Computer thread!!!

[george graves]

http://www.pcper.com/hwlb

On the bottom of that page is several tried-and-true system set up.

[Wschnitz]

A bit outdated but yeah those work.

The choices are weird on that for some of them, $100 seasonic PSU when you can buy an EVGA 80+ gold 750 or 1000W for less?

Sound cards? Corsair LPX Ram?

The $400 X99 Asus board made me lol

Those look like good guidelines of similar parts to buy.

[doorman]

On past builds I would buy "last seasons" top processor and current ram/mobo/vid card/etc.

I think my first build had an AGP video card!!!
Radeon 9600 if memory serves me correctly.

I may go with all current stuff this time......after finishing some stuff on the e30, repainting bedrooms; building a craft room for the wife, new patio door........

Mid year for the new AMD stuff sounds about the right time frame for me.

[Wschnitz]

Yeah id def wait for Zen if you can.

[doorman]

Yeah id def wait for Zen if you can.

Definitely not in a hurry.

[Wschnitz]

I am starting to get especially sick of windows 10 being buggy.

at least 50% of the time after leaving a game or fullscreen app the start menu will no longer work.

[doorman]

I am starting to get especially sick of windows 10 being buggy.

at least 50% of the time after leaving a game or fullscreen app the start menu will no longer work.

I used xp for years (skipped Vista) currently running Windows 7 and am quite happy. Dabbled with Ubuntu and it wasn't user friendly enough for my family to use.
Should I stick with 7 as long as possible?

[Wschnitz]

Yep

[lambo]

Weird. My 10 runs perfectly fine. Also I believe Microsoft is cutting security update support for 8 soon. I'm not sure about 7

[agent]

Should I stick with 7 as long as possible?

I am. 10 is great on my laptop but the 7 Pro install on my gaming box ain't broke...

[george graves]

I've been forever looking for a good *remote*/IP KVM solution. All the ones I found required too much work that I honestly don't have time for as a one man operation.

So...I started using "teamviewer" recently(free for personal/small business use)

It's awesome. Game changer. I can remotely get to any PC/mac or laptop I own - or others with the software installed.. Take over the computer from anywhere. You have total control of the device. ( I think it's win/osx/android) It's not just KVM, it's also sound and everything else, web cam, etc.

PS - I have no affiliation with them - just a free cool product for hard core users. Totally worth the install if you have many computers and like to control them all from one place.

[Wschnitz]

Schools use it a lot, its a good remoteview program.

[HennaE30]

Finally got to update my sister, got a free motherboard and CPU from my sisters husband.

(I'll upload a pic a little later, tapatalk is being fucky)

Current specs:
Dell XPS 630i case
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 motherboard
Intel Core i5 3570k @3.40GHz
2x4GB DDR3 RAM (don't remember Manu.)
Gigabyte Windforce GTX970
Patriot Blast 240GB SSD (OS)
750GB HDD dump drive.

Bout to pick up a Corsair 300R case, Corsair K70 RGB keyboard, and a Logitech G502 mouse. Then I'm content with my set up. Might grab an intercooler and overclock my CPU later, but I'm not worried about it now.


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[Wschnitz]

I have irrational wants to build more PC rigs just because, even if I have no purpose lined up for them.

[GAbOS]

Finally got to update my sister, got a free motherboard and CPU from my sisters husband.

(I'll upload a pic a little later, tapatalk is being fucky)

Current specs:
Dell XPS 630i case
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 motherboard
Intel Core i5 3570k @3.40GHz
2x4GB DDR3 RAM (don't remember Manu.)
Gigabyte Windforce GTX970
Patriot Blast 240GB SSD (OS)
750GB HDD dump drive.

Bout to pick up a Corsair 300R case, Corsair K70 RGB keyboard, and a Logitech G502 mouse. Then I'm content with my set up. Might grab an intercooler and overclock my CPU later, but I'm not worried about it now.


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Do some measuring first! I have the first gen 300 and my old 3 fan video card will not fit. I googled the card you listed and it's also a 3 fan design and pretty long. It may bump into the drive cage at the front.