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

[cooldawson3]

no and i'll be back later with something that might be ok

best i could do for $400 (actually it's about $30 more than that but whatever)
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113348
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161433
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130662
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231644
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438015
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161433

if you haven't even accounted for windows then i recommend just save your money, anything below this i can't say is worth it

I want a few more opinions guys, is this the best or at least really close to the best I could get for $400? Or should I save up to $500 or so?

Ninja: I have my Windows 7 OS already bought and right here on my desk, so that isn't a problem.

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[Treynolds416]

I want a few more opinions guys, is this the best or at least really close to the best I could get for $400? Or should I save up to $500 or so?

Ninja: I have my Windows 7 OS already bought and right here on my desk, so that isn't a problem.

Save up another $30-$50 and you can get an i3-4130, which would allow you to upgrade up through the entire broadwell series in the future. A full $100 saved could get you 8gb ram and a faster hard drive on top of the cpu upgrade. Also, the "case" link in jerome's build is another gpu, lol.

[Flush535]

The second one, I would put a extra $50 in and just get the 760.

if it didn't want to get the second one which one would be better?

[ABlockOfCheese]

Would this be oc friendly with an fx 6300?

[Nal]

Would this be oc friendly with an fx 6300?

I would think so.

[Cut Glass]

I can't find this loving anywhere, how do I install Java on windows 8.1? Every time I try to install it it tells me to close a bunch a programs so I do and when I do that it crashes windows, what the forget is happening.

[Flush535]

what does it tell you to close?

[DiceyGrammar]

have you tried turning it off and on again?

[Cut Glass]

what does it tell you to close?

iTunes, EVGA Precision X, etc. And I just installed it without a crash it LOOKS like. I don't think it's the 64bit version tho..

[Blockzillahead]

I don't think it matters. Either one is fine. The only time I've seen 64-bit Java being used is that "High" setting for view distance in Minecraft or something.

[cooldawson3]

Save up another $30-$50 and you can get an i3-4130, which would allow you to upgrade up through the entire broadwell series in the future. A full $100 saved could get you 8gb ram and a faster hard drive on top of the cpu upgrade. Also, the "case" link in jerome's build is another gpu, lol.

Wow, I wish I knew more about what I am doing here. It looks like I'm going to save up for at least the i3-4130 and I might as well go for adding another $100. I didn't even notice the case one, I could've sworn it was an actual case before. I'll look into a case then, unless someone could do it faster than I could. I've no idea what really matters in a case except for space and air-flow.

[Cut Glass]

Has anyone with a GTX 670 ever experienced this issue:

My GTX 670 4GB FTW+ keeps going from 810MHz idle to 1005MHz and then 3 seconds later it goes back down.

Is this bad for my video card? And how can I make it stop?


Specs:

CPU: i7-4770K - Overclocked to 4.2GHz.
RAM: 16GB 1600MHz.
GPU: GTX 670 4GB FTW+

[Flush535]

Gonna be reinstalling Windows soon onto my SSD. Yay speediness

[Cut Glass]

Do you even hard drive?

[Tokthree]

Has anyone with a GTX 670 ever experienced this issue:

My GTX 670 4GB FTW+ keeps going from 810MHz idle to 1005MHz and then 3 seconds later it goes back down.

Is this bad for my video card? And how can I make it stop?


Specs:

CPU: i7-4770K - Overclocked to 4.2GHz.
RAM: 16GB 1600MHz.
GPU: GTX 670 4GB FTW+

Most modern GPU's and CPU's have automatic clock-speed adjustment to save energy and it pisses me off because sometimes I swear that in the time it takes to adjust the clock speed I lose a few frames