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>PC building guide from the Install /g/entoo wiki:
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Build_a_PC
>Logical Increments, a website which maps out recommended parts in various price ranges
http://www.logicalincrements.com/
PC Part Picker, a website which gauges your build's price and makes sure that your parts are compatible:
http://pcpartpicker.com/
Please be patient so others can see your build
this nigger is shilling his site since '11
go to /v/ people here don't need help assembling a lego
How is this build?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nRJTdC
>>53575095
Going to get a god-tier aircooler and OC the crap out of the 8370, right? Seems good to me
How's mine?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QkX3Vn
Rethinking the monitor, maybe will decide for higher resolution IPS Freesync one in similiar price range. Is 144Hz a meme?
Will reuse Radeon 5700 something from old build until Polaris is here
I just built a budget PC (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Whywf7).
I popped the ram sticks into the grey slots because they're numbered as 1 and 2 on the board, and also to marginally improve airflow. People seem to recommend putting them as close to the CPU as possible though. Is it because there is a shorter distance between them and CPU or something?
>>53574709
sage
faggot
>>>/wsr/
Read the sticky.
>>53575469
It's because they're retarded. It isn't such an outstanding distance further.
The grey ones in your pic are always numbered 1 and 2, and if you only have 2 sticks, those are the ones your sticks should occupy, as they're the primary slots
I can't decide wether i want to go with the MSI r9 390 or the Gigabyte geforce 970 xtreme
This is it all so far
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vckzbv
I can't decide between the two but that's what I've come up with so far.
>>53575519
Kill yourself
Is there a decent AMD CPU for emulating. Current build is a FX4300+Asus 7770 and I notice that it tends to stutter a bit with Dolphin/PS2 emulating.
I've been wondering if any of the newer AMD chips would be a good idea for a new build. (Specifically the AMD A10-7890K paired with a R7 series GPU)
>>53577838
Wait for Zen.
>Specifically the AMD A10-7890K paired with a R7 series GPU
Why would you buy the A10-7890K instead of the Athlon X4 880K if you plan on using a discrete GPU? Also it would be barely faster than the FX4300. Better OC your current CPU as far as you can.
>>53577894
When's Zen?
>>53576269
save some cash on the SSD and get the EVO instead of the PRO, unless you're planning on re-writing the entire drive multiple times a day
Rate my build plox. Just missing a few cables.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Ctbpdx/saved/TKjmP6
>>53578417
>$1000 build
>only a gtx 960
>wifi adapter on a desktop
>$90 wifi adapter
>>53578417
>All that wasted money on the optical drive and wireless card.
I can almost guarantee you wan't utilize that wireless card to even half it's potential, any wireless card in the $30-$50 is more more than enough. Optical drives are basically artifacts at this point. With all the money wasted on this build you should have at least an R9 390 or GTX 970.
>>53578478
Running a wire in my place isn't an option unfortunately, and it was between that or a $30 one with dubious reviews. Why's the 960 a problem?
>>53578572
For $1000 you could get a 980 or 390x. You are overpaying in a few areas.
>>53578568
I will agree that the wireless adapter is a bit too much, but hey some of us still watch dvds
>>53578568
Any recommendations as to a good one? My only tech friend just told me to make sure it's got ac in the kind it is, whatever that means. And I don't want to spend the extra 100-150 on a card for only marginally better performance.
I probably should have said this is basically going to be a Skyrim, 4chan, Netflix and porn machine.
>>53578592
Do you watch blu rays though? Why the fuck are you buying a $50 optical drive
This saying comes to mind
"A fool and his money are soon parted"
Good luck :)
Does anyone know of a Card Reader that fits into a Slimline Sata bay?
I'm currently building a HTPC and the case I'm looking at (Raven RVZ02) has a vertical slimline bay. I feel I could put this to some use instead of using my external card reader.
I have been searching for hours for one, but it seems like they don't exist. What is the technical name for that slot?
>>53578658
OP here. Eh, I have a bunch of money to throw around and I wanna be able to boot from disc if necessary. I just don't think an extra 100-150 on a GPU is worth it.
Going to alot of shit for this I know but what CPU cooler should I use in this build? Stock cooler is completely unacceptable not sure how AMD even ships the things...
>>53578417
Personally, I think you're wasting money on such a dope build and than a 960, you're basically throwing money at shiny new stuff you're never going to fully utilize, what are you going to be doing on your PC?
Is there a single graphics card handle games at 1440p resolution with no problems? (980ti perhaps?)
Im trying to decide if I want to get a 1440p screen, but I cant figure out if it would be overkill for the current cards on the market. I dont want to invest in a 1440p screen if it is only going to cause more problems than it will solve. Also, I am not interested in purchasing two cards.
>>53575451
>Is 144Hz a meme?
It's really only worth it if you play fast paced fps games or other highly competitive titles.
Anyone got any suggestions for a good micro/mini Dolphin/PS2 emulation PC?
When exactly new generation of GPUs coming out?
>>53578889
seconding this...
>>53578948
no firm date, but people are guessing sometime in Q2
>>53578795
Skyrim, Netflix and Porn basically. Also I just took a look and maybe I will just splurge on a 970... fuck it.
r8 me /g/
trying to make a build that I can upgrade over the next few years
will eventually add:
second 980 or 1080 (not for games)
water cooling for gpus
16gb more ram
a few terabytes for RAID
>>53579311
forgot link
pcpartpicker.com/p/NGTtVn
What would you advise as a good under 150EUR motherboard for LGA1151 socket CPU? Was thinking about using 6600K.
I built the setup on the left four or five years ago and it's been really great, couldn't be happier with it.
However, the USB ports on the motherboard are dying and I'm playing CPU heavy games so I want to squeeze more out of the CPU through overclocking. I don't want to replace the entire CPU yet because there's nothing really worth upgrading to, and so I won't replace the motherboard because it's a waste to buy a new board with an old socket. However, I'm planning for future overclocking on a very powerful processor, when one comes along.
On the right are my planned upgrades. New case because my current one (HAF912) apparently won't fit the radiator without me taking an angle-grinder to it. A fuckoff-huge cooling system for absolute futureproofing. And replacing my RAM with a 16GB setup so that I can run Cities: Skylines with 3000 extra assets installed.
But I'm open to suggestions on that front.
The grafics card is getting kinda old but it still handles most things on good grafics so I don't mind that. It's when I'm playing games like EU4 or Vicky 2 with heavy modding where I feel slowdowns because of CPU, not grafics. The only thing I'm thinking is that I may at one point want to liquid cool a graphics card, which the H110GT does not allow (no modularity, I would need to buy another system). But that's a distant possibility. Graphics don't concern me much and I'd probably never bother overclocking a card instead of just upgrading it.
Basically the advice I'm after is just to have you guys look over this stuff and let me know if there are better value options available.
Bamp
>>53579325
>pcpartpicker.com/p/NGTtVn
>>53579311
Eh it's not bad, that's a really expensive Mobo though. I would probably drop $100 less dollars on that and got with a Skylake I7.
>>53574709
>this thread
pic related, except for adults
and maybe a bit easier considering the difference in intelligence from a baby and a grown ass man
>>53579659
yah, was looking into that, but the xeon e5 really limits my options
>>53579738
I say nix the Mobo here's what I came up with .
What do you use the computer for? You may want to go for a 980ti and a skylake i5 even.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PyCgD3
>>53579704
Why do people get so triggered when they see that others actually like the build PCs? It's not really that big of a deal senpai.
>>53578737
What the fuck did you do to that PSU shroud. Are you 16?
>friend gives me his old one month old rig a month ago
>i3-4170 with gtx 760
>girlfriend got me an i7 4790k for my birthday
>buy new air cooler and fractal design core 3300
bless my friend and his stupid ass for building a rig he didnt like
>>53579930
i build my own computers, too, and i was able to do it without help when a kid
i don't mind people doing it but why all the hand holding?
>>53574709
my first PC
im pretty sure the cable managements fucking terrible wew
heres my build
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LKg6TW
>>53579760
thanks, I like this.
I'd use it for training ML models when not using university computers
the i7 you added has max 16 pcie lanes, I would want 40 to take full advantage a multi-gpu system not using sli
>>53580077
>http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LKg6TW
Not bad for a first build, not bad at all
>>53575095
>http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nRJTdC
If you're going to spend over 200 on a CPU, why not get an i5? Unless of course you're using a program that loves four module FX CPUs. The 8370 is clocked pretty low, and the turbo doesn't work like you probably think it does.
>>53576269
>http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vckzbv
Get the 390, and yes 144hz is a meem
>>53577838
Dolphin under DX12 works ok with FX CPUs. In general it's a CPU heavy task though, so if you want to stick with AMD, I'd wait for later offerings. Unfortunately, whether you choose Intel or AMD Zen, you'll have to get a new mobo for the socket.
>>53578417
>970
>not 390
Can't say we didn't warn you.
>>53578727
No-fucking-one boots from disc, it's all USB at this point.
>>53579365
Form factor is the biggest culling factor. After that, just make sure it has all the features you want, like OC, enough USB ports, etc.
>>53580214
im upgrading from a Optiplex 755 so this is like future age technology for me and im only playing in 1080p
>>53579981
> be me
> about to drop 1000+ on one of the most important things in my life for the next 5 years
> ask people on a peruvian donkey trading image board what they think
> get told I'm stupid for asking
fuck off.
>pic related from the wiki
>>53579704
Except you don't spend somewhere between 100 and 200 dollars on each block on average, making it a really stupid comparison.
>>53580077
Holy cow, down to nearly $1000 exact. Very nice.
>>53578572
lmao man, I bought like a 20 dollars tp-link card at some mom and pops pc business and it has been perfect.
Fucking wireless ap is one floor below too. Really nice chipset too.
Can`t decide whether to go Skylake, or Haswell, OCeable, or not.
>all those choices
>>53578572
Do you have a modem or router at your place?
I use a power line adapter to connect my desktop to the internet. They're also cheaper than your wifi card.
Getting tired of my Mini-Itx build and looking to upgrade across the board.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qFQhnQ
What is a good cpu and motherboard combo that works with an r9 270x and kingston hyper fury ddr3 ram that will fit inside an antec two hundred s case?
>>53580077
That's pretty gimped by low RAM speed and slow CPU.
See this for example:
https://youtu.be/frNjT5R5XI4?t=464
If you are going AMD GPU you need really heavily overclocked Haswell or Skylake to deal with the driver bottleneck.
Most reviews give too rosy picture of AMD performance because they use latest high end CPUs, sometimes overclocked, which eliminates the effect of AMD driver bottleneck and then retards on /g/ buy AMD GPU and pair it with a slow CPU.
>>53580254
>>53580255
yeah, but now that you're no baby anymore you're able to think a little about that before clicking "pay" aren't you?
>>53580255
>Browsing an Anime image board
>Bitching about how immature PC building is
Why are you so miserable?
>>53580576
> but now that you're no baby anymore
Hey, Rasheed, your boss is calling you. It seems you aren't answering enough tech support calls.
>>53578848
It is and isn't. Is it necessary? absolutely not. Is it amazing? Absolutely.
I have xb270hu bprz
>>53581101
I questioned whether to get a 144hz for the longest time, and decided against it. My reason being that I dont play any competitive games. I mostly play platformers and adventure games. The only FPS games I have are half life and tf2 and the only racing game I have on steam is Sonic Allstar Transformed.
144hz totally depends on what kind of games you play in my opinion.
>>53581350
I agree. I play Battlefield primarily, and CS, so I used that as an excuse to justify spend $570
>>53580739
i see this shit used as an argument against literally anything when people run out of ways to defend their inflated egos
>>53581379
Hey, if you get your money's worth then that's all that matters.
>>53581421
It's REALLY nice. But idk if almost 6 bills nice. Maybe 3-400.
>http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ggwjP6
As you can see this is REALLY fucking expensive where I live, so I might go AMD/Radeon(I'll post the "best" I can find in a while).
>>53579411
T-Thanks for your advice, guys.
My first full build since 2009. The GTX960 is the only part from my old stuff I'm reusing. I'll get a better card down the road
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LBHpZL
H-how'd I do /g/?
>>53581989
>http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YZ846h
Honestly I don't know which one. Maybe a mix of both? Halp?
probably not the right thread but I am getting 100% disk usage alot recently when I launch a game / program / render a large image in photoshop eventhough I have more 40% space free. What should I be upgrading in this case? CPU to process things faster or RAM since most loads are offset to it? HDD cause it is a sign of failing HDD?
Should I go ahead with this?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6KP9hM
>>53581557
>counterstrike
>that mouse
>>53582953
>>/sqt/
>>53578708
That's for laptop disc drives? You can call it a 12.7mm drive bay.
There are plenty of adapters that lets you put a 2.5" drive into a 12.7mm drive bay. Then I found this thing, which lets you put 4 SD cards into a 2.5" drive bay. So, you could technically do it this way... except you wouldn't be able to insert or remove media cards without dismantling your system.
There are lots of of PCI slot card readers, but I suppose you'll be using that for your graphics card.
That's the downside of SFF cases. They're small and look nice, but you necessarily lose capabilities as a trade off.
>>53582433
Get this one, add more ram for 16GB total
>>53581989
>Gets K version of CPU
>Also gets B150 chipset, on which it isn't possible to overclock
Hmmm
>>53574709
Read the sticky.
>>>/wsr/
>>53578812
A 970 would barely cut it for all ultra in games, but it would work. And a 980 and 980ti would do you no harm. So if your okay with lowering a few graphical settings, a 970 would do.
>>53583844
way to be useless and offer no info
>>53578708
no, card readers require USB nearly all of the time and your disk will 99% of the time use SATA. In VERY rare instances you might have one or two options available: older laptops use IDE, you might be able to hack a CompactFlash port and I think some Thinkpads use USB data.
But to answer your question you can't really convert a SATA port to USB, so unfortunately no buddy.
>>53583006
You're missing an HDD so i assume you already have one. there aren't any specific problems that make your system incompatble but here's spome things to note:
- try to go for 2x4GB instead of 1x8GB, it's generally preferrable to get dual channel memory. it's like six bucks more for two sticks via microcenter.
- you're using a micro atx board in a mid tower ATX case; not a huge issue but you're gonna be more limited on expansion and your tower will be bigger than your board is. Either get a mATX chassis if you like your board in particular or an ATX board if you like your case in particular.
>>53582161
like what >>53584425 said, that chip is overclockable but that board isn't. either drop the K edition or get a Z170 board. also your board is mATX, read hwat i just posted.
>>53580520
pretty much any ATX motherboard? you're really not limited for compatibility, but moreso by price. how much bnones you wanna blow.
>DDR3
you can't get X99 or Z170 though, so look at AMD or Z97
