I haz made puter

lschmidt said:
IMO, ssd is something you only do if you have nothing better to do with the money. If you *do* end up getting an SSD drive, make sure it's a top of the line intel drive. They are shown to have the least decrease in speed over time.

I'd like to have two ssd's in a raid1 config, and do daily backups to a remote location.
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I just got the new Intel 510 and it's a killer. Hopefully it won't corrupt my data like the old vertex 2 did.
 


I have to pick up one of those phantom cases for my next build, nice work it is slick looking.
 
LOL, building a PC is so 90's.. it's all about Apple now if you want to be cool.

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Maybe you should get a mac -joe-; apple don't have issues with overheating because they are designed to be easy to use from the ground up.
 
pretty sure those results are in regard to hackintosh (typical pc people trying to run apple without paying for the privilege).
 
SEO_Mike said:
Although to be fair, there shouldn't have been since I haven't overclocked it yet. Honestly though, I'm not sure why I would want to. It's goddam fast as it is.
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Because the rig that you built was intended to be overclocked. You can easily get more performance with this rig. Your MOBO has everything you need to do it and AMD chips are well known for overclocking.

Before you decide not to to Overclock at least check out some of the forums so you can at least find out the true potential of your rig. Once you start building your own machines I think its really hard not to want to make it even better. Sweet setup and nice work for your 1st build
 
or you can purchase a superior gaming machine in an apple laptop which comes overclocked out of the box plus they have the latest video card on the market which is an AMD Radeon HD 6750.
 
Made this about a month ago:

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(pic is during build obviously)


The mobo was dead out of the box, but instant return at Fry's. For all you Newegg fanboys, Fry's is now doing internet price matching....so it is in fact officially better (if you have once nearby of course)


Final core build was:

i7 2600k sandy bridge
8g ram
HD Radeon 6970



I'm getting bottle necked by a normal 500g HDD, but SSD's are too expensive. Either way, this thing handles anything I throw at it. I can alt tab in and out of games like its running minesweeper.
 
so what would be an easy high end build for someone interested, but never done it?

Id like to get a barebones kit from like amazone or tigerdirect, but I dont even know what the best cpu/motherboard to get.. let alone graphics cards and shit.
 
eliquid said:
so what would be an easy high end build for someone interested, but never done it?

Id like to get a barebones kit from like amazone or tigerdirect, but I dont even know what the best cpu/motherboard to get.. let alone graphics cards and shit.
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I'm not sure how much your trying to spend or anything...but this:

GeForce.com - Get the Most Out of Your GPU

is a really kickass build for under $600. I would recommend a better processor honestly, but its a good read for an easy and cheap build. Although the comp is a "gaming computer", some people don't realize that a "gaming computer" really just means a badass computer. You can also take $100 off that build if you already have windows.
 
eliquid said:
so what would be an easy high end build for someone interested, but never done it?

Id like to get a barebones kit from like amazone or tigerdirect, but I dont even know what the best cpu/motherboard to get.. let alone graphics cards and shit.
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For the very first build, get someone to hold your hand.

One evening - Get a buddy, grab a computer a few cold beers and go shopping.

Building the thing is really not that hard, but I guess some pointers are needed here and there.

So when the stuff arrives, grab said buddy, have a few cold beers and enjoy a new computer at the end of the evening.

::emp::
 
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