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Craton
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HewTheTitan
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She is extremely sensitive to the aesthetic and I think a small, nonblack case is important to her. I'm thinking micro itx or something similar. "I want to be able to hide the tower" she just said. Her desk is fairly tiny, it would be hard. she's quite partial to: "Lian-Li PC-TU100A Mini ITX Tower Case" because it looks like a lunch box a bit. edit: added monitor to budget, adjusted budget. What is your budget? Ideally <= $800, including select warranties (mobo) and monitor. Could go up to $1000 with warranties, but that means her tablet gets worse, so gotta be worth it, since both combined need to come in under $1200ish. CDN I think $800 might be overkill, she's not really a gamer, just wants to play some games including team games with me. What is your monitor's native resolution? No monitor yet. Might get a used one. Maybe a touch screen. It must be slick, aesthetics matter to her! What games do you intend to play on this computer? What settings? She wants to play some simulation games - maybe cities skylines/tropico/Sims etc. Also, her and I would like to play some team games together - probably dota/lol/heroes. I think 30fps as the very bottom is acceptable (ie, doesn't go beneath 30 ever), but it would be a lot nicer if she could get 60 of course. What do you intend to use the computer for besides gaming? Internet/movies. Nothing special. She will get a tablet for portable movies/internet actually. Do you intend to overclock? I don't think overclocking is ideal for her, she's never owned a desktop before. The room tends to collect a lot of pet hair too, so I'm worried it'll add heat to the machine- also, might go with very small case for aesthetics, does that matter? I'm curious what you all think. The g5238 might be a good call if it's safe for her to do. Do you intend to do SLI / Crossfire? No. Do you need an operating system? I guess we do, don't we? Forgot about that. Do you need a monitor or any other peripherals and is this part of your budget? yes, monitor is part of the budget. Touch screen appeals to her a lot, and she doesn't like black. If you have any requirements or brand preferences, please specify. no. What country will you be buying your parts in? Canada. If you have any retailer preferences, please specify. Memory Express is best for anything that is worth getting a warranty for, since I can get IPR and make returns very easily that way. | ||
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IceHism
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On July 18 2015 12:52 HewTheTitan wrote: Hey, I'm back. This time to build a modest gaming rig for my fiance. She is extremely sensitive to the aesthetic and I think a small, nonblack case is important to her. I'm thinking micro itx or something similar. "I want to be able to hide the tower" she just said. Her desk is fairly tiny, it would be hard. edit: added monitor to budget, adjusted budget. What is your budget? Ideally <= $800, including select warranties (mobo) and monitor. Could go up to $1000 with warranties, but that means her tablet gets worse, so gotta be worth it, since both combined need to come in under $1200ish. CDN I think $800 might be overkill, she's not really a gamer, just wants to play some games including team games with me. What is your monitor's native resolution? No monitor yet. Might get a used one. Maybe a touch screen. It must be slick, aesthetics matter to her! What games do you intend to play on this computer? What settings? She wants to play some simulation games - maybe cities skylines/tropico/Sims etc. Also, her and I would like to play some team games together - probably dota/lol/heroes. I think 30fps as the very bottom is acceptable (ie, doesn't go beneath 30 ever), but it would be a lot nicer if she could get 60 of course. What do you intend to use the computer for besides gaming? Internet/movies. Nothing special. She will get a tablet for portable movies/internet actually. snip Would this be okay for you? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wQmd23 you can downgrade the gpu to a 750ti or the i5 to the i3 if you need to. You can just add a case or monitor of your choice. | ||
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HewTheTitan
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Man I wish I lived in the states sometimes. At least when it comes time to buy computer hardware  Downgrading from that build in various places... what about the r7 260x? How does it compare to the 750ti? Here's what I have, roughly - can you comment/critique? Some of these are slightly cheaper options than you suggested, but I don't know what tradeoffs that involves. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($136.50 @ shopRBC) Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($68.99 @ Newegg Canada) Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.99 @ Canada Computers) Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.98 @ DirectCanada) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($154.25 @ Vuugo) Case: Lian-Li PC-TU100A Mini ITX Tower Case ($129.00 @ shopRBC) Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply ($76.74 @ DirectCanada) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($109.99 @ NCIX) Total: $836.44 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-18 02:57 EDT-0400 (Her current HD is 260GB full, maybe the smaller SSD + cheap HD is the way to go...) | ||
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IceHism
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On July 18 2015 15:58 HewTheTitan wrote: I like the build, it's similar to mine actually, but in CDN it bumps up to $795.81 and that's without a case, a monitor, warranties, or windows. Before the monitor comes into the picture, looks like about $1000 already, which I think is over budget atm. Man I wish I lived in the states sometimes. At least when it comes time to buy computer hardware Downgrading from that build in various places... what about the r7 260x? How does it compare to the 750ti? Here's what I have, roughly - can you comment/critique? Some of these are slightly cheaper options than you suggested, but I don't know what tradeoffs that involves. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($136.50 @ shopRBC) Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($68.99 @ Newegg Canada) Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.99 @ Canada Computers) Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.98 @ DirectCanada) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($154.25 @ Vuugo) Case: Lian-Li PC-TU100A Mini ITX Tower Case ($129.00 @ shopRBC) Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply ($76.74 @ DirectCanada) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($109.99 @ NCIX) Total: $836.44 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-18 02:57 EDT-0400 (Her current HD is 260GB full, maybe the smaller SSD + cheap HD is the way to go...) 260x and 750ti are pretty much in the same tier. I only refrained from picking AMD cause i thought it would be more expensive in places outside of the US as it normally is for some odd reason. I guess its the same price in canada. Anyways, I3 and I5 shouldn't give too much of a difference based on what your gf needs to do so it's a perfectly fine downgrade. A bit slower but doesn't look like she would absolutely need the extra speed anyways. Anyways, the build looks fine except you'll probably need the smaller ssd and 1tb hdd. I assume that she hasmovies and shows and such so the 1tb should be good to hold all of her media files. | ||
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
On July 18 2015 15:58 HewTheTitan wrote: I like the build, it's similar to mine actually, but in CDN it bumps up to $795.81 and that's without a case, a monitor, warranties, or windows. Before the monitor comes into the picture, looks like about $1000 already, which I think is over budget atm. Man I wish I lived in the states sometimes. At least when it comes time to buy computer hardware Downgrading from that build in various places... what about the r7 260x? How does it compare to the 750ti? Here's what I have, roughly - can you comment/critique? Some of these are slightly cheaper options than you suggested, but I don't know what tradeoffs that involves. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($136.50 @ shopRBC) Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($68.99 @ Newegg Canada) Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.99 @ Canada Computers) Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.98 @ DirectCanada) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($154.25 @ Vuugo) Case: Lian-Li PC-TU100A Mini ITX Tower Case ($129.00 @ shopRBC) Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply ($76.74 @ DirectCanada) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($109.99 @ NCIX) Total: $836.44 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-18 02:57 EDT-0400 (Her current HD is 260GB full, maybe the smaller SSD + cheap HD is the way to go...) There are some cases for prebuilt computers here: http://www.cclonline.com/category/202/Desktop-PCs/Desktop-PCs/All-CCL-Desktops/pricerange-800-99999/attributeslist/1175003/ Just in case you want to reconsider the case you've chosen. | ||
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Blazinghand
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On July 17 2015 12:32 Cyro wrote: Come back next year then  GPU market changes a lot 2x 290 or Fury / FuryX is doable on a 650w PSU if it's good and has four pci-e power connectors, but can't OC them and it's not particularly wise. Near stock you'd see power figures like 240-280w per card under load. Hmm, I'll wait a year then. | ||
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Hwotk
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So i'm gonna buy new pc next month and this new offer cought my eye, what i want is -the best mobo cpu and ram as those are hardest for me to swap for new parts, i want to get ok'ish GPU to go allong with it to play starcraft at highiest settings, League, and will propably swap it for some monster gpu that will come out in 2016 to play some other more demanding 3d games in the future. So this cought my eye https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-102-OG&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2489 any thoughts ?? i've heard its not worth buying 59xx+ line cpu's with ddr4 atm would that be true if i dont do any encoding/editing etc ?? I'm also looking to buy a gaming laptop to mainly play league and starcraft 2 for my girlfriend.. any reccomendations ( i will 99 % order it from overclockers.co.uk too) | ||
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
On July 19 2015 06:04 Hwotk wrote: Hey guys So i'm gonna buy new pc next month and this new offer cought my eye, what i want is -the best mobo cpu and ram as those are hardest for me to swap for new parts, i want to get ok'ish GPU to go allong with it to play starcraft at highiest settings, League, and will propably swap it for some monster gpu that will come out in 2016 to play some other more demanding 3d games in the future. So this cought my eye https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-102-OG&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2489 any thoughts ?? i've heard its not worth buying 59xx+ line cpu's with ddr4 atm would that be true if i dont do any encoding/editing etc ?? I'm also looking to buy a gaming laptop to mainly play league and starcraft 2 for my girlfriend.. any reccomendations ( i will 99 % order it from overclockers.co.uk too) You can save more than 200 GBP if you build it yourself. You also have the chance to pick better components such as GPU. | ||
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Bounty
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On July 20 2015 02:11 plasmidghost wrote: http://imgur.com/a/jQhry All that happens when I press power is that the system fan and its LED comes on for about half a second, then the CPU fan turns slightly, then everything shuts off I am far from an expert, but I had these exact symptoms on an old PC of mine just a few weeks ago and they were due to a defective power supply. A new power supply fixed the issues, although in my case the old one was more than 10 years old. | ||
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IceHism
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On July 20 2015 02:11 plasmidghost wrote: http://imgur.com/a/jQhry All that happens when I press power is that the system fan and its LED comes on for about half a second, then the CPU fan turns slightly, then everything shuts off Does the mobo post? this happened to my old computer whose mobo is dead | ||
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felisconcolori
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On July 20 2015 03:14 plasmidghost wrote: On the motherboard, there's a 4-pin (2x2) ATX 12V plug spot that I don't have connected, but I don't have a plug for it. I do have 2 2-pin plugs and an 8-pin plug. Would either of those work, and could this be the problem? Exit: I figured out you can split the 2x4 into 2 2x2s Yeah, that to me would probably be the problem. | ||
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