Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

[Jarre]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

Can't you put a piece of U shaped trunking down the centre and paint it to match the wall?

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

OK. This is really starting to piss me off.

I have 2 monitors... and as some of you from D&D know, After the most recent update to the AMD drivers for Catalyst Control Center, my second monitor is no longer recognized by the graphics card. Any ideas? If I roll back the driver for the card, suddenly everything works fine. If I update again, restart the PC and try to ask CCC to detect it, it's not there.

I use Viewsonic Monitors for my displays and both monitors are currently hooked up using VGA cables.

[Malacite]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

rollback and hope for a fix to come in the near future.

be grateful you CAN rollback though... that's one thing I absolutely hate about nVidia lately, their drivers are installed in such a way that you can't roll them back without removing them entirely first >_<

[Mezlo]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

OK. This is really starting to piss me off.

I have 2 monitors... and as some of you from D&D know, After the most recent update to the AMD drivers for Catalyst Control Center, my second monitor is no longer recognized by the graphics card. Any ideas? If I roll back the driver for the card, suddenly everything works fine. If I update again, restart the PC and try to ask CCC to detect it, it's not there.

I use Viewsonic Monitors for my displays and both monitors are currently hooked up using VGA cables.

Have you checked to make sure it's plugged in?

[DakAttack]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

Have you checked to make sure it's plugged in?

This guy.

Haswell is out, by the way.

[Malacite]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

Yeah it's June.

The GTX 770 should also be out now as well, I wanna see how it stacks up vs the 780 - and perhaps more importantly how much it costs.


EDIT: Intel Haswell Makes Its Debut: Core i7-4770K Review - TechSpot


Really, REALLY glad I held off a bit more on my new PC - the new Haswell i-7's cost the same as what I would have paid for the 3700-series I had marked, which means i would have gotten hosed. Seems only the i5 and i7 models are out, the new i3's are later this year.


EDIT: AnandTech | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 Review: The $400 Fight

Double WIN! The 770 is priced at the same range as the 670, which has been the best card on the market for power-per-dollar. so, do I spring or 770, or nab a cheap 670 now...

[Malacite]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

OK so I need some help here.

I just got my Avermedia Live Gamer Portable, as it was on sale and today was the last day but I got a new quote with updated parts and my rig is considerably more expensive now, but I feel it's gonna be worth it in the long run (for what I plan to do with it).


The guy said nViida cards are better for streaming, but that ATI is better for video editing/rendering and that I should go with a Sapphire 7950. I was really leaning on either the GTX 770, or a 670 when they go on clearance but .... well, I want to be sure I'm getting the right card for my purposes - gaming, streaming, and making youtube videos.

[DakAttack]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

Sounds like broscience. Choose the card you want.

[Malacite]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

Yeah my current rig all told (after taxes) is closing in on 2~2.2k which is really pushing it for me, future proofing or not.

I dunno, I can hold off on it for a while still - see what I get around boxing day maybe but December is a long ways off - but at least for now I have my capture card ^_^


Plus I might be getting a PS4, I got all kinds of other expenses coming up as well that I really can't skimp out on so yeah... looking for work sucks.

- - - Updated - - -

And now a whole new can of worms has been opened and idk what I'm doing anymore :/


http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-s-Steamroller-To-Be-Faster-than-Intel-Haswell-289980.shtml

[cidbahamut]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

what are you getting that's pushing it over 2k? That seems a bit much unless you're buying a fresh OS.

[Malacite]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

And now there's more crazy stuff on the way, like SATA-Express... starting to think right now's actually the *worst* time to rig up a new PC as there is so much new tech due out next year.


Um, I'm probably getting overcharged here on some stuff but I'm not committing to a buy yet anyways - especially in revelation of some of my research today.


$369 for the i7-4770K

$79.99 for the BD Writer

$100 for Seagate Barracyda 2TB HDD

$184.99 for Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H

$129.99 Corsir Vengeance Low Profile 16GB @1600Mhz

$154.99 Intel 520 Series 120GB SSD

$319 Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5

and then system build labor, taxes, and stupid environmental fee makes it about $1600, but then tack on an 800W power supply and large tower goes up to around 2k

[cidbahamut]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

So a $400 power supply.

[Malacite]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

Nah the tower's like $180 I think

[Nandito]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

Microcenter. If you're lucky enough to live near one, it is the place to buy a CPU and Mobo due to their constant bundle deals. It's also a general all-around good computer store.

Sadly, only in US and not many locations at that.

[Fliegar]

Re: Yyg, Cid and Mal's Gaming PC Construction Thread (open discussion)

If I'm correct, you live somewhere in Alberta don't you Mal? Try Memoryexpress. They offer some pretty sweet deals sometimes. A few of my co-workers have had computers built by them and I haven't heard any complaints.