re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

I've thought about reading the books until I read a few interviews with the author. Dude is a complete arse. He's very protective of his work and tried to distance it from the games.

I played through DA2. I can handle the Witcher's quirks.

I started the first one a while back but got sidetracked. Once I finish the Metro series, it's next.

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've thought about reading the books until I read a few interviews with the author. Dude is a complete arse. He's very protective of his work and tried to distance it from the games.

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I've purchased a few of the audio books, haven't started a single one yet but looking forward to it.

Have any of you guys watched the 90s TV show?

Ok guys... I've decided to give in and buy my first gaming PC. My plan is to order it and have the company build it and ship it off. Looking to run some MOBA's; RPG's; Minecrack and maybe a few more things here and there. I primarily play XB1 and have always been a console gamer. Can you outstanding ppl point me in a direction on important components (i.e. Things I shouldn't skimp on).

I would like to order on Black Friday and my budget is firm at $1000

Purchased a Steam Link today after the first waves of reviews posted this weekend.

Anyone else interested as well?

Looks like a great product, but I don't know if I'd use it. I basically live in the bedroom, where the computer, TV, and my office supplies are. All I'd need is a fridge and microwave and I'd be all set for dorm life.

When I'm in the living room, it's with family so gaming takes place. Maybe I could get a wireless controller and game from bed on the TV, but it's within a 10-foot HDMI cable's distance to the PC already.

Cyberpower isn't awful if you know how to configure properly, but some of their baseline default builds (which people tend to blindly select based on price) are very poorly configured for gaming. There's a decent selection of components there, but you'll just pay more than you would if you built it yourself. Even still, they operate on low margin and don't assemble with the same level of care that even a meticulous, determined beginner might do. I also hate how they push those bottom-of-the-barrel liquid cooling systems as default options in a lot of their builds, and all of the less-expensive case options are just plain ugly.

That said, their Z170 default builds are configured decently in terms of a proper balance of hardware-- except for the crappy liquid cooler, cheap-looking LED-happy case, the stock GPU blower, the non-branded default PSU selection, and the lack of SSD unless you pay extra. These are things that contribute to a $1,000 build feeling and sounding "cheap" compared to a custom build on the same budget. I did help someone on here select some Cyberpower parts the other day. Undoubtedly he ignored that help completely, but I already knew him to be pretty stubborn and not too bright, based on his tech board post history.

I'm of the opinion that if you can competently select components on a website for a properly balanced gaming build, you can probably put the thing together yourself anyway. I've walked a lot of people through the entire build process, but if you possess the fundamental skill of being able to follow directions (from a video tutorial, for example), that's all you need. That, and a screwdriver.

I hate Newegg with a blind passion, Amazon and Tiger Direct (which I also don't care for) parts picker will give you the best prices and where to buy from. If it's not a liquid cooling build then you can put it together in 2-4 hours for a first build.

I want to scrap my build and start over

Fx8350
Gigabyte 990fx ud5 mobo
970 ssc

Nothing fancy

I just miss buying stuff and putting in new parts

I'm not really gonna scrap it