Its Funny, when I built my first PC It took me all day like it did yourself. Now that I have built so many I can have everything built and Windows installing in probably 90 minutes.
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"I Need a New PC!" 2014 Part 1. 1080p and 60FPS is so last-gen and your 2500K is fine
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Its Funny, when I built my first PC It took me all day like it did yourself. Now that I have built so many I can have everything built and Windows installing in probably 90 minutes.
It's more comfortable than most mice I've used and can be used in all 3 grips imo.
I went MX Revolution -> G9 -> tried MX518/G500 -> Spawn
Infinite Justice
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it might be a older IDE hard drive which is now useless unless you have a older machine or an external enclosure with that connector or a SATA/IDE adapter.
DrBaalzamon
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Interesting, I went from MX revo to > Spawn > G9X. The thing that I liked about the G9X is tweaking the DPI. i set it to 800, 1200, 1400 or something like that. The spawns hard sets were too fast for my liking. But it was a solid mouse!
Goldenmoney
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It's probably a ten year old drive, if not older. Only like 150 gb.
Very fair. The reason I switched is because the G9 was cramping my hand after a few months. I did like that mouse though.
Cannon Goose
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My SteelSeries RAW mouse is having weird problems. I turned my computer on and the mouse was working fine, then when the SteelSeries Engine started the mouse stopped dead. I tried restarting, shutting down and waiting, closing SteelSeries Engine, plugging into different USB ports... Nothing helps. The LED on it is meant to smoothly fade on and off but now it's more erratic:
http://a.pomf.se/sjtyyo.webm
It either does that or the light is completely dead. The last time it did this was back when I had a Wacom tablet driver installed and that seemed to be causing a weird conflict; removing the tablet driver fixed the mouse but now it's just started happening again randomly.
Can anyone help? I don't want to have get another new mouse... I had an expensive Logitech one break on me after a year and now this one might be dying, yet another mouse with only a year or so of use on it. Maybe I just have bad luck with mice.
http://a.pomf.se/sjtyyo.webm
It either does that or the light is completely dead. The last time it did this was back when I had a Wacom tablet driver installed and that seemed to be causing a weird conflict; removing the tablet driver fixed the mouse but now it's just started happening again randomly.
Can anyone help? I don't want to have get another new mouse... I had an expensive Logitech one break on me after a year and now this one might be dying, yet another mouse with only a year or so of use on it. Maybe I just have bad luck with mice.
Get this mouse:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826436016
You won't be disappointed, especially @ $50 with the $40 off code.
I want a cost-effective upgrade to enjoy Star Citizen at higher resolutions. I'm looking at something like this:
1440P display + GTX 770
Should I hold off for awhile? Is there something coming up that will be a better value than these? Any reason to consider a 1080P G-Sync over 1440P?
1440P display + GTX 770
Should I hold off for awhile? Is there something coming up that will be a better value than these? Any reason to consider a 1080P G-Sync over 1440P?
Try another USB port, preferably 2.0, otherwise RMA
Wait for nVidia's new stuff since it'll come out before Star Citizen is a real game. Also better value for 1440p since it should have 3GB instead of 2GB at the mid range (I really hope they do anyway).
Cannon Goose
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I've tried all my USB ports and unfortunately nothing changed. I'll see if I can RMA it but I'm not super confident.
jeremy70583
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So having my first experiences with my new PC on my 55inch TV from about 10 feet away. First game i'm trying is TESO...luckily it allows you to adjust the size of everything so text is readable. Pretty much anything windows related i can't read. How big of an issue has this been for you guys?
I have alpha access, so dogfights should be available soon. I looked and couldn't find any info on the 3GB mid range card you're referring to. Have any more info on it?
Reckless Onion
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What are some of the "most bang for your buck" laptops now?
Reckless Onion
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thanks, didn't know there was a laptop thread
SMOK3Y
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so ive always wondered am i better off running Physics via the GPU (Titan) or CPU (i7 4770)?
Objectively Bad Opinion
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I use Steam Big Picture whenever possible to launch games from the couch.
Some games are in desperate need of a "TV Mode" though, for sure, like strategy games.
So is it worth "waiting" for the Haswell refresh and Series 9? I know we are talking less than a month at this point, but I kinda want my new rig NOW! If I would be a moron for not waiting I'll wait, but if the benefit is something I'll never use or something I'm not likely to use for years (when I'd probably just upgrade) then I don't really see the point in waiting a month for the chips AND an ITX board that will work flawlessly as a hackintosh. Right now I'm looking at a 4670K and Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI although replacing the included intel miniPCIe wifi with a Broadcom one.
Best I can see is the refresh will give us like 100Mhz bumps and maybe better power savings. Series 9 is basically what? M2.storage or whatever?
Best I can see is the refresh will give us like 100Mhz bumps and maybe better power savings. Series 9 is basically what? M2.storage or whatever?
The supposedly better overclocking potential on the new K chip aka Devil's Canyon. I'm guessing the very best case is it'll give about 15% extra speed on top of current Haswells for someone willing to OC to the limit. Building immediately isn't going to be a bad choice no matter what, but I'm personally happy to get even that possibility of extra 15%. I'm also hoping to see new GPUs and the FT05 case, but will probably have to compromise on something in order to build in May-June.
Case I am very excited at getting the Fractal Node 304 so that probably won't change. I did just see the new raven case which is even smaller with support for my gtx 770 but only can get a 450w PSU for that form factor. Is that large enough for my 770? Beyond that yeah only looking at case CPU and MB. Hmmm... Will have to keep mulling it over.
Prophet Steve
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Good lord.
And you can't add a Titan Z to your normal titans, but yeah, you are definitely bottlenecked. I don't know too much about the market above 4770K though.
GPU, but I don't think you have the choice.
On the CPU front if you want to go balls deep I'd wait for Haswell-E. Until then I'd just look to OC your 920 to around 4GHz if you haven't already. Should help a lot.
Bought an ASUS VG248QE last week for a mITX rig I am making and keep getting bummed about the stupid matte film they put on it so I finally decided to try the AG coating removal mod and everything went successfully! Now that awful barbaric color murdering film can rot in the garbage.
SMOK3Y
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i might be thinking PhysX (different?) in the settings it says auto/CPU/GPU
The Z will be used purely for 3d rendering, two regular titans are enough for gaming
Thanks, i'll wait till they're released over here.
sandkiller
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Hi GAF!!
I'm looking to replace my ps3 and rasppi media centre with a living room PC. It should be fairly quiet for the living room, be able to play some of the current games with top graphics (e.g. watch dogs with Max detail) and cost less than £1000. Do you think this is feasible with my budget or am I crazy?
I've been looking into some UK sites and found something within this budget with an i7-4770, 16gb ddr3 ram and a 4gb gtx770. Will this be enough for my requirements and what PSU should I use? Corsair 350W enough??
[Basic Desktop Questions]
Your Current Specs: n/a (i only have a ps3 atm)
Budget: £1000 (UK)
Main Use: Gaming, XBMC 1080P and blu-ray in the living room.
Monitor Resolution: hdtv 32" (possible upgrade in future)
List SPECIFIC games or applications that you MUST be able to run well: i woukd like to play top games with maximum detail (e.g. watch dogs)
Looking to reuse any parts?: n/a
When will you build?: Do you have a deadline? End of 2014
Will you be overclocking?: No (as silent as possible)
Thanks!
I'm looking to replace my ps3 and rasppi media centre with a living room PC. It should be fairly quiet for the living room, be able to play some of the current games with top graphics (e.g. watch dogs with Max detail) and cost less than £1000. Do you think this is feasible with my budget or am I crazy?
I've been looking into some UK sites and found something within this budget with an i7-4770, 16gb ddr3 ram and a 4gb gtx770. Will this be enough for my requirements and what PSU should I use? Corsair 350W enough??
[Basic Desktop Questions]
Your Current Specs: n/a (i only have a ps3 atm)
Budget: £1000 (UK)
Main Use: Gaming, XBMC 1080P and blu-ray in the living room.
Monitor Resolution: hdtv 32" (possible upgrade in future)
List SPECIFIC games or applications that you MUST be able to run well: i woukd like to play top games with maximum detail (e.g. watch dogs)
Looking to reuse any parts?: n/a
When will you build?: Do you have a deadline? End of 2014
Will you be overclocking?: No (as silent as possible)
Thanks!
It's entirely your choice between the 4670k and the 4770k, and 8gb vs 16gb of RAM. Using a 4670k would allow you to have a better GPU within your budget though.
Maybe something along these lines?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£166.79 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£98.24 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£108.05 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£84.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£359.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£65.66 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1010.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-12 14:55 BST+0100)
Edit: It's also worth considering if you're going to need a keyboard/mouse etc. within that budget.
Maybe something along these lines?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£166.79 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£98.24 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£108.05 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£84.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£359.98 @ Dabs)
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£65.66 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.98 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.69 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1010.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-12 14:55 BST+0100)
Edit: It's also worth considering if you're going to need a keyboard/mouse etc. within that budget.
Celcius
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It would definitely be better to have your gpu handle the physx than the cpu.
SMOK3Y
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thanks celcius
sandkiller
Member
Cool thanks!
Dave_6
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After reading this, I Google'd it. Makes me want to do the same to my VG248QE but I'm afraid i'll fuck mine up lol.
So im building a computer for a friend who is using it for his photolab.
I am kinda dry on what Full Sized ATX cases are good these days. Would like to stay in the sub $200 category.
Would prefer it to have decent front IO panel, but that can be substituted with a 5.525 bay IO panel if any of those are good.
Really dont want it to have a front door to get to drives or usb ports
Help GAF
I am kinda dry on what Full Sized ATX cases are good these days. Would like to stay in the sub $200 category.
Would prefer it to have decent front IO panel, but that can be substituted with a 5.525 bay IO panel if any of those are good.
Really dont want it to have a front door to get to drives or usb ports
Help GAF
cheststrongwell
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Graphics cards really confuse me.
Is this card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487025
Much better than this card:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00942TJXY/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Is this card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487025
Much better than this card:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00942TJXY/?tag=neogaf0e-20
It's a great 450 the Silverstone SFX one. Will run a (not over clocked) 780, you're fine with a 770.
There is also a 600W SFX PSU coming out in a couple months. Runs fanless at low wattage. mmmm
Read the OP my son.
Yes.
Confidence Man
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When were the 6GB 780s supposed to be coming out?
The only Full Sized ATX cases on there do not qualify for my criteria...
LeeRoyBrown
Banned
Corsair Obsidian 750D? NZXT Source 530?
Not too big a reduction since they were like £83 a week ago, and with Flubit, I was given a price offering of £73. I've put this latest deal into Flubit so we'll see if they can come up with anything better.
Still.. good value, definitely. And nice to see SSDs coming down slowly in price.
Also, GAF, I just bought this RAM: HyperX Genesis DDR3 1600MHz. Cost me £48, hope everything's okay with it.
The guy that was supposed to sell me the 780 Lightning backed out after a week. However, looks like I'll be getting one of these instead:
I know you don't want a door, but the RV04/TJ04 are both nice too. Any reason why he wants a full-sized rather than a mid? Most mids these days are more cavernous than full sized towers of yore.
Lian Li A75, 750D, H630, Fractal Arc XL, 730T/760T.
I know you don't want a door, but the RV04/TJ04 are both nice too. Any reason why he wants a full-sized rather than a mid? Most mids these days are more cavernous than full sized towers of yore.
So after the whole announcement today for the new Civ game I need to get a PC that can actually handle these games with a solid frame rate. Been playing Civ 4 and 5 on my 2011 MBP and I'm tired of the 20 FPS stuttering nonsense.
So far I've identified a few potential options:
#1 - Prebuilt from Canada Computers
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=7_1203_124&item_id=064929
This pre-built PC seems fairly in-line with the starting/basic PC outlined in the OP... the plus being that I don't have to build it as I've never done it before.
#2 Build it my self
Seems to be the cheapest option, but I've never done it before. I don't know if it'll be difficult I'm just worried about breaking something haha.
#3 Lenovo Laptop - Y410p
http://shop.lenovo.com/ca/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y410p/
Replacement for my Macbook as well since its starting to slowdown + needs a new battery and all these things. My career choice has also really necessitated that Windows is kinda important to use since I use Excel all the time.
Just wondering what you guys think the best option might be :/ I'm completely conflicted.
So far I've identified a few potential options:
#1 - Prebuilt from Canada Computers
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=7_1203_124&item_id=064929
This pre-built PC seems fairly in-line with the starting/basic PC outlined in the OP... the plus being that I don't have to build it as I've never done it before.
#2 Build it my self
Seems to be the cheapest option, but I've never done it before. I don't know if it'll be difficult I'm just worried about breaking something haha.
#3 Lenovo Laptop - Y410p
http://shop.lenovo.com/ca/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y410p/
Replacement for my Macbook as well since its starting to slowdown + needs a new battery and all these things. My career choice has also really necessitated that Windows is kinda important to use since I use Excel all the time.
Just wondering what you guys think the best option might be :/ I'm completely conflicted.
That's a good question... if he e.g. wants a lot of space for hard drives, even a midtower like Define R4 can already take eight 3.5" HDDs with up to 4TB each for 32TB total storage, after which there are still 2 fullsize optical bays and 2 SSD mounts left.
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