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Guide for anyone wanting a gaming PC

Postby James » Wed Feb 09, 11 8:59 am

This image is worth a read if you're confused on what you want in a PC, it gives you a list of tiers, information on each component in general and where to buy.

http://www.logicalincrements.com/

Strictly this is a guide and advice, not a word of definite fact of what's right for you as stated on the image itself.
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Postby Siva » Wed Feb 09, 11 9:37 am

Been linking to this shit for a while now, great for all those questions you get asking what to buy
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Postby clyzm » Wed Feb 09, 11 1:57 pm

A word about the 6970:

Performance wise, in benchmarks it does a little bit worse than the 570 (its competitor) while being more expensive. And one would think the new heatsink design would make it cooler and use less power? Not true. Mine runs at 55-65c idle in a very well-cooled case, and the power draw is more than the 570 (at least, with its limiter on).

So your best bet is to get a 570, unless you want to do a multiple-monitor setup on one card. It's cheaper and better. You could also hold out until they release the 6990, which promises to compete with the 580 and supposedly will cool much better.

As for the list itself, I'm troubled by the PSU lists containing a deficiency of lower-end Corsair power supplies. I'm still running on a 650W and there have been zero hiccups, even when my power draw became significantly greater with the installation of the 6970. Otherwise, great list.
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Postby Tantalus » Wed Feb 09, 11 8:39 pm

nvidia da best.
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Postby Siva » Wed Feb 09, 11 11:42 pm

6970 is a redundant card

Buy a 6850 and unlock it, et voila you now have a 6970, get an aftermarket HSF and oc that badboy
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Postby clyzm » Wed Feb 09, 11 11:50 pm

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Postby Aidan » Thu Feb 10, 11 6:26 am

I already have most of the enthusiast parts hon.

I'm missing Sandy Shits, and P67 Sabertooth. Multibillion dollar companies and their damn recalls.

I'm still debating a good case too.

Ye, nvidia da best.
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Postby James » Thu Feb 10, 11 8:25 am

This thread isn't for you, and the enthusiast option is stupid (read: insane and future)_
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Postby Aidan » Thu Feb 10, 11 10:29 pm

It's not that stupid.
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Postby Baleout » Thu Feb 10, 11 10:40 pm

It kinda is.
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Postby clyzm » Thu Feb 10, 11 10:41 pm

It definitely is. There's exceptions but very, very few people need that kind of computing power (i.e. not consumers)
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Postby James » Thu Feb 10, 11 10:42 pm

Sure you can take parts from good to enthusiast, but going straight for it is for someone with a lot of money, and I MEAN a lot.
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Postby Tejas » Thu Feb 10, 11 11:03 pm

nice not bad its a little off though =o
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Postby James » Thu Feb 10, 11 11:06 pm

Yes my uh, insightful, chum; it is a bit off!, but please notice the author or rather creator of this image acknowledges this by either preference, outdated since creation of the certain image and it's internet advice.
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Postby Aidan » Fri Feb 11, 11 6:21 am

It's all about shopping around too.

I use this little guy quite often ---> http://www.pricebat.ca
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Postby James » Fri Feb 11, 11 8:09 am

I shop at cheap places too, that LIST also suggests it
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Postby James » Wed Apr 13, 11 12:20 pm

Updated.

My computer from early 2009 is now considered entry modest... :lol: videocard letting it down. Next year = new comptuer definitely, going to be a hipster and get the 8800 series of AMD for irony purposes tbqhqhqhqhqhqh
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Postby Aidan » Wed Apr 13, 11 3:44 pm

You should really get a new case too :P
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Postby James » Wed Apr 13, 11 3:52 pm

not only is it bad but it's been throttled at the front!

it's a bad case my uncle bought years ago
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Postby Aidan » Wed Apr 13, 11 3:57 pm

Yeah, that case looks like it's going take off into space lol.

You can find cheap cases for 30 quid or less that have great airflow and maybe a back panel for cable management as well.
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Postby James » Wed Apr 13, 11 4:06 pm

not interested in a new case until next year for new pc. gonna be BORINGLY STANDARD AS FUCK with SUPER AIR VENTILATION

yes it's definitely an alienware ripoff.
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Postby Aidan » Wed Apr 13, 11 4:12 pm

If you're getting next year, then the 2012 chipset will probably be available ;)
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Postby clyzm » Wed Apr 13, 11 9:51 pm

BORINGLY STANDARD AS FUCK with SUPER AIR VENTILATION


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Postby James » Wed Apr 13, 11 9:54 pm

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Postby Aidan » Wed Apr 13, 11 10:05 pm

Well hey.. Lights don't lower your temps. Might as well go with that :P
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Postby ynnaD » Wed Apr 13, 11 10:08 pm

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Postby lfcjake » Sun Apr 17, 11 12:37 am

Stuck on what motherboard to get. I was gonna go for the Asus M4A89GTD, but a shit load of people are complaining about it. So I'm totally put off. Hmm...

I saw the ASRock 890FX Deluxe5 which will support the new Bulldozer chips, which is good for future proofing I guess.

Fuck! Can anyone suggest me a good motherboard at all? I'm gonna be buying my parts next week so if anyone can help, I'll really appreciate it.
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Postby James » Sun Apr 17, 11 7:02 am

Shake Jake the list updated!!
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Postby Tantalus » Sun Apr 17, 11 9:10 am

James wrote:Shake Jake the list updated!!




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Postby lfcjake » Tue Apr 19, 11 10:27 pm

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