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GamerGround >> Finally building MY gaming rig...
| 9/18/12 2:13 PM | |
LindeUsesMyMouthAsAToilet
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9625 |
Lol yea. The motherboard and CPU should be here tomorrow and the case and cooler sometime later this week. I have to wait until next week to order the memory, ssd, and optical drive because I had to dip into my building fund for some late season Tiki Tubing with friends. |
| 9/18/12 2:52 PM | |
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TheMountain
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Member Since: 2/18/05 Posts: 255 |
I have a 64GB SSD with my OS, apps, and BF3 (and saved games for most games) on it and have about 7 GB left. Definitely go for 120GB at least, in my opinion. There's also a program called Steam Mover that will let you move games to a different drive and move them back at your leisure and this can be done for non-Steam games also I've heard. I paid $114.99 for the 64GB I purchased a year ago and the 120GB are now cheaper than that so I will be upgrading myself soon. |
| 9/18/12 3:51 PM | |
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LindeUsesMyMouthAsAToilet
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9626 |
Yea.... I went with the 128GB Samsung 830 Series SSD. It's at $99 right now. |
| 9/18/12 6:04 PM | |
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TheMountain
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Edited: 09/18/12 11:32 PM Member Since: 2/18/05 Posts: 262 |
Cool, I noticed this sale today ($69.99 for 128 GB) if anyone else is looking for one. Edit: never mind, sold out |
| 9/19/12 2:21 PM | |
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LindeUsesMyMouthAsAToilet
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9627 |
Just got the mobo and CPU in. My head hurts from reading all of the features on this mobo. |
| 10/2/12 2:52 AM | |
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LindeUsesMyMouthAsAToilet
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9783 |
So I'm just waiting for the RAM. Here's the final specs....
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz |
| 10/2/12 11:14 AM | |
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owin
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Member Since: 6/18/09 Posts: 267 |
Because of this thread I am finally building my first computer. That pcpartpicker.com site was a huge help. Everything but my monitor will be in today. Pretty damn exciting. I will post pictures and specs when I am finished. Same processor and gpu as you. Here's to hoping nothing is DOA. |
| 10/2/12 11:38 AM | |
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LindeUsesMyMouthAsAToilet
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9793 |
owin - Because of this thread I am finally building my first computer. That pcpartpicker.com site was a huge help. Everything but my monitor will be in today. Pretty damn exciting. I will post pictures and specs when I am finished. Same processor and gpu as you. Good shit man. I think there's another thread where everyone posts the pics of their builds. I'm just going to put mine there. I'll link it for you. |
| 10/6/12 7:32 PM | |
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BrentP
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9844 |
UPDATED FINAL PICS ON OP |
| 10/6/12 10:05 PM | |
Bisping_GMWOAT
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Member Since: 9/10/10 Posts: 6232 |
Awesome, how's it running for ya? |
| 10/7/12 5:34 AM | |
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BrentP
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9847 |
Bisping_GMWOAT - Can't tell yet because I don't have the RAM in. It can't complete POST. |
| 10/7/12 4:47 PM | |
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Bisping_GMWOAT
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Member Since: 9/10/10 Posts: 6236 |
BrentP -Lol damn. I should be getting a new monitor soon (120hz refresh rate) because my current monitor is only 60hz and there is so much tearing since I get well over 60fps.Bisping_GMWOAT - 
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| 10/7/12 5:27 PM | |
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BrentP
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9856 |
Bisping_GMWOAT -BrentP -Lol damn. I should be getting a new monitor soon (120hz refresh rate) because my current monitor is only 60hz and there is so much tearing since I get well over 60fps.Bisping_GMWOAT - I'll be getting a 120hz soon. Just couldn't budget it in yet, so I went with one of the better IPS panels I could find. If I see tearing, I can always set my GPU to 60fps with PrecisionX software. |
| 10/7/12 8:11 PM | |
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Jockey
Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 12451 |
BrentP -Bisping_GMWOAT -BrentP -Lol damn. I should be getting a new monitor soon (120hz refresh rate) because my current monitor is only 60hz and there is so much tearing since I get well over 60fps.Bisping_GMWOAT - Or just turn on vsync... How come you didn't get your ram yet? |
| 10/7/12 8:51 PM | |
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BrentP
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9864 |
It was sent back for some reason. I contacted UPS and Newegg and it's being sent back on Monday. So hopefully by Wednesday I'll be up and running. |
| 10/8/12 12:02 PM | |
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Flexo
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Member Since: 1/13/11 Posts: 2191 |
How much does is cost to build a good PC. I know nothing but I want one for BF3. 
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| 10/9/12 12:09 AM | |
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BrentP
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9889 |
Flexo - How much does is cost to build a good PC. I know nothing but I want one for BF3. It's possible to build one that will run BF3 for around the same price as a console. |
| 10/9/12 12:43 PM | |
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BrentP
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9894 |
****BEFORE YOU GUYS BUY WINDOWS, PM ME**** |
| 10/9/12 5:13 PM | |
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Flexo
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Member Since: 1/13/11 Posts: 2210 |
BrentP -Really? I always thought they were 1000$Flexo - How much does is cost to build a good PC. I know nothing but I want one for BF3.
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| 10/9/12 6:40 PM | |
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BrentP
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 9903 |
Flexo -BrentP -Really? I always thought they were 1000$Flexo - How much does is cost to build a good PC. I know nothing but I want one for BF3. Mine ended up costing a little over 1k, but that's because I went the Intel route with a slightly higher end video card. To be able to play the games, you can go the AMD route which is much cheaper. You can google gaming builds for around $500 bucks and there's a bunch of websites and people that have done them. |
| 11/26/12 10:53 AM | |
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BrentP
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Member Since: 6/15/09 Posts: 10632 |
Bump.... |
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