Okay so I am in the market for a new computer. I settled for a 400 Dollar Lenovo with a AMD A10 1TB HD and 8GB RAM Laptop. It is only to hold me off for the time being until I can get a more than decent workstation. I am not a PC Gamer, but I want something I can use to begin learning a lot of new programs, OS's and applications all at once. So something with great processing speed and able to handle multiple programs and apps open at the same time. Am I better off building my own and if so, which components are recommended. If there is a desktop on the market that is a good pre-build, can ppl give me some ideas of what brand names and specifications you currently use.

I have ROG Asus formula 7 mobo with Intel i7 4790k oc to 4.8ghz, 32gigs of gskill trident ram (3600) evga supernova platinum certified 1000watt psu... 500gb Samsung 850 evo ssd for os and fluff, and a 4tb hybrid drive.. And nvidia gtx 980ti.

Love my machine

Holy shizzir, I know that's expensive and i'm sure it's worth it. That must have cost you at least 3 grand? No?

building your own desktop is fun, its not going to be much cheaper if you go for the cheapest parts though

building your own laptop is definately a niche thing, i wouldnt recommend that, buying something like you did is much more sensible

only need to be careful you dont buy something with horrible graphics if you like to game

all you need to leave multiple apps open is a lot of ram, and you can always buy more and add it in later as long as you have extra slots on your motherboard

some of the cheapest or smallest ones will only have 2 slots so if you start with 2x4 you cant upgrade but if you start with 1x8 you can but it will be a bit slower to begin, that sort of thing

I have a Commodore 64 in the garage 😀
My bother has the Commodore Colt
Make an offer!

i got c64 too and its those earlier models.

and yes build your own desktop.

intel core i7 4xxx boxed or 6xxxx boxed, 16 or 32 GB ram, MSI Z97I AC or Gigabyte Z170-HD3, if no need for gaming then mobo's integrated display adapter is fine and if gaming then radeon r9 3x0, if no gaming then 500 watt psu and if gaming then 600-750 watt psu, Fractal Design Define R4 as case.

All that just to lurk 24/7 on an ancient text based game?? LOL

of course, what else?

True, Marshal. I have an I5-4570 and an SSD, and I'm here too. Oh well

bang for your buck will be an i5.

/r/buildapc is helpful.

I agree with Marshall on the Fractal Design R4 too, I built mine with one of those and its a beautiful case, quiet, stylish and you can add liquid cooling if you need it.

Don't those cases require a specific form for the motherboards or are these cases pretty universal?

im too lazy to build my own

If fractal design r4 it takes ATX, mATX, Mini-ITX

what's your budget? here are some good examples of builds for every price point with simple explanations along with links on where to buy the cheapest parts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/wiki/builds

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^biggest nerd

nvidia gtx 980ti...WOW...6 GB??

i just ordered 2 gtx 970s for roughly the same price maybe even cheaper!

Ah this is for desktops... fluff. :P About the only thing I can say is I agree with the Intel i5... though I have one in my laptop... an Intel Core i5-3210M. :P

I would recommend AMD processors for Desktop PCs unless you are doing heavy virtualization. The performance is comparable for about 40% the price.

No doubt Intel makes an incredible product but the price for some of their ultra-high processors is insane

Also I have seen Intel systems with around 1tb of ram take over 15mins to post.

Any proliant gen9 system is a perfect example.

I play the game entirely from an htc phone :)

I'm lucky if I can spend 3 hours a week on pc

uh, i think that's slightly different than a normal home/gaming PC

intel > amd

no home user needs 1tb ram unless runs ALOT virtual machines at the same time and then needs mobo meant for servers since home mobos max support is 32gb.

Overclocked my i7 920 last night for the first time ever (owned since 2010ish).

Modest overclock for those of you who know about the c0/d0 issues that affect these chips.

I'm over 3ghz now (c0 worse of the two types).

I'm thinking about bumping to 3.3ghz and check for stability. For now, +333mhz x 4 cores over stock (2.67ghz) are decent gains.

That would be a very expensive home PC no doubt

Do you consider something like an hp z820 or z800 not a workstation? Cause you can put 8x32gb pieces of ram in them no problem

Im pretty sure my home pc can handle 256gb ram as well

The systems that I operate with 1tb of ram in them also have 4x nvidia k2 headless GRID cards in them. Each grid card has 8gb gddr5 ram and 2 gpu sockets with 4 cores each.

Each system can support over 30 CAD/CAM VMs each with their own 1gb gddr5 3d gpu hyper visor. It also helps to have dual fabric 8gbit backplane connected to a 10tb all SSD San that can do dynamic deduplication of storage at the block level to maximize storage capacity.

Yes I know how insanely expensive this sounds but it was double the price 2 years ago.

And yes you can play CS1 in high detail at 1920x1200 inside these VMs no problem.

SC2 is a bit choppy above medium detail

zxxx are workstations meant for other things than gaming.

7 girls 1 cpu


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most computers these days use quick ram checks

it used to drastically slow down post putting more memory in

i guess if a server had a long enough up time it might make sense to use the slow one, but maybe you should use memtest or an equivalent in that case

My 32gb is over kill

i jsut built a gaming PC with DDR4 ram i spent just under 2k. its got 64gigs ram. 6th gen i7. 2x r9 390.

its pretty beast but i stream and do graphic design at the same time.

New Build:

i5-6600K w/ Corsair H100i Cooler
Asus mini-ITX Motherboard
MSI GTX980TI GPU (Bought for $350 - from a friend / hardware reviewer)
16 GB DDR4-3200
1TB HD (Backups of older drives, thumbdrives, less used applications)
1TB SSD (Games, media/photos)
256GB SSD (OS Drive)

Final build cost, including shipping $1200

I almost want to build another rig but there is no way to justify the spending when my current machine is already so good lol

I want to work on an inwin s frame

very nice build. Right now, I'm trying to figure out if I can justify buying an H100 or H110, and how the hell i can fit a 220mm rad into my case.

Why the mini-itx motherboard? That's a hell of an HTPC if that's what you're using it for.

i really like the swift tech 220x, more than the corsair coolers.