Re: building a PC

by **george lucas** March 30th 2016, 3:00 pm

psu purchased

by **george lucas** March 30th 2016, 4:25 pm

on a side note i don't want to do any more of these rebate card things since the money doesn't go directly back to me. they give you a debit card

by **george lucas** March 31st 2016, 8:26 am

mobo is on sale... by a fucking rebate. no more fucking rebates

by **george lucas** April 1st 2016, 6:57 pm

now microcenter marked down the mobo too, but im not gonna buy it because i don't feel like going in after class tomorrow and buying it. ill buy it next weekend if its still on sale. if not rip doesnt matter

newegg took another $5 off the psu after i bought it. FUCK YOU NEWEGG. gonna try to stay away from them if i can help it their shitty rebate cards piss me off

anyway switching to a more reliable brand of ssd after reading reviews

mobo sale list wrote:PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($236.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.29 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($112.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($66.88 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $501.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-01 21:54 EDT-0400

by **george lucas** April 3rd 2016, 7:18 pm

might go with an AMD card instead because they're sometimes cheaper and have about the same performance

by **the 4th disciple** April 4th 2016, 5:34 am

from what i heard AMD is poo

by **cya** April 4th 2016, 7:53 am

by **george lucas** April 4th 2016, 8:18 am

well I'm reading online from guys who know their stuff that AMD and NVIDIA are about the same and technically the R9 3something beats the 960 in performance in the same price category

apparently one difference is that AMD runs hotter and louder but idc about noise

by **the 4th disciple** April 4th 2016, 9:59 am

Sir Mittani wrote:well I'm reading online from guys who know their stuff

reddit?

by **george lucas** April 4th 2016, 10:21 am

partially but you should know Reddit is le PC master race so they ought to know something

im also doing a lot of googling

by **george lucas** April 4th 2016, 2:25 pm

PSU arrived, tests confirm that it's working

by **toby** April 4th 2016, 2:25 pm

honestly reddit is probably the best place to go when building a pc
even with the whole le master race xd ironik stuff the dudes know their stuff

by **george lucas** April 4th 2016, 3:53 pm

i decided to buy the cooler too since this is the last day it's on sale and the rebate is a check

by **george lucas** April 5th 2016, 10:30 pm

i read this https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/4dho02/let_us_talk_about_overclocking_the_advantages/ and now i regret choosing a 6600k

by **salty** April 5th 2016, 11:17 pm

reddit and pc master race bros are biased af towards nvidia and intel products (although it used to swing the opposite way back when i was into that stuff)

by **george lucas** April 6th 2016, 12:18 am

well this article was about overclocking in general but I guess it focuses on Intel

by **george lucas** April 6th 2016, 12:20 am

wondering if I should get an m.2 because it's $10 cheaper? but apparently nobody has the technology to match the 32gb/s speeds you can get with the m.2 port yet and cheaper m.2s seem to be less reliable so idk

by **Total "Chad"** April 6th 2016, 8:11 am

Amd ain't poo foo

by **cya** April 6th 2016, 9:45 am

i've always preferred nvidia products but i know nil about computers

by **george lucas** April 7th 2016, 9:37 pm

the heat sink arrived and the thing is beep gigantic

by **george lucas** April 13th 2016, 6:13 pm

motherboard + CPU combo deal from microcenter up to $30 off, if i can pricematch amazon that's another 20 off, then a 15 rebate, bringing the price to like 90 lmao

by **george lucas** April 17th 2016, 12:54 pm

switching to an r9 380 because it has better dx12 performance and the circlejerk seems to think its good

today im gonna buy the ram and ssd from newegg because i plan on buying the mobo and cpu next weekend at microcenter

by **george lucas** April 17th 2016, 8:50 pm

those two items have been purchased for $98.98

by **george lucas** April 18th 2016, 5:51 am

alex jones infowars wrote:from what i heard AMD is poo

actually if you mean their processors you're not wrong because their processors are sub par

by **Ugly** April 18th 2016, 3:14 pm

their processors are garbage and overheat all the fucking time their gpus are on par with nvidia and can b better

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