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[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments
J MASTER:
Is it worth waiting to buy this
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/iBUYPOWER+-+Desktop+-+8GB+Memory+-+500GB+Hard+Drive/6979823.p?id=1218818465504&skuId=6979823#tab=overview
Or to just buy this now and upgrade it?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/iBUYPOWER---Desktop---8GB-Memory---500GB-Hard-Drive/6979787.p?id=1218818468711&skuId=6979787
¥ola³:
--- Quote from: AfterShock on May 11, 2013, 11:12:19 PM ---How'd I do with this?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WFkO
Should I go with dual 7870's, or a single 7970? Also, how is the monitor? I don't know stuff about those.
I'll be using my hard drives and optical drive from my current computer. Almost decided on recycling RAM, but felt it's a bad idea.
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With a computer that powerful, recycling HDD's isn't a good idea.
Chances are you'll recycle a 5400 or 7200 RPM HDD, which is going to suck richard.
Best bet is to boot from a 32GB SSD and then use your current HDD's as mass storage
aludane:
Mini-itx
Intel Atom
Very little noise
Very low power (under 150w)
dual cat-5 ethernet ports, 10/100, 10/100/1000
500GB 2.5" HDD
No DVD drive
Cabling is arse but it's the best I can do
Front USB 3.0 port shall never work (because motherboard simply doesn't support)
stuffty amount of RAM.
It's really a media PC motherboard but it's got the things I need for really low power and low noise with no fans (no cpu fan, no graphics card fan etc). The NIC will be used for connecting to my development computer/raspberry pi while the main ethernet port will go to my room network switch (more computers, internet).
AfterShock:
--- Quote from: ¥ola³ on May 13, 2013, 06:10:39 PM ---With a computer that powerful, recycling HDD's isn't a good idea.
Chances are you'll recycle a 5400 or 7200 RPM HDD, which is going to suck richard.
Best bet is to boot from a 32GB SSD and then use your current HDD's as mass storage
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I have a 120GB SSD that I'll be using to boot from, then a 2TB HDD for mass storage.
Brian Smithers:
--- Quote from: J MASTER on May 13, 2013, 06:05:46 PM ---Is it worth waiting to buy this
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/iBUYPOWER+-+Desktop+-+8GB+Memory+-+500GB+Hard+Drive/6979823.p?id=1218818465504&skuId=6979823#tab=overview
Or to just buy this now and upgrade it?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/iBUYPOWER---Desktop---8GB-Memory---500GB-Hard-Drive/6979787.p?id=1218818468711&skuId=6979787
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The second one is near Identical to my system, afaik same CPU GPU and amnt of RAM, and I run every game on ultra except ARMA 3.
might be worth while if you REALLLY wanna play arma on ultra.