Posts by driftingdrifter88

Timothy Kim60 said:What kind of discounts are you even talking about here? 😬

I mean, there were some Black Friday deals and stuff at the tech expos...

I’m still one GPU short of a fully functional main rig...
Should I just sit tight and wait for some big sale on Best Buy to grab a 1080... or would it be smarter to hold out for the 1080ti coming in about two months?

The chassis has its own little quirks... but we managed to get all 9 bolts perfectly aligned with the mounting holes on the motherboard.
We finally got everything lined up and squared away.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/motherboards-listing-example

So, honestly? This whole thing is just unnecessary...

Are these things actually essential?

Basically, looking at this free image upload

The mounting holes are already there—they line up perfectly with the motherboard layout. In my head, I’ve always figured you just throw spacers in there by default... but if I use them here, the whole board is going to sit way too high off the chassis.

Asking for a buddy of mine here...

Does anyone know if this thing is still floating around anywhere? All we can find is the Founders Edition everywhere we look.

mellowtiger83 said:Look, if you can snag it for a hundred bucks, no brainer—it’s still a killer chip.

But once you factor in the case...
we're looking at closer to 500 easy. $200

So, I’ve got my PC hooked up to this Full HD TV, and honestly, looking at the specs, I feel like an RX 460 is complete overkill for what I'm doing here...

Can I get an estimate?
Zalman Z9 Plus case
Intel Core i3-2100
ASRock 970 Extreme motherboard

It works fine, just looking to add a new cooler.

Just dropping the link here... thanks.

I’ve been scrolling through this thread for a bit...
quick question...

Do you think an RX 460 or 470 could actually handle running Battlefield 1 or BF4? I'm looking at pairing one of those with 8GB of RAM and an i5, something like this http://www.bestbuy.com/site/graphics-cards/

Timothy Kim60 said:Look, just give me a ballpark figure for the budget.

$200 is plenty...

Honestly, I don't have much to work with right now... nothing particularly massive in mind that wouldn't be total overkill, but my current setup is definitely the bottleneck here.

What kind of GPU should I drop into this rig? Ideally, I want it to be able to handle titles like Doom, Battlefield 4, and maybe some older classics on high settings without breaking a sweat.

Gigabyte H97 motherboard
8GB DDR3 RAM
Intel i5-4570 processor
550W Chieftec power supply
Currently running an old ATI HD 4870 with 512MB

Robert Rodriguez2 said:The CPU alone is sitting at over $400, and you're trying to grab the whole setup for $500? That’s just wishful thinking... 🙂

I usually just pick stuff up locally... wait, looking back at my notes, I actually wrote down an i7. My mistake, I meant an i5.
If I already have a case and a power supply lying around, let's call the total budget maybe $650.
I don't need anything built for heavy lifting or high-end gaming.

At that point, I could probably just hit up Best Buy and grab some decent components centered around an i5 instead.

I'm looking to pick up
a motherboard
with an i9 proc
a GPU
an SSD
and some RAM

The total cost is somewhere in that ballpark... maybe a little higher depending on what I find
The rig would basically be for casual gaming and doing a bit of 3D rendering here and there

Quick question

The ECB online portal shows a "next billing date" like 02/08/2016. I'm trying to wrap my head around how this works—if I pick up some goods or services on 02/08, does that charge actually hit the bill in February, or am I looking at a March statement?

I ended up having to let her go... had no choice in the matter, really. I know she’s sitting in that mid-range bracket alongside the R9 280x, and since she's an older model by now, I was honestly hoping to squeeze out a little extra cash from the sale.

Where else can I hunt down an HD 7970 besides eBay or Amazon?

And honestly, how beefy does my power supply need to be to actually handle that card without choking?

I completely blanked on the Wi-Fi password for my second apartment... I haven't actually needed it until now since my phone used to just auto-connect and my computer was always hardwired via Ethernet
.
So, I’ve logged into the modem settings, but now what? Does anyone have a step-by-step guide for someone who's clearly lost?