The Computer Megathread

[Momentum]

What are you looking to do with it?

work. so i have that graphics card.

[Ad Bot]

[Wedge]

You spent too much on excessive RAM, and that SSD is pretty useless because it goes through USB 2.0, which means it will be slower than your SATA hard drive. It has a SATAII interface as well.

Yeah, that RAM is a little expensive. This is the RAM I put in my computer:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193
32GB of that will be about $120.

Here's a much better SSD of the same size for much less:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-148-441

This is the SSD I'm probably going to get for my computer when I upgrade it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227706

[Treynolds416]

What's the ratio of money spent on CPU : money spent on GPU I should try to stick to? The parts I have picked out now are $240 : $240, but I have a feeling that I should spend more on a better gpu

[HerpaDerp]

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i will be using pecons 2000 build then or someone send me a build that they selected off of PCpartpicker.

qq.

Pecons 2000 build isn't that good, I'll whip one up for you.

[pecon98]

Pecons 2000 build isn't that good, I'll whip one up for you.

If the main issue is me choosing expensive parts it's because I only chose parts that were 5-star rated. (Aside from the hard drive, because not a single hard drive had five stars) If you're spending $2000, why settle for parts that have possible issues?

[HerpaDerp]

If the main issue is me choosing expensive parts it's because I only chose parts that were 5-star rated. (Aside from the hard drive, because not a single hard drive had five stars). If you're spending $2000, why settle for parts that have possible issues?

Sorry didn't look back a page and thought he was talking about your AMD $2000 build

[Isjix]

could someone find me a good headset with a mic under $15?
I'd prefer newegg

[Snaffle J. Bean]

could someone find me a good headset with a mic under $15?
I'd prefer newegg

Define "good" and we'll see if that's even possible.

[Isjix]

Define "good" and we'll see if that's even possible.

anything that sounds good/durable, don't really care

[Flamecannon]

My laptop has been overheating recently. Is there a solution that isn't buying a cooling pad?

[pecon98]

My laptop has been overheating recently. Is there a solution that isn't buying a cooling pad?

Dusting it out can help.

[Nickelob Ultra]

http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Battalion_101_W110ER_Gaming_Laptop

What do you guys think?  I saw this, and wondered what most people's reaction would be.  It seems like something I'd love to buy, 11" with a Core i5 and a GT 650M, but what about heat?

[Treynolds416]

Really, the core matters little. i3's can outperform i7's and vice versa and i5 and all different combinations. It's just a newer architecture, which is rarely significant to your raw processing power

[e-maxx]

My laptop has been overheating recently. Is there a solution that isn't buying a cooling pad?

get a huge fan

[Doomonkey]

My laptop has been overheating recently. Is there a solution that isn't buying a cooling pad?

Always have it on a hard surface. Never carpet.

http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Battalion_101_W110ER_Gaming_Laptop

What do you guys think?  I saw this, and wondered what most people's reaction would be.  It seems like something I'd love to buy, 11" with a Core i5 and a GT 650M, but what about heat?

My brother has a laptop with an i7 and a 650M. It is really nice. He got it because his old nice laptop broke, so HP gave him a new one.