Gaming PC/Laptop Questions

[botfly10]

lol

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Too much advice from engineers can be paralyzing. You can wind up just overwhelmed and not doing anything.

 

[Crystallas]

If I'm giving too much advise, let me know Monk. I believe I kept my points simple. I at least listened to you, and note that you're not looking to spend $1200 on a desktop(without mice/keyboard/monitor), but considered that on a gaming laptop(which has mouse/keyboard/display).

 

[Monk]

With this new job I'm getting its looking like my budget will be expanded so I'm looking a different sites and pricing stuff. I went through one yesterday I'll have to go through my history to find the name. I built one that was about $1100

 

[botfly10]

Here is an interesting site with build ideas:

http://www.logicalincrements.com/?aid=lc

Also, If you do your shopping on newegg and put shit in your cart, it will save it for you as you look at shit.

Some recommendations... the mini or micro atx setups are pretty nice for a more compact builds. But they can be more of a pain for making shit fit and routing cables. Unless space is really an issue, regular atx and a medium case might be the easiest bet.

Also, I suggest a noctua nh-d14 cooler if it will fit.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...TCH&Description=noctua+nh-d14&N=-1&isNodeId=1

 

[fatbeard]

Here is an interesting site with build ideas:

http://www.logicalincrements.com/?aid=lc

Also, If you do your shopping on newegg and put shit in your cart, it will save it for you as you look at shit.

Some recommendations... the mini or micro atx setups are pretty nice for a more compact builds. But they can be more of a pain for making shit fit and routing cables. Unless space is really an issue, regular atx and a medium case might be the easiest bet.

Also, I suggest a noctua nh-d14 cooler if it will fit.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...TCH&Description=noctua+nh-d14&N=-1&isNodeId=1

Love my Noctua. Just a great company, too--if you ever upgrade your CPU, they'll send you a new set of mounting brackets for the new chipset free of charge.

 

[Ares]

Here is an interesting site with build ideas:

http://www.logicalincrements.com/?aid=lc

Also, If you do your shopping on newegg and put shit in your cart, it will save it for you as you look at shit.

Some recommendations... the mini or micro atx setups are pretty nice for a more compact builds. But they can be more of a pain for making shit fit and routing cables. Unless space is really an issue, regular atx and a medium case might be the easiest bet.

Also, I suggest a noctua nh-d14 cooler if it will fit.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...TCH&Description=noctua+nh-d14&N=-1&isNodeId=1

Yeah one thing I would recommend is going with a full tower over a mid tower case.... especially on a first build.... it is frustrating at times trying to get everything in and hooked up in a compact mid tower where there is very little room to breath. And on top of that a full tower case will have more space inside for airflow which is good.

My first 2 builds I went cheap on my case and got a mid tower and on the 3rd finally bought a full and the different in space is enjoyable.... most dudes have big enough hands that this is worth noting lol.

 

[Monk]

For the hard drive, should i go with both a HDD and a SSD? Maybe use the HDD for file storage and SDD for running games and such?

 

[Monk]

Here's what I did going through Bot's link. I just went through "Great" and picked some stuff.

 

[fatbeard]

For the hard drive, should i go with both a HDD and a SSD? Maybe use the HDD for file storage and SDD for running games and such?

I would recommend it. I run my OS and a select few games (ones that I play often or that have a lot of loading screens) on my SSD for the speed boost. Everything else (music, photos, inconsequential programs, etc.) runs on my HDD.

 

[clonetrooper264]

Here's what I did going through Bot's link. I just went through "Great" and picked some stuff.

Your picture is broke

 

[Monk]

Your picture is broke

Working on it. I won't attach without being all blurry and stuff.

 

[Ares]

I would recommend it. I run my OS and a select few games (ones that I play often or that have a lot of loading screens) on my SSD for the speed boost. Everything else (music, photos, inconsequential programs, etc.) runs on my HDD.

This.... having an SSD is a must IMO.

The difference in speed between an SSD and an old HDD is like an F-18 and a 10 year old on a bicycle lol.

SSD for OS, some games, and any other applications that might be resource heavy.... I also move video files to my SSD when I want to do any video processing or editing.

250GB SSD and a 1-2TB HDD for storage purposes is perfect to start out IMO.

I recommend if you go SSD you run through one of the guides for optimizing your system so it is not constantly doing reads/writes on your SSD when it does not need to.

 

[Crystallas]

Here's what I did going through Bot's link. I just went through "Great" and picked some stuff.

Now you're headed in the right direction. Enjoying spec'ing out a system, that is part of the fun. I would still change that a bit, also, the gf970s are going to be hard to beat for both priceerformance. The R9 290s got a big price cut ($270/$250 after rebate on close out, also a great priceerformance card if you want to save another $70 without noticing any difference).

About 686 before memory, add $80ish for memory, $50-80ish for cooler, and $20 for a good front fan to keep noise down. At minimum, a Steelseries sensei for $50 and IDK what kind of keyboard you like, those can go from $5 to $500. And IDK what you have for display or what you want.

And no, SSD is not necessary. Some people upgrade outdated HDD with a brand new SSD, and they see the major difference. But if you get a fast HDD, the real world performance gap is much smaller. And of course, if you can afford it, get a good SSD, it is worth it, just not necessary. But what am I saying. I run 8 SSDs. only 2 in raid.

 

[clonetrooper264]

8 SSDs what is life?

 

[Crystallas]

media storage for my line of work.

 

[clonetrooper264]

media storage for my line of work.

What kind of crazy work are you doing...

 

[Crystallas]

What kind of crazy work are you doing...

Kung fu fighting and trailerpark dentistry.

 

[botfly10]

For the hard drive, should i go with both a HDD and a SSD? Maybe use the HDD for file storage and SDD for running games and such?

I def recommend at least a 256 ssd. Go 500 if you can, dont worry if you cant though, cause they are modular and you can add another down the line if you want. And yeah, get a cheap hdd for movies and files and shit.

But yeah, like Crys said, SSD's aren't critical. You mainly see the speed in boot and load times. So shit opens faster. And in games, the main difference is loading time. But once shit is loaded, I don't think there is much difference. And SSD's are something you can add down the line and you won't be wasting any money.

If you have to trim budget, I would trade the ssd for an upgraded GPU (Geforce 970 ftw)

I would think about bumping that CPU up to an i5 maybe. Games are starting to need quad cores.

Also, if you are gon spend ANY extra money on anything, spend it on the GPU. I really really recommend bumping your gpu up to a GeForce 970. They go for around $350 and are 100% worth it.

 

[Monk]

I def recommend at least a 256 ssd. Go 500 if you can, dont worry if you cant though, cause they are modular and you can add another down the line if you want. And yeah, get a cheap hdd for movies and files and shit.

But yeah, like Crys said, SSD's aren't critical. You mainly see the speed in boot and load times. So shit opens faster. And in games, the main difference is loading time. But once shit is loaded, I don't think there is much difference. And SSD's are something you can add down the line and you won't be wasting any money.

If you have to trim budget, I would trade the ssd for an upgraded GPU (Geforce 970 ftw)

I would think about bumping that CPU up to an i5 maybe. Games are starting to need quad cores.

Also, if you are gon spend ANY extra money on anything, spend it on the GPU. I really really recommend bumping your gpu up to a GeForce 970. They go for around $350 and are 100% worth it.

I was worried about the i3. The next step up was an AMD that was actually cheaper but rated better but I didn't know if that would work with the rest. I'm clueless about comparability

 

[botfly10]

If you are serious about this shit, be active on cyber monday!