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[itsyoung!!]

IF YOU AIN'T BUYING YOUR INTEL CPU/MOBOS FROM MICROCENTER YOU HUSTLING BACKWARDS.

Frys will price match but 9 outta 10 times Frys pricing is already better

 

[TRFG]

Looks good to me. I used that same case and power supply to build an HTPC last year, which I ended up selling to my brother, and he uses it to browse and do light gaming on.
Edit: My bad, I used an Elite 130 case instead of the 110. Looks like the 110 is smaller. From reading reviews, this is a solid case, too.

Would it run linux?

 

[daze23]

Htpc build. Tell me what y'all think

CPU-AMD A6-6400K Richland 3.9GHz Socket FM2 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor AMD Radeon HD AD640KOKHLBOX

Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-F2A88XN-WIFI FM2+/FM2 A88X (Bolton D4) Wi-Fi/BT4.0 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

RAM- Kingston HyperX FURY 4GB 1600MHz DDR3

CASE - Cooler Master Elite 110 - Cube Style Mini-ITX Computer Case with Standard Size ATX PSU and 120mm Radiator Support

PSU - Corsair CX Series 430 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze ATX12V/EPS12V 384 Power Supply CX430M

HD - WD Blue Desktop Hard Drive 1TB, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/sec

Plans are you use this for work, Neflix, Amazon, Hulu and Streaming. Subtotal from amazon was $331. It's my first time buying and building a pc so help a brother out

looks good. like I told other dude, the best upgrade you can get is a SSD

 

[Ciggavelli]

NEW computer??

Yeah, that was the plan all along. Get outta pc gaming for 4-6 months and come back stronger than ever with cards that will suit my, admittedly outrageously high, needs.

I'm selling off my current setup once the new one is built. The plan is to put 3 gpus in this one and go 3x1440p. I dunno if it can be done though; I gotta wait on the 390xs. I may go 8gb 980 if they turn our to be good, but there are of course worries about their small memory bus, and nvidia has really been pissing me off lately. I dunno, I may have to stay 3x1080p and make a 4k monitor an auxiliary that I'll use from time to time.

I'm getting rid of this 900D case too. It's too fukking big. I think I'll go with the Corsair 750D instead. It's still big enough and good for airflow, but doesn't have the bottom part that I don't need (cuz I won't be doing custom liquid cooling, so I don't need it)

I'm excited breh, but it's a waiting game now. I don't want the 4gb 980s. I want 6-8gb of vram to be more future proof. The 390xs are supposed to be monsters and maybe we'll see Titan II's as well. I just wish all this would come sooner, rather than later.

 

[Fatboi1]

Yeah, that was the plan all along. Get outta pc gaming for 4-6 months and come back stronger than ever with cards that will suit my, admittedly outrageously high, needs.

I'm selling off my current setup once the new one is built. The plan is to put 3 gpus in this one and go 3x1440p. I dunno if it can be done though; I gotta wait on the 390xs. I may go 8gb 980 if they turn our to be good, but there are off course worries about their small memory bus and nvidia has really been pissing me off lately. I dunno, I may have to stay 3x1080p and make a 4k monitor an auxiliary that I'll use from time to time.

I'm getting rid of this 900D case too. It's too fukking big. I think I'll go with the Corsair 750D instead. It's still big enough and good for airflow, but doesn't have the bottom part that I don't need (cuz I won't be doing custom liquid cooling, so I don't need it)

I'm excited breh, but it's a waiting game now. I don't want the 4gb 980s. I want 6-8gb of vram to be more future proof. The 390xs are supposed to be monsters and maybe we'll see Titan II's as well. I just wish all this would come sooner, rather than later.

You're going to do all that and when the next game comes out you'll be in here again talking about how you're only getting 58.3 fps and the tearing is driving you crazy yadda yadda.

 

[Ciggavelli]

You're going to do all that and when the next game comes out you'll be in here again talking about how you're only getting 58.3 fps and the tearing is driving you crazy yadda yadda.

hahaha. nah, I'm not doing that here anymore. I talk about hardware issues elsewhere now. I might throw up a 3d mark score though

 

[TRFG]

brahs do y'all torrent Windows 8?

 

[Uh Oh]

Would it run linux?

I don't have much experience with Linux, but I would imagine it would run fine on your setup.

brahs do y'all torrent Windows 8?

I've done it with no problems. I only download from private trackers, though.

 

[Ruck]

was that $300+?

$250

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

Frys will price match but 9 outta 10 times Frys pricing is already better

WE DON'T HAVE FRYS IN MICHIGAN.

 

[itsyoung!!]

WE DON'T HAVE FRYS IN MICHIGAN.

its ok they took our microcenter away from us in the bay

its like they beefing too hard or something

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

its ok they took our microcenter away from us in the bay

its like they beefing too hard or something

I THOUGHT FRYS WAS ONLY IN CANADA

 

[itsyoung!!]

I THOUGHT FRYS WAS ONLY IN CANADA

theres 17 stores in California alone

http://www.frys.com/ac/storeinfo/storelocator/?site=csfooter_B

 

[winb83]

WE DON'T HAVE FRYS IN MICHIGAN.

yeah pisses me off but at least there's Microcenter. Thinking about heading there now and picking up a GTX 980 open box for close to $500 then I can dump this GTX 780 and maybe get $250 for it. I got an AMEX $100 gift card I need to burn on something.

 

[winb83]

Got the Gigabyte G1 Windforce 980 and the card is ridiculously large. It is larger than the GTX 780 Twin Frozr I swapped with it and the fans are noticeable too.