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

[hillkill]

k so getting money in about a week. here's what i have that's pretty much official right now http://pcpartpicker.com/user/med521/saved/VKTtt6

is there any way you can edit to make it a better value? i have 500 dollars, and another 60 for shipping and stuff.

[Ad Bot]

[Nal]

thermal stuff is usually preapplied to coolers

stock coolers*
those are stuff though

fun fact: when I upgraded to my 4790k, I forgot to buy thermal paste because I thought I had it all along, lol fun times

k so getting money in about a week. here's what i have that's pretty much official right now http://pcpartpicker.com/user/med521/saved/VKTtt6

is there any way you can edit to make it a better value? i have 500 dollars, and another 60 for shipping and stuff.

I would maybe get a low end am3+ cpu with that money and then upgrade it later, fm2+ is kinda stuffty

also, I'm moving soon so I don't know if I should try this but I'm tempted to make my own router type of system with pfSense
a simple idea of this would be from here but idk, it would be a lot more pricey then a normal router

but with this we'd get good strength and thats kinda what we need for this setup

[hillkill]

what kind of low end are you talking about?

[Nal]

what kind of low end are you talking about?

4300 maybe, and if you have a micro center in the area buy it from there and find a budget motherboard, you can save $40 off of it
honestly you should save, its not worth getting a computer that low end
or an am3 cpu and a motherboard with am3+ support, that would bring you to the phenom series, but I don't know much about amd anymore

[hillkill]

i look at every review on every product to make sure it's reliable. it's really hard to find a mobo with good reviews and a low price.

[Tokthree]

I have never bought an aftermarket cooler that didn't come with it's own TIM and most, if not all, AiO Watercoolers come with it pre-applied to the waterblock.

4300 maybe, and if you have a micro center in the area buy it from there and find a budget motherboard, you can save $40 off of it
honestly you should save, its not worth getting a computer that low end
or an am3 cpu and a motherboard with am3+ support, that would bring you to the phenom series, but I don't know much about amd anymore

Never ever advise an individual to cheap out and buy a cheap motherboard, no matter what his budget is. That's just straight-up bad advice

[Oasis]

i look at every review on every product to make sure it's reliable. it's really hard to find a mobo with good reviews and a low price.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97a

[Nal]

I have never bought an aftermarket cooler that didn't come with it's own TIM and most, if not all, AiO Watercoolers come with it pre-applied to the waterblock.

Never ever advise an individual to cheap out and buy a cheap motherboard, no matter what his budget is. That's just straight-up bad advice

I'm only recommending it for upgrading
Fm2 is fine, just not much support for it compared to the FX series

[Ninja Decoy]

stock coolers*
those are stuff though

Thermal paste was pre-applied to my closed loop cooler.
A lot of coolers have thermal paste already applied. Its not necessarily bad either, but its sometimes better to get better paste, depending on the brand you bought.

[hillkill]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97a

i don't need a specialty mobo like that. besides it's 120 dollars. it's not even am3+

[Tokthree]

besides it's 120 dollars.

The motherboard is the most important part of a computer, don't skimp on it

[Steve5451²]

Thermal paste was pre-applied to my closed loop cooler.
A lot of coolers have thermal paste already applied. Its not necessarily bad either, but its sometimes better to get better paste, depending on the brand you bought.

Yeah, my cooler master hyper T4 came with a little bag of thermal paste. I used arctic silver though.

The motherboard is the most important part of a computer, don't skimp on it

I can tell you from personal experience that this is absolutely true.

[Daswiruch]

The motherboard is the most important part of a computer, don't skimp on it

[Nal]

Thermal paste was pre-applied to my closed loop cooler.
A lot of coolers have thermal paste already applied. Its not necessarily bad either, but its sometimes better to get better paste, depending on the brand you bought.

really?
what cooler do you have?

you can upgrade it you know, honestly $400 and an fm would be fine, but upgrading will be pricey

[hillkill]

what part of budget don't you understand?