COmputer setup

[quote=Searz]Eeeeyyy, SkiddleD, I almost forgot to mention. There's a minor problem with the first production-run of the Haswell CPUs. If you plug something into a USB3 socket, open a file from the USB device, put your PC to sleep, resume it, then the file won't resume like it should. It'll work again if you plug it out and then in again though so it's a very minor thing. It kind of doesn't matter for a desktop PC unless you're using external drives a lot, but it would be a pain to have this problem with a laptop. I'm personally gonna wait until the second run and hope for a bit of a price-drop. I'm just a poor student :3[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=SkidmarkD] Got me the GTX 770 in the end. Perfomance looks better than the GTX 680, equivalent to the HD 7970 GHz edition.[/quote] I told you that the 7970 was as powerful as the 680 :P [quote]Cheaper than the GTX 680 and depending on store/config, it's either a lot or a little cheaper than the HD 7970 GHZ edition.[/quote] The 'GHz Edition' card is just an overclock of the same card you know :P The only difference is the bios that it uses. If you're too scared to flash a different bios(and thus [u]literally[/u] turn your normal into 'GHz ED') you could simply overclock it normally to roughly the same effect. AMD definitely has Nvidia beat in the overclocking department in this generation. The only current-gen chip Nvidia has that overclocks well is the GK110 (Titan&780). But Nvidia has AMD beat in the power per watt department. It's all a bunch of tradeoffs. And here I go flaunting my knowledge around again :3 [quote=SkidmarkD] call me stupid. :D (double post)[/quote] *hint* click the delete button *hint*[/quote]

[quote=Searz]Meh.. Haswell was a bit of a disappointment. 5-10% faster than Ivy Bridge and overclocks roughly the same or worse than Ivy. (and Ivy is known to overclock kinda poorly) The integrated graphics are a disappointment too. AMD's Trinity CPUs outclass them completely. They're like 25% faster than the older integrated Intel GPUs, but that's mostly moot compared to the ~50% faster integrated AMD GPUs. Still, if I can get a 5% faster CPU for roughly the same price as Ivy today, with a much better sound card and Wi-Fi on the motherboard, then I'm satisfied.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][youtube=FqdLpzwSDFo] Also, lol at the top comments.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][youtube=1DqIG_89Mcs] Best intro ever.[/quote]

[quote=EvilDice]My specs: ASUS P8Z68-Deluxe Intel i7-2600K ~3.4GHz (hasnt been overclocked) AMD Radeon HD 6900 series 16 GB RAM 120 GB intel ssd 500 GB harddrive[/quote]

[quote=IAmYourDogLoL]This is my PC- 2x GTX 680 Intel i7-3770k Asus z77 sabertooth Cooler master h80 on the cpu which i need to change :s. 120 gb ocz vertex ssd http://i40.tinypic.com/2ppc68o.jpg[/quote]

[quote=xXShadowAssassinXx]why dont you just get a mac instead? you can install windows after[/quote]

[quote=Janitsu][quote=xXShadowAssassinXx] why dont you just get a mac instead? you can install windows after [/quote] [quote]why dont you just get a mac[/quote] [quote]just get a mac[/quote] [quote]mac[/quote] Yeah, why wouldn't you waste money to get shitty hardware and shitty OS.[/quote]

[quote=xXShadowAssassinXx]go look at a macs specs. you wont build a pc as good as a mac that costs less. i cant udnerstand how people are stupid to the point of claiming macs have shitty hardware without ever making a comparizon themselves.[/quote]