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that's the ugliest thing I have ever seen.

All looks good to me.

>>332377675
haha I think it's beautiful. To each his own I guess

yay! thanks
>>332377928

>>332377928
Wrote this forgetting about the case.
It's hideous. But the functional stuff is good.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=ItS&rls=org.mozill
a%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=np&q=kitchen+build&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=

go for a 1 tb drive. i have a 500 + a 200 and i always have only 10gb left and always end up having to delete stuff. better yet go for 2 ,1 tb drive. also dont think you going to need 8 gb of memory, but hey of that your thing go for it

>>332378435
lol, was expecting something less clever (tits or GTFO). nice one

>>332378437
Thanks for the advice! I was thinking I'd never fill a 1tb but they're cheap enough anyway. And I wasn't enough close to sure with the RAM, so I'll just take it down to 4.

>>332378437
Agreeing with this anon. You can get twice the
space for $10 more.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433

>>332375267
Props to you for realizing you get more bang for your buck doing it yourself. However, there are a few things I might change/add. First of all, get a CPU cooler. You don't need to do high-end liquid cooling, but at least some sort of Zalman fan cooler to keep things cool.

Also, a brand new rig, but only buying a 500gb drive, in this day and age? WTF? If you torrent stuff and play lots of games, you are going to burn through that 500gb semi-quickly.

And finally, the case... I'm not going to say anything about the color, as that is a preference thing, but did you notice where they put the ports? They look like they are on the side by the floor! Overall, this case just looks really cheap in general, not of great quality. If I were you, I would look into a coolermaster or some other trusted name. They aren't even that much more expensive.

Anyways, good luck! The rest of the setup looks good, actually really similar to what I have going! (I have a Gigabyte Board, AMD Phenom X6 1090T, 4 Gigs of G-Skill ram (need more), and the Radeon HD 5830 (need to upgrade that too)). Of course, this was built about a year ago, so it is a little behind the times sadly. I also have about 3.5TB total in storage, but am only using about 1TB of it right now.

Also, what are you using for a display??? Considering that you are going to be playing a lot of games, this is almost the most important component, besides the graphics card.

Get some arctic silver thermal compound for the heatsink its like $5 and it works really well.

Get a half expensive Mother board as well cause the cheap ones have shitty capacitors from china that blow easy, so just save yourself from getting another mobo later and get a good one now.

>Gaming
>Macbook Pro
>Mac
>Gaming

>>332379984
I'll rethink the case but no promises :)
I have a 19" hd tv that I'm planning on using for a monitor so I don't have to shell out extra $ for a fancy display too. Thanks for all of the info, it's really helpful.

>>332380436
Will do!

>>332380928
It has a windows 7 partition right now so that helps a little, but yeah, it's sad. The only really good thing about it is the graphics card (compared to my friend's pc laptop's at least)

www.newegg[dot]com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131655

This mobo is MUCH better. Recently did 3 builds with it. It will run both PCI-E slots at x16 in crossfire. this will come in handy if you want to upgrade to a second card later on.

One thing I have learned over the years is get the best mobo possible. Everything else can be upgraded later.

>>332375267

>using mac
everything

>>332381026
won't dog on the chick thing and wanting a pretty pink case but that apevia case doesn't have verry good flow... which you will need for a decent GPU
try to go with an antec case...
they build cases practically made from win.

you need a cd drive

>>332381680
here again.

get this processor instead:
www.newegg{dot}com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808

the Black edition processors are stupid easy to overclock. I have this same one in each of the aforementioned builds. With a decent CPU cooler I have mine overclocked to 4.1Ghz and idling at 35C.

>>332382101
recycling one from my dad's old dell.

>>332381680
Thanks! I looked at that one, but the 1 egg's scared me off. I'll put my trust in /b/ and not some random newegg reviewers though haha

You don't need a 700W power supply for that rig. A 400-450W will do just fine. If you go with the bigger one, it will be far less efficient at the lower wattages you'll be drawing from it, producing more heat, consuming more power, and leading to premature failure.

I suggest a Seasonic or Corsair 400-450W model. They are the only good brands I've found.

>mfw /b/ is actually helping people

>>332380436

And get a geek friend to install the heatsink. You should never do it if you don't know wtf you're doing.

>>332382708
Thanks a lot. That was the first thing I picked and I'm pretty sure my thought process went "ohh that one lights up!" Will look into others.

>>332382241
I'm not sure I'm capable of overclocking but it's cheaper and my friends can likely figure it out, so sure!

>>332382777

/b/ helps a lot of people.

>>332382777
Seriously. I was expecting Tits or GTFO and that's it. Thanks everyone that's weighed in! :D

>>332382708
but the worry with an underpowered PSU is that if it doesn't have enough combined amps on the 12 volt rails to run that bigger GPU. Sure 700 may be overkill but its better than under shooting.

>>332379984

I disagree about the hard drive. No way in hell anyone needs more than 500GB unless you're downloading full HD movies at 50GB a pop (which, on a 19" screen would be absolutely pointless).

I say get the 500GB one for now, and a year or two down the road when/if it fills up, chances are it'll have died anyway and need to be replaced.

>>332382503
It is worth the extra $20 to get an optical drive that uses Sata, if the one from the old Dell is IDE.

GLO for listening to my mobo advice. I do a fair number of builds and never have any issues with asus products. the 1 stars on newegg are usually idiots that dont even know what a bios is... lol

>>332382708
hmmmmm I have read otherwise. it isnt like the thing uses a resistor to get rid of the extra heat. it just doesnt draw as much current. and with less current, less heat is produced in the wires. but there are websites that help you calculate your power supply needs. Just plugging in the other components in the lists and it will tell you what is recomended. Go bigger if you want future expansion.

Go to /g/ Faggot

>>332383290
newegg has a PSU calculator.

>>332383199

The seasonic models I spoke of have plenty of room. It's the ones that advertise "400W" when they're really closer to 250W that you have to worry about (i.e. the cheap shitty ones like thermaltake).

>>332383291
I asked there and no one replied! I even bumped twice. /b/ has been super helpful though

>>332383427
http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html

and

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

>>332383290

It's not that it uses a resistor to get rid of extra power, but the power supply itself does not operate as efficiently at lower wattages (for example, its efficiency may be >80% for 500W+, but <75% for below 500W).

Dont get a tower with a fucking door on the front. All it dos is get in the goddam way and cause a minor annoyance daily. Go for a tower with the drives exposed.

>>332383427
newegg says 442W :)

>>332383278
me again. FWIW, I prefer Sapphire GPUs, never used a HIS before.

>>332383836
haha I was thinking about that dumb door! It's really pretty but my friend's has a door and he's always knocking stuff off of his desk just to open it. Form or function...hmmm

itt: a dude gets gentle advice from /b/ by pretending to be a chick

well done, anon

>>332383844

Then I'd say a good 500W would be fine. I can't see any CPU ever drawing more power than that phenom, as they're pretty much hard capped at 125W tdp because of cooling issues. The gpu is a similar story, but with a significantly higher max tdp.

>>332383945
I honestly picked the HIS one because it was pretty and had good reviews, but I did notice a lot of highly rated sapphire ones. I'll go looking again!

If your not buying a SSD (solid State) Hard drive, Grab 2x sata's., When i built my machine, i took 2x 250gb and put em in raid-0, same price as 500gb, Same storage, wayyyy faster load times

Just going to call OP out here. He hasn't actually been playing LoL on his mac, because well, LoL isn't Mac compatible.

That will be all.

>>332383988
I speak from experience..
http://www.newegg[dot]com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156191&cm_re=aztec-_-11-156-191-_-P
roduct

i eventually just removed the door which was a bitch cuz the LED's took forever to disconnect.

>>332383945
aaaaand a couple more tips:

stick with G.Skill for the RAM. great company.

also, i am with the other recommending a different case. The airflow on that one is horrendous. i have used apevia cases in the past and the build quality is HORRENDOUS. i like Antec cases, but there are some other good companies as well.

Also, listen to the guy that said go with a CPU cooler. Overclocking is stupid easy with the black edition chips and you will get way more bang for your buck this way.

I like Scythe for cooling.

>>332384286
Uh.... OP already said they have a Win 7 partition...

not sure why OP is lying, but LoL isn't even Mac compatible..

>>332384148
the sapphire 6870 is what i used in two of the builds. they are godly. the 6850 should be plenty of power, though.

>>332384227

Yeah, but you double your chances of data corruption in the process. There's nothing you need to do that a SATA drive isn't fast enough for.

What the SHIT.

I see lots of advice in this thread and ZERO tits.

>>332384886
there is a mac beta client available on torrents
you can also duel boot windows on a macbook

>>332384071
I'm a girl :)

>>332385102
you are a beautiful girl

>>332385102

I am disappoint.

All this help and you give us no tits. Some gratitude. Typical.

>>332385524

inb4 "OMG WHITEKNIGHT SUMMERFAG" rageahol

>>332384886
yes, I have a Win7 partition. I was dumb and only made it 20GB so windows took up the majority and it can literally only run LoL. Need to re-do that sometime soon.

>>332384429
that is the exact case my friend who is always knocking stuff over has, lol.

>>332384890
you guys are really making me rethink the case...but it's so pretty!

>>332385524
aww, he says that even when I have glasses on. XD thanks!

>>332385536
ah jeez here it comes. inb4 shitstorm

Thank you for all of the help everyone! You guys are invaluable

>>332385915

This is not StackOverflow or Tom's Hardware. We have customs. Why do you not respect our culture?

Summoner name OP?

www.newegg[dot]com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129097

This is my favorite case. kickass airflow.

>>332386380
haha sorry. I can provide you with someone else's tits but I'm sure you all have plenty. not up for it tonight.

>>332386291
Evirenia

>>332386507
I just saw that case 15 mins ago and thought "hmm, that one's really cool looking. not pink though..."
Might just be a contender anyway.

>>332386507
www.newegg[dot]com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185155

CPU cooler i would recommend

>>332386838
Apevia cases are really shitty. they use cheap materials. usually show up bent or broken during shipping. also, airflow is super important.

WRITE OLEV ON TITS

fuckin summer

u should not be considering building a machine without a GOOD ssd. as in a vertex3 or similar. raiding 2 500GB drives into stripes is still gonna be slow as fuck in comparison.

U still keep a 500G drive (or bigger... even 2GB units are $70 on sale) for big stuff, but get a 120GB or so ssd to use for things where u want speed (system files and your games).

> it's pink, yes I'm a girl

picture of panties or you're a candy-ass.

>>332387156
For what she is doing, the single 500GB sata3 drive should be fine. If access speeds are really that big of an issue she can change drives later.

all right guys, after everything you've given me, this is what I have. The case is still there (very tenuously) because it's so. friggin. pretty. but I'd rather have a computer that works than a pretty one that overheats so...Anyway, the price even went down!

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/b/ Isn't your fucking clubhouse

Visit our forum at www.computersoc.com. We'll help you if you want. From what I can see, there are some definite changes you could use that would boost performance a shitton, for maybe even cheaper.

>>332388134
sexy.

trust me on all those recommendations I made, I have personal experience with all those parts... lol.

You should really bite the bullet and listen on the case part. You can always change out fans or add lighting to get different colors.

also, do not forget to add Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste. You will need it for installing the cpu heatsink.

i dont really need to see ur tits... lol

>>332388634
I can't find a marker, so I'm not writing anything on myself, but here you are. my immense gratitude to you all <3

>>332387694
i disagree, but i'm a sucker for quick response.
i'm also not on as tight a budget as OP obviously is, as i wouldn't go for that cpu (1100T), would grab more ram (assuming windows), would grab a higher end PSU for quiet, def a different case for quiet, and a (budget, as in $60 range) liquid cpu cooler.

>>332389213
nice.. but the bra destroys the whole picture :D

>>332389317

Budget is usally where I start with a build. I do most of my builds for other people, and most people I do them for have limited funds. which is why I prefer the midrange AMD chips. tons of bang for the buck. I have never really trusted liquid cooling... lol

>>332384119

500W

500W


Are you fucking kidding me even Dell's desktops come packed with a 750. Get a 500 and see what voltage problems you run into.

No one in this thread knows computercraft.

I hope your computer blows up.

Why don't you bump it up to a Phenom II x6 1090T or something like that? nominal price increase for two extra cores, albeit at a lower frequency.

>>332389649

and i think 8gb is more than enough for a windows 7 build.

kill yourself

more than 4gb ram is waste of money. and better buy cheap ram + a better cpu from the savings. and you dont need more than 500w psu. just dont buy a noname one.

>>332389213

what the fuck kind of retarded summerfag takes that kind of post seriously

i guess you've been taking female hormones for long enough that you're starting to act like a female.

>>332389317
1100T is dumb. Just go for the goddamn 1090T and O/C it a few megahertz and reach beyond the 1100T easily /b/ro.

>>332389687
only if you have a cheap noname psu. i have an enermax liberty 500w + overclocked quad core cpu + overclocked geforce 570. so stop talking bullshit. i am a pc technician /thread

All the idiots in this thread are overwhelming.

If you grab a 750w shitty PSU, it'll fail on you before you hit 500w. If you get a quality 500w, you'll be fine. The best brands are Seasonic, Silverstone, and PC Power & Cooling, hands down. Corsair's good too, and so is Antec, but Corsair can be pretty overpriced.

You don't need to spend extra on "Ripjaws". Going with a cheap $38 set of 2x2GB from Mushkin is going to get you just as far as any G.SKILL pair would do.

Swap the 500GB Caviar with a 1TB Spinpoint F3 from Amazon. It's the same price. The Caviar's SATA3 won't ever kick in because physical hard drives can't even maximize the full speed SATA2 can provide. Only Vertex 3 SSDs have even come close to hitting SATA3 speeds.

To whoever recommended using Artic Silver 5? Yeah, no. If even a DRIP of that squeezes out from the heatsink, your entire build is fried because AS5 contains silver, which, while yes, it conducts heat, it also conducts electricity. Use some MX-2 or MX-4 if you insist on a premium TIM, but under a budget like this, just stick with the stock.

>>332390232
The psu I currently have is a Raidmax and it has good reviews. Should I be looking for a different one anyway? I'll look at cheaper RAM too. Packaging sells me easy, that RAM was just cool looking/had strong reviews

Now, while we're on the topic of cooling, go with a Hyper 212+ for the CPU heatsink. Hands down.

I also think you should consider going over to Intel. The new Sandy Bridge chips kick AMD's ass in ANYTHING, for cheaper, most of the time. Plus, if you ever want to upgrade, you'll be stuck grabbing a new motherboard, too, because in about a week, AMD is EOLing the AM3 socket. LGA1155 (sandy bridge) is guaranteed to last at least another year, probably longer.

> mfw /b/ is helpful

>>332390232

I have been using AS5 on builds for many years and have never heard of an issue like that. you would have to be some kind of drooling idiot for something like that to happen.

This isnt /g/...Idiot

/g/entoo neckbeard here an amd phenom x6 is going full retard an i5 beats it in all benchmarks for the same price range go with the 2500k if u want overclock or the 2400 if u don't /b/ seems to think "hurr more cores=better"

enermax > all. seasonic is good too. cougar is good for its price. dunno about the corsairs though. silverstone, antec and co arent that good imho. but it really depends on your components.

>>332390778
oh jeez. is it really that big of a deal? I finally had a good motherboard/cpu and now I have to go find new ones? Lol

>>332390988
this thread will continue all night with ppl arguing over what is better. i think you should stick with what you have going on right now (besides the case)

>>332390196
>>332390621
Raidmax and Enermax are both bad brands.

I'd go with this PSU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371035

If you ever want to SLI/CFX, I'd go with this one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256072

>>332390914
see, I was all "oh Intel is better and AMD is just cheaper" and all of my computer-y friends raged at me about how great AMD is, which is how I ended up with an AMD cpu. Grr.

Too much information tonight, my brain is full haha

>>332391166

solid advice. antec makes great psu's.

>>332388134
>>332388134
>>332388134
i have a cheap $75 vid card and mine runs wow on highest fine.. but thats probably because of my 6 core processor

>>332391166
oh I really like that psu! Thanks! I'm a huge ecofag so that's right up my ally.

Either bring this to /g/ or bring it to the forum I specified above (www.computersoc.com) if you want real help. Too much spam going on here.

>>332390843
You may not have had problems because you didn't apply too much, but a first time builder might.

>>332391350
WoW hardly relies on a processor. WoW's graphics are extremely basic. Even my $30 9400GT (yes, I'm upgrading soon lol, chill) can max WoW, on Linux.

>>332391166
enermax is the world leader for a good reason. im not talking about the budget enermax psu's but the liberty ones and above. simply the best.

now where are the tits?

>>332391479
what about crysis 2? i can play that on advanced with out lag.. harcore lags though

>>332390851
she has come with valid queries, proven she has done some homework and is not expecting us to answer all her questions with no effort given, has provided tits on request, and is expanding on the advice she has been provided.

> she's doin' it right.

plus, she's be stuck in the middle of an AMD/Intel shitstorm if she tried this on /g/

go be a candy-ass somewhere else candy-ass.

>>332391593
Bring this topic to the forum.

As this man declares, this is now a tits thread.

>>332391631
that warmed my heart anon <3 haha thanks

OSX blows balls, pic related.

Second of all, looks like a fine setup.

Third of all, tits or gtfo.

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af150/The_FalconO6/CurrentLogicalPCBuyingGuide/Guide.png
/thread

>>332390196

Clearly you are not. a REAL PC technician would never advise with overclocking a quad core with nvidia with that low of a psu. Do you even know how much one Radeon 68xx is advised.

inb4 hurr hurr i really build pcs bro.

>>332391661
>>332391593

see

>>332389213

lurk more you retarded cunts.

>>332391878
In case you didn't pick up on it, I mean braless.

>>332391984
wow, that much of a virgin that you need to see nipple or you don't get hard?

>>332391877
clearly i am, because i done it and it works flawless. i know the quality of my psu /thread

>>332391759
honestly from what ive heard, amd is slower than intel but you will get more for your money if you get amd quad core and up.

>>332392153
You kidding me? I had no interest in a tits thread, I've already done my two faps for the night. I was just agreeing with some other fag on here.

looks like the trolls have caught wind of your thread OP, hope we helped.

>>332391984
not happenin tonight, sorry

also, the intel processor is $70 more for basically the same thing. I think I'll just stick with AMD for the moment.

>>332392228

Keep dreaming basement dweller. You'll get your G.E.D one day Alison.

>>332391479
You're an idiot, New to this thread.

WoW is extremely processor dependent.

Also.. OP if you are still here... My suggestion is to build that.. and expand your horizon of games after you get it.. god damn base defense/whatever the fuck that genre is called and Blizzard..

Good.. but you should try something new.

you had me at "macbook pro not cutting it anymore"
motherfucking steve jobs and his turtleneck collection
written on candy-ass mac.

For the love of Christ, make sure your RAM voltage is in line with your processor. I spend $400 on RAM before I figured that one out!

>>332392377
I'm not suggesting a pre-SB chip, or an i5/i7. The i3 2100 is dualcore with hyperthreading (four threads, effectively four cores) for cheap, and outperforms the Phenom II X4 955 in most tests.

>>332392228
ahh that's okay, I should sleep anyway. You guys have been ridiculously helpful, thank you all so much!

Let the trolls commence :)

>>332392415
Also.. Amanda?

>>332392415
You want a processor dependent game, try SC2, my friend. Truth is, WoW doesn't rely much on a processor. All the calculations for EVERYTHING are done server-side.