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i'm already at $1204 with windows 8.1 added
and i haven't even added a monitor or paid for shipping costs, which i imagine will be an extra 20-30 bucks
it's a nice rig:
i7-490k
evga superclocked gtx970 4gb (should run just about any game at ultra/max easily)
8 gb of 2133mhz ddr3 ram (corsair)
2 tb hard drive (7200 rpm)
anyone know if i could save money by building it myself? or should i beg my mom to help me pay for it
or what could i change to make it cheaper (like making it an i5 whatever K instead of i7) but still run just as good
pls and thx u
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hard drive is cheap
it's cheaper than 1 tb right now with their sale
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500 GB hard drive,
i5 is good enough i7 is overkill
downgrade to gtx 780/760 ti boost
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what makes the gtx 780 better than the 970
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trituseJoin Date: 2011-08-03
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all i know is that my i7-4790k and gtx 960 4gb already play anything maxed out
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IsostaJoin Date: 2015-05-10
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If you're using a Hard drive, you need to off yourself now.
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isosta please do me a favor and never respond on any of my threads again. thank you.
@trituse
the 4gb evga superclocked version of the 960?
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trituseJoin Date: 2011-08-03
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no
jsut normal 960 4gb
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get 1 tb and buy a different power supply
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IsostaJoin Date: 2015-05-10
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Get a solid state drive moron. Why in gods name do you need 2 tarabytes of hard drive, that is so useless it's ridiculous, get 500 gb of solid state drive. Or do you even know the difference?
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damn. that'll save me at least a hundred
you think i could make it an i5 4560k or what ever it is and still run games at ultra/max pretty easily? or would i be better suited with an i7. i want to be able to play games at max around 2-3 years down the road
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IsostaJoin Date: 2015-05-10
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You're screwing yourself over by getting a hard drive, just letting you know. SSD is 100x faster than HDD.
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@isosta
500 gb ssd costs around $300+
not sure why you're calling me a moron
@letsbet
2tb is cheaper than 1 with the sale they have. 500gb is like 5 dollars cheaper than 2tb, so i might as well get 2
if i downgraded to a gtx 960 4g evga superclocked version i could just pick a 500 watt psu. but right now they have a deal going where they double the amount of watts, so i'd get an extra 500 for free
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IsostaJoin Date: 2015-05-10
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@Navium,
lmao, where are you buying your stuff?
Samsung 850 EVO-Series is only $170.
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IsostaJoin Date: 2015-05-10
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And please look up the difference between a hard drive and solid state drive.
A hard drive has to physically write data to a disc using a mechanical arm. Solid state drives have no moving parts, so they're a TON faster and they make much less noise.
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getting a 512 gb ssd would cost me an extra $200.
now please, go back to what ever god awful place you came from
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IsostaJoin Date: 2015-05-10
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Do you know anything about computers at all?
SSD's will improve your computer speed.
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1: Get an SSD, 2 TB is overkill
2: swap out i7 for i5 4690k, and use that money to buy a closed loop liquid cooler
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not sure how many times i have to say this: 2 tb is super cheap on the website i'm on. in fact, it's cheaper than a 1 tb hdd right now and it's $200 cheaper than a 512 gb ssd. i am not getting an ssd. i want to >>SAVE>SPEND<< money. so quit suggesting it PLEASE.
and an r9 290x is more expensive than a 970.
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IsostaJoin Date: 2015-05-10
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BUT IT'S A HARD DRIVE
Hard drives are terrible compared to SSD's. I don't care how many tarabytes it has, I'd take a 256GB SSD over a 2 tarabyte HDD.
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trituseJoin Date: 2011-08-03
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well make sure u dont go with the stock power supply or ur PC gets fried in 2 weeks
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j84eEjP-RL4
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1.If you do switch to the i5 4690k, use the "extra" money to buy a 8 or 16 GB SSD yourself at like best buy or something.
2. Overclock the hell out of the i5 to get maximum performance/price ratio |
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