TK's slow progression to a new computer

Looks pretty solid to me, I bought a GTX 680 about 1½ years ago when I built my new rig and still going strong. But if I was to do a new build I would definatly include a 770/780.

No idea what you do outside of RS but it might be worth saving the $200 on the 780?

E/ Also I would really recommend a SSD, they're amazing.   

Sounds like a good choice, I for one can't imagine ever going back to just a single monitor again.   

As for an SSD I'd go with Corsair or Intel and 120GB is fine. I a have 120GB one myself and It's plenty of room for windows 7 + I tend to swap over my "main games" to it aswell.

Other than that your SSD will obviously make all file sharing etc alot faster and once downloaded you just move the files to your HDD.

I'm no SSD expert though, but there's no doubt a huge difference (nothing like booting up in a matter of seconds imo) and if you're using windows 8 it'll be even better.  

This is the one I got.
http://www.corsair.com/en/ssd/force-series-3-ssd/force-series-3-120gb-sata-3-6gbps-solid-state-hard-drive.html

All this computer talk

I may look into a new PC in 2014. That or another Mac tbh. It's not that Macs are incredibly functional but I love the interface and I find that the OS massively outperforms Windows. I could get a PC build and install Linux, but then I probably would lose some functionality just because I have a feeling that plain Linux isn't as "seamless" as a Mac OS. That is, I wouldn't want to put in too much time to figure it all out ;)Maybe that's just a myth based on old Linux.

So really it's a toss-up for me (Mac vs PC). If it weren't for Windows ...

Never done liquid cooling before, just been too afraid since I no nothing about it I suppose. Would love to try it in the near future though.

KO wrote: There are also arguments for upgradability in favour of building your own computer.

So true, atleast from my experience before I started building them myself that it was almost impossible to upgrade a single piece of hardware as everything was mixed and matched so much that you would have to upgrade atleast 3-4 pieces of hardware just for compatability sake and at that point you're better off just buying a new computer from "insert company name here". Since either it would cost more or you wouldn't know how to replace the parts.

Such a corrupt rip off really, guess it's a necessary evil though in order for them to stay in buisness.

Learning how to do it myself has been so damn worth it.

/end rant  

Man I'm jelly at those prices, EU is such a rip off. xD

Where did you end up buying/how did you save the $700? :O

Admin wrote:Where did you end up buying/how did you save the $700? :O

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I technically bought them second hand from New Zealand's version of ebay. There was a guy who was in the process of buying the parts he wanted for a build but before he could finish, his job required him to move over seas. This meant I was able to snap them up for a bargain bulk price. They were still brand new and sealed in the boxes, but since I didn't buy them from a shop they are technically second hand. Obviously we don't often use ebay because no one in their right mind would ship to New Zealand.

Wow, that's quite lucky. Much save, many bargains.

I guess alot of things can be obtained cheap then via the New Zealand ebay because of the international shipping costs? :O