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Bobnumerotres posted:the best thing to do is to buy one of the stupid cheap pre-built computers with crazy processors and RAM that no one normal would ever use and slap a video card in it Best GPU you can stick in a pre-built is a 750Ti, unless you're gonna replace the power supply, and at that point you might as well build the whole thing yourself.
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Dec 14, 2014 06:15
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Is the 750 Ti still the best card in the "I'm broke as gently caress" range? My 550 just isn't hitting the right spots anymore.
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Dec 14, 2014 06:50
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the 760 isn't much more expensive and is a bit more powerful but yeah basically. overclock it if you get it
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Dec 14, 2014 06:55
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if you're lucky this will still be able to run new releases on max setting in 2 years http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XQ8cNG loving lovely devs making lovely ports
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Dec 14, 2014 07:18
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:for like $400 and some change you can build a really powerful gaming PC right now. Or you could buy a prebuilt that can just about render the Facebook front page. Yeah this is what I did, built it 3 years ago and runs current releases fine as long as I don't to 32x antialiasing. Or you could spend $1500 to have Alienware give you the same thing. Up to you.
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Dec 14, 2014 07:38
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SunAndSpring posted:just buy all the parts and make some schmuck at Best Buy build it for you if you're too much of a busta to make your own PC. I'll do it for him if he pays me. You'd trust a goon before Best Buy knuckledraggers, wouldn't you?
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Dec 14, 2014 07:40
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:the 760 isn't much more expensive and is a bit more powerful but yeah basically. overclock it if you get it how do you overclock vidya cards anyway can i overclock my gtx 760 and get something more out of it
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Dec 14, 2014 07:48
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Probably the hardest part of putting your own pc together from parts is not putting too much paste on your cpu for the heatsink. Don't want that poo poo jizzing out all over everything. Everything else is just putting the thing in the slot where it fits and if you really think you're too dumb to buy parts that will work together the build it on pcpartpicker.com cause it has the option to hide incompatible parts from the list.
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Dec 14, 2014 07:51
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Ciaphas posted:how do you overclock vidya cards anyway download MSI afterburner then check out the overclocking thread on the computer forum here. its really easy and literally like ticking some boxes. It doesn't do a lot but my 760 went from High Everything and 50ishFPS in Shadow Of Mordor to Ultra everything and a 50ishFPS with a really really basic overclock. you can do more but i didn't bother.
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Dec 14, 2014 07:55
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I was running a Radeon 4850 a few months back with an i5 750. Basically what that meant was every game had to be on low-medium settings for about 30-40 fps. I'm still using the 750 but upgraded the gpu to a GTX 760, and can run most stuff on high now. Games seem to be a lot more taxing on GPUs than CPUs nowadays. Unless they're unoptimized poo poo by idiot developers.
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Dec 15, 2014 08:36
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Building a gaming pc is piss easy, it's basically really expensive Lego. Get an i5 Core processor and a Radeon HD7850 (which is what I'm using) or a GTX760 or higher and you'll be all set. Supposedly newer games are going to require GPUs with more VRAM so getting a GPU with 4GB VRAM might be a good idea, but I might be wrong as I'm no PC expert.
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Dec 15, 2014 18:32
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Picked up an open box 980 at Fry's and it's light years ahead of the 7870 I've been using for gaming.  I don't know if I'd pay full price for what they're asking for those things right now, though. If I weren't upgrading from an ancient card to this I probably would have grabbed a 780.
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Dec 15, 2014 18:51
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Cyra posted:I knew absolutely nothing about building a computer and I was still able to. There's literally videos showing you how to do it, you can't screw it up. That's still not too hard to get around though. Just remember to touch the case, and don't snap your motherboard in half. SunAndSpring posted:I'm getting a GTX 970. I think that'll last me for about 5 years or so. Starhawk64 posted:Supposedly newer games are going to require GPUs with more VRAM so getting a GPU with 4GB VRAM might be a good idea, but I might be wrong as I'm no PC expert.
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Dec 15, 2014 18:52
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just buy and use an anti-static bracelet if youre worried about that. radio shack sells them for like 10 and you can probably get them online for cheaper
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Dec 15, 2014 18:54
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01011001 posted:just buy and use an anti-static bracelet if youre worried about that. radio shack sells them for like 10 and you can probably get them online for cheaper Or in the latest instance half my case fans because they stopped working. New ones are so drat silent it owns.
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Dec 15, 2014 19:01
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I can't play like half the games I have on Steam because I can't afford a gaming PC. How can I get the money for one?
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Dec 25, 2014 03:00
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Sell steam cards
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Dec 25, 2014 03:19
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i ended up ordering a dell XPS 8700 w/an i7, 8gb of RAM and a gtx 745 4gb. it only has 12gb of RAM but that should be enough for awhile until i add another 4gb for longevity pretty stoked about not having to deal with lovely load times in source games and GTA V. i sorta wanna find a game that will look really good w/high system requirements but i don't own any on account ofmy old machine being lovely, anyone have any reccomendations for something really pretty? i was looking at shadows of mordor but it looks really lame
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Dec 25, 2014 04:01
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Fandyien posted:i ended up ordering a dell XPS 8700 w/an i7, 8gb of RAM and a gtx 745 4gb. it only has 12gb of RAM but that should be enough for awhile until i add another 4gb for longevity 
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Dec 25, 2014 04:27
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i mistyped the ram thing there, i was thinking eight cus thats what my current machine has or whatever. hopefully im looking at a substantial upgrade from my intel core 2 duo
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Dec 25, 2014 04:34
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Fandyien posted:i mistyped the ram thing there, i was thinking eight cus thats what my current machine has or whatever. hopefully im looking at a substantial upgrade from my intel core 2 duo How much did you spend
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Dec 25, 2014 04:36
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i need 2 buy a case (i just ripped the front of mine off accidentally!!!!1111111) and im thinking about water cooling. thoughts?
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Dec 25, 2014 04:40
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THE PENETRATOR posted:i need 2 buy a case (i just ripped the front of mine off accidentally!!!!1111111) and im thinking about water cooling. thoughts? Not worth the money. Buy a Hyper 212+ Evo air cooler and be set 4 life.
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Dec 25, 2014 04:41
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THE PENETRATOR posted:i need 2 buy a case (i just ripped the front of mine off accidentally!!!!1111111) and im thinking about water cooling. thoughts? sounds like a sweet airflow improvement mod tbh
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Dec 25, 2014 04:44
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:How much did you spend it was a gift but it cost around $1350 with a nice monitor
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Dec 25, 2014 04:45
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Hmmm...you could have built something much, much better for something closer to $800 imo, but congrats and I hope you enjoy it and have fun upgrading it in the future.
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Dec 25, 2014 04:48
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Cacodad posted:Not worth the money. Buy a Hyper 212+ Evo air cooler and be set 4 life. hm but a 4 star water cooler is like $20 on newegg
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Dec 25, 2014 04:49
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Cacodad posted:Not worth the money. Buy a Hyper 212+ Evo air cooler and be set 4 life. Agreed. I'm overclocking my notoriously hot running i7-4770k with one attached and it works like a charm. Temps never breach 70
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THE PENETRATOR posted:hm but a 4 star water cooler is like $20 on newegg actually i lied it seems like that heatsink is huge, tho
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Dec 25, 2014 04:52
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Fandyien posted:it was a gift but it cost around $1350 with a nice monitor Yeah that was a ripp but if it was a gift that's cool you should try out endless legend and far cry 4
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Cyra posted:Hmmm...you could have built something much, much better for something closer to $800 imo, but congrats and I hope you enjoy it and have fun upgrading it in the future. yeah, that'd have been pretty rad and i kinda wanted to do that, but it was a graduation + christmas present from my parents and my dad is a big fan of getting something straightforward from a known company with warranties even if it means spending more. luckily he's pretty tech savvy and an early adopter kinda guy himself so he prefers to buy decent computers that'll last awhile instead of best buy poo poo or something. he wasn't down with the two of us trying to build it or me letting a friend do it, thought it was too risky does anyone know how good the GTX 745 is generally regarded as being? i looked it up compared to the radeon card that is typically packaged in similar computers and it got ever so slightly better reviews. from where im at now though a 4gb graphics card is all
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Dec 25, 2014 05:02
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I recommend one that is both fast and strong with lots of expensive parts and very large numbers, op.
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Dec 25, 2014 05:03
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:Yeah that was a ripp but if it was a gift that's cool you should try out endless legend and far cry 4 ive had my eyes on endless legend forever but i just want it to drop to like $10-$15
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Dec 25, 2014 05:03
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gamer, being able to run any game on max settings is the reward for any imp who decides to build their own pc
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Dec 25, 2014 05:15
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Fandyien posted:ive had my eyes on endless legend forever but i just want it to drop to like $10-$15 Its on sale for p close to that. Your graphics card kinda stinks. If you can afford it get a 980gtx, if not, get a 760 or something. The latter is like $150 and real good. Make sure your psu can handle it tho Nemesis Of Moles fucked around with this message at 06:27 on Dec 25, 2014 |
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Dec 25, 2014 05:24
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yeah the 745 is like a $100-125 vid card so pretty weak compared to your cpu
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:Its on sale for p close to that. yeah the 760 is maybe two years out of date now (three?) but for value for money it can't be beat ever (and poo poo it'll do 60 fps on lots of games anyway)
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Dec 25, 2014 06:31
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a new card will probably be the first thing i invest in then. $150 doesn't sound so bad either, last time I got a new graphics card in like 2011 it was $250
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I would personally go for a 970 and just be fucken set. That's some amazing performance for the price.
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