PC Gaming Master Race

Potential-Monke

Might just do that, thanks Tij! And also, thanks again for the build recommendation.

Chairman Meow

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Guess i won't be getting it before next weekend... Going to be hard looking at the parts, or even building it but having to wait another week or two before i get my copy of Win 7 Pro...

<SNIP> Problem solved.

VinLieger

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Guess i won't be getting it before next weekend... Going to be hard looking at the parts, or even building it but having to wait another week or two before i get my copy of Win 7 Pro...

Put my payment through online last wednesday, got confirmation they received it on thursday and my stuff arrived tuesday

ScumLord

VinLieger wrote: »

Put my payment through online last wednesday, got confirmation they received it on thursday and my stuff arrived tuesday

Sometimes it's sad knowing you've got your uber PC and you probably won't have to upgrade it for years. You'd miss the excitement of a new build.

Elessar

Waiting all day at home for UPS to arrive and not a sign of them. This is the most frustrating thing about ordering online! I would have paid extra for a guaranteed before 12 delivery but HVWS had no such option - I could be on my PC now! The last time I waited for a delivery, DHL brought it to the wrong address :mad:

I have to wait until 7 at the latest

CastorTroy

Anyone try this tool from nVidia for optimising games?
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/geforce-experience-open-beta-launched#

Supported games
http://www.geforce.com/drivers/geforce-experience/supported-games

I haven't tried yet. I'm using a Radeon card so mightn't work for me

Genghiz Cohen

Doesn't have ArmA on there, I care not! :P

Elessar

It finally arrived and I've built it. Going good so far but the PSU I got has a loud coil whine

One Question: The windows 7 home 64bit that I got from HWVS is in German - before I open it can I change the language when installing?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

funny how there were enough requests for 1440p support that they included it. I guess those korean screens are selling very well

ancapailldorcha

ScumLord wrote: »

Sometimes it's sad knowing you've got your uber PC and you probably won't have to upgrade it for years. You'd miss the excitement of a new build.

Is building one really that much fun?

Potential-Monke

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Is building one really that much fun?

Haven't even got confirmation yet, but i know it's going to be!

VinLieger

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Is building one really that much fun?

Yes ive only built 2, my second was on tuesday and i may have been more excited to simply build it than to actually play any games on it

NTMK

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Is building one really that much fun?

yes it is. ive built maybe 20-30 pcs in the last 12-18 months and ive always enjoyed building them some of us enjoy building so much that we suffer from the upgrade itch everytime new shiny tech comes out:pac:

C14N

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Is building one really that much fun?

It is if it's your own and it's a really good one. I was loving it when I built my first one. A lot of subsequent builds and upgrades that I've done with cheaper, non-gaming PCs have been a bit of a chore but some people do still get enjoyment out of it.

ancapailldorcha

Wow. Maybe it's to do with seeing Windows load for the first time.

Sarky

Well it is kinda nice to see it load up quicker than an X Box, I know that much.

<huggles SSD>

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

ssd's are a must have at this point

used to really wreck my head having to reboot and I'd never turn my computer off at night so I wouldn't have to wait for it to boot in the mornings

now it only takes about 10 seconds to start up so I turn it off when I'm going in to the kitchen to cook, it's stupidly fast

ScumLord

ScumLord wrote: »

Sometimes it's sad knowing you've got your uber PC and you probably won't have to upgrade it for years. You'd miss the excitement of a new build.

Which is why you do what I do and every time someone you know is talking about buying a new PC or laptop you suggest building one and then beat them with an old hard drive till they agree.

Chairman Meow

Chairman Meow wrote: »

<SNIP> Problem solved.

I like how this got edited even tho it was a perfectly legal method of acquiring windows considering OP has purchased a license.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

ssd's are a must have at this point

used to really wreck my head having to reboot and I'd never turn my computer off at night so I wouldn't have to wait for it to boot in the mornings

now it only takes about 10 seconds to start up so I turn it off when I'm going in to the kitchen to cook, it's stupidly fast

Booting from usb 3.0 has a similar effect. about 15 - 20 secs for windows 7

Chairman Meow

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Booting from usb 3.0 has a similar effect. about 15 - 20 secs for windows 7

I dont think a fast boot is worth separating your OS from your data drive tho.
I despise partitioning. Causes nothing but problems down the line. Until you can get at least a 1TB SSD thats not ludicrously expensive ill stick with my regular HDD.

Kiith

I always partitioned my drives anyway, so having a ssd for my windows drive is perfect. It makes a massive difference for some games as well.

While i wouldn't say it's a requirement, it's definitely the first addon that anyone should put on their pc.

civilnug

I am seriously tempted to sell my Xbox on adverts to fund an SSD purchase.

Zillah

Chairman Meow wrote: »

I dont think a fast boot is worth separating your OS from your data drive tho.
I despise partitioning. Causes nothing but problems down the line. Until you can get at least a 1TB SSD thats not ludicrously expensive ill stick with my regular HDD.

I currently have OSX on one half of a 240GB SSD, Windows 7 on the other, in a custom built hackintosh, and they share access to a 1TB storage drive. It took forever to get them cooperating but everything is working perfectly now. When you say "down the line", what do you mean exactly?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

civilnug wrote: »

I am seriously tempted to sell my Xbox on adverts to fund an SSD purchase.

if you use your computer a lot, it's so worth doing. there is no real "omg that's a huge difference" moment aside from how fast it boots but everything you do on a pc becomes quicker.

its like death by a thousand cuts but in reverse

kingtiger

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Is building one really that much fun?

I just love getting the shiny new boxes

Wossack

new computer smell...

civilnug

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

if you use your computer a lot, it's so worth doing. there is no real "omg that's a huge difference" moment aside from how fast it boots but everything you do on a pc becomes quicker.

its like death by a thousand cuts but in reverse

I haven't turned on the Xbox in two months since I got my PC so I think its a no brainer really.

Genghiz Cohen

civilnug wrote: »

I haven't turned on the Xbox in two months since I got my PC so I think its a no brainer really.

Samsung 830 or a Crucial M4, in that order.
Get 256GB if you can, 128GB is the minimum I'd get now. I keep my current games and Windows on there.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

same, i have the 256 and it's perfect size.

dont rush out to buy one, they seem to go on sale every couple of weeks on one site or another so if you get the money together sit on it for a while and wait for the best deal