Recent content by A84Harris

Alright, thanks for all the help rockie_. Nice to join a site and get help the same day!

I also noticed there was no selection to CPU cooler, are cheap ones going to give me any issues?

If I'm familiar with installing OS's via USB drives, then I SHOULDN'T have to worry about an optical drive...right?! I figure that if anybody want's to watch a movie, I'll already have it via Netflix/Prime, or they can use the wife's laptop. Plus I'm sure I have a couple laying around.

OH!!! Ok, well then ya...I always hate looking too in depth at parts/builds...I start out at $500, then I pushed my max to $550, and now look where we are at...fml.

You got me there, I'd rather have a brand I know.

Ok, so same price with the different processor and mobo. Is that a better option for FPS or were you just showing me? Oh how I wish I would have stayed up to date on all this stuff. It's taken me an hour to do dishes because I keep getting side tracked with this, reviews, benchmarks, other...

Ok, that makes sense to me then. I appreciate that.

Would dropping down the ram back to 4GB in order to pick up a Radeon R9 280 be a better bet for FPS purposes? Just mean's I'd have to have less programs running in the background (uTorrent, Google Chrome Extensions, etc) That's what I consider "multitasking" lol.

Lol, you are quite to the point aren't ya? Thanks for the link, I'll have to look into that in a few.

Alright, good to see I can still stay in budget with more ram. The HDD you have listed would eventually be put as a storage drive, once I can afford the SSD. Looking at benchmarks for the GPU, it's nice to see I can run games at Very High, but I always tend to "dumb down" the graphics so I can...

Is there any benefit with going with an Intel dual-core processor compared to some of these other builds with an AMD quad-core? Also, I've always been a fan of more ram than needed, so would I be able to bump up to 8gb of ram while keeping the limit no more than $550? $550 is the max the wife...

LMAO @ GRUXTSAR. I will admit, that or an Xbox One has crossed my mind. But the wife and I do have a son in home schooled, and she travels for her job. So her laptop would be taken away when she's off for work. I don't need an OS, I'm thinking SteamOS or other ways of acquiring Windows...

So I currently have an Asus ROG 750JW as my daily driver gaming computer. Bills are starting to rack up and I need some extra money. My daily driver is going on eBay soon and I'm looking for a viable option for around $500. Most of the use on this computer is gaming (CSGO, Battlefield 3/4...