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

[Flush535]

Are you planning on getting multiple screens/graphics cards? Because then I can kind of see why you would go for such a high powered PSU...but if I were you I would still go with with what an experienced builder suggests, he probably knows more than you :o

[Ad Bot]

[Mr.jacksaunt]

It's possible to put a 690 and 650 together right

[Brian Smithers]

lol Brian.
1300W is enough to pull 3 high end graphics cards. (which you only can benefit from if you have a multi screen setup). If you buy such an expensive and powerfull PSU, I don't understand why you don't invest in more money in the other parts (GPU). I'd recommend this PSU instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011. It's modular, cheaper, nicer (without the flashy lights, imo) and from a respected brand. 850W should be more than enough.

Also, since you want the 3570k, you probably want to overclock. An aftermarket heatsink is recommended for that. The Corsair H100i (water) or Noctua NH-D14 (air) are solid choices.

Ok dady :c

so now I have an extra $40 for the CPU
woohoo later I pick out another CPU

 http://newegg.com/Product?itemNumber=N82E16819116502 how is that?

[Nickelob Ultra]

People always tell me I should buy an SSD to improve system performance.
I tell them to forget off and go advise someone else to waste copious amounts of cash on technology that isn't really relevant for gaming.

If you can't stand waiting 30 seconds for your PC to boot completely and want to load games faster than a couple seconds then be my guest, but don't go around spreading the completely bullstuff information that the speed boost provided by an SSD over a HDD actually matters for anything other than business applications

Hey you know what you should do?  Buy an SSD to improve system performance, because it actually loving works.

Maybe they're kind of right, considering my $100 64GB SSD is one of the top improvements I've made on my PC.  You don't have to put everything on it, just your essentials.  There's a huge difference too.  I open a music file on my desktop's SSD, instantly plays.  I open a music file on my laptop's HDD, I have to actually kind of let the entire music library "load up" in the folder view first, then play a music file, and all in all it's maybe 6-8 seconds, IMO not acceptable (this is a laptop that is basically on par with my desktop too).

[MackTheHunter]

Hey you know what you should do?  Buy an SSD to improve system performance, because it actually loving works.

Maybe they're kind of right, considering my $100 64GB SSD is one of the top improvements I've made on my PC.  You don't have to put everything on it, just your essentials.  There's a huge difference too.  I open a music file on my desktop's SSD, instantly plays.  I open a music file on my laptop's HDD, I have to actually kind of let the entire music library "load up" in the folder view first, then play a music file, and all in all it's maybe 6-8 seconds, IMO not acceptable (this is a laptop that is basically on par with my desktop too).

I bought a 128GB OCZ SSD and took it back.

Reason being, if you buy the SSD when you buy your computer, you can just kinda do everything from the ground up with the drives.

If you buy it when you already have 600GB of stuff on your main drive, it's gonna be really annoying and tough. But if you have the patience, go for it, just moving all of your stuff over is annoying imo.

Besides, I can deal with being patient for now. When Micron releases that 1 TB SSD, I'll probably buy that and transfer my whole goddamn partition so I won't have to deal with re-installing my entire file system.

[Brian Smithers]

Would the ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB do better than the EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB?

[SPooK]

I bought a 128GB OCZ SSD and took it back.

Reason being, if you buy the SSD when you buy your computer, you can just kinda do everything from the ground up with the drives.

If you buy it when you already have 600GB of stuff on your main drive, it's gonna be really annoying and tough. But if you have the patience, go for it, just moving all of your stuff over is annoying imo.

Besides, I can deal with being patient for now. When Micron releases that 1 TB SSD, I'll probably buy that and transfer my whole goddamn partition so I won't have to deal with re-installing my entire file system.

I agree. And until SSDs get to the same price per gig as some HDD out there then I wont touch them. It's just not enough space :(

[Zeblote]

Would the ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB do better than the EVGA GeForce GTX 640 Ti SSC 2GB?

no

[Nickelob Ultra]

I bought a 128GB OCZ SSD and took it back.

Reason being, if you buy the SSD when you buy your computer, you can just kinda do everything from the ground up with the drives.

If you buy it when you already have 600GB of stuff on your main drive, it's gonna be really annoying and tough. But if you have the patience, go for it, just moving all of your stuff over is annoying imo.

Besides, I can deal with being patient for now. When Micron releases that 1 TB SSD, I'll probably buy that and transfer my whole goddamn partition so I won't have to deal with re-installing my entire file system.

Oh yeah, I reinstalled Windows when I got my SSD.  There's no reason to NOT have your OS on your SSD, it's just... no.

[Jerome]

no

yes

[ShadowsfeaR]

My 64GB SSD has very little space left, if I were to upgrade to a higher capacity, would I be able to just completely transfer everything over?

[Brian Smithers]

yes

[Brian Smithers]

Guys
I have come to a final conclusion

Motherboard: [144.99] [7.87] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128544

Case: [149.99] [14.99] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119260

HDD: [59.99] [0.00] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136951

Video Card: [179.99] [0.00] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130841

RAM: [79.99] [0.00] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233296

Optical: [29.99] [0.00] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106325

PSU: [169.99] [0.00] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011

Screen: [109.99] [0.00] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009421

CPU [299.99] [0.00] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116502

Total [1224.91] [22.86]

Here is my final most conclusion. I don't believe theres anything less.
The things I changed since the initial design:

Motherboard - Changed to intel
CPU - Changed to i7 3770 (not K because I dont want to overclock)
Video Card - Changed to 650 Ti SSC 2GB
PSU - Downgraded to 850V powersupply

This is my final design, please make comments/tell me what I'm doing wrong.
I don't want you to redesign it guys.

[DrenDran]

SSD isn't ram, so how's it different from a normal harddrive?
I've got a 2TB external hard drive that's small, stable, and cost under 100$.

[Mr.jacksaunt]

You said 640 not 650
the amount of things going wrong with you and computers is off the charts