Building my first gaming rig

[SgtJoo]

hexcore gaming is coming. i was told when i bought my machine LOL NO GAMES USES 2 CORES DUDE

That's beside the point, the i7 is a quad core with hyperthreading. I have an AMD hex core that costs 1/4 the price of an intel hex core.

i don't buy or upgrade for the moment, i do it with an eye to the future, which is what makes an i5 even more laughable. sure it will run the hell out of bf3, but what about bf6?

The i5 is a solid processor for now and the foreseeable future. You want to futureproof for sure with intel, go ivy bridge when it comes out.

800w psu in that build, but yes, its poo most likely.

k. Have you seen all the reviews on newegg talking about how that psu crapped out after two days? Questionable build quality.

i have never gotten a rebate back from any of the reputable companies i've dealt with, like sapphire, so i don't even bother looking for them anymore. if you build that machine with newegg only, you're looking at another 100$ or more easily.

Seriously? Plenty of people have no problems getting rebates. It might take a month, but you'll get them. And the grand total of rebates for that build was like 25 dollars. Negligible.

we're talking about someone that has never built a pc, and i'm going to assume has never upgraded or removed/installed a processor, so yes, bending a pin is a possibility

I had never even touched a CPU on my first install, I'm shitty at putting things together and I didn't bend a pin.

and assembly of the tower, installation of OS can easily take 3 hours or longer

and then you have to track down drivers for your hardware.

Ooo, 5 minutes on nvidia's website downloading an update.

most skimped parts are just rebranded anyway. that's all rosewill does is rebrands. there's less of a need for sli/xfire than there is an 8 core processor.

Most skimped parts are sourced from questionable companies and are likely to poo the bed on you. And you're talking about futureproofing with an i7, that's what sli and crossfire do. They're also good on budgets so you can upgrade later.

as far as the quality of the ram, if you sat down beside two machines with the exact same specs, you wouldn't be able to tell me which had the corsair ram in it and which had bargain brand, since the bargain brand is most likely rebranded anyway, the same way motorolla made every single pager in the 90s

I'll give you this with the caveat of overclocking RAM and making sure the timings are OK.

yeah, i don't take advice from anyone that suggests pirating an OS.

I lol'd. A lot. Pirating an OS is quite common.

i don't have a problem with anyone building their own computer. i do however consider it irresponsible to suggest to someone that has never done the required hardware modifications that constitute a build to build their own computer

you know, the kind of person that doesn't know laptops and desktops use two different kind of ram or that the higher powered videocards must be plugged into the mobo. if someone shows up on a football forum asking if they should build their own pc, the most likely answer is no. get a solid prebuilt at a good price, and make modifications to it as you go along. when you're comfortable, build your own pc.

like i said, the real benefit is having a warranty for individual components.

Building a PC is like a Geico commercial. So easy a caveman could do it. Follow directions, things only fit one way. It's like putting a desk together, or bigger legos.

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[Porn Shop Clerk]

Wanna put some money on that, say $500?

oh it was a month ago

[Porn Shop Clerk]

This thread is entertaining at this point, I'm still laughing about the dangers of bending pins on an i7 processor during assembly of a home built computer. :lol:

it happens the same way people break their coffee cup holders on their machines

[mmmbeans]

who the hell wants to play san andreas?

[Porn Shop Clerk]

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the only questionable part i've ever had poo the bed on me is a psu, and only one of those

maybe if you stuck with a reputable prebuilt, you wouldn't have all those fuged up problems with hardware

i've seen plenty of home built pcs with hardware issues. moreso than prebuilt.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

who the hell wants to play san andreas?

someone that likes video games

[mmmbeans]

hmmm... not me.

then again, i just started playing a ps2 game. i'm not really the target audience for most games.

[Brandon]

the only questionable part i've ever had poo the bed on me is a psu, and only one of those

maybe if you stuck with a reputable prebuilt, you wouldn't have all those fuged up problems with hardware

i've seen plenty of home built pcs with hardware issues. moreso than prebuilt.

I've never seen a properly researched home-built computer have more than minor teething issues, which are often resolved inside of an hour.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

that's the problem, most of them aren't properly researched because "even a caveman can do it"

[Brandon]

that's the problem, most of them aren't properly researched because "even a caveman can do it"

If you get help with picking parts that work well together, then after that it is ridiculously easy.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

after some of the pooty computers i've seen built, i wouldn't trust anyone's judgement on the matter

seen too many people get ripped off by supposed friends that really weren't competent enough to build a functioning pc

[Inimicus]

PSC you're clearly passionate about this topic and I really didn't come back to it just to give you a hard time.

That said I think you're overstating the skill required to build a PC these days.

Ive been in IT as a professional for the better part of 2 decades and add another 5 as a serious hobbyist. Ive built more than a few PCs in my day and while I wouldn't have trusted but a very select handful of people to assemble and configure my first 386 DX, today Id trust a 12 year old to build one.

Between the plug and play nature of the assembly and the fact that installing the OS is a simple matter of putting your win7 disc in the "cup holder" and turning the machine on its about as brainless as anything Ive seen in the industry. Hell windows will even fetch most of your drivers for you these days.

Now admittedly that's not a machine tweaked and tuned to coax out every possible flop but it will get your email and surf youtube just fine.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

so you'd give a 12 year old leeway to use your bank account to order and assemble a 1500$ i5?

lolololol

first pc i built was a pentium 2. now i just don't see the point. there are reasons, but saving money and building a more powerful system for less $$$ just isn't true like it once was.

i wouldn't mind having a manufacturer's 1yr warranty for each individual component, but really its just not worth the headache for me. I'd rather just salvage a refurb or open box and trick it out with the money i save.

there are certain prebuilt manufacturers that i've had very little problem with, like gateway, emachine, acer, asus...and some that always seem to have pooty problems like hard drive failure, such as HP, dell, compaq, etc...but even then, a lot of that is just the nut behind the keyboard.

i dunno about lenovo, they seem alright.

this is the kind of deal i'd hit personally: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229262R

gotta replace that psu asap though.

the 1400$ 8 core i linked earlier as a point was solid retail. i never pay over 80% retail for anything.

edit: daaaaamn it already sold out.

[SgtJoo]

an i5 build does not cost 1500 bro