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

[Admiral Obvious]

Guys, I want to upgrade my motherboard, RAM (DDR2 to DDR3), CPU, and case. I have a budget of about $250. I'm looking at AMD with an aftermarket cooler to fit my budget but I hear so many complaints about it. What do you think?

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[espio100]

Guys, I want to upgrade my motherboard, RAM (DDR2 to DDR3), CPU, and case. I have a budget of about $250. I'm looking at AMD with an aftermarket cooler to fit my budget but I hear so many complaints about it. What do you think?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gRPKf7
iirc amd cpu's dont come with stock cooler so you might need one.

[Agent Legit 22]

Bad news.

Its still happening.

[Tokthree]

Thats how I pick out my gpus, you just need to find the right price for it.

Those are synthetic benchmarks, you want to use gaming benchmarks whenever possible as synthetic benchmarks taken from benchmarking software are not accurate representations of video card performance in real world scenarios

[Majorth]

Big update:





I also ordered my Core i5-4590 :D

All I need left is

• Graphics card
• Keyboard and mouse
• Monitor

[carolcat]

surprised it isn't up in flames

idk if you can see beyond what i'm assuming is your fanboy point of view, but pretty much all companies have had their fair share of architectures or models that overheat. intel has had pentiums notorious for overheating, qualcomm has had a snapdragon processor notorious for overheating, and the same applies for nvidia and amd. it's not just a single brand that will overheat, all brands have their fair share of bad apples. you'll be a lot better off if you accept that not all products will be perfect, regardless of the maker.

[LeetZero]

Sooo....
Remember when I complained about high CPU temperatures?

[Nal]

jesus is that chernobyl

[Tokthree]

Sooo....
Remember when I complained about high CPU temperatures?

Nice

[AtlasBlue]

Sooo....
Remember when I complained about high CPU temperatures?

How does that even happen?!?

[Clownfish]

jesus is that chernobyl

blyat

[Tokthree]

How does that even happen?!?

Things happen when you keep your dust collection next to your computer

[Becquerel]

oh my god

[LeetZero]

In other news, according to what I read and the + - front panel header and all that jazz, for me the black & white wires are all negative/ground and the arrows are positive. The issue comes with the text orienation. Does it matter or not?
All of them seems to follow suit with the cable orientation and all, but then there is the Reset one where if you put the positive where it's meant to be, it sends the ground to a dummy one, implying the text facing the same way

[espio100]

How does that even happen?!?

When you have a negative airflow it can create a vacuum and pull in air from notches 'n stuff in the case, wich does not have dust filters.
Or just not maintaining and cleaning your pc

jesus is that chernobyl

LMFAO
Kudos to you nal.

forget cleaning all that stuff up. Just get a new mb because that one seems forgeted