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[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments
Pentium:
Get either of these three, the other won't fit your case:
--- Quote from: Sheepocalypse on October 12, 2015, 04:38:23 PM ---Asustek P8H61-M LE/CSM
ASUS P8H61-M
ASUS P8B75-M
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The bottom board is, as you said, better than the other two, but not neccesarily in a way that matters for gaming. The only difference is that it has two more memory slots, USB 3 support and one SATA 3 header. Unless you're planning on adding an SSD or need to upgrade your RAM but already have both slots occupied, just get the one that's cheapest.
Also, have you checked that your PSU is OK? Idk the backstory here, but it's possible that a faulty PSU is what killed your old board.
Sheepocalypse:
--- Quote from: Pentium on October 12, 2015, 04:51:07 PM ---Also, have you checked that your PSU is OK? Idk the backstory here, but it's possible that a faulty PSU is what killed your old board.
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Damn, never thought of this. How would I be able to know?
Zloff:
Bought an xb1 for 160 late last spring and recently sold it for 275. Using that money to help build a PC to replace it for for gaming like a couple of my other friends. I've already bought 23" monitor, and I have 16gb of <9CAS ram + 1750gb worth of hard drives sitting around so I might change things still
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/MrM00SE/saved/#view=9BV8TW
any opinions on the case, CPU and PSU?
Sheepocalypse:
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Be safe and get a PSU with at least 500 watts.
Pentium:
--- Quote from: Sheepocalypse on October 12, 2015, 04:52:37 PM --- Damn, never thought of this. How would I be able to know?
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Tbh it's not really possible to check unless you have proper testing equipment, or if you can see anything physically wrong on the inside, like bulging/blown capacitors. Considering how crap PSUs in OEM PCs are and how old it is I'd rather be safe than sorry and swap it out. Here's a good one for only $40: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-ea450green
--- Quote from: Zloff on October 12, 2015, 05:12:10 PM ---Bought an xb1 for 160 late last spring and recently sold it for 275. Using that money to help build a PC to replace it for for gaming like a couple of my other friends. I've already bought 23" monitor, and I have 16gb of <9CAS ram + 1750gb worth of hard drives sitting around so I might change things still
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/MrM00SE/saved/#view=9BV8TW
any opinions on the case, CPU and PSU?
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http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Chipskate/saved/r7kZxr
Replaced the AMD FX with an Intel Core i5, dropped the RAM since you already have 16 gigs lying around at home, replaced the SSD with a less stuffty one, swapped the video card for a 960 for $30 less and finally replaced the power supply with an EVGA Supernova GS. I'm not entirely fond of how the case looks but it doesn't look too bad on the inside so if you like the look I'd say go for it.