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Title: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Laughing Turd on August 17, 2013, 11:11:40 am
Finally going to start putting together that PC. I've done some research but I still would like to see your opinions and advice. List parts, websites and stores that you guys like.

I'm thinking that I'll be going with a GTX 760 graphics card but we'll cross that bridge when we get there. I think the most important part is the motherboard so I guess we can start with that. I want everything to function well together and try to limit bottlenecks.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Turboweasle on August 18, 2013, 12:34:52 pm
I use http://newegg.com (http://newegg.com) to usually get a feel for what parts I want, sometimes they have good deals but I tend to shop around more.

Get an SSD, no matter what else you do.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Laughing Turd on August 18, 2013, 02:33:05 pm
Yeah I was hoping to avoid getting an SSD but I don't think there's any way I can avoid getting one. Games are so damn big these days. I'd hate to be waiting 40 seconds for a map to load in a brand spankin' new PC. I think an SSD lands right on the thin line of needed and not really needed.

In the end i'll include it in the price sheet but I don't think I'll start buying anything until I've got everything picked out and priced.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Laughing Turd on August 18, 2013, 02:38:58 pm
I really suppose I should wait until BF4 specs are released first though.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Laughing Turd on August 18, 2013, 02:50:54 pm
Actually I've been lurking Tom's HArdware and found a pretty good build that I think I'm going to do. Might change things up a little bit to reduce price but I generally like this guys build.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1771517/suggestions-custom-build-800-900.html

It's got the 760 which I was planning on buying and also that SSD. All under 900 bones.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Turboweasle on August 18, 2013, 02:58:46 pm
128 GB is a bit low, though.  If you get into PC gaming big, especially with Steam, you're going to need a lot more space.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Laughing Turd on August 18, 2013, 03:29:47 pm
That's just the SSD though. I'll probably pick up a separate HDD as well. I think that's what they usually do.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Turboweasle on August 18, 2013, 03:38:17 pm
That's gonna take up a USB slot every time you want to game, which is something you'll need to keep in mind.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Laughing Turd on August 18, 2013, 05:58:32 pm
What do you mean?


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Turboweasle on August 18, 2013, 06:06:19 pm
Assuming your external hard drive connects vua USB and youbinstall games to that drive, you'll have to plug it in to play a game installed on it.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: ĪSaucelotĪ on August 18, 2013, 06:09:21 pm
Get two hard drives, a smaller SSD and a larger HDD.  You connect an external HDD to your computer with a usb plug in, I mean you could always get a comp with extra usb slots.

I was thinking of going with a Gigabyte motherboard, just because there was some extra deal if you got one of those on cyberpower pc.  My one tech buddy told me to get a motherboard that wont have any compatibility problems come a few years or whatever, basically whenever your gonna need to upgrade .  I dont know all that much about Gigabyte, but MSI and ASUS for the most part shouldn't have too many compatibility problems, as far as models for motherboards, hell if I know lol.  I was going to go with either an MSI or a Gigabyte Z87.



Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Laughing Turd on August 18, 2013, 06:28:21 pm
Assuming your external hard drive connects vua USB and youbinstall games to that drive, you'll have to plug it in to play a game installed on it.

Oh okay, I see where you're coming from. Nah, basically I'm doing what Saucy said. I'm actually getting two, one SSD and one HDD but both connected internally with SATA cables. The SSD I might get a little bit smaller since I'll probably just be using it for a couple of things like putting the OS on it. For the actual storage of games I thought I'd use a good ol HDD.


@SAuce, you got a link to the one you wanted. And Im just like you, fuck if I know about any of this ****. I've only read info online. I have some understanding but ain't no pro.

The mobo in that build doesn't have too much of a description. I'd actually like a little bit more info than what NEwegg give you. What offer were you getting with that Gigabyte mobo though? None of the things in my list are in cement so if there's something reasonably priced I could check it out.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: ĪSaucelotĪ on August 18, 2013, 11:35:08 pm
Here ill link you to the base build I did.  http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Xtreme_1000/ or http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Xtreme_2000

They are pretty much the same base build, just different models.  Now I dont know if I can put it together and be able to show you in a link, If I cant I will tell you what I upgraded, for each component it has a drop down, and an addition or subtraction to your price, some upgrades may stay the same, and there is a lot of special deals, free games, use the same brand for components and get a discount, some graphics cards come with free games/ some let you upgrade from the previous for the same price.

You may want to just try this and see what different prices you can come up with.  Don't forget tax and shipping afterwords

Also, just components-wise, you may want to check out this site also; http://www.cpusolutions.com/store/pc/home.asp

I seemed to get a better overall deal from cyberpower, but just components wise, cpu solutions has a ton of stuff at pretty good prices.  They also have a bare-bones builds, and you can build a regular custom pc and they will tell you what is compatible and what isn't. 

http://www.cpusolutions.com/store/pc/Gaming-Barebones-c292.htm
^Check this out for all the different barebones builds, it might not end up being the best deal honestly, but its worth trying, especially since you can get 3rd generation i7 builds starting barebones at like 550 I believe. 




Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: ĪSaucelotĪ on August 19, 2013, 01:04:57 am
Right now my build at cyberpower pc is 967, the load number is {D7504975-C7A4-4944-B373-59109BC54A8D} but I cant seem to get that to work. 

The main components I have are;
-Intel® Core™ i5-4670K 3.40 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 (All Venom OC Certified)
-Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Enermax Enlobal Silent High Performance 120MM Fan
-Apevia X-Dreamer4 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window, USB 3.0 & Temperature Display
-HDD: 128GB ADATA SP900 SATA-III 6.0Gb/s - 550 MB/s Read & 520 MB/s Write(Single Drive)
-HDD2: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD(Single Drive)
-MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V2 [+24])
-GIGABYTE Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ Ultra Durable 4 Plus, 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16 (1 Gen3, 1 Gen2), 2 PCIe x1 & 2 PCI (Pro OC Certified)
-POWERSUPPLY: 500 Watts - Corsair CX500 500W 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
-USBX: NZXT Internal USB 6-PORT Expansion Module
-VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Handass on August 19, 2013, 10:41:24 am
Upgrade to the i7. Its a bit pricier, but the i5 will be obsolete within 2 years. Worst case with the i7, everything else goes old before the processor does.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: ĪSaucelotĪ on August 19, 2013, 02:11:42 pm
Id consider if if upgrading my build wouldn't add too much.  I assume 4th gen i5's will be fine for what we're going to use them for, for at least a few years.  I'll look at a few more, If its going to add too much to what I plan on spending for a build ill stick with an i5, even though it will be more expensive in the long run.  They start out now around 300 dollars.  I think upgrading on cyberpowerpc to an i7 from what I have now for an i5 is around 80 dollars more, which definitely isn't bad. 

Is that what you use for a CPU btw?  I really dont think I know anyone who has an i7 yet.

I made sure the cases I looked at had plenty of room for expansion too, make sure you do that also LT. 




Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Handass on August 19, 2013, 02:33:52 pm
We have an i7 on our new register computer at work. My laptop is still a 2nd gen i3.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: ĪSaucelotĪ on August 19, 2013, 02:44:41 pm
What do you do for work?

Oh yeah I forgot to mention the warranties, cyberpower gives you a 3 year limited parts and labor, you might want to look at the warranty on new egg or toms hardware and compare them.  If your going to overclock it, get an additional plan that will cover it, whether it be through the merchant or through intel or whoever themselves. 


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Laughing Turd on August 19, 2013, 10:45:10 pm
Hey man, I see you posted a metric fawkton of info there. I'm going to reply to it all tomorrow because I'm about to hit the sack right now. I just didn't have much time to show up earlier and post a lot. I actually got some guy on the internet to help me setup another build that is a little cheaper. It's got an AMD graphics card though. the parts don't look bad but I think I might want to get a better AMD card than the one he picked out. I'll post those specs and check out all the stuff you posted tomorrow in the afternoon.

Also, I'd rather buy something powerful and not overclock or get it OC'd from factory. I'm really not that good with PC's, though I do think I can put one together with help from online guids. I hear it's stupid-easy to OC but...I dunno man. Let me know wha tyou think. Thanks a lot man.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: ĪSaucelotĪ on August 19, 2013, 11:34:20 pm
Google some benchmarks or comparisons of cards if you wanna see how they measure up, the builds I put together look like they get more bang for their buck out of nvidia cards, but look into it and see.

And hey no problem btw, I'm trying to look into some more pc components and builds for me too, couldn't hurt to have more people with the same goals in mind. 


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: ĪSaucelotĪ on August 22, 2013, 05:21:11 pm
I ordered mine LT, its the same build I had except I didn't go with the SSD, just the HD for now.  May end up getting one later, made sure I had plenty of room for upgrades.  I did end up getting a little more expensive case though, and got the Core i5-4670K, in case I want to overclock.  Hows your search going man?


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: y0uR_MoTh3r on August 22, 2013, 05:22:00 pm
if i was u i wud nsted of getin a puteri wud get a gf cos u shud stop beng kechua lol


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: ĪSaucelotĪ on August 22, 2013, 05:28:04 pm
If I was you, I would do better things with my time  O0


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Laughing Turd on August 28, 2013, 08:00:25 pm
hey saucy, sorry man, ain't got internet right now so the only times I can check this page is when I bum of someone elses internets. ill hopefully have it back up this Friday but no promises in this life. haint been able to look up parts either but damn, the more I think about it while im sitting on the can or some **** the more I want to get that gtx 760. I think im going to go with that build that I posted up and maybe make a couple of changes.


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: ĪSaucelotĪ on August 30, 2013, 07:12:14 pm
Wait what build is it?  What game/ games are you planning on playing on it btw?


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Handass on August 30, 2013, 08:36:12 pm
To help you make your decisions, fresh off /ag/:

(http://i.imgur.com/2T7i1DK.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/Ps7MNfm.gif)


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Laughing Turd on September 07, 2013, 02:39:11 pm
this is another build that a guy on Battlelog made for me. It's AMD parts. I've read more about nVidia parts so if anyone here can let me know if it's a pretty solid build, thank you. The graphics card comes with 3 free games so it has a lot of value. Also, he said the card is really easy to overclock and I'll be doing that since I want to get as close to the GTX 760 performance numbers as I can.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1txap


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Laughing Turd on September 09, 2013, 09:04:01 pm
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1txap

lOOKS like I'm going with this build. It's cheaper and it meets or exceeds the BF4 recommended specs which just came out today.




The following are the minimum system requirements to be able to run Battlefield 4:

OS: Windows Vista SP2 32-bit
Processor (AMD): Athlon X2 2.8 GHz
Processor (Intel): Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 30 GB
Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon 3870
Graphics card (NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
Graphics memory: 512 MB



These are the recommended system requirements for Battlefield 4:

OS: Windows 8 64-bit
Processor (AMD): Six-core CPU
Processor (Intel): Quad-core CPU
Memory: 8 GB
Hard Drive: 30 GB
Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon 7870
Graphics card (Nvidia): NVIDIA GeForce GT 660
Graphics memory: 3 GB


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Termin8or on September 10, 2013, 07:02:55 am
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1txap

lOOKS like I'm going with this build. It's cheaper and it meets or exceeds the BF4 recommended specs which just came out today.




The following are the minimum system requirements to be able to run Battlefield 4:

OS: Windows Vista SP2 32-bit
Processor (AMD): Athlon X2 2.8 GHz
Processor (Intel): Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 30 GB
Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon 3870
Graphics card (NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
Graphics memory: 512 MB



These are the recommended system requirements for Battlefield 4:

OS: Windows 8 64-bit
Processor (AMD): Six-core CPU
Processor (Intel): Quad-core CPU
Memory: 8 GB
Hard Drive: 30 GB
Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon 7870
Graphics card (Nvidia): NVIDIA GeForce GT 660
Graphics memory: 3 GB

Hey LT, I don't think your power supply is big enough  :-\ Pretty sure they recommend at least a 600W if you get that video card and I'd probably go with a 650W. I did a quick config on the site that Oce was using and it looks like you need at least 570W  :-\

EDIT: The recommended power for that card is minimum of 500W, so 550W might be enough....I did some Internet searches and it sounds like other people have 500W or 550W. I just suggest that you do some digging on your exact setup and the power requirements because it depends on the other components you have (motherboard, CPU, memory, HDD, additional cards). Once you hang some USB devices (ipods and stuff) off of it there will be more power draw too. You just don't want to run out of power because it'll **** you up  :-\


Title: Re: PC hardware recommendations
Post by: Laughing Turd on September 10, 2013, 04:36:46 pm
it's cool. I'll just upgrade. for the most part the build looks decent. might also be adding an ssd to that as well.