| Kleataurus Australia. December 22 2011 20:20. Posts 56 | Profile # |
| Also what is the difference between the oem version and the retail version do you get anything extra by paying the extra money |
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| skyR Canada. December 22 2011 20:22. Posts 11178 | Profile # |
| Retail means you get to keep the license for life. OEM means its tied to the computer. If you care about ethics than okay donate to Microsoft? |
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| Forikorder December 24 2011 05:16. Posts 5179 | Profile # |
| i recently got my hands on the EVGA x79 FTW motherboard http://www.evga.com/articles/00655/ but it wont fit in my current case, before i go (try to) buy a new case is there any specific sort of specs i need in a case to house the motherboard? are there any recomendations for an (ideally) cheap case i could get in Canada? |
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| Myrmidon United States. December 24 2011 05:35. Posts 8487 | Profile Blog # |
Hm, you got the EVGA X79 FTW as a prize or something like that?
The motherboard is just a standard size ATX affair. If your case supports ATX motherboards (if there are 7 or more expansion slot covers on the back, then the answer is "yes"), then it will fit that motherboard. Most tower cases you buy at retail fit this description. Your current case is probably just designed to fit microATX at the maximum, and thus only has 4 expansion slots. Most OEM (mini-) tower systems are this size, but most midtowers support the normal ATX. If it fits ATX, it will fit microATX and miniITX as well.
What do you do with your computer? If it's not benchmarking as a hobby or professional 3D rendering or some other very heavy usage, I'd highly recommend selling the motherboard, considering the market value is like $350 or more. I'm guessing you don't fit that category, since you're asking about cheap cases. The cheapest CPU that motherboard currently supports is around $600 dollars (next year a lower-end ~$300 model will be available), but that's negligibly better for gaming than an i5-2500k.
An i5-2500k costs around $220 and works with motherboards in the $50+ range, and can be overclocked on motherboards in the $100+ range. For most people it just doesn't make sense to use the X79 platform.Last edit: 2011-12-24 05:38:12 |
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| Forikorder December 24 2011 05:44. Posts 5179 | Profile # |
pretty mcuh right now just using it for gaming and watching streams id rather not sell it since im interested in building a really good computer i was really looking for a cheap case more because i dont really want to drop a lot of money on something that looks nice when something cheaper would do jsut as well
sounds like ill have to upgrade my CPU before i can use it though
would the motherboard work with a lower CPU or do i need at least an i5 to use it?Last edit: 2011-12-24 06:08:05 |
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| Myrmidon United States. December 24 2011 06:07. Posts 8487 | Profile Blog # |
Even if you don't sell it, it'd be cheaper to buy a different motherboard and use the EVA motherboard as a paperweight, than buy one of the CPUs for the EVGA X79 FTW.
You'd get something just as good (if not slightly better) for what you do, that uses less power. With the money saved, you could get an SSD, and upgrade mouse / keyboard / monitor / headphones / speakers / whatever. |
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| Medrea December 24 2011 09:35. Posts 9999 | Profile # |
Also understand with that socket type you are in for a long painful ride should any problems happen with the CPU or anything like that down the line. As myrmidon said entry level processing is $300 but you would be a complete idiot to purchase one of those processors when an 1155 processor in the $200 will give it a run for its money and in some cases outperform it.
Myrmidon suggests SSD and stuff to improve upon, but also realize you could go up to 2 or 3 GPU's with the amount of money you could end up dropping on the 2011 line.
Now, if you were going to do that anyway. Well then yeah maybe 2011 is for you but for any computer below $3000 I would stay very far away. |
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| Forikorder December 24 2011 11:27. Posts 5179 | Profile # | |
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 Josh_rakoons United Kingdom. December 24 2011 11:27. Posts 1157 | Profile # |
On December 24 2011 11:27 Forikorder wrote:
what exactly is SSD?
Solid state drive. |
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| Forikorder December 24 2011 11:36. Posts 5179 | Profile # |
On December 24 2011 11:27 Josh_rakoons wrote:Solid state drive.
that would be the hard drive right? are there multiple types or is SSD the only type? |
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| Subztance United States. December 24 2011 11:36. Posts 137 | Profile # |
| EDIT: wrong thread sorry Last edit: 2011-12-24 11:56:55 |
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| srk Canada. December 24 2011 11:39. Posts 8 | Profile # |
On December 24 2011 11:36 Forikorder wrote:
Show nested quote +On December 24 2011 11:27 Josh_rakoons wrote:
On December 24 2011 11:27 Forikorder wrote:
what exactly is SSD?
Solid state drive.
that would be the hard drive right? are there multiple types or is SSD the only type?
SSD is a type of hard drive, mechanical being the other
SSDs are relatively expensive compared to mechanical ($/GB) but are so much faster than the mechanical hard drive
For example, booting your pc will be extremely fast. Last edit: 2011-12-24 11:40:34 |
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| skyR Canada. December 24 2011 11:39. Posts 11178 | Profile # |
On December 24 2011 11:36 Forikorder wrote:
Show nested quote +On December 24 2011 11:27 Josh_rakoons wrote:
On December 24 2011 11:27 Forikorder wrote:
what exactly is SSD?
Solid state drive.
that would be the hard drive right? are there multiple types or is SSD the only type?
SSD is a solid state drive and HDD is a hard disk drive, both are storage drives. |
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| pRo9aMeR Korea (South). December 24 2011 15:18. Posts 550 | Profile Blog # |
| Is it possible to connect 2 computers (laptop + desktop) together so that I can transfer files from the laptop to the desktop quickly? Is there a such thing as a "male/male usb connector"? |
| | In training...let's play, gg! d^..^b |
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| thethels Canada. December 24 2011 17:05. Posts 2 | Profile # |
I have an opportunity to buy a computer, and need to offer a price; however, I am slightly computer inept. What would be a reasonable price for a computer with these specs?:
Intel Core i5 760 - 2.8GHz
4GB RAM
450 GB Hard Disk
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
RealTek GigaBit Ethernet Card |
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| Boblhead United States. December 24 2011 17:07. Posts 2557 | Profile # |
On December 24 2011 17:05 thethels wrote:
I have an opportunity to buy a computer, and need to offer a price; however, I am slightly computer inept. What would be a reasonable price for a computer with these specs?:
Intel Core i5 760 - 2.8GHz
4GB RAM
450 GB Hard Disk
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
RealTek GigaBit Ethernet Card
$250-300
only thing good about this is the processor, its known for nice overclocks. But it should be fine for gaming etc.
On December 24 2011 15:18 pRo9aMeR wrote:
Is it possible to connect 2 computers (laptop + desktop) together so that I can transfer files from the laptop to the desktop quickly? Is there a such thing as a "male/male usb connector"?
If you have a router, you can have them recognize eachother on the network, so no need for a usb connection. Plus it would be faster. You just have to adjust the privacy settings on each computer to allow other people on your network to view files etc, etc. but if you insist http://www.wikihow.com/Connect-Two-Computers-Using-USB Last edit: 2011-12-24 17:11:19 |
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| WeazL December 25 2011 20:32. Posts 10 | Profile # |
| Hi I am looking to buy a new computer (has to be a laptop due to my parents are devorced and I want to take my pc with me all over the place! ;D) I would also like to be able to stream sc2, I have been looking for some things. The MSI GT780. And a custom buildt one: http://www.mm-vision.dk/produkter/vispcsystem.asp?action=vis&type=notevision&menu=notebook&varenr=701000030&gruppe=PCnotevision( the site is danish, but most of you should be able to look at the specs), for the record I have OS and hardware. The price for the MSI is 500 danish Kroners more expensive, but if you have somewhere who makes better pcs for lower prices and they ship to denmark I will take a look at them. |
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| jimthelege Scotland. December 25 2011 22:01. Posts 123 | Profile # |
Wrong forum, my bad  Last edit: 2011-12-25 22:10:24 |
| | Vanished.... Like a wrinkly ninja..... |
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| Ariion Poland. December 26 2011 20:12. Posts 49 | Profile Blog # |
Is there a way to stream sound only from chosen source? For example I would like to stream sound from SC2, but at the same time be able to talk on TeamSpeak/any other program, but don't stream this talking.
I'm using XSplit + Dxtory at the moment.
I've searched and found guides how to stream sound from stereomix + mic using FMLE, but maybe I was not searching enough so sorry if it was answered somewhere here.Last edit: 2011-12-26 20:13:41 |
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| Ovi December 27 2011 07:45. Posts 137 | Profile # |
Will a SSD harddrive give me any ingame benefits in sc2 compared to a non SSD?
Will a SSD harddrive give me any ingame benefits in any game compared to a non SSD? If so, what type of game?Last edit: 2011-12-27 07:49:35 |
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