The PC Thread - Tips, Benchmarks, Specs, Laptops, Custom Desktops, Pre-Builds and more.

[Fatboi1]

Brehs what is this on my screen?? Is that coming from the GPU?
I notice it in games too. My GPU isn't even overclocked right now.

 

[Ciggavelli]

I becoming one of those pc gamers that just benchmarks now

I need some new games. I can't wait until the fall. October and November is gonna murder me

I wish Far Cry 4, Borderlands, Dragon Age, and Assassin's Creed were spread out more. shyt. It's gonna be a full plate these coming months.

Right now 3d mark is holding me down (65 hours in that shyt )

 

[winb83]

alright, I see they have it all at newegg too. although a lot of the DDR4 is sold out or not released yet

$500 for 16bg of the 2800 DDR4

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-233-693

shyt will be interesting to see how the gaming performance is

The 5820K is $300 at Microcenter but the 2011 socket mobos and the ram are murder. A new build would easily be $750 for just a mobo ram and the processor alone

 

[Ciggavelli]

The 5820K is $300 at Microcenter but the 2011 socket mobos and the ram are murder. A new build would easily be $750 for just a mobo ram and the processor alone

6 cores for $300. That's a good deal. Too bad the mobo and ram ruin that shyt

 

[winb83]

6 cores for $300. That's a good deal. Too bad the mobo and ram ruin that shyt

16 GBs or DDR4 is like $360 at Microcenter. More than the processor cost itself. They don't sell 8 GBs there.

 

[Ciggavelli]

Metro 2033 redux is pretty good so far Clunky ass strange character models though...

Shout out to @daze23 for the recommendation

 

[Ciggavelli]

16 GBs or DDR4 is like $360 at Microcenter. More than the processor cost itself. They don't sell 8 GBs there.

It'll be interesting to see if the ram actually makes any real world differences in games. I doubt it

 

[winb83]

It'll be interesting to see if the ram actually makes any real world differences in games. I doubt it

The processors don't either. clocked too slow and the overclocking headroom isn't high enough. The power draw also gets too high. Most can overclock to 4.0 GHz maybe a little more. I've seen benchmarks where even a 4770K outperforms them at playing games like Tomb Raider. No games are programmed to take advantage of 6-8 cores and 12+ threads. Likely too far outside the norm to be accounted for at this point.

 

[itsyoung!!]

The 5820K is $300 at Microcenter but the 2011 socket mobos and the ram are murder. A new build would easily be $750 for just a mobo ram and the processor alone

RAM used to be cheap, but SSDs/Hard Drives expensive.. now SSDs/Hard Drives prices are dropping and RAM prices are going higher. You are paying the same one way or another..

For instance I paid $50 8 GB of 1866 DDR3 RAM a few years back and $300 for i7-3770k and $200 for this motherboard (it was either this motherboard or the motherboard before it I spent $200 on... this one mighta been $150 cant remember).


but the 128 GB SSD originally back in 2011 or so whenever I got it then was like $300

$50 ram
$300 processor
$200 motherboard
$300 ssd

$850..

now..
128 GB SSD you can find for $100-150 for a good one, $50-100 for a cheaper one.
$80-100 for 8 GB RAM
$300 processor
$200 motherboard

$750-950

all the same shyt really..

 

[winb83]

RAM used to be cheap, but SSDs/Hard Drives expensive.. now SSDs/Hard Drives prices are dropping and RAM prices are going higher. You are paying the same one way or another..

For instance I paid $50 8 GB of 1866 DDR3 RAM a few years back and $300 for i7-3770k and $200 for this motherboard (it was either this motherboard or the motherboard before it I spent $200 on... this one mighta been $150 cant remember).


but the 128 GB SSD originally back in 2011 or so whenever I got it then was like $300

$50 ram
$300 processor
$200 motherboard
$300 ssd

$850..

now..
128 GB SSD you can find for $100-150 for a good one, $50-100 for a cheaper one.
$80-100 for 8 GB RAM
$300 processor
$200 motherboard

$750-950

all the same shyt really..

I just bought a 500GB SSD for my laptop for about $200. It replaced the 500 GB 5400 RPM one and helped with speed immensely. Am now waiting for a 1TB to drop to get one for the PS4 so I hope the SSD trend continues.

 

[PNW]

I'm trying to build my first PC and need help figuring out some things.

First, is it possible to update the motherboard later on? I want my first build to be rather simple and hopefully increase the power later on.

As of my i have my eye on a AMD FX-6300 processor, and just want a motherboard with an integrated GPU for now then later have a stronger discrete GPU.

Which leads to my last question, is it possible to add a GPU to a motherboard with an integrated one?

Thanks in advance

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

I'm trying to build my first PC and need help figuring out some things.
First, is it possible to update the motherboard later on? I want my first build to be rather simple and hopefully increase the power later on.

As of my i have my eye on a AMD FX-6300 processor, and just want a motherboard with an integrated GPU for now then later have a stronger discrete GPU.

Which leads to my last question, is it possible to add a GPU to a motherboard with an integrated one?

Thanks in advance

you can update the mobo later but you would have to reinstall windows.

yes you can install a GPU to a mobo with integrated graphics, i disable the integrated in bios once the card is in.

 

[DF is BUSY]

I becoming one of those pc gamers that just benchmarks now

welcome to the numbers chaser gang breh

 

[PNW]

you can update the mobo later but you would have to reinstall windows.

yes you can install a GPU to a mobo with integrated graphics, i disable the integrated in bios once the card is in.

thanks. Also do I buy a case compatible with specific motherboards, I'm wondering if there is a certain order i should be following when picking out specs

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

thanks. Also do I buy a case compatible with specific motherboards, I'm wondering if there is a certain order i should be following when picking out specs

my case can accommodate multiple motherboard sizes, i would imagine that there is some sort of standard that motherboard manufacturers adhere to.
btw, there are studs that should come with your mobo that keep the back of it from touching the case so that it does not short out...easy mistake to make when you are just starting out.