The Computing/I.T. Thread
Cracktastic 06 Aug 2014
If anyone is looking for some cheap SSD's they are on sale with these peeps. i just bought myself a 500gb
WillC 06 Aug 2014
If anyone is looking for some cheap SSD's they are on sale with these peeps. i just bought myself a 500gb
You SIR are a baller! In a good way.
Cracktastic 06 Aug 2014
Only problem is, 1 purchase per unit, i was thinking of buying 2 256gb's and throw them in raid 0 but thought likewise on just getting a 500gb. I've already got a 128gb OCZ, but probs give that to my mate since his PC needs it most.
Dimeb4g 24 Aug 2014
I bought myself a i7 Haswell 4820chipset, 16gb ram, 4gb GT 760, 256ssd 2tb hdd running 3 screens and its pretty epic!
Cracktastic 08 Sep 2014
If Anyone is looking more HDD's there is a big sale going on with WD : http://www.shoppinge...-Desktop-Drives
Cracktastic 20 Oct 2014
If Anyone is looking for a new little upgrade, there is a sale going on atm.! http://www.shoppinge...Ultimate-Gaming
nova 20 Oct 2014
What's everyone's build look like?
Harry88 20 Oct 2014
What's everyone's build look like?
I don't use my PC for games so I'm just running something modest.
AMD A6 5400 3.6ghz
8GB ram
128gb ssd
AMD radeon 5770 1GB
Barbbachello 20 Oct 2014
16gm of ddr3
i5 quad core that I can't remember
Too many standard hdd that are getting slow as fork
Liberty 20 Oct 2014
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010)
Processor: 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3
Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 (upgrading with more soon)
Graphics: ATi Radeon HD 5670 512 MB
Basically stock out of the box since I purchased it in 2010. I've got two free memory slots though which I plan to take up fairly soon just to maximise things a bit.
Richo 20 Oct 2014
man, I used to get right into hardware. OC'ing everything i could.. Now you young'ns get perdy menus and can just tell the BIOS what speed you want it to run at.. maaan, we use to have to tweak every voltage and timing and test for days. Hell, most systems will let you do it in windows!
my system is like 2 years old. Plays TV shows, Movies, Netflix, YouTube, music, porn and D3.. Im happy.
Barbbachello 20 Oct 2014
Ive never bothered with OC. I got interested when I was a poor high school student as an upgrade but I was reminded if something breaks you cant afford to replace it so it wasnt worth it. Now my PC doesnt struggle with any games and hasnt for the 5+ years ive owned.
nova 20 Oct 2014
Here's mine that I made about 2 years ago
i5 2500k OC to 4.5ghz
AsRock z68 extreme 3 mobo
AMD Radeon 7970 OC to 1ghz
8gb GSkill Ripjaws RAM
750w Silverstone Strider+ PSU
a funky logitech keyboard that changes colors and a death adder mouse
Attached Files
Cracktastic 21 Oct 2014
Currently in system:
CPU: Intel i5 4670 3.4Ghz
Ram: 16gb Corsair Vengeance
Graphics: 750Ti (Going to be upgrading to a ASUS Strix GTX 970)
HDD's: Samsung EVO 500GB SSD + x2 2TB WD Black Drives
Mobo: Asus Z87-Pro
PSU:750W Antec Gaming PSU(Might upgrade it to one of those Corsair RM 850 Series)
Monitors: x1 Samsung 24" & x1 Asus 24"
Keyboard: Corsair K95 (Red Key Mechanical Keyboard) *White LED's)
Mouse: Razer Mamba
MousePad: Large Razer Goliathus
Case: NZXT H440 White (StickerBomb'd Window Panel. *Custom Job*)
Sim Racing Setup (Hopefully going to be setting this up. Some day)
allpaw4 23 Oct 2014
What are you doing with the 750Ti card once you've upgraded? I keep cooking my 470GTX. Might be interested in purchasing it off you.
My system at present:
CPU: Intel i7 950 (one of the first gen ones) 3.07GHz
Ram: 6Gb Corsair memory (cant remember the clock speed of the memory, and cant be stuffed pulling the side of the case off)
Graphics: Was Nvidia 470GTX, but having overheat issues with it, so have gone back to my old 8800GTS 640Mb. Big difference in performance...
HDDs: All WD - 2x 2Tb Reds, main windows is 1Tb Black, 750Gb Black, 320Gb Black.
DVD: Pioneer OEM DVD RW
Mobo: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
PSU: Twin PSU Antec P190 case stock PSUs (650W for MB + cards, 550W for drives, Both Neo-Power)
Monitor: Samsung 22" 2ms
Keyboard: Stock cheapo MS multimedia keyboard (probably cost 20 bucks)
Mouse: Logitech G500 Corded Laser with a XFX Warpad mouse pad
Case: Antec P190 Twin PSU Full tower
Was a budget build when I updated from my old system, so the Monitor, DVD, 320Gb drive and keyboard were all removed from the original system. The case was bought second hand from one of my mates who was upgrading at the same time.
Cost me less than $2k 2 and a half years ago. Getting close to upgrade time again, but need to get some spare funds...
SSIKness666 23 Oct 2014
Hi guys. I want to upgrade my desktop or get a laptop so that I can watch and edit GoPro footage smoothly with no choppy playback. There will be no intention of playing games.
Currently I'm running (and yes I'm well aware it's outdated):
Intel Pentium 4 3.6Ghz
200g SSD
2TB external HD
GeForce GT640
Asus wireless network card
Asus 21.5" LCD monitor
Logitech G105 keyboard
with Windows XP 32bit
I want to spend as little as possible. Just so long as I can do the above mentioned tasks fluidly, I'll be happy.
Ok so what are my options?
Thanks.
alexGT 24 Oct 2014
man, I used to get right into hardware. OC'ing everything i could.. Now you young'ns get perdy menus and can just tell the BIOS what speed you want it to run at.. maaan, we use to have to tweak every voltage and timing and test for days. Hell, most systems will let you do it in windows!
my system is like 2 years old. Plays TV shows, Movies, Netflix, YouTube, music, porn and D3.. Im happy.
I remember using a HB pencil to overclock my CPU...
i5 3570k
8GB 2133 RAM
280x
256 Samsung SSD
24" Dell
Hi guys. I want to upgrade my desktop or get a laptop so that I can watch and edit GoPro footage smoothly with no choppy playback. There will be no intention of playing games.
Currently I'm running (and yes I'm well aware it's outdated):
Intel Pentium 4 3.6Ghz
200g SSD
2TB external HD
GeForce GT640
Asus wireless network card
Asus 21.5" LCD monitor
Logitech G105 keyboard
with Windows XP 32bit
I want to spend as little as possible. Just so long as I can do the above mentioned tasks fluidly, I'll be happy.
Ok so what are my options?
Thanks.
what's your budget? I'd shy away from a laptop if you are going to be doing continous gopro editing, they can struggle a fair bit unless they are heavy spec.
SSIKness666 24 Oct 2014
Oh and I've got 4g ram (8g but XP only utilises a maximum of ~3.6.