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I'm going to go against the grain here and recommend you not go for a mechanical keyboard if you're mainly using it for gaming. The whole better to type on thing doesn't really come into play much when you're mainly using WASD. There's also the increased cost to consider and most of all the noise. If you live with someone it will drive them crazy, at least from my experience. If you've never used a mechanical see if you can test one out beforehand and see what you think at least.
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Wizard of Smart posted:A friend of mine gave me a gtx 550ti that I want to put into my wife's computer, because she needs an upgrade more than I do. But I just don't think it's compatible. She has a gt5464 http://www.engadget.com/products/gateway/gt5464/specs/ stock. Is the 550ti compatible with it? I doubt it but besides that if that machine really is running Vista on 1 gig of ram then I don't think a new video card would help things out anyway.
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Spiritus Nox posted:Parts are ordered and on their way. One last question: How long would the goon hivemind expect me and my dad to spend on our first build? I've heard anything from 30 minutes, which I doubt I'll manage from what I've seen, to 4 hours, which seems like a worst case "I got halfway through and had to start over from the beginning twice" scenario. Like everyone has said mounting the heatsink is the worst part. Most aggravating for me has always been the motherboard connectors for the case (power/reset/etc) so be sure to take your time on that. Main thing is don't get too wound up. I don't think I've had a build yet where the thing wouldn't power on the first time and I had to dive back in. Usually it was just a missed power connection somewhere.
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NostrilBreaker posted:I'm buying a new case and I'm not sure which to choose. I'm mainly looking for a mid-tower with good cable management and nice airflow/plenty of fans. Personally I'm not a fan of the crazy airflow cases after owning a couple. My newest case has fan filters though and it made me realize that keeping dust out of the case goes a long way towards keeping everything cool. I'm not sure what kind of setup you have but I ran a crossfire setup and an overclocked 2500k in a corsair 330r until recently. It's a "quiet" designed case and with just 2 intake fans and one outtake it kept everything plenty cool.
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Cael posted:PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Compared to the CPU and GPU in your old setup this seems more like a sidegrade than an actual upgrade to me. Personally I'd go with at least a 280x GPU if you're going to bother building a whole new machine.
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Radbot posted:So if I buy a used, in-warranty reference R9 290, it will be unusably loud and/or throttle constantly. If I put a cooling system on it, I void the warranty. I got mine for $210 when the mining craze died, it'll be awhile before you can match the price/performance value on that. It actually isn't loud using the stock fan settings, it's just different from non-reference cards in that you can hear the thing instead of it being dead silent. Of course if you crank the fans high it's going to be loud but personally I'm fine with leaving that alone and just letting it throttle on the very few games I have that can possibly tax the card at 1080p.
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