[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

[e-maxx]

yo my friend needs a computer build for $450-$500
he prefer it to not be a pre-built and needs everything except a monitor
he's going to use it to play modern games and doesn't care about graphics as long as the game runs smooth

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[KoopaScooper]

Only thing NVidia really has on its AMD equivalent GPU is the PhysX.

NVIDIA cards also have better Linux drivers, are typically faster than their AMD equivalent in OpenGL, and has coverage sampling options for anti-aliasing (GeForce 8000 and newer.)

[Georges]

Heyo, I made a window in my case around a month ago. :P

[Skig]

Heyo, I made a window in my case around a month ago. :P

Nice, what kind of case is it?

[Georges]

Nice, what kind of case is it?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811553011

[Blockzillahead]

Noob inbound
Got my first GPU upgrade (R9 280X) and just installed it. Thing is, I dont have enough pins (Is that what theyre called?) to fill them all in. Heres what its currently like

Excuse the messy wiring, I'm fixing it later.
So where can I buy something that fills in the 3x2 pin(?) slot? When I turn it on like this, theres no output to the screen, but the GPU is on and the fans are spinning. Putting them in the 3x2 (empty in the picture) results in no output to the screen and the fans dont spin, but it is on

you might get lucky and be able to run it on one pin without heavy usage.
had a gts 250 with two pins, could run it with one

[Skig]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811553011

Cool! I'm thinking about buying this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147060

This is being shipped already because it came with a combo but I might switch: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811148048

[Georges]

Cool! I'm thinking about buying this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147060

This is being shipped already because it came with a combo but I might switch: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811148048

Neat.

[Skig]

Case came today

[Georges]

Nice!

[AfterShock]

Alright this guy in my class who thinks he knows everything told me that we are near the point of infinity for the clock speed on processors. My question is, is that even possible?

[Blockzillahead]

just realize how stupid that sounds please.

[Blockzillahead]

NVIDIA cards also have better Linux drivers, are typically faster than their AMD equivalent in OpenGL, and has coverage sampling options for anti-aliasing (GeForce 8000 and newer.)

what about the nvidia optimus drivers? they basically dont exist on linux. if you have a laptop with a dedicated GPU and an intel HD GPU all in one, tough stuff if you want to use linux.

[Pie Crust]

Processor clock speeds will always be measured. Maybe Tetrahertz and Pentahertz will come into place when quantum computers become comercially available.

http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/articles/article.asp?p=374693

A vivid and dramatic example of quantum computing can be made with a comparison against conventional computing architectures of today. Consider the need for a software program that brown townyzes every possible combination of 100 flipped coins, which means that there are 2 to the power 100 possible configurations. Using a traditional PC with 32-bit architecture and a 2 gigahertz clock speed would require in excess of 1 trillion continuous computing years to complete (the age of the known universe is just over 20 billion years). A quantum computer with 100 quantum bits could accomplish the same task in less than a second. Although this is a simple example, it does illustrate the potential of this computing paradigm when it will be used for computing intensive problems in science, astronomy, physics, and other related fields.

^That is very fast but it still has a speed limit.

[KoopaScooper]

what about the nvidia optimus drivers? they basically dont exist on linux. if you have a laptop with a dedicated GPU and an intel HD GPU all in one, tough stuff if you want to use linux.

That's handled by configuring Xrandr on Linux. Do you know what you're doing?