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"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock) 02/04/2016 at 07:54 • Filed to: None

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After my laptop bit the dust after only a year and a half (!) I’ve switched to a desktop. Decent enough basic tower, 2tb hdd 8gb ram, i3 4170 and crappy geforce 710 (I’m used to integrated graphics though so that’ll be a decent upgrade.) £400 with a wireless keyboard and mouse. Not too bad.

Echo51 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 02/04/2016 at 08:00

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Just throw in a GTX960 or similar-ish and you’re decently up to snuff for games, not a bad choice!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Echo51 02/04/2016 at 08:03

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Yeah that was my thought, a decent i3 will play low/mid specs fine when paired with decent graphics. I dont pc game a lot but at least a tower gives me the option of upgrading if I want to. A £400 laptop would be weaker and have less scope to upgrade. Plus I dont need the portability so a pc is a better choice.

spanfucker retire bitch > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 02/04/2016 at 08:38

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This is my current one. The hardware on the left hand side is actually a little out of date since I’ve since added another SSD (500GB Samsung 850 EVO) for program installation besides my main OS drive.

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/M6FTwP

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > spanfucker retire bitch 02/04/2016 at 10:39

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nice build

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > spanfucker retire bitch 02/04/2016 at 10:40

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hey how do I complete a build that I set up after I bought all the parts?

spanfucker retire bitch > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 02/04/2016 at 10:48

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Click the “Create a Completed build” button. It’ll then ask you which list you want to use, whatever is currently in your System Build, or one of your Saved Parts lists.

https://pcpartpicker.com/builds/

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > spanfucker retire bitch 02/04/2016 at 11:23

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thanks:

finished this early last week.

Sweet Trav > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 02/04/2016 at 14:00

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The i3-4170 integrated graphics should actually perform better than a Geforce 710.

Download the Heaven benchmark and run with and without. I’ll bet the integrated graphics win out.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > spanfucker retire bitch 02/04/2016 at 15:19

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That’s a high end build, sounds mighty good. I have both ps4 and xb1 so I doubt I’ll build up to a gaming pc.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Sweet Trav 02/04/2016 at 15:21

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Interesting I always assumed the integrated graphics would be really weak.

Sweet Trav > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 02/04/2016 at 15:34

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In the past they were, and still are compared to higher end graphics cards, however the 710 is just an entry level card.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cm…

Sweet Trav > spanfucker retire bitch 02/04/2016 at 15:41

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This is Mine

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BqThWZ

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Sweet Trav 02/04/2016 at 15:43

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Yeah I knew the 710 was bad, I just assumed integrated was even worse. I’m a bit of a novice with computers.

Sweet Trav > spanfucker retire bitch 02/04/2016 at 15:47

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And this is my Media Center PC

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9fNmYJ

Sweet Trav > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 02/04/2016 at 15:48

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and three years ago, the 710 would be better, with the release of the HD 3000 Graphics, my old Geforce 9800 was on par with the HD3000

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Sweet Trav 02/04/2016 at 16:03

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I’ll have to try that test with and without then. See which let’s it run better.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Sweet Trav 02/04/2016 at 16:06

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Also a friend who isn’t as dumb as me tells me I have a GT 710 not a standard 710, which seems to benchmark a tad better.

Sweet Trav > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 02/04/2016 at 16:08

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Im just saying, benchmark with and without the card and see which one performs better.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Sweet Trav 02/04/2016 at 16:39

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Yeah I'm intrigued now, ill have to give it a go.

Sweet Trav > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 02/04/2016 at 16:41

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Try this:

https://unigine.com/products/bench…

spanfucker retire bitch > Sweet Trav 02/04/2016 at 19:01

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I built my HTPC before PCPartpicker was a thing, but I do have my eventual upgraded on there already built!

KirkyV > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 02/05/2016 at 14:19

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Yo, you want in on these computer drugs?

(I’ve always been a desktop guy; don’t think I’ve ever even considered the idea of having a laptop as my only computer. I’ve got one now, but only for the sake of uni work and such. )

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > KirkyV 02/05/2016 at 14:23

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I already have some of those computer drugs, they taste bad but I dont overheat anymore. I’ve always had laptops out of convenience but none of then were very good or reliable.