The Computer Megathread

[Sheath]

Sucks about the hard drive crash.

My laptop started telling me my hard drive was going to "imminently fail". I got a new hard drive on warranty (interestingly it was a faster 7200RPM replacement, the original was a mediocre 5400) and I did a clone onto the new drive. Swapped it over and everything was fine!

Wanted to keep my old one but the company demanded I return it, as expected. Obvo I did a full erase by writing 0's over it before sending.

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[Trinick]

When was the last time the X window manager was updated?

TWM? Probably in like, the nineties. You're not really supposed to use it for anything. I just don't have the space for say, MATE.

[Ceist]

http://www.pricewatch.com/gallery/motherboard_combos/core_2_quad_q8200_cpu_fan (One of the first three)
http://www.pricewatch.com/gallery/system_memory/ddr3-1333_4gb (Two of these)
and I haven't a clue what my GPU will be yet.

But I need someones opinion, due to my brothers extreme arrogance, he will no longer help me with a computer, so I need your guys help.
Is this a good set?

[KoopaScooper]

Outdated processor. Get one that's not from 4 years ago.
Why are you using some website probably nobody's even heard of? Buy from reputable dealers so you can have piece of mind.
If you give a budget, what you want it to do, and if you favor any specific brands. I'll gladly put a build together for you.

[Ceist]

Outdated processor. Get one that's not from 4 years ago.
Why are you using some website probably nobody's even heard of? Buy from reputable dealers so you can have piece of mind.
If you give a budget, what you want it to do, and if you favor any specific brands. I'll gladly put a build together for you.

This is what my brother told me to go use. My b udget is also $300

[KoopaScooper]

If you give a budget, what you want it to do, and if you favor any specific brands, I'll gladly put a build together for you.

Either way, you're not going to get much for $300. I'll try after you say what you want it to do.

[Ceist]

I have no specific brands in mind since this is my first build. Budget is $300-$400 and I want it to be a gaming PC.

[KoopaScooper]

So as good as you can get it (which isn't going to be very good?)
k brb

[Ceist]

So as good as you can get it (which isn't going to be very good?)
k brb

I'd like to point whether the parts are old or not, they played all the new games today on medium/low settings, and played all the games before 2009 on max settings. So I'm getting multiple opinions on things.

[KoopaScooper]

Optical Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147023
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152244
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128564
Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130534
Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817553009
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820103010
Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103953

It's not the best, but you only have $300, don't expect the best.

[Mr.jacksaunt]

To be honest I think that it'd be better to buy everything and then buy a graphics card when you have more money. You can buy better parts for your main build and then buy something easy to swap out like a graphics card later.

[ultimamax]

oc'd 7950 vs. 7970
i can't find a definitive answer

[Ceist]

Optical Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147023
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152244
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128564
Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130534
Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817553009
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820103010
Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103953

It's not the best, but you only have $300, don't expect the best.

GPU is not that great, I can find one better than that and only $20 more.
I'm not really going to go with this, sorry.

[SpreadsPlague]

oc'd 7950 vs. 7970
i can't find a definitive answer

depends how heavy the oc is

[Trinick]

I bought a new harddrive and decided to go full time Linux.