This thread is dedicated to the various little bits of information that someone might find useful when regarding computers.
1. Restart is your friend.
2. Don't force anything into your computer, you might end up with very expensive trash.
3. Research. Lots and lots of research.
4. Just because it is more expensive, doesn't make it better.
5. Get an anti-virus. A good anti-virus.
22. When looking for a gaming computer, building is your best option.
23. Mac has very limited (if any) hardware customization.
24. Mac is not the way to go when gaming.
26. Windows key + L locks your computer
27. Windows key + R opens the run box thing
28. When cleaning up your hard drive, double check what you are deleting before you delete it.
46: Alt+Print Screen takes a screenshot of only the active window.
47: Don't be afraid to build your PC a little at a time. I started with a bare minimum CPU+MoBo+RAM, then added somewhat beefy PSU, then a GPU, then a SSD, and now I'm saving for some HDDs, and eventually another GPU and more RAM. I have a decent computer, and it's only getting better as I go.
Long one:
48: Don't buy parts if you won't utilize them to their full potential.
Having 32GB of RAM is useless if you only ever use 9GB of it. A Radeon HD 7990 won't help much if your CPU is the limiting factor, and if all you're doing is surfing the net and watching videos anything more than most integrated graphics cards is just a waste of money. A 700W power supply is drastic overkill for CPU+MoBo+1GPU+1HDD and you can probably get away with 500W. They operate best when near their max power.
49: Exception to 48; Go ahead and plan for upgradability. If you're gonna eventually have 4 4TB HDDs in a RAID5 with dual graphics cards and a top of the line CPU, go ahead and get the OP PSU. But only if you know that's what you want.
i5 4670k @ 4.9GHz - Stock Heatsink - The rest is melted silicon but I think I have a graphics card in there somewhere It surprises me how many people on this forum can't read benchmarks.
1. Restart is your friend.
2. Don't force anything into your computer, you might end up with very expensive trash.
3. Research. Lots and lots of research.
4. Just because it is more expensive, doesn't make it better.
5. Get an anti-virus. A good anti-virus.
17. K-series Intel CPUs can only be overclocked on P67, Z68, Z77 and X79 (for LGA 2011) motherboards.
23. Mac has very limited (if any) hardware customization.
24. Mac is not the way to go when gaming.
I'm shootin' lasers. . Pew pew pew. . .
27. Windows key + R opens the run box thing
28. When cleaning up your hard drive, double check what you are deleting before you delete it.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/SteevyT/saved/21PI
It took me too long to figure this out.
I did that once, ended up loosing all the data in the database and had to re-install MySQL it >.>
47: Don't be afraid to build your PC a little at a time. I started with a bare minimum CPU+MoBo+RAM, then added somewhat beefy PSU, then a GPU, then a SSD, and now I'm saving for some HDDs, and eventually another GPU and more RAM. I have a decent computer, and it's only getting better as I go.
Long one:
48: Don't buy parts if you won't utilize them to their full potential.
Having 32GB of RAM is useless if you only ever use 9GB of it. A Radeon HD 7990 won't help much if your CPU is the limiting factor, and if all you're doing is surfing the net and watching videos anything more than most integrated graphics cards is just a waste of money. A 700W power supply is drastic overkill for CPU+MoBo+1GPU+1HDD and you can probably get away with 500W. They operate best when near their max power.
49: Exception to 48; Go ahead and plan for upgradability. If you're gonna eventually have 4 4TB HDDs in a RAID5 with dual graphics cards and a top of the line CPU, go ahead and get the OP PSU. But only if you know that's what you want.
Those exist now?
Anyway:
50. Do NOT use an SSD as your main storage drive.
51. Do NOT use Windows ReadyBoost unless your machine is beyond hope.
52. Dell monitors die. A lot.
It surprises me how many people on this forum can't read benchmarks.
Yup. Be prepared to drop a pretty penny as it's the only one I cared to find.
In fact, don't use an SSD at all unless you're willing to do all of the work needed to use it well.