Getting a Laptop soon: MSI GE62 i7 Quad- 2.7-3.5ghz 16gb ddr3 1600mhz GTX 960m Backlit Keyboard Windows 10 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017RP75X0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
Got a few upgrades for my PC Corsair Force LE 240GB SSD - $70 CS 850w Modular Corsair power supply - $70 (I got a really good 1 day deal on this one )
Haha, to be honest I've never felt that I need or want more than what I have, which is two plus that tv facing toward my bed which is also connected. Three of the same monitor for playing games across all 3 would be pretty cool though.
This looked fun so I thought I should join in, I don't have the best setup but it works. Most of the time w/ optifine and maxed settings I get 120fps. (In 1.9). I have a; Intel i5 4th Generation 12 Gigabytes of DDR3 ram (Soon to be 16) Intel 4600 Graphics (Soon to be a GTX 750ti) 2 Terabytes of storage. Stuff in the pictures: Keyboard: Some crappy dell keyboard Mouse: Logitech G300s Speakers: Some crappy sony speakers Headphones: Some sony headphones. Monitor: A AOC monitor. Sorry for low quality picture, my phone is not the best. I SORTED IT! ITS NOW NOT FULL OF CABLES EVERYWHERE
http://prntscr.com/aib71e part of the setup cleaned http://prntscr.com/aib7lq other part I cleaned it
HP 15 Notebook (whatever model number it is, idk) Intel Celeron N2830 @ 2.16 GHz (dual-core) Seagate 500GB HDD HP USB Mouse and Keyboard California Arts Speakers (that I basically never use now) Dead computer next to my laptop Ubuntu 15.10 (with XFCE Desktop Environment) Not a high-end gaming PC, but it gets what I need to do done
Well I have had some change recently. As some of you know, I went on a hiatus because of my job. Definitely learned a lot and made a good bit, but I now work for myself and I think the happiness factor is definitely worth it. Anyway, since this post my hardware has changed a bit: I upgraded the desktop in 2013, not too long after I got that laptop. I was running it for a while there with the ASUS Monitors and a 17" positioned at the top. It was a nice setup. I ended up replacing the entire box with a new ASUS tower, which proved to be a pretty good savings as the one I purchased had an Intel i7 4790 and 16gb ram out of the box! I added my 750gtx to it and I couldn't throw anything at it that it couldn't take. This probably cost me $600 less than the build I was spec'ing out and I don't know that it performs any less. Obviously throwing a graphics card at it would have helped it more, but in the end I got one of the best i7's and a decent PC for a solid price. Now that I do a lot of web stuff mostly and my PC gaming is not as vast as I had thought it would be, I sold that and bought a MacBook Pro 13" with an Intel i7 4558U and Iris graphics (also 16gb ram). I was able to get it at about half the price because of my good shopping skills. So far it has been excellent and keeps up with my other laptop (the ASUS mentioned above). I do notice a bit more FPS with the ASUS, probably due to the dedicated graphics card, but this beast of an ultrabook has been super handy, especially since I am away from my desk 75% of the time. It is about half as thick as the ASUS and is substantially smaller, yet still large enough to edit photos and videos and do casual gaming (obviously as much as I can given it's a Mac). Moral of the story: don't fret because your hardware isn't all custom. You won't necessarily benefit from the custom build as much as you think.
I disagree. Assuming when you say "custom" you mean picking out the parts and building yourself, doing that will save you hundreds of dollars and you will definitely benefit from it. However, I agree that if you are a casual gamer that only plays games like mine craft, a laptop is handy because it is small and portable.
I mean exactly what I said and I never said you only need a laptop. I said you can get a really nice prebuilt machine for a lot less than you can build one at the moment. And what I meant by that was that you can get that ASUS tower I got for $600-$700, which has the i7 4790 in it, one of the better processors on the market, and certainly better (in terms of benchmark) than anything AMD has out at the moment. I've spec'd the same machine, I know it will cost you more to build it with similar parts. You have a box, now add a graphics card and you are good to go. I did sell it, but I sold it to my roommate who plays PC games hardcore and he doesn't have issues. That's with my cheapo graphics card. I use a laptop because the term "casual gamer" is no longer offensive when you have more reasons to own a computer than just gaming.
So.... My setup is kinda basic, but works well. Radeon Software Version - 16.3.2 Radeon Software Edition - Crimson Graphics Chipset - AMD Radeon (TM) R7 360 Series Memory Size - 2048 MB Memory Type - GDDR5 Core Clock - 1050 MHz Windows Version - Windows 10 (64 bit) System Memory - 8 GB CPU Type - AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor I'll post a picture soon
it's the saddest set up ever but it works. Asus with a wireless mouse and razer headphones, can't even use the mic until I buy a fancy thing lmao
I'd post my setup, but its literally a midtower next to the TV (monitor coming soon) I splurged for a top-of-the-line system in November, so I'll put up some pics of my terrible cable management and so forth.
3 monitor surround! (Yes I know the bracket is crooked which is painful to look at, I will fix it eventually...)
