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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #30 on: March 27, 2016, 09:30:36 AM »
By the way sonic, is that SSD going to be your only means of storage? At 40$ (assuming that currency is dollars), it's pretty much a steal but I strongly advise you to not use 120 GB as a sole means of storage. That was what I did with my 240 GB SSD and I ran out of space in a couple of months (I didn't have any intensive or AAA games on it either), and I had to buy a HDD (got a 2 TB one but it's overkill as 70% of it is free). Speedy drives are awesome, but a 1 TB HDD is better than a 120 blazing-fast SSD. Consider 30 of it out due to OS, and that's 90 GBs you've gotta store games, pictures, songs, movies on.
   First and foremost, thank you for all the advice you have just given me. In terms of storage issues, with my current space management on my laptop plus the amount of space I will also be using later, the 120GB SSD will be quite enough for my necessities. Still, should the need arise in the future, I may buy a Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD SATAIII 64MB (part number ST1000DM003) for €53,90 (maybe even less) or even a Seagate 1TB SSHD 3.5 SATA III 64MB (part number ST1000DX001) for €76,90 (maybe even less) for additional storage.

Also make sure there is good WiFi connection where your PC would be, and using cables really isn't that hard, you just need a little imagination and primitive cable management abilities (such as sticking a cable to a wall). My PC is 2 rooms away from the router but getting an Ethernet cable there was pretty easy.
   This will be by far my greatest issue. While it is true my laptop's wireless adapter is an utter atrocity and the flash USB is much better, my bedroom, where my computer will be staying, is the division with the worst Wi-Fi coverage. Still, seeing how my laptop can keep a stable connection most of the time, I believe I will be just fine.

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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #31 on: March 27, 2016, 10:52:46 AM »
You could also get a WiFi extender, and although they are sometimes a hassle to set up, if WiFi is the only way to go they can save lives. There's a bunch of cheap-os, for instance the Zyxel WRE2205 (hard to find in local stores) and the D-Link DAP-1320. Both are under 23$. I might pick up the D-Link soon because I have poor WiFi coverage in the living room, I'll let ya know how it performs if I do.
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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #32 on: March 27, 2016, 01:44:57 PM »
Also the SSHD looks kinda like a waste, I can't think of anything that's below 8 GB and would benefit from a speedy drive.
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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #33 on: March 30, 2016, 06:39:28 PM »
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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #34 on: March 30, 2016, 06:47:49 PM »
L0L yes, The Laptop! I used to do the same thing with an oldie 2005 one XD
but srsly why don't u just get the keyboard repaired? Costs like 20$ in my country (and stuff is fairly overpriced here)!
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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #35 on: March 30, 2016, 07:29:58 PM »
nah i been like 6 month ago and also my fault i left the laptop there and my little baby brother 1 by 1 breaking the keys when i come back my laptop is all gone so i use a keyboard i dont want to repair because my little baby brother will break it again so yea

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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #36 on: March 30, 2016, 07:31:10 PM »
xd fair enough.. But won't he break the keyboard's keys too?
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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #37 on: March 30, 2016, 09:13:40 PM »
nah my little baby brother is not strong enough to break a keyboard he cant break the keys yet

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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #38 on: April 10, 2016, 07:41:25 PM »
Also sonic, if I may ask, which website are you getting your prices from? I looked around and found that a Skylake i3 6100, H110 LGA 1151 mATX motherboard and DDR4 memory costs exactly the same amount of money, and the 2x reduction of lithography size amounts to 10% of performance improvement (the CPUs are otherwise identical, apart from the 6100 having an extra .1 GHz). So, well, if it's there, why not go for it?
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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #39 on: April 10, 2016, 08:14:21 PM »
Also sonic, if I may ask, which website are you getting your prices from? I looked around and found that a Skylake i3 6100, H110 LGA 1151 mATX motherboard and DDR4 memory costs exactly the same amount of money, and the 2x reduction of lithography size amounts to 10% of performance improvement (the CPUs are otherwise identical, apart from the 6100 having an extra .1 GHz). So, well, if it's there, why not go for it?

   At your request and after verifying my permissions to do so with richgotya, this is the website of the store where I will be buying my rig. Be warned as the website is in Portuguese and it doesn't supply a translation to English. Hopefully Google can fix that issue for you.

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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #40 on: April 10, 2016, 08:17:48 PM »
Ah, well, stuff there seems to be a tiny bit more expensive, but I suppose that neutralizes the negligible increase in performance.
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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #41 on: April 17, 2016, 12:07:33 PM »
Ha, sonic, that's a pretty concidence xD I'm considering buying the same PSU
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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #42 on: April 17, 2016, 03:06:35 PM »
Ha, sonic, that's a pretty concidence xD I'm considering buying the same PSU
   At their prices, the entire Zalman TX series is such a steal. They began being sold by Portuguese retailers two days before my edit. Too bad there are no reviews whatsoever for them...

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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #43 on: April 19, 2016, 02:48:48 PM »
By the way sonic, dunno if you keep track of the tech world, but AMD is releasing new video cards in June - all the way from R7 450 to R9 490X. I'm really not your typical guy who's constantly waiting for a new generation, but it might really be worth waiting a couple of weeks if you're on a budget!
http://wccftech.com/amd-polaris-11-gpu-specifications-leaked-compubench/
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Re: What does your PCs look like?
« Reply #44 on: April 19, 2016, 08:12:06 PM »
   Just as AMD is releasing the Polaris GPU platform, NVIDIA is also developing their own new GPU platform: Pascal.
   Thank you for the read J'zargo, though waiting months is not exactly waiting weeks. Then again, I have been waiting for quite a while for the money to arrive (yet again, do not ask) so if I seriously have to wait until June to get it, two things might happen:
       1st: Me getting a larger budget*;
       2nd: Me considering a Polaris GPU. If I end up not switching my spec basic and the Polaris platform turns out to be good and sell at a very good price, that is.

   *For this what-if scenario, I have been planning a Skylake build with two versions: one with a H110 chipset motherboard and another with a Z170 chipset motherboard. If you'd like, I can send you them through a private message when I finish planning them.