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[forsaken1111]

You really don't need to be a professional system builder to do a small amount of background research, buy the components and stick them in the right slots. at least I didn't find it terribly difficult. o.o

[Tellemurius]

Hell ill help you with a video conference if need to

[stabbymcstabstab]

No need there's a place in town that will build computers for people cheap I've been there before their Good guys.

[alfie275]

This site is pretty useful:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/

They also have CPU benchmarks.

[stabbymcstabstab]

Thanks.

[Mullet Master]

You really don't need to be a professional system builder to do a small amount of background research, buy the components and stick them in the right slots. at least I didn't find it terribly difficult. o.o

You are right. The mechanics of building a system is pretty easy, but building a high performance, balanced system requires a lot more than casual thought towards components.  The claim I was making is that the build suggestions from Tom's Hardware are much closer to an "ideal" design than if an ordinary person did a weeks worth of research.

I am focused with getting the absolute best performance for the money spent. You already are going to have to pay a giant premium for Windows compared to getting it with a pre-built brand name computer. Plus no warranty, etc.


 

[Tellemurius]

You really don't need to be a professional system builder to do a small amount of background research, buy the components and stick them in the right slots. at least I didn't find it terribly difficult. o.o

You are right. The mechanics of building a system is pretty easy, but building a high performance, balanced system requires a lot more than casual thought towards components.  The claim I was making is that the build suggestions from Tom's Hardware are much closer to an "ideal" design than if an ordinary person did a weeks worth of research.

I am focused with getting the absolute best performance for the money spent. You already are going to have to pay a giant premium for Windows compared to getting it with a pre-built brand name computer. Plus no warranty, etc.


 

computer parts do receive warranty on them, i know especially Intel provides their warranty if the chip dies and a overclock protection plan(upto $35 extra for 3 years) incase you burnt out your chip from pushing it. graphics cards can get 3-5 years depending on the brand and model. Sure its more paperwork and time but it gets done.

[MaximumZero]

You really don't need to be a professional system builder to do a small amount of background research, buy the components and stick them in the right slots. at least I didn't find it terribly difficult. o.o

You are right. The mechanics of building a system is pretty easy, but building a high performance, balanced system requires a lot more than casual thought towards components.  The claim I was making is that the build suggestions from Tom's Hardware are much closer to an "ideal" design than if an ordinary person did a weeks worth of research.

I am focused with getting the absolute best performance for the money spent. You already are going to have to pay a giant premium for Windows compared to getting it with a pre-built brand name computer. Plus no warranty, etc.


 

computer parts do receive warranty on them, i know especially Intel provides their warranty if the chip dies and a overclock protection plan(upto $35 extra for 3 years) incase you burnt out your chip from pushing it. graphics cards can get 3-5 years depending on the brand and model. Sure its more paperwork and time but it gets done.

Seconded. I had a three year warranty on the cheapass video card that I put in the computer that I gave to my parents. I've not done a lot of system building since (considering that I work with premade machines now,) but yeah, warranties are still good. They just cover individual parts instead of the whole system.

[eerr]

I might be a little late on this, but:

say, for an x550 graphics card.

The middle digit is more important than the first digit.

You can't buy a card in the 00-30 range, and 90 will probably cost you more than half a thousand dollars.

A 570 card will get you more than 740. Though I am a bit out of date on which generation is up *shrug

[Tellemurius]

I might be a little late on this, but:

say, for an x550 graphics card.

The middle digit is more important than the first digit.

You can't buy a card in the 00-30 range, and 90 will probably cost you more than half a thousand dollars.

A 570 card will get you more than 740. Though I am a bit out of date on which generation is up *shrug

we are at 600 now

[stabbymcstabstab]

Thanks I'm get the price for what I need written up though form the looks of it I can just raid a few broken computers of mine for parts.

[Thief^]

I might be a little late on this, but:

say, for an x550 graphics card.

The middle digit is more important than the first digit.

You can't buy a card in the 00-30 range, and 90 will probably cost you more than half a thousand dollars.

A 570 card will get you more than 740. Though I am a bit out of date on which generation is up *shrug

A few more examples:
A 4-digit graphic card model number is just a 3-digit model number with a 0 on the end. It follows the same rules/meaning otherwise.
Model numbers cannot be compared between AMD and nVidia directly, always refer to benchmarks.
680 always better than 580 (generation +1) of the same manufacturer (AMD or nVidia)
680 always better than 670 (model +10) of the same manufacturer
The last digits being 90 or higher often means a dual-gpu card, which are often not worth the cost and can't use both gpus in all games. Each gpu on its own is often of x60 or x70 grade.
The last number not being a 0 typically means it's a revised card which may or may not be significantly better than the xx0 version. Do your research with these. e.g. the geforce 275 was actually more powerful than the 280.
OC / pre-overclocked etc versions can be anything from 1% to 10% better than the standard version, which may make them more powerful than the next model up, or may not. Again, research here.
More graphics ram typically means bugger all.