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Anyone else here built their own computer?
« on: August 05, 2013, 09:52:56 PM »
I wanted to upgrade my computer but couldn't find what I was looking for. So I decided to replace my motherboard and CPU. During installation I decided to replace the lot and keep my old computer as a spare.

Computers look complicated but are really components put together so it isn't that difficult to do. I got a Cooler Master case with many blue coloured fans. What else! New 1200 watts power supply.

Asus motherboard that accepts up to 64 Gb of RAM. I have 48 Gb installed to do photo processing and panoramas. 2011 pin CPU is required. A good graphics card as well. Then I got a Solid State Drive as well.

That was a pain to install because I had to reinstall Windows 7 then call Microsoft to get my numbers approved. Lots of USB 3 ports with hubs. 7 Tb hard drives with about 30 Tb external drives. 16 external drives in total.

New high end Asus sound card for high fidelity. DVD player of course. Really simple and straightforward to assemble. I didn't need any help and did it all by myself, like I do building gym equipment.

Works well. However, lots of problems installing all the software and sorting everything out. Finally, after a couple of weeks everything seems to work fine.

It was necessary to have a connection to the internet to get help for problems. My iPad saved the day there. Cost about $4000 for everything plus the software and new external drives.

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2013, 09:54:19 PM »
Intel or AMD?

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2013, 10:01:04 PM »
For some reason Intel seems to be the superior system. Haven't really researched it completely.

I tend to select just a big higher than the sweet spot for components. Second tier graphics card and CPU. Still excellent components.

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2013, 10:02:16 PM »
I wanted to upgrade my computer but couldn't find what I was looking for. So I decided to replace my motherboard and CPU. During installation I decided to replace the lot and keep my old computer as a spare.

Computers look complicated but are really components put together so it isn't that difficult to do. I got a Cooler Master case with many blue coloured fans. What else! New 1200 watts power supply.

Asus motherboard that accepts up to 64 Gb of RAM. I have 48 Gb installed to do photo processing and panoramas. 2011 pin CPU is required. A good graphics card as well. Then I got a Solid State Drive as well.

That was a pain to install because I had to reinstall Windows 7 then call Microsoft to get my numbers approved. Lots of USB 3 ports with hubs. 7 Tb hard drives with about 30 Tb external drives. 16 external drives in total.

New high end Asus sound card for high fidelity. DVD player of course. Really simple and straightforward to assemble. I didn't need any help and did it all by myself, like I do building gym equipment.

Works well. However, lots of problems installing all the software and sorting everything out. Finally, after a couple of weeks everything seems to work fine.

It was necessary to have a connection to the internet to get help for problems. My iPad saved the day there. Cost about $4000 for everything plus the software and new external drives.

That's what I do for a living. Antivirus is very important what product are you running on this computer and version? Yes software can be a bitch pending license and updates.

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2013, 10:04:57 PM »
I am trying out Webroot antivirus because of its high rating. Tried Avast free for over a year. Any suggestions are welcome.

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2013, 10:08:02 PM »
I am trying out Webroot antivirus because of its high rating. Tried Avast free for over a year. Any suggestions are welcome.
AVG is a decent free one rated pretty high for free software.

http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2013, 10:11:40 PM »
I wanted to upgrade my computer but couldn't find what I was looking for. So I decided to replace my motherboard and CPU. During installation I decided to replace the lot and keep my old computer as a spare.

Computers look complicated but are really components put together so it isn't that difficult to do. I got a Cooler Master case with many blue coloured fans. What else! New 1200 watts power supply.

Asus motherboard that accepts up to 64 Gb of RAM. I have 48 Gb installed to do photo processing and panoramas. 2011 pin CPU is required. A good graphics card as well. Then I got a Solid State Drive as well.

That was a pain to install because I had to reinstall Windows 7 then call Microsoft to get my numbers approved. Lots of USB 3 ports with hubs. 7 Tb hard drives with about 30 Tb external drives. 16 external drives in total.

New high end Asus sound card for high fidelity. DVD player of course. Really simple and straightforward to assemble. I didn't need any help and did it all by myself, like I do building gym equipment.

Works well. However, lots of problems installing all the software and sorting everything out. Finally, after a couple of weeks everything seems to work fine.

It was necessary to have a connection to the internet to get help for problems. My iPad saved the day there. Cost about $4000 for everything plus the software and new external drives.

I just built mine with a Cooler Master Case with the blue fans!  Good Choice Vince!  You probably should learn how to use Pirate Bay though instead of wasting money on buying Windows.  ;)

What kind of Graphics Card did you get?

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2013, 10:13:23 PM »
I am trying out Webroot antivirus because of its high rating. Tried Avast free for over a year. Any suggestions are welcome.
You don`t need to run any anti-virus nonsense.  All it does is waste system resources and lag your computer or even cripple some areas.  I have never gotten a computer virus in my life and I have never used any Anti-Virus programs.  Anti-Virus programs are worthless and a complete joke. 

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« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2013, 10:33:09 PM »
TA is capable because he has a brain. I bought a nvidea GTX 570. Goes well with the PX79Pro motherboard.

It is amazing what you can find on Youtube re free software. Lots of smart guys out there helping people.

Makes me wonder if anyone should pay for software.

I have believed that antivirus companies create viruses to sell their products.

What I do know is that computers are logical things. The problems start when companies trying to make money stuff things up. It really is endless all the shit that happens from day to day.

We shouldn't have so many problems with incompatibility and so on but we do.

Can you recommend a good, reliable and free software to download videos from Youtube and elsewhere? Real Player used to work but not any more.

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« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2013, 10:34:30 PM »
AVG is a decent free one rated pretty high for free software.

http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

I used AVG for many years but then found it rather invasive and hard to delete from my computer. I used Avast after that and was pleased

but they prefer that you subscribe and don't make it easy to use the free version. A pity.

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« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2013, 10:39:36 PM »

I was using Avast....  But then there seemed to be a lot of praise in regards to Windows 8 built in protection, so I uninstalled Avast and am just going with that now.


I keep Malware Malbytes installed though and run it every few weeks/months to just to be safe!

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2013, 10:49:15 PM »
I wanted to upgrade my computer but couldn't find what I was looking for. So I decided to replace my motherboard and CPU. During installation I decided to replace the lot and keep my old computer as a spare.

Computers look complicated but are really components put together so it isn't that difficult to do. I got a Cooler Master case with many blue coloured fans. What else! New 1200 watts power supply.

Asus motherboard that accepts up to 64 Gb of RAM. I have 48 Gb installed to do photo processing and panoramas. 2011 pin CPU is required. A good graphics card as well. Then I got a Solid State Drive as well.

That was a pain to install because I had to reinstall Windows 7 then call Microsoft to get my numbers approved. Lots of USB 3 ports with hubs. 7 Tb hard drives with about 30 Tb external drives. 16 external drives in total.

New high end Asus sound card for high fidelity. DVD player of course. Really simple and straightforward to assemble. I didn't need any help and did it all by myself, like I do building gym equipment.

Works well. However, lots of problems installing all the software and sorting everything out. Finally, after a couple of weeks everything seems to work fine.

It was necessary to have a connection to the internet to get help for problems. My iPad saved the day there. Cost about $4000 for everything plus the software and new external drives.


LOL 4 grand!!!  With a GTX570?!?!?!?!?

You got ripped off, period.  

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509570

sincerely hth


I'm building one right now, got everything lined up for about 2.5k (this includes a triple 27 inch monitor setup for gaming).  i was really torn between trying to cram everything into a mini-atx case that looked cool and not having to worry about heat/complicated setup.  at this point, i think i've abandoned hope for the mini-route.

btw, coolermaster cases are fuck ugly!

im thinking about getting fractal design's define r4 in white.  fractal designs, lian li, silverstone, and thermaltake are pretty much the only companys i found that make halfway decent looking cases.

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2013, 11:10:45 PM »
LOL 4 grand!!!  With a GTX570?!?!?!?!?

You got ripped off, period.  

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509570

sincerely hth


I'm building one right now, got everything lined up for about 2.5k (this includes a triple 27 inch monitor setup for gaming).  i was really torn between trying to cram everything into a mini-atx case that looked cool and not having to worry about heat/complicated setup.  at this point, i think i've abandoned hope for the mini-route.

btw, coolermaster cases are fuck ugly!

im thinking about getting fractal design's define r4 in white.  fractal designs, lian li, silverstone, and thermaltake are pretty much the only companys i found that make halfway decent looking cases.

power in a mini itx for triple screen = water.  Get mid to full tower.
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« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2013, 11:14:25 PM »
Computer was just over $3000 for parts. Remember, I live in Australia and things are dearer down here. I got 3 X 4Tb external hard drives and some new software.

I already have a Dell ultrasharp 30 inch monitor. Great purchase because my photos look good on it. Coolermaster was in the showroom and only $119 which includes

some fans. Sound card is Asus Essence STX. Plus I installed an additional 2 Tb hardrive inside. Keeps the other 3 Tb drives company, plus the 256 Gb SSD. Prices for

solid state drives are coming down. Oh, yes, I have 2 X 8 plug power boards and 2 X 6 plug ones. Lots of things to hook up.

I don't play computer games so didn't need the best graphics card. 48 Gb of RAM cost about $480 here. Lots of fans humming away but they don't cost much.

Have a new gaming mouse and wireless keyboard.

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« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2013, 11:17:29 PM »

Can you recommend a good, reliable and free software to download videos from Youtube and elsewhere? Real Player used to work but not any more.


If you want to save youtube videos on your computer, http://savetube.com/
is not a bad website.

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2013, 11:18:32 PM »
LOL 4 grand!!!  With a GTX570?!?!?!?!?

You got ripped off, period.  

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=509570

sincerely hth


I'm building one right now, got everything lined up for about 2.5k (this includes a triple 27 inch monitor setup for gaming).  i was really torn between trying to cram everything into a mini-atx case that looked cool and not having to worry about heat/complicated setup.  at this point, i think i've abandoned hope for the mini-route.

btw, coolermaster cases are fuck ugly!

im thinking about getting fractal design's define r4 in white.  fractal designs, lian li, silverstone, and thermaltake are pretty much the only companys i found that make halfway decent looking cases.

Agreed. You got totally ripped. The 570 is 2 gens old now.

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« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2013, 11:46:53 PM »
Aussies get ripped off in every which way. Even software costs more down here. It costs even more in New Zealand. Cars, TV, you name it, we pay more. They have a luxury tax for fancy cars!

Personal licence plates cost about $500 every year plus other rego costs. Cameras, lenses, everything costs more. Houses in Sydney are from 600 to a million or more. Expensive place to live.

No real winter down here. It is about 22 degrees outside today. That is about 70 degrees in California temp. We have a climate similar to Atlanta or Northern Florida. Great place to live.

Sydney has over 5 million people. It is like rush hour all the time now. Roads haven't kept up to the population expansion.

I was trying to keep costs down and was hoping to stay under 2 grand. Not possible when you build a high end machine. It does what I want so far so no complaints.

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #17 on: August 06, 2013, 12:02:10 AM »
Computer was just over $3000 for parts. Remember, I live in Australia and things are dearer down here. I got 3 X 4Tb external hard drives and some new software.

I already have a Dell ultrasharp 30 inch monitor. Great purchase because my photos look good on it. Coolermaster was in the showroom and only $119 which includes

some fans. Sound card is Asus Essence STX. Plus I installed an additional 2 Tb hardrive inside. Keeps the other 3 Tb drives company, plus the 256 Gb SSD. Prices for

solid state drives are coming down. Oh, yes, I have 2 X 8 plug power boards and 2 X 6 plug ones. Lots of things to hook up.

I don't play computer games so didn't need the best graphics card. 48 Gb of RAM cost about $480 here. Lots of fans humming away but they don't cost much.

Have a new gaming mouse and wireless keyboard.

You oughta start gaming my friend.  I think you would take to it like a duck in water. 

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #18 on: August 06, 2013, 12:04:19 AM »
I find this to be the most useful tool when it comes to building a computer.  Its kind of fun to just make build after build to see what price you can get it for.

http://pcpartpicker.com/

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #19 on: August 06, 2013, 12:36:23 AM »
Aussies get ripped off in every which way. Even software costs more down here. It costs even more in New Zealand. Cars, TV, you name it, we pay more. They have a luxury tax for fancy cars!

Personal licence plates cost about $500 every year plus other rego costs. Cameras, lenses, everything costs more. Houses in Sydney are from 600 to a million or more. Expensive place to live.

No real winter down here. It is about 22 degrees outside today. That is about 70 degrees in California temp. We have a climate similar to Atlanta or Northern Florida. Great place to live.

Sydney has over 5 million people. It is like rush hour all the time now. Roads haven't kept up to the population expansion.

I was trying to keep costs down and was hoping to stay under 2 grand. Not possible when you build a high end machine. It does what I want so far so no complaints.


I see.  Well... that sucks :D

Anyway, I agree with adonis.  With a computer like that, no reason not to game!

power in a mini itx for triple screen = water.  Get mid to full tower.

You mean I'll need a liquid cooling system if I go mini-itx?  Anyway, thanks for the feedback.  I've 99% given up on the idea by now.  Finding a nice-looking case like the Define R4 just made the decision that much easier.  I'm planning on picking up a 4670k + GTX 770 4gb.  I do want to go too crazy... I'd rather just reign in the spending a little and upgrade more frequently.

There's one thing that still gives me pause.  While looking for the thinnest bezel monitors, I read that some zero bezel monitors were shown off at a recent trade show, and are possibly going to make it to market this year.  If I could get a real zero bezel triple screen setup within the year, that would definitely be worth waiting for.

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« Reply #20 on: August 06, 2013, 12:39:49 AM »
Of course, tons when I was a kid. As I got older I got bored with that stuff and have no idea what's going on in the market anymore. When it comes to processors my common sense helps me a lot but motherboards, coolers, that stuff... I have no idea even what is the "cool" company right now.

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« Reply #21 on: August 06, 2013, 12:57:54 AM »
Sydney is a fucking ripoff... You realize it even more when you move overseas.

Driver's license in Hawaii is $40 for 8 years. How much is it in Australia now?

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #22 on: August 06, 2013, 01:01:48 AM »
Aussies get ripped off in every which way. Even software costs more down here. It costs even more in New Zealand. Cars, TV, you name it, we pay more. They have a luxury tax for fancy cars!

Personal licence plates cost about $500 every year plus other rego costs. Cameras, lenses, everything costs more. Houses in Sydney are from 600 to a million or more. Expensive place to live.

No real winter down here. It is about 22 degrees outside today. That is about 70 degrees in California temp. We have a climate similar to Atlanta or Northern Florida. Great place to live.

Sydney has over 5 million people. It is like rush hour all the time now. Roads haven't kept up to the population expansion.

I was trying to keep costs down and was hoping to stay under 2 grand. Not possible when you build a high end machine. It does what I want so far so no complaints.


didn't coach and the dads say, kids are worth every penny?  i'm guessing Ferns are too.  :P

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Re: Anyone else here built their own computer?
« Reply #23 on: August 06, 2013, 01:04:41 AM »
Sydney is a fucking ripoff... You realize it even more when you move overseas.

Driver's license in Hawaii is $40 for 8 years. How much is it in Australia now?
I looked it up.... $52 per year in sydney!

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« Reply #24 on: August 06, 2013, 01:14:11 AM »
Hawaii is a great place to live if you can stay there permanently. They make it hard to live there even for Yanks on the  mainland. Guess they have to keep the numbers down on that island paradise.