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

[Cybersix]

vista? vista?? you serious???

Like I said

I just used my old hdd because I'm a skinflint.

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[Titanium Man]

the fact that you're playing in 1920x1080 on a 1920x1080 monitor

so you're saying I should play at lower resolutions than 1920x1080 on my 1920x1080 monitor so everything looks like stuff
ok

[Treynolds416]

Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP2

CPU
Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology

RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
MSI Z77A-G45 (MS-7752) (SOCKET 0)

Graphics
L1719S (1280x1024@60Hz)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (EVGA)

Hard Drives
699GB Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 ATA Device (SATA)
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH40F ATA Device
FKHMX 5ABC9E78H6J SCSI CdRom Device

Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio


I just used my old hdd because I'm a skinflint.

Why only use 1333mhz ram? And a tiny display monitor with a 760?

[Nal]

Why only use 1333mhz ram? And a tiny display monitor with a 760?

well maybe he's going to get a larger one in the future?
I run two monitors with a gtx 560 is that a bad idea

[Cybersix]

well maybe he's going to get a larger one in the future?

I am. My plan was to just build the computer first, then purchase a new OS, hdd and monitor in the future.

[Nal]

I am. My plan was to just build the computer first, then purchase a new OS, hdd and monitor in the future.

I did kinda the same thing for when I built my computer, I transferred the power supply disk writer graphics card and hard drive from it and upgrading the CPU and getting a new hard drive for it too so the write speeds werent garbage like the other one. In total I have like 2tb and 75gb on my hard drive. It's really worth getting a new hard drive with a better speed because I'm planning on getting an ssd for boot times on my computer. I also transferred the OS since I had a legal copy of windows laying around and used the key from my old computer since I didn't need it anymore

[Vortex]

it's not good for a computer to constantly have hardware changed in and out.

its puts strain and stress and wear on the constant hardware.

it also puts stress on the computer because chances are you arent deleting old drivers and software

[Nal]

it's not good for a computer to constantly have hardware changed in and out.

its puts strain and stress and wear on the constant hardware.

it also puts stress on the computer because chances are you arent deleting old drivers and software

lol I havent upgraded anything on this computer but the hard drive capacity by 75gb when I put all of that together it was when I was putting my computer together
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/xeon/xeon-phi-detail.html
Can i get an explination for what the literal forget this is

[Port]

so you're saying I should play at lower resolutions than 1920x1080 on my 1920x1080 monitor so everything looks like stuff

how would that look like stuff??
also the only game you should do that for is blockland

[Blockzillahead]

how would that look like stuff??
also the only game you should do that for is blockland

720p would look pretty pixelated and ugly on a 1080p monitor on fullscreen, but in windowed mode it looks fine.

[Port]

fullscreen

here's your problem

[Cybersix]

getting an ssd for boot times on my computer.

That's what I had in mind as well

[Titanium Man]

here's your problem

windowed? Jesus christ im screaming from horror

[Vortex]

here's your problem

you get better performance (using windows) from running fullscreen

and with crossfire the crossfired card won't even turn on if the application isn't in fullscreen

[Port]

Regardless of superior performance (on Windows), most OS'es in combination with most games spend sometimes up to 30 seconds just switching between a fullscreen application and a windowed application. If you have two screens, or, in general, you're the kind of person who does more than one thing at once (most people), this is just a pain.

Blockland is not the kind of game you'd be engaged in full time, either.