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RE: Best PC build for the money.
July 27, 2017 at 9:17 am
(July 27, 2017 at 4:21 am)ignoramus Wrote: Gamer? Ignore everything SC said and build a kickass overclocked win10 pc with NVidia GeForce 1080 graphics.
There IS no competition.
If you have $2k+, that's definitely the route I'd recommend. But you can build a fantastic gaming PC with a 1060 and AMD Ryzen for $1400. Also, most people don't know how to overclock their GPU. I do.
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RE: Best PC build for the money.
July 27, 2017 at 10:22 am
(July 27, 2017 at 9:17 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: (July 27, 2017 at 4:21 am)ignoramus Wrote: Gamer? Ignore everything SC said and build a kickass overclocked win10 pc with NVidia GeForce 1080 graphics.
There IS no competition.
If you have $2k+, that's definitely the route I'd recommend. But you can build a fantastic gaming PC with a 1060 and AMD Ryzen for $1400. Also, most people don't know how to overclock their GPU. I do.
So..are you like one of them folks that knows a lot about computers? I might be in the market for a new gaming desktop in the near future so I'll keep you in mind to bug with questions.
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RE: Best PC build for the money.
July 27, 2017 at 10:26 am
(July 27, 2017 at 10:22 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: (July 27, 2017 at 9:17 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: If you have $2k+, that's definitely the route I'd recommend. But you can build a fantastic gaming PC with a 1060 and AMD Ryzen for $1400. Also, most people don't know how to overclock their GPU. I do.
So..are you like one of them folks that knows a lot about computers? I might be in the market for a new gaming desktop in the near future so I'll keep you in mind to bug with questions.
I don't like to boast, but yeeeeeeeeep. I build custom gaming computers for a side biz.
http://www.nashvillepro.net/gaming
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RE: Best PC build for the money.
July 27, 2017 at 10:28 am
(July 27, 2017 at 10:26 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: (July 27, 2017 at 10:22 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: So..are you like one of them folks that knows a lot about computers? I might be in the market for a new gaming desktop in the near future so I'll keep you in mind to bug with questions.
I don't like to boast, but yeeeeeeeeep. I build custom gaming computers for a side biz.
http://www.nashvillepro.net/gaming
Okay. Be prepared for lots of questions from someone who considers knowing how to reset the router to be impressive.
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RE: Best PC build for the money.
July 27, 2017 at 12:47 pm
(July 27, 2017 at 10:28 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: (July 27, 2017 at 10:26 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I don't like to boast, but yeeeeeeeeep. I build custom gaming computers for a side biz.
http://www.nashvillepro.net/gaming
Okay. Be prepared for lots of questions from someone who considers knowing how to reset the router to be impressive.
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RE: Best PC build for the money.
July 27, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Quote: My problem with Apple is it's a freaking annoying company.
My son runs a computer program in a school district. He was annoyed some years back when they switched from PC to Apple and delighted some years later when he convinced them to switch back.
For himself (and me), he builds PCs through Ibuypower. I admit that I was skeptical of the water cooled feature but I have to admit that 6 years later it works perfectly and I get cool air blowing out of the case.
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RE: Best PC build for the money.
July 27, 2017 at 1:52 pm
(July 27, 2017 at 1:00 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote: My problem with Apple is it's a freaking annoying company.
My son runs a computer program in a school district. He was annoyed some years back when they switched from PC to Apple and delighted some years later when he convinced them to switch back.
For himself (and me), he builds PCs through Ibuypower. I admit that I was skeptical of the water cooled feature but I have to admit that 6 years later it works perfectly and I get cool air blowing out of the case.
Water coolers are an absolute must, especially, for over-clocking. You can download the free Core Temp monitor to perform a graceful shutdown if things get too hot:
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
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RE: Best PC build for the money.
July 27, 2017 at 2:14 pm
(This post was last modified: July 27, 2017 at 2:15 pm by SteelCurtain.)
Water coolers are only a must if you're pushing the overclocking to the extreme, or if you don't like to hear case fans when you are pushing your GPU. They aren't that expensive any more, but that extra $100 could go towards a better gaming monitor in a person's budget.
Water cooling is certainly overkill for a personal/non-gaming desktop.
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