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

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good call on the keyboard, god damn

also what brand of video card are you running? EVGA? Asus?
I got the overclocked ASUS Strix. Seriously, the thing runs like a charm. Been just throwing on any resource intensive game every once and a while, turning on my temperature monitor, and watching as it gets to 60 C the fans finally turn on, (need to adjust the curve), but after they're going the card stays around 60 maybe at the most breaking 70, though I can't say for sure if I've seen this happen. Also I have yet to overclock on my own.

Runs stuff like Hitman Absolution, Watch Dogs, and Witcher 2 on usually the highest settings with some tweaks and it runs at 60 fps pretty smoothly. Watch Dogs being a poorly optimized piece of stuff though cannot be run on ultra for whatever reason. I do have confidence GTA V, Witcher 3, and whatever AAA's I throw at it will run on at least high while maintaining a reasonable fps.

Then again, if I could afford a second one right now I'd order it today, lol. :) Also I should I note that I don't have an i7 processor, so I'm not running on the best hardware out there, but it does the job beyond my hopes and dreams.


Edit: Saw your edit of your updated list. I got my card for like $350, don't know if they're still out of stock, but whatever retailer is selling it for nearly $400 is charging you a bit too much. Also make sure you get the overclocked version.
« Last Edit: October 20, 2014, 08:16:19 PM by Oasis »

980 classified announced. its godly.
but im still waiting on the rumored dual gpu 990 x.x

980 classified announced. its godly.
but im still waiting on the rumored dual gpu 990 x.x
That tablet money paying for your GPU upgrade? :)



so when nvidia runs out of 9xx numbers to put on their product, will they keep the gtx name and go on to 1xxx or make a new thing and start all over with the numbers?

just read some stuff, it's 1xxx
« Last Edit: October 21, 2014, 06:24:49 PM by Daswiruch »

1xxx and 11xx are already in the works

My friend wants to put together a gaming PC for around $750, can someone help me out with a build? I am really bad at doing budget builds below $1,000.

Requirements
  • Intel Haswell i3/i5
  • 8GB Of RAM
  • NZXT H230 (Black) ATX Mid Tower
  • Windows 8.1


My friend wants to put together a gaming PC for around $750, can someone help me out with a build? I am really bad at doing budget builds below $1,000.

Requirements
  • Intel Haswell i3/i5
  • 8GB Of RAM
  • NZXT H230 (Black) ATX Mid Tower
  • Windows 8.1

Depends, what does he plan on playing? "Gaming PC" is very vagues, because some people love to stream and play high end games, while others stay away from streaming and play lower end games.

Get a copy of windows from http://reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswap/
can't do that anymore :c
I got mine from G2A, and it worked out well, it was like $21

can't do that anymore :c
I got mine from G2A, and it worked out well, it was like $21
Softwareswap banned it. They're still doing it, just in less well known parts of reddit now. The subreddit I just linked, for example.

For the buyers it's perfectly legal, it's legal for the sellers too just kinda unethical since they're sorta abusing the system.

Softwareswap banned it. They're still doing it, just in less well known parts of reddit now. The subreddit I just linked, for example.
oh whoops I didn't even notice it was a different one
I wish I'd known about this before :c
oh well! at least I can get VS now


My friend wants to put together a gaming PC for around $750, can someone help me out with a build? I am really bad at doing budget builds below $1,000.

Requirements
  • Intel Haswell i3/i5
  • 8GB Of RAM
  • NZXT H230 (Black) ATX Mid Tower
  • Windows 8.1
oh god im not sure if this will suffice part of the build but here:

Graphics Card      - EVGA GeForce 650 Ti 2GB      - $100.00 - http://bit.ly/1xMtnWf
Processor             - Intel i3 Haswell 3.7Ghz           - $120.00 - http://bit.ly/11gV8vp
Motherboard        - MSI Z97S SLI Plus LGA 1150  - $140.00 - http://bit.ly/1z61rRz
RAM                      - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB   - $80.00  - http://bit.ly/1boczdG
Storage                - Western Digital WD Blue 1TB - $60.00  - http://bit.ly/1lYusmk
Power Supply       - CORSAIR CX CX500 500W      - $50.00  - http://bit.ly/1d5r8m0

i do lists in my spare time for computer parts and this is part of a longer list that totals about $710.00 including peripherals
goddamn that came out looking terrible
it was supposed to look like this