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

[SPooK]

Would this RAM work better? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233367

Anything that is low profile like that or just in general has small heatsinks will do fine.

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[Bisjac]

i would ONLY ever use water cooling if i have 2 video cards and overclock all hardwares.

otherwise its kind of a waste of effort. even then heat isnt an issue with modern cases and fans, and software to adjust video card and cpu fan speeds.

its just a silencer at that point.

[Titanium Man]

any kind of water cooler under 150 is a waste. I tried an h60 (70 to 80 bucks) vs my good ol' 212 evo (25 bucks), testing i7 4770k temps

h60 - 50 degrees, awfully loud fan
212 evo - 30 degrees, not loud

I was really pissed with purchase as microcenters RMA process is stuff and after I sent them an email asking for the rma code they never replied. so much for great service. time to sell it on ebay I guess

[AlsoSulfate]

evo cooler is great except the thing is loving huge and depending on your mobo it might cover some ram slots


also @ the guy building a computer on the page before this - don't buy a third party cpu cooler unless you're doing overclocking. stock fans are just fine otherwise.

also also, evo comes with thermal compound, so you don't need to buy your own. there is negligible difference between compounds so it doesn't matter how many fancy diamond quantum magic technologies they put in it.

[SPooK]

evo cooler is great except the thing is loving huge and depending on your mobo it might cover some ram slots


also @ the guy building a computer on the page before this - don't buy a third party cpu cooler unless you're doing overclocking. stock fans are just fine otherwise.

also also, evo comes with thermal compound, so you don't need to buy your own. there is negligible difference between compounds so it doesn't matter how many fancy diamond quantum magic technologies they put in it.

He also wants it to last a long time. In which case a 3rd party cooler is a good choice because it does improve the lifespan of the cpu.

[Cut Glass]

What do you guys think the price tags of these things will be on Black Friday/Cyber-Monday?

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=29604148

[Treynolds416]

What do you guys think the price tags of these things will be on Black Friday/Cyber-Monday?

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=29604148

Hard to say, but I'm of the opinion that it's very much worth waiting for

[ShadowsfeaR]

I'm thinking about upgrading my HD 7850 to either an R9 280X or R9 290. Gud Christmas presint yiss

[Jerome]

Made a build, would this be good for $500?
 
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352032 (don't have a lot of space)
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116946
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130909
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130731
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145346

[Cut Glass]

Made a build, would this be good for $500?
 
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352032 (don't have a lot of space)
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116946
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130909
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130731
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145346

Pretty good other than the case.
Case seems to be a little eh on the cooling tho. If you can go any higher try getting a case with a better cooling solution.

[BlackMod]

Made a build, would this be good for $500?
 
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352032 (don't have a lot of space)
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116946
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130909
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130731
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145346

Get the source 210 instead.

[Nal]

Made a build, would this be good for $500?
 
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352032 (don't have a lot of space)
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116946
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130909
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130731
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145346

http://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-Desktop-Hard-Drive/dp/B0088PUEPK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383698088&sr=8-1&keywords=1tb+hard+drive
get this for $15 more

[Jerome]

i can't go any bigger than the case i have on there, a mid-tower case wouldn't fit where i'm putting it

[Titanium Man]

Made a build, would this be good for $500?
 
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352032 (don't have a lot of space)
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116946
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130909
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130731
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145346

get a fx-4300 or the fx-6350 instead of that i3

[Frankie²]

win7 instead
cheaper and better