building the kid a low-end gaming PC for xmas

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:26 pm

Oh, and don't forget to include www.mircocenter.com in your pricing. I buy most of my stuff from them now because they are cheaper than newegg even with tax. Especially on CPU and motherboards. Super discounted CPU and MB often come with $50 off when purchased with a CPU.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:53 am

Cakedaddy wrote:http://www.newegg.com/Product....&cm_sp=

Not familiar with ITX though. Looks really small. Could be cool. Not sure if you could put a video card in that PCIe slot either. I'll let you do the research to see if this would work for you.

OH, and when you add it to your cart, you'll see that it also comes with 8GB RAM.

You keep posting unavailable shit.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:19 pm

You are too slow in your old age. Give me your credit card number and I'll just buy the next one so you don't miss it.

Post by **TPRJones** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 2:58 pm

GORDON wrote:...I still need a power supply, case, and monitor...

Case? If you're building a cheapo why does it need a case? Just nail the parts to a small square of particleboard and call it done.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:05 pm

TPRJones wrote:
GORDON wrote:...I still need a power supply, case, and monitor...
Case? If you're building a cheapo why does it need a case? Just nail the parts to a small square of particleboard and call it done.

It occurred to me to build a PC into the wall of my basement. I could do that.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:19 pm

I thought about doing one of these after having heating issues once

Post by **TPRJones** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:26 pm

The only downside would be the fan noise.

Better add headphones to the build.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:32 pm

TPRJones wrote:The only downside would be the fan noise.

Better add headphones to the build.

Bah. Go straight liquid cooling and pipe the outflow to your hot water heater.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:36 pm

Malcolm wrote:
TPRJones wrote:The only downside would be the fan noise.

Better add headphones to the build.
Bah. Go straight liquid cooling and pipe the outflow to your hot water heater.

I tried convincing Cake once to use the Michigan winter as a heat sink for a water cooled rig... run the pips outside. He didn't have the balls to do it.

Trooper · Post by **Trooper** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 9:37 pm

ITX is a very very very small form factor. Smaller than Micro ATX even. I ran a Micro ATX for about 4 years, and when it came time to beef it up things just did not fit anymore. If you're trying to build him a computer that he can build upon over the years, I would NOT recommend the ITX form factor, and I'd steer clear of the Micro ATX even. Stick to standard ATX, leaves you plenty of room for expansion in the future, not really that big. I built the Micro ATX with the intentions of LAN parties every weekend. . . . . That rig left the house maybe once a year if that. Not worth the extra money you pay to downscale important parts (Ex: Mobo, PSU, GPU. . . )

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 12:19 pm

This might be relevant.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 12:27 pm

Pick the vid card, then the mobo, then the case, then go from there.

Trooper · Post by **Trooper** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:29 pm

TheCatt wrote:This might be relevant.

Screw that SSD in the $1,200 build, instead put that towards an i7! SSD's die too quickly, not worth the $$$ in my opinion.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:47 pm

I love my SSDs. All 3 drives in my laptop are SSDs. My boot RAID on my server is SSD. Boot RAID on the wife's PC = SSD. Love them. Absolutely worth it.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:34 pm

SSDs beat the shit out of HDDs. What brands are you buying such that your failure rate is higher than the mechanical equivalent?

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:54 pm

Here is yet another bundle deal you can ignore until it's too late.

http://www.newegg.com/Product....&cm_sp=

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:06 pm

Cakedaddy wrote:Here is yet another bundle deal you can ignore until it's too late.

http://www.newegg.com/Product....&cm_sp=

Just bought it, along with a 21.5" lcd monitor for $99.

Newegg always denies my credit cards the first time I try. We'll see.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:14 pm

Looking at this thing, it pretty close to my own gaming system. He should be happy.

I almost bought 2 of them to make one of them the new server.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:17 pm

They accepted my $500 payment on the first try. Behold the power of my Amazon credit card.

Or behold its lax security. Either/or.

Post by **GORDON** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:17 pm

Cakedaddy wrote:Here is yet another bundle deal you can ignore until it's too late.

http://www.newegg.com/Product....&cm_sp=

Me and the kid built it today. The video card doesn't require extra power... I am a little concerned about that. Haven't installed the OS to test it all, yet. He thinks it is the new server, not his own Xmas present, so I'll have to finish it off while he is in school.

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