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So no fek
United States3001 Posts
As I mentioned, I've only done some minor adjustments in my current PC. I don't really recall having any problems with work space, but I do like the thought of having more room to work with, even if unnecessary. I'll take a look at some mid tower cases when I pool the money to buy everything. Thanks again. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
Mind you, I paid MSRP for a Lanboy Air when it first came out. Nothing wrong with buying a case that isn't worth the money from a pure performance standpoint, just make damn sure you get informed about it's issues before buying it at that price. | ||
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Snake.69
Canada140 Posts
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So no fek
United States3001 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
If you're talking about upcoming Sandy Bridge-E, that's the same architecture as Sandy Bridge and really shouldn't be any better aside from things like extra PCIe lanes, quad channel memory (though that won't be too important for most people), and having a few hex core models and eventually an octo core model for consumers (likewise not important unless you're doing heavy rendering/encoding/etc.). It'll be like Lynnfield i5-7xx / i7-8xx versus Bloomfield/Gulftown i7-9xx except that this time Intel released the cheaper-yet-mostly identical version first. | ||
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epikAnglory
United States1120 Posts
4 GB RAM DDR3 Windows 7 64 Bit i5 2400 w/ Intel HD Graphics 2000 I am not sure how to connect an HDMI cable for integrated graphics though, do I literally just plug it into the motherboard? Does not that look ugly? | ||
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epikAnglory
United States1120 Posts
i3 2100 w/ GT 520 (190ish) i5 2400 w/ HD 2000 Integrated (190ish) Phenom II x4 955 (sale) w/ GT 520 (160ish) NO GAMING | ||
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
http://www.corsair.com/cases/obsidian-series/obsidian-series-650d.html I'm talking about similar looks (preferably a window but it's not absolute neccesary) with decent cooling and quality. No docking station is needed, especially if it comes with more front usb ports, preferably usb3 but not neccesary and audio jack. A fan controller is nice but I can always add that later. How about the Lian Li PC-9F? Or is the fractal design r3 the one to beat in that range? Though I prefer cooling over silence. Or is it something better in the same price range as the 650d that you could recommend? Thanks. @JingleHell Do you recommend the lanboy air? It got lowered in price where I live but I'm not sold on the looks and I've read some mixed reviews about the functionality. | ||
Womwomwom
5930 Posts
Personally I'd take the i3-2100 just for the low power draw. Heck you could even get a Sandy Bridge Pentium (G820 was it called?) and it will work fine if they don't give a shit about single core performance. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Apparently Intel's going to be rolling out Sandy Bridge Celerons before too long, some of which should be single core processors. | ||
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epikAnglory
United States1120 Posts
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SoniCShiftY
United Kingdom12 Posts
On August 16 2011 10:10 JingleHell wrote: @Sonic: Get more specific on "gaming" and what sort of settings you like to play at. Names of specific games are also handy. If you want to know if you can use your old RAM, you kind of need to say what type it is. And no, RAID0 is relatively useless for gaming, unless you do a lot of single player stuff with long load times. By gaming I mean SC2 on ultra. CS:GO when its released and Battlefield 3 mainly. On highish detail as I guess its gonna be quite a demanding game. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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Womwomwom
5930 Posts
On August 16 2011 16:27 epikAnglory wrote: What is the ATI equivalent of the Nvidia GT 520 1 GB? Is the GT 520 every going to be faster or more useful than the HD 2000 graphics? No it isn't, it might be faster playing computer games but it'll still suck because low end cards aren't good at that job anyway. Which is why Intel is gaining even more market share in the graphics market and why more and more laptops OEMs don't bother with low end discrete cards anymore. | ||
ataryens
Iran213 Posts
1: Enable Write Caching 2: Disable indexing 3: Disable Superfetch 4: Disable Prefetch 5: Firefox - Use memory cache instead of disk cache 6: Disable Page file (I have 8G ram) 7: Disable System Restore 8: wth is TRIM and do I want it enabled or disabled Thx again for the help | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
I wouldn't bother changing Firefox cache, disabling the page file, or disabling system restore though. Those are all fine the default way they are. System restore is kind of your call--the others just kind of seem backwards. | ||
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ataryens
Iran213 Posts
I think i will disable indexing and just make sure trim in enabled Thx guys | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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ballasdontcry
Canada595 Posts
to check for sure, go to your windows defrag program and click scheduler, if you can't see your C: (or whatever your system drive letter is) on the list, then TRIM is by default enabled. | ||
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