I'm really on the fence. My old hard drive was 500GB and I'd like to have at least that, but I'm also sort of interested in getting a SSD. The best price I can find under $100 is for a 250GB SSD, which I'm on the fence about.
Keep an eye on temperature, look for artifacts and if you notice any crashing or BSOD you should maybe either try bumping the voltage or dropping your OC down. Some cards can only go so far but if you are only marginally OC'ing at the moment chances are you need to add just a little bit of voltage.
That's unfortunate. You should test it normally with the single end on the TV and multiple ends from your various devices to see if it works in the other way.
I sprung for the BX100 500GB for $150 because I'm financially irresponsible. I'm excited though, haha. Thanks for the suggestions.
T01ACA 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX) The BX100 is fine. You are not going to really see the difference unless you do lots of writes, video editing, copy large files and so on. If you never had a SSD before, you are in for a big treat, especially if it's going to be your OS drive.
Ok, here's what I recommend. All of the parts should be available from NCIX. Click on "price breakdown by merchant" to see how much it would cost to get it all from NCIX at normal prices. However, you can use NCIX's pricematching policy to get the lower prices that other retailers offer.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.50 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($53.75 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.30 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Toshiba Product Series
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB Superclocked Video Card ($289.22 @ DirectCanada)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Midnight MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($69.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.98 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($17.94 @ DirectCanada)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($23.99 @ NCIX)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($169.98 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1012.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-27 01:13 EDT-0400
It would also be possible to go with a different case, but to make everything fit into the budget, every other part would stay the same. If he doesn't mind going with a cheaper case like the Fractal Core 1000 ($56 at NCIX, $45 elsewhere) which would save him $25 over the cost of the Bitfenix Prodigy M.
As for the graphics card, I recommend a model with 4GB of VRAM. The R9 380 is an option, but it's not quite as good a deal as the GTX 960 right now which comes with a free redeemable code for MGSV:TPP. Both cost the same and perform about the same in most games.
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S, I know) and went with the Asus VS228H-P as its on sale for 138 dollars. He has already ordered the monitor as the sale ends on the 31st and he'll get the remaining parts on the 1st.No need. Just install it like a normal HDD. These days the OS knows it's a SSD and adjust all the settings for you.yep never had one and will this set up as my OS
Thanks!Ok, here's what I recommend. All of the parts should be available from NCIX. Click on "price breakdown by merchant" to see how much it would cost to get it all from NCIX at normal prices. However, you can use NCIX's pricematching policy to get the lower prices that other retailers offer.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.50 @ shopRBC)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($53.75 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($53.30 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Toshiba Product Series
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB Superclocked Video Card ($289.22 @ DirectCanada)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Midnight MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($69.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.98 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer ($17.94 @ DirectCanada)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N15 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($23.99 @ NCIX)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($169.98 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1012.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-27 01:13 EDT-0400
It would also be possible to go with a different case, but to make everything fit into the budget, every other part would stay the same. If he doesn't mind going with a cheaper case like the Fractal Core 1000 ($56 at NCIX, $45 elsewhere) which would save him $25 over the cost of the Bitfenix Prodigy M.
As for the graphics card, I recommend a model with 4GB of VRAM. The R9 380 is an option, but it's not quite as good a deal as the GTX 960 right now which comes with a free redeemable code for MGSV:TPP. Both cost the same and perform about the same in most games.
Sounds right to me. if you look at the plug and the pins on the motherboard, they should match up perfectly in layout and number.
