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

[Cut Glass]

I am going to be building a new PC (my laptop is dieing). I need it to be powerful because I plan to use it for 3D image/animation rendering, and of course gaming. Also I have little experience building computers. :P

(I don't have a price point set in stone yet, but I would like to keep most of the individual components below $200)


Anyway, is this a reasonable graphics card?

Nice link you got there.

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[ArmyUnit]

Nice link you got there.

Woops I am silly. Fixed and thankyou for pointing that out.

[BlackMod]

I redid some of the cabling to make it look a tad bit better, nothing i could really do about the gpu sag..

[Treynolds416]

Woops I am silly. Fixed and thankyou for pointing that out.

If you're doing heavy enough rendering, a 650 ti isn't really the best choice. Don't restrict yourself to under $200 for all the components, spend on the gpu and then just spend enough on everything else to not bottleneck

@blackmod thank you for holding your camera reasonably still :)

[Flush535]

Is GPU sag something to worry about? right now I have a case where my GPU is upright but I'm switching cases in a bit to one where everything is vertical

[BlackMod]

Is GPU sag something to worry about? right now I have a case where my GPU is upright but I'm switching cases in a bit to one where everything is vertical

Not really worth worrying about, you can always adjust the power cables to give a little bit of support to the card.

[Cut Glass]

Woops I am silly. Fixed and thankyou for pointing that out.

Spend a little more, get this. Will be a lot better than the 650 ti. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130938
OR spend a bit more and get the 4GB version. Which is good for gaming on multiple screens and any VRAM intensive games.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130937

[Cybersix]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130937

>tfw you bought the gpu and the game that comes with it you have no interest in, and no one wants it

[Cut Glass]

>tfw you bought the gpu and the game that comes with it you have no interest in, and no one wants it

lol, I had that happen. My GTX 670 FTW+ 4GB came with Metro Last Light which I did not want.

[Pacha+]

>tfw you bought the gpu and the game that comes with it you have no interest in, and no one wants it

I'll take it

[Cut Glass]

So I might build my friend a $800 gaming computer and this is what I got for him (he doesn't overclock or know about advanced things like that so no need for spending more money on K version of CPU).

What do you guys think? I went a little over $800 but he said not a big deal.
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=31042868

[Munkey]

i don't know why anyone would need over 1 TB unless you're some huge video editor

[Cut Glass]

i don't know why anyone would need over 1 TB unless you're some huge video editor

It's for backups and any extra storage needed.

[Tokthree]

So I might build my friend a $800 gaming computer and this is what I got for him (he doesn't overclock or know about advanced things like that so no need for spending more money on K version of CPU).

What do you guys think? I went a little over $800 but he said not a big deal.
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=31042868

Looks to me like you forgot one very important part. Can you spot which one it is?

[Mr.jacksaunt]

Looks to me like you forgot one very important part. Can you spot which one it is?

Another hard drive?
I think I nailed it.