My call load has been reduced tenfold and the answers I need to supply by more than that.
I can simply steer them to a Dell website, tell them the very simply answer or ask her to call in to Tech support. You do not have that option when you are the sole support.
I do not want to have to...
No one is questioning that you can build a better performing pc via the roll your own route.
There are people saying it is insane to build out a custom rig based upon future upgradability for your parents. I know as I have done just that in the past. It is silly, a huge time waster and the...
I am with the Del Outlet group here.
I generally abhor buying pre-built but it is not worth the constant tech support you will need to provide to build anything custom for most people over the age of 40/50. (i am just under 40!)
Go with a very basic Dell box that has very few...
I'd never go below 50 bucks on a PSU.
The less money you have to spend the less risk you want to endure with a cheaper PSU.
500 is really a price point for a web surfing pc that can play some games as opposed to a gaming machine which is why suggesting land to the high side.
You want...
Your build is very similar to what I have and I love it. (That case is a monster but it's awesome).
All that said, by Fall I am sure I'd make different choices.
You seem to be quite sharp for a to be College Student so best of luck.
Your plan is an excellent one IMHO.
Nothing of value to add to the always excellent suggestions provided here so just want to offer an overall congrats!
A quality gaming rig will cost you about 850. Cut some corners, find a sale or two and 750 is doable.
What you did was create a thread that refused to follow the basic stickied guildline to provide info that will allow others to fully help you, refused to accept work-arounds like rebates to...
Why would you decide that?
Not sure why you are posting here if someone basically tells you the parts you chose are the very worst ones but you go for it anyway with no real reason to do so.
Nothing at all wrong with doing your own thing with your own money but why waste people's time...
You don't heal as shadow any longer.
That is just goofy. Dual talent trees are available and very cheap now. You either have a second heal spec or you check the dps box. Making people wait for a queue and then they get some schmo who thinks he can heal as a shadow priest is wrong enough that...
i'd forget building out nearly identical systems.
the casual gamer should be a bit beefier.
basic home pc is very light on requirements.
anything you get now will fly compared to a 7 year old system.. much less compared to 10.
look at the 400 dollar and 800 dollar builds from mnewsham...
I'd get the coolermaster psu of those options.
I had bad experiences with Antec psu's so generally only use corsair or seasonic now.
Rebates are generally crappy and slow in coming. The check you may get 2/3 months from now isn't probably going to be a make or break thing.
Rebates...
see stickies at top of the forum and fill out the form for best results and help.
or look at the dozens of other threads like this one exactly.
that is a very solid budget for a high performance gaming pc... although that may vary if you are really canadian....
you might try powering down the system by turning it off at the psu.... leave it off for at least 1 minute then try booting, preferably into safe mode.
Marvell 9128 SATA Driver --- this is the driver the user above suggested you NOT use. 6 gb/s SATA.
JMicron JMB36X Driver --- Raid controller. Try this one first imho.
Intel ME Driver --- Management Engine. Install this.
Renesas USB3.0 Driver --- as stated usb 3.0 driver... install it.
You can run 4 different versions of any game out on the 2600. You don't need a better CPU.
In fact you will never notice any improvement for years over a 2k system... except the advised large monitor which may actually give you a headache (your field of vision isn't meant to spread that far...
cool idea... and yes a good argument for what at a pc can provide for the cost of a mac.
not sure what question you have tho?
you are seeking help building out a 2011 version?
or trying to validate a build before submitting to the interwebz?? or get feedback from last year's articles...
A Dell R710 running ESX for a few virtual machines over fibre. Then I'd run apps that made me money.
There isn't a real 5k gaming market. Just a silly way to waste money.
After about 2k the money is better used buying a really comfortable chair or a nice desk set up.
They are trickling back in it seems. At least one MSI P67 with B3 stepping is out now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130574
Be very careful. H67 and other variations are not generally suggested.
You want P67 with B3 stepping.
Hoping the Asus board hits this week...
thx guys. that's the deciison now... 922, 932 or haf x at premium cost.
hmmm.....
i wanted the black edition haf 932 but not if i get a nightlight for free.
i like the room completely dark for movies.
guess a little black electrical tape would be good enough and save me about 30 bucks...
Your friend should just go to a boutique pc maker if he is spending that much money.
For buying and building on newegg anything over 2k is just waste imho.
I am going to suggest he build a cheaper computer and spend the rest on a girl of his choice.
I have to agree with the above.
Framerates will not be much if any different during MOST games (WoW is a different breed) but downtime between games, tabbing out to other apps, ability to reboot quickly and get back to playing... those things add up over time to a significant headache, imho...
Any thoughts on the best HAF case that can be set to totally dark?
My pcs sit in my media room and I do not want to have to turn off the gaming rig to watch movies on the projector.
I am eying the HAF X for local purchase but I'd need to have it "lights out" for at least some applications. I...
+1.
I have used a handful of headsets but the Senn's are my favorite.
In all honesty though any decent 50+ choice should work quite well. Sound quality sitting on one's ears should be excellent.
Advising a new builder to build SLI is beyond silly.
You really seem to be a pro troll or a maliciously errant Techie.
SLI/Crossfire is not a magic fix and instead is a really bad solution 99% of the time.
The ONLY SLIs I ever used showed virtually zero improvement over the single card...
I'd avoid a netbook altogether and get a small lightweight actual laptop.
A netbook is a waste of money imho. (in fact they are really being phased out)
You are paying half the cost for 20% of the performance.
There are very lightweight laptops out there which would be perfect...
yea placing the wow folder on the SSD will make a huge difference... i am about to do the same thing... when p67 boards are readily available again.
my guildmates who have done so rave about it.
WoW is not GPU intensive... compared to other games.
It is CPU intensive and can be memory intensive(lots of game addons that eat memory).
Any of the modern systems spec'd out here will work beautifully. Socket 1155 would be a plus because the CPUs are so quick.
dual boot the ubuntu system and put your budget to adding the vid card to that one, imho.
i do this and it works fine for gaming in vista and ubuntu for everything else.
please for the love of all that is holy stop bumping this post:)
this post was regarding a christmas present and is certainly either returned long ago or no longer returnable.
saberone joined in february so this post was 2 months old we signed up and he still bumped it:(
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