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Re: What do you think of my potential new gaming rig?

2012-07-26T09:45:10-06:00

Niiiiice!

Statistics: Posted by Market Man6 — July 26th, 2012, 9:45 am

Re: What do you think of my potential new gaming rig?

2012-07-25T19:26:10-06:00

So, it turns out there isn't actually anywhere to mount the water cooler in this case. I wasted $63 for nothing.

Anywho, the only change I made was getting a 560 SE instead of a 550 Ti. I finished building the computer today and I'm now installing Windows 8 Release Preview. This build was a total pain in the ass, but at least I somehow managed to fit everything (except for the water cooler) in.

bartoron

Statistics: Posted by bartoron — July 25th, 2012, 7:26 pm

Re: What do you think of my potential new gaming rig?

2012-07-25T15:35:55-06:00

That's a nifty little build you got there, however I would drop the water cooler. You're not buying a K series processor so the overclocks are not going to be as gaudy. A good air cooler like the Cooler Master Hyper 212+ would more than do the job. You could always just pirate Win7 if you really needed to. Certainly looks like it would be convenient for LAN parties and whatnot.

Statistics: Posted by Animal — July 25th, 2012, 3:35 pm

Re: What do you think of my potential new gaming rig?

2012-07-23T21:31:50-06:00

Despite having a hate for touch screens, and many questions about windows8. I am kind of excited for windows8 ....maybe this will be when touchscreens stop being awful garbage.

Statistics: Posted by Market Man6 — July 23rd, 2012, 9:31 pm

Re: What do you think of my potential new gaming rig?

2012-07-22T10:39:29-06:00

Market Man6 wrote:

Lameeeeeeeeeee.

But yeah, I think this desktop will be a very nice improvement over my ThinkPad, which has been kinda bugging me for a while and can barely play TF2 without overheating. I'd consider getting an even cheaper hard drive for now, because hard drive prices are still through the roof post-Thailand flood and I may get an SSD a little bit down the line once they come down in price. I think I may also just throw Windows 8 Release Preview on the desktop because I don't feel like paying full price for Windows 7.

bartoron

Statistics: Posted by bartoron — July 22nd, 2012, 10:39 am

Re: What do you think of my potential new gaming rig?

2012-07-21T16:58:55-06:00

Lameeeeeeeeeee.

lol jokes. seems like it will be alright

Statistics: Posted by Market Man6 — July 21st, 2012, 4:58 pm

What do you think of my potential new gaming rig?

2012-07-21T15:32:15-06:00

I'm thinking about getting a gaming desktop, since my laptop can't handle anything fun and I got paid yesterday. Anywho, I'm not looking to spend a ton of money, and the setup I'm thinking about getting is already kinda pushing it price-wise. I want to get something tiny, because if I get a desktop I'll be bringing it with me to college and I also like the idea of having a small yet powerful gaming computer.

Here's what I have so far:

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116506
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813157311
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231428
Video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130625
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136769
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817151093
Water cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835106188
DVD drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827135204
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811112348

The subtotal comes out to $857.91, and I'd be fine with lowering that a little bit if possible. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations?

bartoron

Statistics: Posted by bartoron — July 21st, 2012, 3:32 pm