New computer

[Stonehelm]

Gonna be building a new pc soon and i was wondering what people thought of it.

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[~HeavenSent~]

Rip off tbh you paying £70 for a case & you dont get a psu, only one HDD may as well get 2 150gigers a slave is allways usefull you could partichen it & what that silver 5 compound ****?

Its a nice computer but i hope if you do get it your going to be makeing full use of it or there is no point.

 

[Far]

not bad for an entire pc setup of that standard, i wish i could afford that. gonna get me some more hdds next, thn i need to upgrade my proccessor and mb.

 

[Stonehelm]

Rip off tbh you paying £70 for a case & you dont get a psu, only one HDD may as well get 2 150gigers a slave is allways usefull you could partichen it & what that silver 5 compound ****?

Its a nice computer but i hope if you do get it your going to be makeing full use of it or there is no point.

The case if good, nice and spacious with 3 built in fans with room for 2 more. I need at least a 600W power supply to power the graphics card and the power supplies you get with cases are usually sub standard.

Im going to be putting my 160 GB hard drive in aswell and the hard drive in that spec has good access times etc

Im in uni doing computer games development and im a gamer so i will be making full use of it.

The silver compound is what you on the CPU chip, helps cool.

 

[~HeavenSent~]

The case if good, nice and spacious with 3 built in fans with room for 2 more. I need at least a 600W power supply to power the graphics card and the power supplies you get with cases are usually sub standard.

Im going to be putting my 160 GB hard drive in aswell and the hard drive in that spec has good access times etc

Im in uni doing computer games development and im a gamer so i will be making full use of it.

The silver compound is what you on the CPU chip, helps cool.

Well for computer games development ull need a good pc :P if your useing thing like 3Dsmax extre they will take a lot of memory when you useing the for rendering ect

 

[Stonehelm]

I dont use 3D Studio max because thats design not development. I do the programming side.

 

[hesmondo]

You shouldnt need the heat-sink compound - most new cpus (I always use AMD - dunno bowt intel) come with a heatsink pad on them instead.

 

[Stonehelm]

The heat-sink pre-attached to the CPU?

 

[urbanfox]

You shouldnt need the heat-sink compound - most new cpus (I always use AMD - dunno bowt intel) come with a heatsink pad on them instead.

It's not uncommon to have a + (-4C) difference with thermal paste compared to the pad they supply on the stock heatsink.

 

[hesmondo]

yes - thers putty stuff already on the cpu. (there is on all new AMDs anyway)

@urbanfox ive never had any problems with it, even when i turn ALL the fans off in my comp

 

[urbanfox]

yes - thers putty stuff already on the cpu. (there is on all new AMDs anyway)

@urbanfox ive never had any problems with it, even when i turn ALL the fans off in my comp

I know what it is, it's called a thermal pad. And with some cheap thermal paste you can reduce your CPU temperature by 4 celcius very easy, and I've seen it lowered by almost 7. IF your CPU isn't on the brink of immediate problems from overheating, a temperature reduction can still help protect the CPU over the long term. I'd recommend it for everyone in any situation over the stock thermal pad.

By the way, I've seen AMD chips work fine over 60c, but that doesn't mean everything is OK and don't expect problems down the road if it continues.

 

[hesmondo]

I know what it is, it's called a thermal pad. And with some cheap thermal paste you can reduce your CPU temperature by 4 celcius very easy, and I've seen it lowered by almost 7. IF your CPU isn't on the brink of immediate problems from overheating, a temperature reduction can still help protect the CPU over the long term. I'd recommend it for everyone in any situation over the stock thermal pad.

By the way, I've seen AMD chips work fine over 60c, but that doesn't mean everything is OK and don't expect problems down the road if it continues.

Sorry urban - i hadnt seen your post when i posted, thats why i edited it.

With the "thermal pad" my cpu is running at 31 normally and 35 gaming, so personally I don't use it.

 

[urbanfox]

Sorry urban - i hadnt seen your post when i posted, thats why i edited it.

With the "thermal pad" my cpu is running at 31 normally and 35 gaming, so personally I don't use it.

The thermal pad degrades over time, turning hard and dry. Not something I'd lose sleep over, but a cheap tube of thermal paste isn't a bad investment for the temperature drop, not to mention one tube is going to last 20+ applications.

 

[hesmondo]

o.O i stopped using the thermal paste a long time ago - think the last time i used it was on a P3, thanks for the advice.

 

[Pure_Fusion]

Just purchase a dell XPS computer, its better than that and if you are looking for game thats the computer to buy. Its actually quite a decent buy (XPS) the SLI nvidia geforce 7900 512mb should be a treat, speed wise its quite nice. And you can get it between 800 - 1200 (off ebay/dell outlet) or 1300 from dell.

 

[Perebble]

Just purchase a dell XPS computer, its better than that and if you are looking for game thats the computer to buy. Its actually quite a decent buy (XPS) the SLI nvidia geforce 7900 512mb should be a treat, speed wise its quite nice. And you can get it between 800 - 1200 (off ebay/dell outlet) or 1300 from dell.

Dells are way overpriced, although they do seem to be getting better value for money.

The setup Stonehelm is building would cost probably double what he's paying if he were to buy from Dell.