EPTParticularly since it comes from an executive in the APU department :p
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mav451
United States1596 Posts
Particularly since it comes from an executive in the APU department :p | ||
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nosliw
United States2716 Posts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=27-136-270 | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + I RMA'd my bluray optical drive to be on the safe side - it would not read data from data DVDs and scoffed at any blurays. Probably a software issue, but then they sent me an "ASUS DVD Suite" disk with it, and I know that wasn't right. I'm not reviewing it at Newegg until that gets sorted, but their live chat support made me want to hit a wall. | ||
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SoulTakerz
Canada353 Posts
cpu: i5-4430 - $190 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116895 ) motherboard: MSI b85M-G43 - $83 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130700 ) video card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB - $180 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121823 ) ram: G.Skill ripjaw series 8GB - $50 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314 ) power: Rosewill Capstone-450w - $60 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182066 ) hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - $65 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840 ) optical drive: samsung dvd burner - $20 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151266 ) case: Rosewill challenger Atx mid tower - $40 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147060 ) Total: 667.93 with promo code (no tax or shipping yet) | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20342 Posts
case, optical drive, hdd, pretty standard. Probably can't get a significantly better offer than a capstone 450 @ $60 in terms of PSU unless you go for something worse to try and shave money with rebate etc - $50 decent price for 8gb basic RAM, 270 good GPU etc. If you want $-shaving, maybe someone else can help a little but it looks reasonably tight to me | ||
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SoulTakerz
Canada353 Posts
On December 08 2013 13:59 Cyro wrote: Looks ok, matx mobo @$83 sticks out a little, aside from that not much to say. Could grab http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231689 at $10 more if you have interest in having good RAM, but it's probably a waste of money given that you can't set past 1600mhz on b85 and similar chipsets (only z87) case, optical drive, hdd, pretty standard. Probably can't get a significantly better offer than a capstone 450 @ $60 in terms of PSU unless you go for something worse to try and shave money with rebate etc - $50 decent price for 8gb basic RAM, 270 good GPU etc. If you want $-shaving, maybe someone else can help a little but it looks reasonably tight to me ok, thankyou. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157388 That AsRock even has an Intel Ethernet controller. Anyway, build looks good. It also doesn't work if you're actually shipping to Canada. newegg.ca prices and availability and overall quality are different (read: worse) than for the US site. You aren't, are you? | ||
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BlackKiller
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b]What is your budget?[/b] $450-$550 What is your monitor's native resolution? Don't know but probably small. What games do you intend to play on this computer? What settings? League Of Legends, Starcraft 2 What do you intend to use the computer for besides gaming? Nothing just the regular. Do you intend to overclock? No. Do you intend to do SLI / Crossfire? No. Do you need an operating system? No. Do you need a monitor or any other peripherals and is this part of your budget? No. If you have any requirements or brand preferences, please specify. Intel. AMD Graphics What country will you be buying your parts in? USA. Newegg probably or other popular sites. Maybe buyin CPU and Motherboard from Microcenter but i DK If you have any retailer preferences, please specify. Nope. | ||
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Craton
United States17295 Posts
On W7: Right click empty space on desktop -> click screen resolution On XP: Same steps, except it's "properties" instead of "screen resolution" and then go to the "settings" tab | ||
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BlackKiller
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
On December 08 2013 15:19 BlackKiller wrote: [/b]Hey, I'm planning help my friend build a computer and I wanted to get some help with it. b]What is your budget? $450-$550 What is your monitor's native resolution? Don't know but probably small. What games do you intend to play on this computer? What settings? League Of Legends, Starcraft 2 What do you intend to use the computer for besides gaming? Nothing just the regular. Do you intend to overclock? No. Do you intend to do SLI / Crossfire? No. Do you need an operating system? No. Do you need a monitor or any other peripherals and is this part of your budget? No. If you have any requirements or brand preferences, please specify. Intel. AMD Graphics What country will you be buying your parts in? USA. Newegg probably or other popular sites. Maybe buyin CPU and Motherboard from Microcenter but i DK If you have any retailer preferences, please specify. Nope. I would go with a nice i3-4130 with a 7870. Something along those lines. Then get the rest of your rig: motherboard (B85 or H81 chipset will do nicely here), RAM, HDD, PSU and case. Once you've done all that, look at your budget and see if you can get a stronger processsor. i3 isn't a bad processor by any means however if you can make the step up to an i5 it'll be well worth it. However I'm not 100% certain it'll fit your budget. Go with the current 4xxx generation for Intel's CPUs obviously. Another card to consider is the GTX 650 Ti. You might find a good price on it. | ||
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SoulTakerz
Canada353 Posts
On December 08 2013 14:35 Myrmidon wrote: Yeah, for example I'm not seeing much significant on the MSI that's not on this AsRock B85M Pro4 (and you could probably get away with less) for $13 less: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157388 That AsRock even has an Intel Ethernet controller. Anyway, build looks good. It also doesn't work if you're actually shipping to Canada. newegg.ca prices and availability and overall quality are different (read: worse) than for the US site. You aren't, are you? i'm not actually living in canada =p | ||
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bubO
United States367 Posts
CPU: I5 2400 GPU: MSI GTX 660 Ti Power Edition RAM : 8gb PSU: 520w HDD 1TB Motherboard: ASRock H61M/U3S3 What is your monitor's native resolution? 1920x1080 Why do you want to upgrade? What do you want to achieve with the upgrade? I want to upgrade because right now I'm not be able to stream comfortably Guild Wars 2 I get pretty bad low frames. What is your budget? $300~ What country will you be buying your parts in? United States If you have any brand or retailer preferences, please specify. None | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20342 Posts
Why do you want to upgrade? What do you want to achieve with the upgrade? I want to upgrade because right now I'm not be able to stream comfortably Guild Wars 2 I get pretty bad low frames. Pretty screwed there without OC'd CPU setup - turning down a few of the settings can help | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20342 Posts
On December 09 2013 05:42 Ropid wrote: I agree. I'd be worried any upgrade would be money wasted because the i5-2400 is still pretty close to current stuff. Replacing it with the current i5 would mean losing those $300 while not seeing an impressive improvement. The i5 2400 maxes at 3.2ghz under four-thread load, you can reasonably assume 4.5ghz on a 4670k, as well as IPC gains (>20% for x264, less for other stuff) so it's worthwhile with a 660ti IMO - a nice upgrade, but without overclock the margins are considerably lower. It's.. kinda out of $300 budget though. I wouldn't bother without ~z87x-d3h, 4670k and a good cooler. | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20342 Posts
You could get a FX-8320 Considering the flat scaling past four cores and piledriver being worse for many games i don't think that's a good idea ![[image loading]](http://media.bestofmicro.com/J/K/348032/original/CPU-Cores.png) I don't know what the game looks like if you increase clocks by 50% and add Haswell on there.. but 4670k should be significantly better. That's SB vs Bulldozer - showing a 57% lead in average FPS set to the same clock on Intel side, though gw2 is a bit weird with scaling IIRC. | ||
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iTzSnypah
United States1738 Posts
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