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[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments
MegaScientifical:
* Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
* Seagate Barracuda STBD2000101 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Retail kit
The first one crosses the border of my personal price range, so I'd need to do something else for that. But it is better rated. Although it is just the drive and I'm not sure I have the cables, or the screws, so the second one might be it. The second one has a lot of reviews mentioning noise, heat, and breakage, which makes me nervous.
Decepticon:
Okay, well I just went to the store today and looked at the computers, all I could find was just "AMD ATI Radeon HD 7310", is that still good though? They may have just ran out if the other one said "7750/7770"
AfterShock:
--- Quote from: MegaScientifical on March 22, 2013, 04:40:28 PM ---
* Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
* Seagate Barracuda STBD2000101 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Retail kit
The first one crosses the border of my personal price range, so I'd need to do something else for that. But it is better rated. Although it is just the drive and I'm not sure I have the cables, or the screws, so the second one might be it. The second one has a lot of reviews mentioning noise, heat, and breakage, which makes me nervous.
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Pro tip: Most of the reviewers are the people who got a forgeted up drive, and chose to complain about it.
I'm willing to bet you'll get one that works properly, despite the reviews. They're almost fully inaccurate since the drive they received was messed up.
--- Quote from: Decepticon on March 22, 2013, 04:51:20 PM ---Okay, well I just went to the store today and looked at the computers, all I could find was just "AMD ATI Radeon HD 7310", is that still good though? They may have just ran out if the other one said "7750/7770"
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Looked for a benchmark, you'll get 9 FPS on Skyrim on the lowest setting. It'd mostly depend on what you want to do with it, I suppose.
KoopaScooper:
--- Quote from: MegaScientifical on March 22, 2013, 04:40:28 PM ---
* Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
* Seagate Barracuda STBD2000101 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Retail kit
The first one crosses the border of my personal price range, so I'd need to do something else for that. But it is better rated. Although it is just the drive and I'm not sure I have the cables, or the screws, so the second one might be it. The second one has a lot of reviews mentioning noise, heat, and breakage, which makes me nervous.
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If you get a bad drive, just RMA it. You'll have to pay for the return shipping to Newegg, but I think Seagate might pay the return shipping for you if you file the RMA with them instead of Newegg.
Decepticon:
--- Quote from: AfterShock on March 22, 2013, 04:51:37 PM ---Looked for a benchmark, you'll get 9 FPS on Skyrim on the lowest setting. It'd mostly depend on what you want to do with it, I suppose.
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The main things I want a video card to do:
Run Blockland at maximum everything smoothly
Run Battlefield 3 with a smooth FPS on medium+ settings
Run GTA IV on Medium+ with a smooth FPS.