reason whatsoever to buy the latter one.

[Nickelob Ultra]

The 2500K is both cheaper and faster than the 750, there is no reason whatsoever to buy the latter one.

Really?  It didn't show up in the list as cheaper.  Weird, I sorted it by price.

[Tetris]

Yeah, those games don't require a powerful GPU. You will notice the lag extremely on other games. You asked if it was a powerful gaming computer, and it isn't.

Would just like to say that you paid about 1.5 times the price that thing was worth. Good job.

Holy stuff you aren't realizing something

i didnt only buy it for its loving gaming ability, since that's all you seem to know.

i bought it because it's comfortable, has a very nice backlit keyboard, functions properly, made by sony & vaio which EVERYONE I KNOW uses and loves because the customer support is freaking fantastic

please just realize that gaming was just an extra little gimmick added

[e-maxx]

Holy stuff you aren't realizing something

i didnt only buy it for its loving gaming ability, since that's all you seem to know.

i bought it because it's comfortable, has a very nice backlit keyboard, functions properly, made by sony & vaio which EVERYONE I KNOW uses and loves because the customer support is freaking fantastic

please just realize that gaming was just an extra little gimmick added

because all of this was so in that topic you posted about it

[mp7964]

-snip-

Thanks, now I just have to get the money. (Not problem cuz birthday <3)