TheMissingNin said:
i feel like a high shill for repeatedly linking this site, but their pre-built prices really aren't that far from what you could build yourself:
http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/pcs-gaming.asp?idcategory=94
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i feel like a high shill for repeatedly linking this site, but their pre-built prices really aren't that far from what you could build yourself:
http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/pcs-gaming.asp?idcategory=94
TheMissingNin
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ghst said:
Wow-Wee! That's pretty darn good. There's an £800 build that's pretty much what I'm after - with the extra cash it might give me room to customise a bit further.
Have you had any experience dealing with these dudes in the past?
brain_stew
Member
ghst said:
I know of at least one GAFer that's used them and he had a decent experience apart from one issue; they tend to ship their configs with shitty PSUs. So make sure you spend a little extra to get a better PSU.
TheMissingNin
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ghst said:
Googled them and it seems to be somewhat mixed reviews - or just a very vocal minority. Is there anyone you have dealt with that you or anyone can vouch for? I'm liking the DinoPC but I'd like a couple more suggestions if you can.
brain_stew said:
Yeah, I did notice that - though they do list a PSU similar to the one I was thinking about in my initial post (650W Corsair TX Ultra-Quiet)
For clarity, this is the build that caught my eye: http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/configurePrd.asp?idproduct=768
TheMissingNin
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HAHA! Epic luls - I guess the gods of Gaf Approve :lol :lol :lol
My experience with Dinopc.com was at best frustrating. They Shipped 2 days late after i paid for 2 day delivery, i went to customer service about it and found out that they didn't have the cooler i ordered and it wouldn't be in for 2 weeks. They didn't tell me this was happening, i bet if i had not said anything they wouldn't have said a word. They then offered me an alternative fan which was half the price and i had to nag them for a refund on the difference. I now have my new computer and the CPU temps are astronomically high, I'm currently waiting to speak to their tech support because i may void warranty if i check it out myself.
So yeah, if my experience is anything to go by Dinopc's mother was killed by a CPU fan.
So yeah, if my experience is anything to go by Dinopc's mother was killed by a CPU fan.
adriano999
Member
I've just decided to build my own computer(after watching some videos, i think i can do it lol) so i need some help to decide what i should buy(and where).
Budget: 1000 + EU
Main Use: Gaming, internet & general usage
Monitor Resolution: Probably 1080p, i'm not exactly sure since i've not yet decided which monitor to buy.
List SPECIFIC games that you MUST be able to play: Valve Games, Crysis at a decent framerate, other new stuff
Budget: 1000 + EU
Italy, i need an online retailer that ships in my country without paying too much
Monitor Resolution: Probably 1080p, i'm not exactly sure since i've not yet decided which monitor to buy.
List SPECIFIC games that you MUST be able to play: Valve Games, Crysis at a decent framerate, other new stuff
gregor7777
Banned
gregor7777 said:
Sorry to bump but did anyone have any thoughts on DDR3 vs DDR2 performance here?
thanks
And you didn't share with me? You bum. :[_tetsuo_ said:
The extra hassle is an hour of your time if everything goes correctly.TheLegendary said:
I'm also guessing you will get the computer faster, have better sound, a better power supply, and overall better components.
If anything goes wrong you have the ability to replace it quickly.
I've seen DELL deals where they slightly beat the price of putting it together yourself but I still wouldn't buy a premade.
If everything is an inconvenience to you, just go ahead and buy the DELL.
That's a fine upgrade.CcrooK said:
Guru3d usually has good SLi/Xfire setupsDeathNote said:
An Accelero S1 cooler for your 4770 will do wonders, any $40 heatsink will do fine for your CPU as well.MjFrancis said:So, taking all advice or suggestions on how to get my computer to STFU and perform a little better.
2 is better but only slightly, after 70CFM it tapers off very very quickly. I did some testing with dual 130CFM fans on a TRUE 120 for kicks, temps only went down another 2C. Just stick a single good 120mm fan on it and you are fine.rocK` said:Not yet, I didn't know I needed to get one (thought it came with one). Is 2 better?
Nothing off the top of my head but the 22-24" TN panels on newegg (Acer and Samsung mainly) hover around $130-$180 and are good values.Lkr said:
The Combined Community Codec Pack is a great codec packKadey said:
The parts + the 'not so budget build' is what you should be looking at. Do you have an website for me or others to check out?adriano999 said:I've just decided to build my own computer(after watching some videos, i think i can do it lol) so i need some help to decide what i should buy(and where).
Budget: 1000 + EUMain Use: Gaming, internet & general usageItaly, i need an online retailer that ships in my country without paying too much
Monitor Resolution: Probably 1080p, i'm not exactly sure since i've not yet decided which monitor to buy.
List SPECIFIC games that you MUST be able to play: Valve Games, Crysis at a decent framerate, other new stuff
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21794626&postcount=7611
celcius said:
4) Prospective laptop buyers please fill this out (and maybe even ask their forum):
http://forum.notebookreview.com/wha...ould-i-buy-form-must-read-before-posting.html
Ciccio_Drink
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Many of you guys buy components from newegg.com. Unfortunately it doesnt ship over here in Europe. Any recommended European webstore, please?
Thanks a lot (gotta start thinking of a new PC FFXIV capable, eheh).
Thanks a lot (gotta start thinking of a new PC FFXIV capable, eheh).
Ciccio_Drink
Member
Hazaro said:
my bad...
Bought an Asus eee PC 1005PE and got it yesterday. I'm pretty happy with it sofar, but I have a question:
The netbook was advertised as having a 250GB, but I have ~222GB availiable and split into 2 local disks, C: and D: Is that how it's supposed to be?
What should I buy if I eventually decided to upgrade the RAM, doesn't seem clear to me
The netbook was advertised as having a 250GB, but I have ~222GB availiable and split into 2 local disks, C: and D: Is that how it's supposed to be?
What should I buy if I eventually decided to upgrade the RAM, doesn't seem clear to me
ChoklitReign
Member
how decent a PC can you put together (ideally prebuilt) for £500? If not prebuilt, then needs to all be on one receipt as its a work bonus thing.
Doesn't need to game but would need to be a good day to day computer with gaming as a bonus. I already have a 22" 1680x1050 monitor which I'd reuse and I have a keyboard/mouse, so it'd just be the base unit.
Doesn't need to game but would need to be a good day to day computer with gaming as a bonus. I already have a 22" 1680x1050 monitor which I'd reuse and I have a keyboard/mouse, so it'd just be the base unit.
Hazaro said:
Thanks Hazaro -- helpful as always.
You wouldn't happen to know what size of fan is used in the HDD bay of an Antec 900 would you? I have this open spot for a fan and wanted to buy two since I'm going to buy one for my case as well.
Also -- any good guides on OCing an i7 930?
gregor7777
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Shambles said:
Thanks for the advice. I had read similar reports around the web, but they were kinda old and I wanted to hear from real users.
I figure since I already have the memory, and I don't updrage often, AM2+ was the way to go.
gregor7777
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celcius said:
I had a Sager gaming laptop about 4-5 years ago. The thing was massive, and got hot as hell, but I think that came with the territory. I had no issues with build quality or configuration.
gregor7777
Banned
So I ended up buying:
Open Box: BIOSTAR TA790GXE 128M AM2+/AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - $56.99
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor - $125.99
...and got a $20 gift card thrown in.
$182.98 - $20 = $162.98.
Not too shabby. Really needed that MB/CPU upgrade.
Now my system looks like this:
AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz
BIOSTAR TA790GXE 790GX HDMI ATX Motherboard
3GB DDR2 800MHz Ram
2x Sapphire Radeon 4830 512mb in Crossfire
Should be enough to last me another year before I'll need to move that video card out for something more beefy. Hopefully that CPU (after overclocking it) lasts me another couple years.
Throughly low-mid range, but adequate for my needs. Thanks for the help all!
Open Box: BIOSTAR TA790GXE 128M AM2+/AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - $56.99
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor - $125.99
...and got a $20 gift card thrown in.
$182.98 - $20 = $162.98.
Not too shabby. Really needed that MB/CPU upgrade.
Now my system looks like this:
AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz
BIOSTAR TA790GXE 790GX HDMI ATX Motherboard
3GB DDR2 800MHz Ram
2x Sapphire Radeon 4830 512mb in Crossfire
Should be enough to last me another year before I'll need to move that video card out for something more beefy. Hopefully that CPU (after overclocking it) lasts me another couple years.
Throughly low-mid range, but adequate for my needs. Thanks for the help all!
Thank you for your advice, I've been checking info on the Accelero S1 and the 4770 since. There has been conflicting information concerning it's fit on that card since it's not on the compatibility list for the Accelero S1 R2. It appears that the Accelero L2 Pro is compatible, and I might give that a shot. I actually contemplated a decent GTS 250 since the performance is slightly better with a decrease in noise. But that may be silly, given what I already have and what I would pay for a new card.Hazaro said:
gregor7777
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Sweet, just scored another 4830 512mb off of ebay for $49. Now I can try out crossfire.
This should turn out to be a nice little updrade for the money.
This should turn out to be a nice little updrade for the money.
Hazaro said:
Have that. Still doesn't work. I also have the shark one and some others. This is uhh...stupid. It was working before updating all these drivers. I can't believe something like that would screw up my system.
Oh and I tried system restore like three times but I kept getting the bsod.
poppabk
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Installing codec packs is often a bad idea. Installing multiple codec packs is usually a bad idea. Try http://paul.glagla.free.fr/filmerit_en.htm it will allow you to be more specify which codecs you want for each file type.Kadey said:
My bad. It looks like the mounting system is fine (since its the same spacing) but the actual cooler is too large to to where the die is positioned :lolMjFrancis said:
http://images.people.overclockers.ru/180440.jpg
I did some looking around and there's nothing really out there in that price range (The S1 is an amazing cooler that beats many other $50 HS's) for the 4770. It's a bummer but the L2 Pro is probably your best bet unless you want to spend $60.
Ok, just wanted to broaden your options if you needed to.celcius said:
So I have heard many times on the internet to just install CCCP and get it over with.poppabk said:
What exactly does this do? I've never seen it recommended.
TheLegendary
Member
Thanks for the advice GAF.
Ended up going with Alienware.
Alienware Aurora Desktop
Intel Core i7 920 QC (2.66GHz, 8MB Cache)
6GB Triple Channel 1333Mhz DDR3
Single ATI Radeon HD 5870, 1GB GDDR5
500GB - SATA-II 3Gb/s 7200RPM, 16MB Cache HDD
Cosmic Black, Alienware Aurora Chassis, 875W PSU
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Single Drive: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
Best thing? Got it for 20% off so I avoided the Alienware mark-up. Had a 10% discount and somehow when I spoke to the salesperson on the phone she thought I had asked for an additional 10% on top of that. When she asked if I was asking for an additional 10%, I almost said no because I didn't :lol . I just said...whatever you could do would be great. Lesson learned: it NEVER hurts to ask (or,in fact, don't ask at all and just have people misinterpret what you're saying)!
Brand new and custom-made. Total Price: $1420 (tax & shipping incl.).
Now I just need a paper bag to cover the Alienware case. A little over the top for my tastes but I couldn't say no with that discount. The Aurora isn't as gaudy as some of the others though. The site advertises, "Up to 160 thousand possible system lighting combinations with AlienFX". I hope one of those combinations is: COMPLETELY OFF!
Ended up going with Alienware.
Alienware Aurora Desktop
Intel Core i7 920 QC (2.66GHz, 8MB Cache)
6GB Triple Channel 1333Mhz DDR3
Single ATI Radeon HD 5870, 1GB GDDR5
500GB - SATA-II 3Gb/s 7200RPM, 16MB Cache HDD
Cosmic Black, Alienware Aurora Chassis, 875W PSU
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Single Drive: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
Best thing? Got it for 20% off so I avoided the Alienware mark-up. Had a 10% discount and somehow when I spoke to the salesperson on the phone she thought I had asked for an additional 10% on top of that. When she asked if I was asking for an additional 10%, I almost said no because I didn't :lol . I just said...whatever you could do would be great.
Lesson learned: it NEVER hurts to ask (or,in fact, don't ask at all and just have people misinterpret what you're saying)!Brand new and custom-made. Total Price: $1420 (tax & shipping incl.).
Now I just need a paper bag to cover the Alienware case. A little over the top for my tastes but I couldn't say no with that discount. The Aurora isn't as gaudy as some of the others though. The site advertises, "Up to 160 thousand possible system lighting combinations with AlienFX". I hope one of those combinations is: COMPLETELY OFF!
Proc said:
Do you have your chip overclocked? The Q6600 running 3.4-3.6 Ghz is still quite fast and it's not really worth upgrading at this point. As a fellow Q6600 user I'd recommend waiting longer to upgrade as the slight performance increase won't be worth the large cost.
ChoklitReign said:
Don't have that clock speed (765) on sale here, but there's one clocked at 725 MHz. It's 10 euros cheaper than the MSI one - 300 for the 5850 OC and 260 for the GTX 285.
Is the price difference worth it? Rocking a Core2Duo atm, but going to upgrade it to a i5 and 4 gigs of DDR3 by the end of the summer.
NIN90 said:
This may help. They recommend going 3 tiers up from your current card, which in your case would be a 5870 and above. I can say from personal experience upgrading from a 4850 to anything less than a 5870 won't be a great upgrade, especially if you've got a 1GB 4850.
TheMissingNin
Member
Hey guys... I'm back again. Had a good long think about it, and I'm not going to go with DinoPC. I think I will just build it myself afterall - It's something I feel as though I should learn to do, and I read over at Tom's Hardware's very reassuring general PC Building Guide and I'm pretty confident I can do it - Plus my Budget went up a little, so I've got a little "Danger Cash" if it all goes tits up.
Anyway here's what I'm thinking about:
So this won't blow up in my face right? If there's anything I'm really conscerned about here is if I've got the right Power Supply and CPU Cooling for the job. I'm pretty sure everything else is ok. The graphics card isn't set in stone - Definitely a 1GB 5850 though. I should probably get a wireless card too I can maybe canabalize the one from my current PC. All the links go to Ebuyer, but I will shop about before I buy.
I was also thinking about getting a new keyboard - specifically one of the new Microsoft Sidewinder X4's. (My current wireless board doesn't like it when I press the 'A' button sometimes - and I really do need to strafe left 100% of the time that I need to XD).
So any constructive critisism or welcome reassurance from the fine men of NeoGAF? My fingers are itching to pull the trigger on this.
Anyway here's what I'm thinking about:
- Antec 900 Nine Hundred - Gaming Case (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/118268)
- Intel Core i7 920 D0 2.66GHz Socket 1366 (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151477)
- Asus P6X58D-E X58 Socket 1366 Gigabit Lan Tripple PCi-E 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/219007)
- 4 to 6GB worth of Crucial (2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600 Memory (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166995)
- Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804)
- Corsair 650W TX Series PSU (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135514)
- XFX 5850 1GB DDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Display Port Out PCI-E Graphics Card (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/222056)
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Fan(http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176157)
- And Ofcourse 64-bit Windows 7
So this won't blow up in my face right? If there's anything I'm really conscerned about here is if I've got the right Power Supply and CPU Cooling for the job. I'm pretty sure everything else is ok. The graphics card isn't set in stone - Definitely a 1GB 5850 though. I should probably get a wireless card too I can maybe canabalize the one from my current PC. All the links go to Ebuyer, but I will shop about before I buy.
I was also thinking about getting a new keyboard - specifically one of the new Microsoft Sidewinder X4's. (My current wireless board doesn't like it when I press the 'A' button sometimes - and I really do need to strafe left 100% of the time that I need to XD).
So any constructive critisism or welcome reassurance from the fine men of NeoGAF? My fingers are itching to pull the trigger on this.
Biff Hardbody
Member
My 8800 GTS died. I bought a 9600 DDR3 for 130 bucks and have 14 days to return it. Should I keep it or go for something better? I really don't want to spend over 150.
Felix Lighter
Member
I just wanted to post this link in here. It's a tutorial for overclocking an i7 and I found it to be the most useful guide, when I was overclocking my i7 930 last week. Some of the details are ASUS motherboard specific but the guide should be helpful for anyone trying to overclock an i7.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?board_id=1&model=P6T+Deluxe&id=20081220191040237&page=1&SLanguage=en-us
I only decided to do a modest overclock to 3.52 GHz but I have a feeling I could have gone much higher.
I also found that my 5850 is stable at 880/1190 at stock voltage. Is it normal to keep your GPU at stock speeds normally and only overclock it when your playing say, Crysis? That's how I've been handling it because the vast majority of the games I own run at a solid 60 fps with max settings; it doesn't seem necessary to bump it up. I was just curious if setting and resetting the clock speeds from time to time was a bad idea.
http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?board_id=1&model=P6T+Deluxe&id=20081220191040237&page=1&SLanguage=en-us
I only decided to do a modest overclock to 3.52 GHz but I have a feeling I could have gone much higher.
I also found that my 5850 is stable at 880/1190 at stock voltage. Is it normal to keep your GPU at stock speeds normally and only overclock it when your playing say, Crysis? That's how I've been handling it because the vast majority of the games I own run at a solid 60 fps with max settings; it doesn't seem necessary to bump it up. I was just curious if setting and resetting the clock speeds from time to time was a bad idea.