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

[Treynolds416]

Bought a Samsung 840 250gb SSD for my Macbook, they any good???

you should have gone for an 840 evo
I mean, you already own a macbook so there's literally no excuse for not paying top dollar for components. That's not a stab at you or apple, it's true

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[Plexious]

I've got this 2005 VGA (Blue) and 2013 VGA (Grey). Why does the grey one have the cylinder near both connectors and the blue one doesn't?
http://i.imgur.com/j8o357F.jpg

That is a ferrite bead. It prevents high frequency electrical noise (radio frequency interference) from entering or exiting the cable strengthening the signal and preventing artifacts.

[Pie Crust]

When my drive dies, I'm going to make a funeral. 2005 200GB IDE drive. An OS was installed on it 7 times and it failed twice. It never gave up on me (it never clicked, it never prevented reading/writing or failed to spin) and I'm installing Windows again on it. And I just found out that my school has a contract with Microsoft. I can download ANYTHING they have for free and legally. I'm limited to one download per month so April is done.

[Tetris]

best cheap 1080p monitor?

a while ago i remember there being a discussion on monitors but i can't find it

[Treynolds416]

best cheap 1080p monitor?

a while ago i remember there being a discussion on monitors but i can't find it

$100 will get you something 21" 60hz, that's the sweet spot imo

[Pie Crust]

60hz

Which reminds me, my monitor is supposed to have a 75hz refresh rate. Would it hurt to have it refresh at 60hz?

[Frankie²]

Which reminds me, my monitor is supposed to have a 75hz refresh rate. Would it hurt to have it refresh at 60hz?

no

[0xBRIANSMITH]

Which reminds me, my monitor is supposed to have a 75hz refresh rate. Would it hurt to have it refresh at 60hz?

After your monitor grows arms in legs it will viciously pinch you, constantly hurting you but never killing you.

[Tetris]

$100 will get you something 21" 60hz, that's the sweet spot imo

link to any monitors? i have no idea where to look

ALSO

what is a case that is similar in form factor to the BitFenix prodigy but can handle more than 1 graphics card?

[Treynolds416]

link to any monitors? i have no idea where to look

ALSO

what is a case that is similar in form factor to the BitFenix prodigy but can handle more than 1 graphics card?

I have 2 monitors that are this. Just use newegg to filter down monitors that are 1080p
For the case thing, I don't think there are any miniITX motherboards that have slots for 2 cards, so it follows there aren't any cases that have space for two either. You should look into the form factor called "microATX", which is the next size bigger.

[matthewbim11]

Looking to upgrade from a Laptop. Extremely limited budget, the lower the better.
Current laptop specs:
i3 2.4ghz quad
8gigs GSkill (aftermarket)
Intel HD 3000
500 GB 5200 RPM HDD

This is what I came up with http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3nmmu
I won't be playing the newest games, but I do host my Fortwars. Will that APU play BF4 on lowest settings (multiplayer)?

[Bisjac]

juat ordered myself a http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GSJ9X4Q/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

:D

been watching it for a while. they 100 bucks down o nearly every site they were at now.

[matthewbim11]

Nice, enjoy the improved speeds.

[Steve5451²]

I payed $50 for my case and I hate it lol

I have this.



It's actually a really nice budget case. Great airflow.

[Georges]

I have a cougar case as well, it's pretty nice.