EPTwhat do u guys recommend?
nzxt source 210 or corsair carbide 200r ?
keeping in mind they are the same price atm so pricing not an issue.
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IMKR
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what do u guys recommend? nzxt source 210 or corsair carbide 200r ? keeping in mind they are the same price atm so pricing not an issue. | ||
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Myrmidon
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Grobyc
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Nagisama
Canada4481 Posts
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nosliw
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Grobyc
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
On December 07 2013 14:56 nosliw wrote: Are the laptop SSD and desktop SSD exactly the same? Can I swap them w/o issues? Depends on laptop. If you have an older laptop then yes most likely it's just using SATA and will accept any size of SSD. If it's newer / and thinner than it might be limited to mSATA (or PCIe) and 7mm SSDs. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On December 07 2013 14:46 Grobyc wrote: Thinking of getting a new SSD if there's any good holiday pricing/specials on (available in Canada). Right now I have a OCZ 50GB Vertex II, but I soon realized that that is way too small for my needs. I'm looking for either a 256GB or 400GB SSD. Anyone have any recommendations for when/where/what to buy when it comes to SSDs? Go by price, mostly. Almost every relatively recent model on the market these days is okay. This is a start: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7545/best-ssds-holiday-2013 Also whatever else Intel or Samsung is okay. Crucial other than V4. There are others too. Try Boxing Day, as suggested earlier. Look around for deals online. On December 07 2013 14:56 nosliw wrote: Are the laptop SSD and desktop SSD exactly the same? Can I swap them w/o issues? Usually they're not even marketed with that distinction... Depends what you mean. The large majority of consumer SSDs available at retail are 2.5" drive form factor with SATA interface. This is the most common form factor for storage on laptops (especially for typical-to-larger systems). Most new computer cases support 2.5" drive mounts, with the standard desktop size being 3.5" for hard drives. These work in laptops and desktops, sure. There exist some SSDs that use a longer PCIe or 3.5" (with SATA) interface and would only fit in a desktop. There also exists a 1.8" smaller SATA drive form factor that is rarely used in laptops. Many laptops these days also have mSATA slots, and there are some decent mSATA SSDs these days. Some desktop motherboards have these slots too. And then there are some custom and other form factors for SSDs in more space-conscious laptop designs like Apple products and Ultrabooks. | ||
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IMKR
United States378 Posts
after i come back from winter break, i plan on putting in the gpu, (assuming i dont get a gpu in time b4 i head back home for break) so i want to build my pc to make sure everything else is working. if i make my PC w/o the GPU, what steps differ? (other than the obv not puting in GPU) and later on, when i add in the GPU, how would i do that? | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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IMKR
United States378 Posts
On December 07 2013 17:38 skyR wrote: No steps differ. what im thinking tho, is that the mobo or something else would be connected to the integrated gpu (seeing as how w/o a videocard of any sorts, no "display" is possible) and after i run it up, and check every component is fine, that i would have to deattach some cables and plug it into the GPU. and if these steps are right, does it automatically correct itself? after i turn off the PC and add in the GPU and connect the pins into it i mean. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Once you add the GPU, you just plug your monitor into the GPU instead of the motherboard. There is nothing you need to do inside the computer besides adding in the GPU and plugging in the necessary 6pin PCIe connectors. | ||
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Blackrobe
United States806 Posts
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($143.98 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($221.99 @ Mac Mall) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($554.99 @ NCIX US) Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Black Pearl) ATX Full Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ Newegg) Total: $1585.90 Already owned: Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Paste (3x) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) (2x) Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor Keyboard: Das Keyboard Model S Professional Wired Standard Keyboard Mouse: Logitech G400s Wired Optical Mouse Headphones: Audio-Technica ATH-AD700 Headphones Headphones: AKG K701 Headphones Other: Mouse Bungee Other: Catleap 2B OC'ed Other: Steelseries QcK Heavy mousepad After a bit of tinkering with part options, I went with this build last night and will probably by assembling by the end of the week. I thought I would throw this in here to see what you guys think. <3 | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
Have fun with it. | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
On December 07 2013 21:52 Blackrobe wrote:+ Show Spoiler + CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.98 @ OutletPC) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($143.98 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($221.99 @ Mac Mall) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($554.99 @ NCIX US) Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Black Pearl) ATX Full Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ Newegg) Total: $1585.90 Already owned: Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Paste (3x) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) (2x) Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor Keyboard: Das Keyboard Model S Professional Wired Standard Keyboard Mouse: Logitech G400s Wired Optical Mouse Headphones: Audio-Technica ATH-AD700 Headphones Headphones: AKG K701 Headphones Other: Mouse Bungee Other: Catleap 2B OC'ed Other: Steelseries QcK Heavy mousepad After a bit of tinkering with part options, I went with this build last night and will probably by assembling by the end of the week. I thought I would throw this in here to see what you guys think. <3 I would have gone with the Noctua U14S, Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H since it's only $160 currently and a much cheaper SSD, you can seriously get the 840 EVO for like $180, Intel 530 for $160. There is basically no reason to get an expensive and 'super fast' SSD when you aren't going to be able to notice the difference. | ||
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IdiotSavant
United States88 Posts
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Blackrobe
United States806 Posts
On December 07 2013 23:28 iTzSnypah wrote: I would have gone with the Noctua U14S, Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H since it's only $160 currently and a much cheaper SSD, you can seriously get the 840 EVO for like $180, Intel 530 for $160. There is basically no reason to get an expensive and 'super fast' SSD when you aren't going to be able to notice the difference. The prices are an estimate.  I got the D3H for 109.99. I agree I could of saved ~$40 getting an EVO. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
MSI's GTX 780 custom cooler is a bit better than EVGA's and cheaper too: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127746 It's down a bit in factory clock speeds, but you can always overclock yourself and that's not much. I'm not really convinced by 840 Pro for that kind of price. You can get some prosumer-level-pretty-much-pointless-for-most-people level drive for under $200 that has a 5-year warranty etc. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20342 Posts
AMD Manager of APU/CPU Product Reviews James Prior was quick to negate the slide's legitimacy: "I've never seen that slide before, I don't know where that came from," he told me in our call, and quickly followed-up by stating that "it's not real. FX is not end-of-life." AMD's FX branded products will continue to evolve and we look forward to sharing those updates in the future. Well, that's.. better | ||
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Incognoto
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