The 1st Ever "Build Sonic A Computer" Competition

AMD Build Submitted. I personally like the Intel one with the SSD more though.
 
Hold on. It has very low storage. Does this mean, if i download windows to this drive, not only will it be fast but i'll have the complete hard drive space on my 500 gig?
 
SonicX11212 said:
Dunno. It hooks up Via VGA cable though. I had to get an adapter for it so it would connect to my card
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hit the start button, type in "screen resolution" and click on the option for Adjust Screen Resolution. Tell me what the highest option is. For example, mine is 1920x1080.
 
Solid State Drives can be ten times faster than regular Hard Drives. I used a 64 GB one to keep the price down, but you can get some 1tb ones for about $1000 :P

My SSD is the same as the one i recommended, but instead of a 64 GB one, it's capacity is128 GB. In there i have Windows, Minecraft, Chrome, Origin, and BF3 on it. There are 65 GB remaining plus the 1.5 TB HDD that i have as my secondary drive where all my steam games are at.

It takes about 15-20 seconds from when i press the ON button until the computer is ready to use.

In my opinion, even though SSD's lack in capacity they offer amazing perfomance. So SSD + HDD = Win.
 
SonicX11212 said:
All in due time my friend, all in due time.
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How soon do you plan on getting that? You can get a relatively cheap build that will max anything at your current monitor's max resolution, and leave an option open for upgrade when you get a new higher resolution monitor, or you can spend a good amount (pretty much what everyone else has been posting) that will be able to play everything at high on your future high resolution monitor.

I would recommend getting something to fit your needs right now, because the market will be different when you buy a new monitor (unless you do this in the next couple of days). Just my 2 cents.

tl;dr spend a little now, max anything on your current monitor
spend more now, high on anything (as well as max on anything on your current monitor) on your next monitor
 
Ph?bus said:
How soon do you plan on getting that? You can get a relatively cheap build that will max anything at your current monitor's max resolution, and leave an option open for upgrade when you get a new higher resolution monitor, or you can spend a good amount (pretty much what everyone else has been posting) that will be able to play everything at high on your future high resolution monitor.

I would recommend getting something to fit your needs right now, because the market will be different when you buy a new monitor (unless you do this in the next couple of days). Just my 2 cents.

tl;dr spend a little now, max anything on your current monitor
spend more now, high on anything (as well as max on anything on your current monitor) on your next monitor
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Ok i just realized that i didn't update this from earlier this week. I got BF3 to work fine now (Don't call me stupid when i say this. I forgot to check for an update on the drivers.) so i don't need this new computer for a long time. My needs are set for now. But in the future, whenever i gather up the money to do so, i shall purchase the parts and have a friend put it together for me. So don't worry about the now. my computer currently is perfect for me (cept i could use about 2-4 more gigs of ram) and it should be for a while now. Since updating said drivers, i have crashed only once and connect on first try to every server, every time.

TL;DR: Don't need this right now. Everything is good. BF3 still kicks major butt. I sad cuz i think they nerfed the 870. 870 part wasn't in paragraph but what the hell it needed to be said.
 
SonicX11212 said:
Ok i just realized that i didn't update this from earlier this week. I got BF3 to work fine now (Don't call me stupid when i say this. I forgot to check for an update on the drivers.) so i don't need this new computer for a long time. My needs are set for now. But in the future, whenever i gather up the money to do so, i shall purchase the parts and have a friend put it together for me. So don't worry about the now. my computer currently is perfect for me (cept i could use about 2-4 more gigs of ram) and it should be for a while now. Since updating said drivers, i have crashed only once and connect on first try to every server, every time.

TL;DR: Don't need this right now. Everything is good. BF3 still kicks major butt. I sad cuz i think they nerfed the 870. 870 part wasn't in paragraph but what the hell it needed to be said.
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Given that the GTX 600 series is/will be coming out, the prices of GPUs will change soon. If you plan on buying the new parts in a few months, you will get a better deal on your GPU.
 
AMD BUILD

Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$71.99
Kingston SSDNow S50 Series SS050S2/32G 2.5" 32GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
$64.99
COOLER MASTER Hyper N 520 RR-920-N520-GP 92mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Intel Core i7 compatible
-$6.00 Instant $39.99 $33.99
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
$21.99 1
XCLIO Blackhawk Black Finish 0.8 mm SECC / ABS Plastic ATX Full Tower Extreme Cooling Computer Case
$119.99
CORSAIR XMS 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMP8GX3M2B1333C9
$57.99
Antec EarthWatts Series EA-750 Green 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Continuous Power Supply
-$25.00 Instant $114.99 $89.99
EVGA 01G-P3-1361-KR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
-$10.00 Instant $139.99
ASUS M5A99X EVO AM3+ AMD 990X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
$149.99
AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4100WMGUSBX
$109.99

Subtotal = $860.90+ TAX
 
INTEL BUILD

Seagate Barracuda ES ST3750640NS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$71.99

Kingston SSDNow S50 Series SS050S2/32G 2.5" 32GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
$64.99 $64.99
COOLER MASTER Hyper N 520 RR-920-N520-GP 92mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Intel Core i7 compatible
$39.99 -$6.00 Instant $33.99
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
$21.99 $21.99
XCLIO Blackhawk Black Finish 0.8 mm SECC / ABS Plastic ATX Full Tower Extreme Cooling Computer Case
$119.99 $119.99
CORSAIR XMS 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model CMP8GX3M2B1333C9
$57.99 $57.99
MSI P67A-G45 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $139.99 -$7.00 Instant $132.99
Antec EarthWatts Series EA-750 Green 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active ...
$114.99 -$25.00 Instant $89.99
EVGA 01G-P3-1361-KR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$149.99 -$10.00 Instant $139.99
I69-2500 :: Intel Core i5-2500 BX80623I52500 Processor - Quad Core, 6MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 3.30 GHz (3.70 GHz Max Turbo), Socket H2 (LGA1155), 95W, Fan, Retail
$209.99

Subtotal: $909.91 + TAX
 
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