Quote from: Decimator Omega on November 08, 2014, 01:57:16 AM

You got a good set of skills then. I fucked with Windows a lot when I was a kid. Thanks to that, I have no issues with repairing or reinstalling Windows.

Hell, I went even further and messed with BIOS settings as well. Let's just say on older computers, it's not a smart thing to do if you have no idea what you're doing. Trial and error is how I learned.

Same here. I knew what BIOS was but I hated the interface so I only messed with Boot Priority and that's it. Anything else wouldn't have helped performance wise on the old PCs I had.

The Gigabyte motherboards have a really nice one. Even has a mouse too. It's awesome, compared to my old computer from 2005 that's sitting in the closet right now. That baby runs on Linux though now. Ubuntu to be exact.

Quote from: Latsu on November 08, 2014, 01:58:49 AM

Quote from: Decimator Omega on November 08, 2014, 01:57:16 AM

You got a good set of skills then. I fucked with Windows a lot when I was a kid. Thanks to that, I have no issues with repairing or reinstalling Windows.

Hell, I went even further and messed with BIOS settings as well. Let's just say on older computers, it's not a smart thing to do if you have no idea what you're doing. Trial and error is how I learned.

Same here. I knew what BIOS was but I hated the interface so I only messed with Boot Priority and that's it. Anything else wouldn't have helped performance wise on the old PCs I had.

The Gigabyte motherboards have a really nice one. Even has a mouse too. It's awesome, compared to my old computer from 2005 that's sitting in the closet right now. That baby runs on Linux though now. Ubuntu to be exact.

I'm mostly talking about the computers I had when I was a kid. Most of them were built for Windows 98 but ran XP Pro in the '00s. They didn't have a nice GUI for Bios. Most of them were old school Blue and White GUI BIOS with only keyboard input.

Quote from: Decimator Omega on November 08, 2014, 02:01:16 AM

Quote from: Latsu on November 08, 2014, 01:58:49 AM

Quote from: Decimator Omega on November 08, 2014, 01:57:16 AM

You got a good set of skills then. I fucked with Windows a lot when I was a kid. Thanks to that, I have no issues with repairing or reinstalling Windows.

Hell, I went even further and messed with BIOS settings as well. Let's just say on older computers, it's not a smart thing to do if you have no idea what you're doing. Trial and error is how I learned.

Same here. I knew what BIOS was but I hated the interface so I only messed with Boot Priority and that's it. Anything else wouldn't have helped performance wise on the old PCs I had.

The Gigabyte motherboards have a really nice one. Even has a mouse too. It's awesome, compared to my old computer from 2005 that's sitting in the closet right now. That baby runs on Linux though now. Ubuntu to be exact.

I'm mostly talking about the computers I had when I was a kid. Most of them were built for Windows 98 but ran XP Pro in the '00s. They didn't have a nice GUI for Bios. Most of them were old school Blue and White GUI BIOS with only keyboard input.

Yeah that's what my old stock computer from 2005 has.

DOS is what it's called I believe.

Quote from: Decimator Omega on November 08, 2014, 02:04:56 AM

Quote from: Latsu on November 08, 2014, 02:02:56 AM

Quote from: Decimator Omega on November 08, 2014, 02:01:16 AM

Quote from: Latsu on November 08, 2014, 01:58:49 AM

Quote from: Decimator Omega on November 08, 2014, 01:57:16 AM

You got a good set of skills then. I fucked with Windows a lot when I was a kid. Thanks to that, I have no issues with repairing or reinstalling Windows.

Hell, I went even further and messed with BIOS settings as well. Let's just say on older computers, it's not a smart thing to do if you have no idea what you're doing. Trial and error is how I learned.

Same here. I knew what BIOS was but I hated the interface so I only messed with Boot Priority and that's it. Anything else wouldn't have helped performance wise on the old PCs I had.

The Gigabyte motherboards have a really nice one. Even has a mouse too. It's awesome, compared to my old computer from 2005 that's sitting in the closet right now. That baby runs on Linux though now. Ubuntu to be exact.

I'm mostly talking about the computers I had when I was a kid. Most of them were built for Windows 98 but ran XP Pro in the '00s. They didn't have a nice GUI for Bios. Most of them were old school Blue and White GUI BIOS with only keyboard input.

Yeah that's what my old stock computer from 2005 has.

DOS is what it's called I believe.

DOS is command line based, completely different.

Oh. Nevermind then.

Quote from: Decimator Omega on November 08, 2014, 02:07:20 AM

Oh. Nevermind then.

DOS is like Terminal or CMD depending on what OS you are using at the moment.

Yeah. Forgot about that.

You can upgrade parts later, but you can't easily upgrade a CPU. If he has a low budget right now then he should drop most of it on a proper CPU, Motherboard and PSU. The graphics card, ram and so forth can be upgraded afterwards. It all depends on those three elements on having a successful build.

Eh. Upgrading a CPU isn't that hard. It can just be tedious. That's why we are getting a Motherboard compatible with 4th generation Intel chipsets.

Edit: So that when the need arises we can upgrade within the family line of Intel.

So, you'd just prefer to go tedious instead of going with a great CPU beforehand? Whatever.

Quote from: Latsu on November 08, 2014, 02:29:47 AM

Eh. Upgrading a CPU isn't that hard. It can just be tedious. That's why we are getting a Motherboard compatible with 4th generation Intel chipsets.

Taking out an old CPU and putting in a new one takes about 30 minutes. Then we just have to contact MS support to get the OEM OS key updated for the new CPU. Drivers and other things are easily changed.

Quote from: Isara on November 08, 2014, 02:27:25 AM

You can upgrade parts later, but you can't easily upgrade a CPU. If he has a low budget right now then he should drop most of it on a proper CPU, Motherboard and PSU. The graphics card, ram and so forth can be upgraded afterwards. It all depends on those three elements on having a successful build.

Eh. Upgrading a CPU isn't that hard. It can just be tedious. That's why we are getting a Motherboard compatible with 4th generation Intel chipsets.

Edit: So that when the need arises we can upgrade within the family line of Intel.

Good luck with unsodering and sodering. That shit sounds like a pain in the ass.

I have no idea how it was easy for my brother to soder back the power supply inside my original Xbox.

Just seeing if anyone else has any recommendations.

Quote from: SoporificSlash on November 08, 2014, 01:58:35 AM

If you're willing to spend a little more, which you might as well, I would suggest this build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($48.89 @ Amazon)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card  ($348.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Grey ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($25.00 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer  ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $948.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-08 02:57 EST-0500

This build will max out pretty much any game on max settings at 1080p

>tfw an X1 or PS4 can do the same for $500 less

Lol

TFW The PS4 and Xbone can't play games at 60FPS and High when this can. TFW the Xbone can't be upgraded next year and play games better.

Yfw consoles get better every year because of optimisation, hell Perfect Dark vs Crysis 3 bro, on the same hardware

There is no more optimization to be done on the x86 architecture that is used by the new consoles. The only optimization to be done is using lower resolutions for textures and rendering at a lower resolution overall. Leaving out anti-aliasing and other tweaks that make games look better. Power PC took a while for people to get use to programming for but x86 has been here for a long time and there really won't be any noticeable change in terms of performance and graphics on the new consoles. The new consoles are worse than a $450 budget PC and that is laughable.

CIS Scum had better get in here.