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

[Ninja Decoy]

I believe he's going to be getting two 770's off Bisjac for $500.

ONLY if he doesn't sell it to the IRL interest. From The looks of it, there is a very low chance I can get them, which is why im holding off on buying a card at the moment.

I love how anything under $1700 is AMD GPUs and around under $500 is AMD CPUs. (Almost bare minimum).

Isn't AMD more low budget friendly, CPUs and GPUs alike? Don't their GPUS on average have a higher price/performance?

Personally, I dont see WHY you would need an AMD CPU if you are spending a fair amount of cash. I have no problems with their GPUs, but if you are going for the absolute most powerful, usually Nvidia has what you're looking for.

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[Pecon]

i heard choosemypc.net is better than Logical Increments? can anyone confirm/deny?

I think the CPU and GPU choices are decent, I really dislike how much it skimps on the motherboard though. I've bought ASRock motherboards before (It tends to recommend them), and they tended to die rather fast.

[Treynolds416]

Go with the 780 or 780 Ti. Single card performance is always better and 2 770's will cost more than a 780 Ti.

yada yada I would recommend AMD cards for those prices yada yada

That aside, wtf you're wrong. Single card performance is not always better. 2 770s will cost more than a single 780 Ti, but they'll perform significantly better, with a much better price/performance ratio. If he were to only go with only a single card, it should be a 6gb version of the 780 and not the ti, because the ti only has 3gb of vram, which isn't good at all for 4k resolution and if he wants to SLI in the future he'll have to completely rebuy. If he's buying bisjac's cards, I would definiteky recommend them because I know he has 4gb variants of the 770s

i heard choosemypc.net is better than Logical Increments? can anyone confirm/deny?

Seems like the $1000 build is better than the one on logicalincrements. Didn't check any of the others, but probably it's better in general. The problem with all of these "give me a budget and I'll give you a build" sites though, is that you're losing your ability to pick components. When people ask other people for a build, they're not entirely sure about just one decision so they go to multiple people for multiple opinions, which is good. But, when it's a nice-looking site, people just buy it without consulting anyone else. It looks like a good tool for a starting point, and then you can customize your build from there

I think the CPU and GPU choices are decent, I really dislike how much it skimps on the motherboard though. I've bought ASRock motherboards before (It tends to recommend them), and they tended to die rather fast.

Jeez, why does everyone here not like ASRock. I've used several ASRock motherboards, and none of them have died. Obviously that proves nothing, but they are indeed a budget motherboard builder. The fact of the matter is, if you want a motherboard on the cheap from a reputable brand, ASRock is pretty much the only choice. There are better motherboards, but they cost more. ASRock boards do what they're supposed to do, for the price they're supposed to do it for.

[Plexious]

yada yada I would recommend AMD cards for those prices yada yada

That aside, wtf you're wrong. Single card performance is not always better. 2 770s will cost more than a single 780 Ti, but they'll perform significantly better, with a much better price/performance ratio. If he were to only go with only a single card, it should be a 6gb version of the 780 and not the ti, because the ti only has 3gb of vram, which isn't good at all for 4k resolution and if he wants to SLI in the future he'll have to completely rebuy. If he's buying bisjac's cards, I would definiteky recommend them because I know he has 4gb variants of the 770s

A majority of games don't support SLI at all. That means the game will only utilize 1 GPU leaving the other GPU(s) completely useless and your extra hundreds of dollars that you spent on a second GPU and stronger power supply wasted.

[Ninja Decoy]

A majority of games don't support SLI at all. That means the game will only utilize 1 GPU leaving the other GPU(s) completely useless and your extra hundreds of dollars that you spent on a second GPU and stronger power supply wasted.

IIRC most, if not all, of the games that would even NEED 2 cards at max graphics support SLI.

[Bisjac]

most games do support sli. the only ones that dont are weird little indie games and the such.

[Georges]

So I know I asked this a while back, but because things in the computer parts market are constantly changing, I'll ask it again.

What's the most powerful GPU I could run safely with 430 watts.

Other specs are: AMD FX 4130, 4 gigs of RAM (probably would upgrade this to 8 before a new GPU, though), one HDD, a disk drive, and a wireless card.
in other news, I finally got a disk drive!

[Plexious]

So I know I asked this a while back, but because things in the computer parts market are constantly changing, I'll ask it again.

What's the most powerful GPU I could run safely with 430 watts.

Other specs are: AMD FX 4130, 4 gigs of RAM (probably would upgrade this to 8 before a new GPU, though), one HDD, a disk drive, and a wireless card.

On the Nvidia side a 750 Ti is so ridiculously power efficient that you could probably put 2 of them in SLI and still be fine with a power supply that low.
On the AMD side however you'll be able to get an R7 260X at most.

[Georges]

On the Nvidia side a 750 Ti is so ridiculously power efficient that you could probably put 2 of them in SLI and still be fine with a power supply that low.
On the AMD side however you'll be able to get an R7 260X at most.

micro atx, only one slot

Well OK. Which is more powerful? Single 750 to or r7 260x?

Edit: I couldn't go for a R7 265?

Double edit: Most places seem to say that a 430 watt should handle a R7 265. Anyone have any experience with XFX? I could get one of those for $125 after a rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150709&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

[Georges]

Bump

[Tokthree]

My XFX 7870 has performed well in the few years I've had it

[Bisjac]

On the Nvidia side a 750 Ti is so ridiculously power efficient that you could probably put 2 of them in SLI and still be fine with a power supply that low.
On the AMD side however you'll be able to get an R7 260X at most.

careful. there are like 5 models of the 750 including the ti's
only ONE of them even have the bridge ports on top for sli.

and its not the 750ti superclocked i know. its the biggest one that does require a 6pin for power.

[Georges]

Well I couldn't sli anyway, I only have one slot for a GPU.

[Bisjac]

the 750ti runs on the pcie x16 slots max power they carry. 75w

[Georges]

the 750ti runs on the pcie x16 slots max power they carry. 75w

oh

Well two 750tis is to expensive anyway. Besides, does Blockland even support sli?