Getting a new computer. Need advice.

[MrRubix]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

scientific is gazeebo. gazeebo is mass. scientific is therefore mass. all are equal wastes of space.

Also, it really depends on what you're building for, Giggles. You can always save money by buying a medium machine at a reasonable price to be able to play what you want, but then you're constantly needing to upgrade to shift with the times (and if you're like me, you want to ensure you can max every setting you can). If you can afford to splurge and have a rig that'll hold its own for a long time before you need to consider upgrading anything, then the premium is well worth the utility.

I make a very decent salary now and so 2-3k isn't a lot to spend on a machine that I use frequently.

[scientific]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

just because you have enough money to do it doesnt justify spending way too much money.

especially when you could build an equally powerful computer for less

[Izzy]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

I doubt you could build an equally powerful computer for less. There wouldn't be any point in buying a piece of hardware that has the same performance as another but costs twice as much. I don't think that is what they are doing here.

I would agree that is a waste of money if you rarely ever use your computer to its potential. You don't need a 400 dollar graphics card to browse the web and play ffr.

I used to use my expensive laptop around campus and then I realized I just wanted something to browse the internet so I bought a netbook and I have loved it ever since.

[Fast Fingered Fiend]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

Droid Does no not really

[MrRubix]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

just because you have enough money to do it doesnt justify spending way too much money.

especially when you could build an equally powerful computer for less

yeah ok sport good luck with that

considering everything I put in my machine @ $2000 or so (including monitor, great sound system, etc), it was very reasonably priced. it's by no means "spending way too much money." the standard of equipment here is constant. the question is how much less you could buy said items for and whether or not the parts *themselves* are overkill.

in this case, even if you could somehow find the parts for less, you are likely buying them from supersketch third-party vendors/off craigslist/ebay/etc and you lose a fair bit of guarantee. Most of my parts were from Newegg, with cheaper equivalents purchased from other reliable vendors that happened to have lower overall costs. A ripoff might be buying a $250 dollar computer for $800. In this case, at that point in time, I think you would have had an extremely challenging time keeping that entire system under $2k.

[MrRubix]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

Droid Does no not really

if i had hal9000 in my droid i would **** bricks
PS: I've owned a Nexus One for a while and it's served me pretty well

[ninjaKIWI]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

I hear ATI is actually beating out nVidia this time around

The 5970 apparently rapes the face off of the GTX 480.

Well, that's what you get for a 200-300 dollar premium over the 480. Personally I've always had problems with AA and such with AMD's cards, I'm sticking with nVidia.

In my opinion dual GPU cards are just silly anyways, until PCI-E 3.0 makes its debut.

[MrRubix]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

I'm personally holding off until my current system is unable to run games I want at max settings with smooth performance.

[Izzy]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

I'm personally holding off until my current system is unable to run games I want at max settings with smooth performance.

Which will be like 5-7 years.

I still have a quad core 2.5 ghz and a 9800 gtx and am having no issues. Will probably update within a year or two.

[Fast Fingered Fiend]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

k, so I'm thinking of getting this:

i7 950
asus sabertooth mobo
ati 5970
corsair 750w psu
wd 1tb
12gb ddr3 1333
coolermaster hafx
corsair h50


1741.33

any objections? (except price and buying an expensive computer h0h0h0)

[xxxim_a_noobxxx]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

eh i piad 800$ for my quad core 8 gigs ram 1 tb ati 5450 works great with sc2 wow cod on all high settings

[Izzy]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

k, so I'm thinking of getting this:

i7 950
asus sabertooth mobo
ati 5970
corsair 750w psu
wd 1tb
12gb ddr3 1333
coolermaster hafx
corsair h50


1741.33

any objections? (except price and buying an expensive computer h0h0h0)

I prefer two 500 GB HD's instead of 1 terabyte HD.

[Fast Fingered Fiend]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

Can you elaborate?

[ninjaKIWI]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

k, so I'm thinking of getting this:

i7 950
asus sabertooth mobo
ati 5970
corsair 750w psu
wd 1tb
12gb ddr3 1333
coolermaster hafx
corsair h50


1741.33

any objections? (except price and buying an expensive computer h0h0h0)

The only difference between the 920 and the 950 is that the 950 is at 3.06ghz stock. Save money and buy a 920 and overclock it to 4.0ghz. I'd also suggest getting faster RAM but less capacity, I'd much rather have 6GB of 1600mhz than 12gb of 1333mhz.

Very nice motherboard choice, but I think that for a 1366 setup I would rather go with the MSi Big Bang, since everything seems to be moving towards PCI-E.

I want to say something about your 5970 but I feel like everyone will just yell at me about how it's future proofing and etc.

[MrGiggles]

Re: Getting a new computer. Need advice.

It's soooooo much cheaper to build a middling computer and purchase 1 new component per year. More effort? Sure. But you save several grand. Seriously what is wrong with you people I always see these stupid builds and everyone laughs at it.

I guess Rubix's is okay since his situation apparently involves excess dough and insurmountable laziness but godDAMN

Is this for gaming? Go i5. It's all you need, i9's will never max out.