Icequeen Posted February 20, 2022 Member ID: 9264 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 94 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6155 Content Per Day: 1.48 Reputation: 8112 Achievement Points: 52096 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 05/13/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 07/13/1981 Device: Android Share Posted February 20, 2022 So guys. As some of you know my computer kinda ended up in disaster. And I want to get back to playing with everyone. So I think I might build my own. Any tips or anything would be super helpful. Please and ty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
J3st3r Posted February 20, 2022 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5141 Content Per Day: 1.03 Reputation: 5074 Achievement Points: 45123 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 24 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 01:45 PM Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted February 20, 2022 Good luck finding a Video card for any where near it's Retail price. Most newer video cards are selling for 100%+ more than there retail prices. Video card Prices just started to drop a tiny bit but they are still ridiculously overpriced. example. a newer $439.99 card is selling for $761.99 new on Amazon or $649-$800 on ebay. Bad thing about Ebay is that you could be buying a video card that was used for Mining Bitcoin. Mining cards run 24/7 and at 100% usage for months or years on end. My RX 480 4g card was used for mining and it died on me. I bought it for $100 and it lasted about 2 1/2 years but it started randomly crashing and artifacting about 1 year ago. It would only run without crashing with certain older drivers. Icequeen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
snaFU73 Posted February 20, 2022 Member ID: 85 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 516 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 147 Achievement Points: 3131 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 13 Birthday: 01/30/1973 Device: Windows Share Posted February 20, 2022 Build the computer for what you are wanting to do with it. You may not need the latest hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Icequeen Posted February 20, 2022 Member ID: 9264 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 94 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6155 Content Per Day: 1.48 Reputation: 8112 Achievement Points: 52096 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 05/13/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 07/13/1981 Device: Android Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 48 minutes ago, snaFU73 said: Build the computer for what you are wanting to do with it. You may not need the latest hardware. I really don't. I usually just play cod 4. I mean I like to play other games but I just don't have time for that and always a cod 4 girl. J3st3r and loaderXI 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
loaderXI Posted February 20, 2022 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 394 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6427 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 6508 Achievement Points: 54465 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 30 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 10:03 PM Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted February 20, 2022 @Icequeen It would be best to start with your budget and then preference such as Intel or AMD...4 core or 8 core but not 6 core...Then consider you want minimum of 4gigs on a video card with higher being better but not needed for Cod series games...8 gigs of ram on the board I would say is minimum as well...You could look at Newegg for a prebuilt deal or go from there on your build plans Icequeen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted February 20, 2022 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 306 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4559 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 3710 Achievement Points: 37162 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) Icy you want a tower or laptop for a system ? other read the manual before attempting to build (tower) oh forgot to ask are going to use your old case, PSU or all fresh stuff ? do your research and paste up here so the geeks can tell you nay or yeah. other what games want to play and question are entertaining to use a TV screen as a monitor. other is case air flow take a pic of tower best accessory is a fan controler other is RGB lighting for most new motherboards have on board but nrrd to add lights Edited February 20, 2022 by KaptCrunch loaderXI and Icequeen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sammy Posted February 20, 2022 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.01 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Share Posted February 20, 2022 At this time, if you go the PC route, it would probably be advisable to get a prebuilt system to your desired specifications and parts. Also for availability. But not a Dell or some other that locks you into their ecosystem. Building your own is fun. But then again the older we get the less interesting it becomes and people just want something to do the job well. Icequeen, Johnny3Time, YACCster and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BUDMAN Posted February 20, 2022 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 137 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 7013 Content Per Day: 1.30 Reputation: 4564 Achievement Points: 59193 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Online Last Seen: 9 minutes ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) You might want to check out Corsair... Edited February 20, 2022 by BUDMAN Icequeen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Johnny3Time Posted February 20, 2022 Member ID: 20371 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 159 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 306 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 341 Achievement Points: 2727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/19/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 09:02 PM Birthday: 06/11/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) Unless you want to wait 4-6 months for pricing to drop, a prebuilt is your best bet DO NOT BUY HP, Dell is ok but you have to drop over 2k with them to get anything decent. I buy power has nice prebuilt for $1499 12th gen i512600KF, 16GB DDR4, Nvidia 3060 12gb GPU, 1TB NVME hard drive. https://www.ibuypower.com/store/gaming-rdy-slhbg207 Or $1299 a bit slower and less storage an AMD Ryzen 5600G, 16GB DDR4, AMD RX6600 GPU, 500GB NVME hard drive https://www.ibuypower.com/store/gaming-rdy-slhrr207 Both will rock CoD4 with one stick of RAM behind it's back and no way you could build either yourself for that pricing right now. Edited February 20, 2022 by Johnny3Time Icequeen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted February 20, 2022 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 306 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4559 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 3710 Achievement Points: 37162 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, BUDMAN said: You might want to check out Corsair... for what ? a case, water cooler, or RGB and RAM. lets wait till she states her computing needs for i trying to figure that out gaming, internet cafe, streaming media ? Edited February 20, 2022 by KaptCrunch YACCster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Icequeen Posted February 20, 2022 Member ID: 9264 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 94 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6155 Content Per Day: 1.48 Reputation: 8112 Achievement Points: 52096 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 05/13/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 07/13/1981 Device: Android Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 22 minutes ago, KaptCrunch said: for what ? a case, water cooler, or RGB and RAM. lets wait till she states her computing needs for i trying to figure that out gaming, internet cafe, streaming media ? I definitely am going to be getting a PC. For gaming. Not huge gaming needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 306 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4559 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 3710 Achievement Points: 37162 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) so you mean all new stuff, no reuse old case ? a tip when building PC have a good set of tools when install CPU makes sure you know where the marks to align oritation and take one edge of CPU and conect to socket edge with slight pressure of latural force along CPU and like a door hindge works close the door, if still have old computer, try practicing with remove and install old CPU to get the hang of it. Note: check your motherboard box for the BIOS version and check if it supports your new CPU if not the system will not boot, need to use a CPU that matches BIOS version to get system to boot , then get the correct bios version file on flash stick that MATCHES your MB REVISION note written on MB as Rev.x.xx matches MB model and Rev. once booted enter bios and update bios with correct file. note do not turn off system when updating bios or loose power will render a new door stop! other the pins in socket are very delicate if bend one system will not boot. to fix that need a magifying glass and medium size safety pin to straighten it and careful not to slip and bend others, been there took me 4 attemps to get it booting. best look at the overall array of pins and match alignment position. nice tool to use to install CPU. smear some vaseoline on cup squeeze bulb then attach to CPU heatspreader , pich up by clear plastic and wiggle to test if holding. place CPU in socket, with 2 hands , 1 hold down CPU other hand squeeze bulb to relase then still holding CPU down close the socket retainer and latch locking arm. then clean off vaseoline with lint free paper/cloth with rubbing alchol these are the things sometime happens on new stuff some stores offer hardware installing ask to save the headache installing CPU oh the graphics going to be a card or built in CPU ? Edited February 21, 2022 by KaptCrunch Icequeen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Icequeen Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 9264 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 94 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6155 Content Per Day: 1.48 Reputation: 8112 Achievement Points: 52096 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 05/13/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 07/13/1981 Device: Android Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 5 hours ago, KaptCrunch said: so you mean all new stuff, no reuse old case ? a tip when building PC have a good set of tools when install CPU makes sure you know where the marks to align oritation and take one edge of CPU and conect to socket edge with slight pressure of latural force along CPU and like a door hindge works close the door, if still have old computer, try practicing with remove and install old CPU to get the hang of it. Note: check your motherboard box for the BIOS version and check if it supports your new CPU if not the system will not boot, need to use a CPU that matches BIOS version to get system to boot , then get the correct bios version file on flash stick that MATCHES your MB REVISION note written on MB as Rev.x.xx matches MB model and Rev. once booted enter bios and update bios with correct file. note do not turn off system when updating bios or loose power will render a new door stop! other the pins in socket are very delicate if bend one system will not boot. to fix that need a magifying glass and medium size safety pin to straighten it and careful not to slip and bend others, been there took me 4 attemps to get it booting. best look at the overall array of pins and match alignment position these are the things sometime happens on new stuff some stores offer hardware installing ask to save the headache installing CPU oh the graphics going to be a card or built in CPU ? Probably a card so I can change it out if I need too. That would be the smarter way to go right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 306 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4559 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 3710 Achievement Points: 37162 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted February 21, 2022 yes if want to play new games other than CoD4 Icequeen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
J3st3r Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5141 Content Per Day: 1.03 Reputation: 5074 Achievement Points: 45123 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 24 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 01:45 PM Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted February 21, 2022 Pretty darn decent PC for the price. 8 core 16 thread AMD Ryzen 7-5700G CPU is faster than all of intels 9-11 series cpus, 12gb RTX 3060 GPU is a decent card. Motherboard is a standard Micro ATX board and it has alot of decent features including wifi and Bluetooth. 16gb of memory, 2 HDDs 1 512gb NVMe SSD and a 1tb hdd for storage. Case has decent airflow with it's mesh front and top. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-legion-tower-5-amd-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-7-5700g-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-512gb-ssd-1tb-hdd-raven-black/6476717.p?skuId=6476717 Read through reviews and comments on it and all of them are good except for a few that didn't care for the RGB lights and a couple had problems connecting to the internet using the WiFi. 1 thing about Lenovo is that they use decent quality components such as power supply, motherboard, memory ect. Bad thing about iBuyPower is that they tend to cheap out on the motherboard, power supply and most of there cases are not vented properly which causes the CPU and GPU to overheat. I watch GamersNexus reviews all of the time and iBuyPower cases always suffer from overheating because of the glass front panels they use on most of there gaming pc cases. Icequeen and YACCster 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
tsw 8.5 Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 144 Topic Count: 525 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 17291 Content Per Day: 3.21 Reputation: 42392 Achievement Points: 150145 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 684 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 53 minutes ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Share Posted February 21, 2022 https://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1182431&CatId=114&csid=_86 better going the prebuilt you get what you need ..cards can be more that the price of a computer .. i know im not building my next one i'll just buy one like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Icequeen Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 9264 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 94 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6155 Content Per Day: 1.48 Reputation: 8112 Achievement Points: 52096 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 05/13/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 07/13/1981 Device: Android Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 1 hour ago, tsw 8.5 said: https://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1182431&CatId=114&csid=_86 better going the prebuilt you get what you need ..cards can be more that the price of a computer .. i know im not building my next one i'll just buy one like this I actually am thinking that's probably the best way to go for sure. KaptCrunch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Icequeen Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 9264 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 89 Topic Count: 94 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6155 Content Per Day: 1.48 Reputation: 8112 Achievement Points: 52096 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 05/13/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 07/13/1981 Device: Android Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 4 hours ago, J3st3r said: Pretty darn decent PC for the price. 8 core 16 thread AMD Ryzen 7-5700G CPU is faster than all of intels 9-11 series cpus, 12gb RTX 3060 GPU is a decent card. Motherboard is a standard Micro ATX board and it has alot of decent features including wifi and Bluetooth. 16gb of memory, 2 HDDs 1 512gb NVMe SSD and a 1tb hdd for storage. Case has decent airflow with it's mesh front and top. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-legion-tower-5-amd-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-7-5700g-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-512gb-ssd-1tb-hdd-raven-black/6476717.p?skuId=6476717 Read through reviews and comments on it and all of them are good except for a few that didn't care for the RGB lights and a couple had problems connecting to the internet using the WiFi. 1 thing about Lenovo is that they use decent quality components such as power supply, motherboard, memory ect. Bad thing about iBuyPower is that they tend to cheap out on the motherboard, power supply and most of there cases are not vented properly which causes the CPU and GPU to overheat. I watch GamersNexus reviews all of the time and iBuyPower cases always suffer from overheating because of the glass front panels they use on most of there gaming pc cases. Sadly I have a laptop by then. And it is thee worst one I've ever owned. Maybe it was just bad timing or what...I am not sure but I was really turned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 306 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4559 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 3710 Achievement Points: 37162 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted February 21, 2022 TSW won the chicken dinner award good find Mule 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
wildthing Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 36 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 125 Topic Count: 235 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3848 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 2256 Achievement Points: 34634 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 17 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 11:05 PM Birthday: 11/22/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted February 21, 2022 Check www.ibuypower.com also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 306 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4559 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 3710 Achievement Points: 37162 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted February 21, 2022 Quote There’s a lot to unpack in this latest round of leaks, but perhaps the most exciting piece of gossip comes from Greymon55, a known source for leaks on all things tech on Twitter. Greymon55 shared a cryptic tweet, implying that GPU prices will “drop dramatically” starting next month. While the leaker doesn’t specify what might be the cause of this huge drop, it certainly brings a much-needed glimmer of hope at a time when graphics cards are still outrageously priced. Monica J. White in the works prices may come down on GPU cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 306 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4559 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 3710 Achievement Points: 37162 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) 35 minutes ago, wildthing said: Check www.ibuypower.com also hmm $100 less TWS and win 11 Intel Core i5-12400F CPU, Z690 MB, GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GPU, 16GB DDR4-3200MHz RAM, 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD, 120mm RGB Liquid Cooler the gpu, SSD is less GPU compare to TSW ...still wins and CPU vs deals Edited February 21, 2022 by KaptCrunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 306 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4559 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 3710 Achievement Points: 37162 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted February 21, 2022 Icy question what's the status of your old computer ? if still have it for i had a big flood with my system and the HDD's got wet and they not booting, took them out an got new ones and put on the computer desk shelf. year later was cleaning desk and i tested before i toss them an they good as new working fine. so if that happened you still can recover lost data and use it as win10 for dual boot your drives if want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Dessy Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 22372 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 16 Topic Count: 63 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 634 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 721 Achievement Points: 6173 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 01/25/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 8 Birthday: 06/12/1976 Device: Windows Share Posted February 21, 2022 1 what is your budget 2 what are your expectations with that budget if your only interest is playing cod4 and hang around on ts browsing etc buy a system that only does that and lets be honsest guys any dualcore plus a 8800gtx is overkill for cod4 if on a budget combine that with a xbox XBOX SERIES S get you some game pass action and you are set for a long time and yes play with keyboard and mouse on the xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted February 21, 2022 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 306 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4559 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 3710 Achievement Points: 37162 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted February 21, 2022 48 minutes ago, Dessy said: 1 what is your budget 2 what are your expectations with that budget if your only interest is playing cod4 and hang around on ts browsing etc buy a system that only does that and lets be honsest guys any dualcore plus a 8800gtx is overkill for cod4 if on a budget combine that with a xbox XBOX SERIES S get you some game pass action and you are set for a long time and yes play with keyboard and mouse on the xbox in the past Xbox consoles were crap on graphics looksa still is 16bit and now the kick in the teeth * the fine print "*Up to 120 FPS: Requires supported content and display. Use on Xbox Series S as content becomes available." says to me PC graphics or go home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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