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

[Tokthree]

What I want to know is how the hell did he manage to get it out of the CPU socket while the heatsink was still attached? Not to mention without breaking any pins

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[Steve5451²]

What I want to know is how the hell did he manage to get it out of the CPU socket while the heatsink was still attached? Not to mention without breaking any pins

eh I did it with my last CPU. It wasn't hard and both the motherboard and CPU were okay. I heated the heatsink up with a blow dryer and it came right off with a little twist and slide action.

[Georges]

So I swapped out my old AMD FX-4130 for an Intel Celeron 1820, and I THINK I see an improvement on Blockland performance. I was playing Wrapperup's server with max shaders and performance shaders, and it stayed close to 60 FPS. I don't think my FX-4130 did that well.

[Steve5451²]

So I swapped out my old AMD FX-4130 for an Intel Celeron 1820, and I THINK I see an improvement on Blockland performance. I was playing Wrapperup's server with max shaders and performance shaders, and it stayed close to 60 FPS. I don't think my FX-4130 did that well.

What an odd switch. I could see a performance increase in single or two threaded applications but the FX would probably beat the Celeron when more cores are needed.

[Georges]

What an odd switch. I could see a performance increase in single or two threaded applications but the FX would probably beat the Celeron when more cores are needed.

I agree. Most people wouldn't do this, but I basically only ever play Blockland,  which only uses two cores.

By the way, my brother already had the Celeron, I didn't buy it just for this. I'm hoping to get an i5 eventually.

[hillkill]

What I want to know is how the hell did he manage to get it out of the CPU socket while the heatsink was still attached? Not to mention without breaking any pins

amd sockets don't have a bracket on top that holds the top of it down too.

[Tokthree]

amd sockets don't have a bracket on top that holds the top of it down too.

They still have the clamp which grabs the pins once they're in the socket

[Georges]

[Tetris]

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/B2WVCJ

ordering tomorrow.

any tips, suggestions, or part changes to make?

[Steve5451²]

I agree. Most people wouldn't do this, but I basically only ever play Blockland,  which only uses two cores.

By the way, my brother already had the Celeron, I didn't buy it just for this. I'm hoping to get an i5 eventually.

Oh gotcha. Looking at the specs it's an LGA 1150 socket. Cool, you could upgrade to a 4th gen i5 or i7 any time.

[Quote Story]

What case is that?

[Daswiruch]

thinking of building my brother a computer around christmas '15

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor  ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($42.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB FTW ACX Video Card  ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer  ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN851ND 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter  ($19.89 @ Amazon)
Total: $536.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-26 03:46 EST-0500

what do you guys think?

[Tetris]

thinking of building my brother a computer around christmas '15

wait like next year christmas?

if so, then most- if not all- all these parts will be out of date

[Daswiruch]

wait like next year christmas?

if so, then most- if not all- all these parts will be out of date

then i'll remake it around that time
no problem, man

[Oasis]

Jesus, Linus just did a tear down of the 5k iMac, and christ that'd be hell.