The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[Knicks2012]

Microcenter CPUs are always super cheap.

yup $320 now for a i7-5820k but ive seen it as low as $300

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Can somebody please back me up here in this argument: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2845961/anti-surge-message-gaming.html#16889336 the guy believes that all information online about any graphics card consuming over 100W of power is false. He believes it is impossible for a system to consume more than 500W.

 

[g-unit1111]

anyone ever shop at MicroCenter??

I have bought a bunch of stuff from Micro Center, but not lately. I just got a GTX 960 for my Raven rig - a very nice upgrade from the 760 I was using. The 760 will go in my work PC where it is a tremendous upgrade from the Radeon 7870 I was using.

 

[Knicks2012]

Should I go for a WD Black 2 TB HDD or a 2 TB Hitachi?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Should I go for a WD Black 2 TB HDD or a 2 TB Hitachi?

If prices are the same, WD. Unless the Hitachi is significantly lower, I'd still go WD for reliability.

 

[Knicks2012]

Should I go for a WD Black 2 TB HDD or a 2 TB Hitachi?

If prices are the same, WD. Unless the Hitachi is significantly lower, I'd still go WD for reliability.

$130 for WD, $140 for Hitachi

 

[Turb0Yoda]

I would go with the Hitachi IMO.

I'm writing a long thing right now about that guy

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I would go with the Hitachi IMO.

I'm writing a long thing right now about that guy

Ooh thank you. Honestly, yeah all the drives are similar. I have a WD and Seagate in my PC. Seagate is noisy and scratchy. WD is quiet and nice. WD is older, too.

I own laptops with Hitatchi. My laptop is quite scratchy, but that's just my personal experience.

 

[Bossyfins]

Microcenter? I wish I could live there, but I can't. Super friendly guys, at least at my store, one guy even bundled me a price discount on a board that couldn't be discounted. It is the geek of all geeks. Yes, they do price matches, as long as it is sold from them. Like if newegg sold the wd black for 130 and Microcenter has it for 140, if newegg is the one selling it, print it out, show it to em, and get your discount.


Oh god, i really wish I could get a summer job for them, but I'd probably be bad because they do recommend the cx600 and cx750 some times.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

LOL
Show them the proof.

back to dreaming on pcpartpicker.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

LOL
Show them the proof.

back to dreaming on pcpartpicker.

Thx for backing me up BTW on that PSU argument. Knicks took the radical approach.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

lol np
Meanwhile my friend got a Steel Series Apex for 10 bucks >.<

 

[turkey3_scratch]

lol np
Meanwhile my friend got a Steel Series Apex for 10 bucks >.<

Where?

 

[Turb0Yoda]

Some Guy selling it... its a This one There... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSk7D8TZDnc...
It used to retail for a hundred bucks I think.

 

[nikoli707]

just at micro center the other day and they had a 4790k+gigabyte z97 hd3 for $349

 

[g-unit1111]

Should I go for a WD Black 2 TB HDD or a 2 TB Hitachi?

If prices are the same, WD. Unless the Hitachi is significantly lower, I'd still go WD for reliability.

Didn't WD buy Hitachi's HD division at some point in the last year? I think I remember seeing that somewhere.

Oh god, i really wish I could get a summer job for them, but I'd probably be bad because they do recommend the cx600 and cx750 some times.

Very difficult to get a job there, I applied a couple of times and still have yet to hear back from them.

 

[Bossyfins]

WD bought HGST. Saw it in the comments in Tek Syndicates nas build overview thing.


Oh yea, I know.

 

[g-unit1111]

WD bought HGST. Saw it in the comments in Tek Syndicates nas build overview thing.


Oh yea, I know.

And Seagate bought Samsung's HD division so really it's down to two companies making HDs. :lol:

 

[Onus]

Didn't WD also buy Toshiba HDD business?

Anyway, I found this interesting, and relevant (even if a little incomplete): http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/is-a-high-end-cpu-a-real-need-for-a-gaming-computer/

 

[tiny voices]

Well yeah I would get AF140 quiets, but IM talking about for the H100i...what about those..also not gonna spend my money on other stuff...I decided on flight lessons unless i get forced to buy a car, but I really want to start flying again...what I may do to give me that push is just use this 1k to buy 10 hours so Im forced to finish it up I miss my huge passion for Aviation and i think its coming back..... 😀


For you guys in So Cal, Looks likes its about to rain huh?

SP120 quiets are miserable for radiators. They move 1/2 the air of the stock fans. Even if you run them at full speed, you will lose a decent amount of cooling performance.

 

[tiny voices]

Forget working at Microcenter. I have a buddy who did at one of the MD locations and it was miserable. You make $4 an hour and then everything else is sales. He was one of the top 3 floor sales people (worked in desktop/laptops) for the ENTIRE store including PC components and he BARELY made minimum wage most pay periods after all was said and done. Most of the floor employees don't actually make minimum wage, and the highest paid one he said only made like $10 an hour regularly, sometimes less. They also have a no-compete clause in your contract so forget about jumping ship to ANY retail store that sells electronics or office supplies.

 

[Onus]

That sounds like a pretty fecal deal.

 

[tiny voices]

Yeah, all the people I know who work at MC also have another job or live with their parents.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

It was raining last night, no rain in the day.
Looking at Fallout 4 minimum specs
*cries*

 

[tiny voices]

minimum specs are ALWAYS wrong.

Minimum is a Phenom 2 X4 OR an i5 2300 for the CPU, and then a 550ti OR a 7870 for the GPU. Those are VERY different performing CPUs/GPUs.