AlphaNerd
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Scratch my previous post about building a rig. The mysterious hand of "fate" has made it financially impossible for me to build my x99 rig. I had to start from the ground up. New speakers, new monitors - everything..... I guess I will just stick to a laptop. I have gotten out of gaming so this is what I want: a 17.3" or larger screen at least 16gb of decent memory at least 4gb of dedicated graphics memory preferably a SSD with HDD for back-up I will be using an external monitor (4k would be nice but HDMI is ok) Main use: Photoshop and music capabilities (hope to buy a bass in the future and record/mix) If anyone has any input, let it rain as they say. Please/Thank you PS - If anyone has a x99 rig for sale or thinking about selling it / knows someone selling one, let me know as well. m@
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Re: Need suggestions for computer
2014/11/19 08:11:49
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AlphaNerd
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Re: Need suggestions for computer
2014/11/19 08:59:53
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Re: Need suggestions for computer
2014/11/19 09:41:28
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Same thing for $50 cheaper, looks good. Only thing to keep in mind is that it lacks an optical drive, but you can always get a $30 external for the handful of times you'll use one.
Gaming Rig:Corsair Vegeance C70, Swiftech H220, Intel i7-3770K @ 4.5GHz (1.24V), Asus Sabertooth Z77, Corsair AX860, 16GB Corsair Vegeance DDR3-1600 CL9 1.35V, EVGA GTX 670 FTW, SanDisk Extreme 240GB SSD, Dell 2408WFP, Corsair K70 Cherry Red, Corsair M65, Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Steambox/HTPC: Lian Li PC-Q01A, AMD A10-7800, ASRock FM2A88X-ITX, Seasonic ST30SF, 8GB Samsung DDR3-1600 @ 1866, Samsung 840 Evo 250GB MSATA SSD Affiliate Code: KKDMX98FNV
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AlphaNerd
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Re: Need suggestions for computer
2014/11/19 09:51:10
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AlphaNerd
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Re: Need suggestions for computer
2014/11/19 10:59:08
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What would be a nice external monitor to go along with this? I believe it is HDMI only.
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Re: Need suggestions for computer
2014/11/25 09:46:30
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Alienware 17. I know some people would absolutely hate that idea but that laptop is really good because you can upgrade the video card (it uses MXM slot), cpu, ram, has ample cooling that doesn't sound like a jet engine and generally looks good imo. edit: I suggest you also look at Alienware 13 as it has a feature where you can buy an additional box and what it does is it allows you to add a Desktop graphics card (like GTX Titan, GTX 980, R9 290x, etc...) which would absolutely stomp even the fastest mobile GPU. Also since you are gonna connect the laptop to external monitor, the lower size foot print of the laptop makes it extremely portable while you are traveling around.
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AlphaNerd
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Re: Need suggestions for computer
2014/11/26 07:54:00
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rcarlos243
Alienware 17.
I know some people would absolutely hate that idea but that laptop is really good because you can upgrade the video card (it uses MXM slot), cpu, ram, has ample cooling that doesn't sound like a jet engine and generally looks good imo.
edit: I suggest you also look at Alienware 13 as it has a feature where you can buy an additional box and what it does is it allows you to add a Desktop graphics card (like GTX Titan, GTX 980, R9 290x, etc...) which would absolutely stomp even the fastest mobile GPU. Also since you are gonna connect the laptop to external monitor, the lower size foot print of the laptop makes it extremely portable while you are traveling around.
Will check it out, thank you.
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Re: Need suggestions for computer
2014/11/28 20:58:48
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Decided to go with this: B.F. price was too good to pass up..  Can someone explain something to me. If I bought Windows 8.1 Pro would I install it while the BIOS is set to UEFI or should I change it to legacy. I tried this on another computer using UEFI and it did not install my copy of windows 8.1 pro instead it used the version sent with the laptop (my keys were totally different) and also I don't like all of these recovery partitions and system reserved partitions. I would appreciate any help. Please/Thank you
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Re: Need suggestions for computer
2014/11/30 12:29:26
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The OP has asked that this thread be locked
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