• Informative Image-Based Guide on Current Parts
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Wasn't sure if this was posted anywhere, however I found this pictorial guide very helpful on choosing parts for a build I'm hoping to get soon. I know this section is for help, so I figured I'd try and help some people out with this. Hope you don't mind. [t]http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af150/The_FalconO6/CurrentLogicalPCBuyingGuide/Guide.png[/t]
ugh not this again prices change, avaliability changes, combos change, etc. waste of time
Good for 2011 at least, and considering I was looking at buying a new build this proved VERY useful. Prices are obviously only approximate, but they come close to what I'm looking at in Australia (bit more expensive here, as usual). It's good to give you an idea of what's on the market right now, particularly if you don't follow hardware at all (which I don't, this gave a nice, quick overview, allowing me to research individual parts in depth on my own) and need a quick snapshot Sure, prices change, but this will remain at least partially relevant given enough research by the user on the parts. The disclaimers all state obviously that this is only rough and should thus be taken with a grain of salt.
This is an awesome guide, thanks!
Will probably be outdated pretty quick, but it's still somewhat useful. Excellent.
I was thinking of doing something like this, maybe a few FPers should start a Google document similar to this picture together and keep it updated? I'd help out.
I'd do it with separate charts for different regions
[QUOTE=Shadaez;29599099]I was thinking of doing something like this, maybe a few FPers should start a Google document similar to this picture together and keep it updated? I'd help out.[/QUOTE] It's been done before, and it really didn't work out.
lol the falcon pc guide updates every like 2-4 weeks i don't remember the link though [editline]4th May 2011[/editline] (this is the falcon guide btw)
Odd they've gone back down to the 955. I wonder why.
Kinda useful if you're new to PC building and want to get a good idea what to look for, but beyond that it's useless.
Just thought I'd bump this with knowledge that the man that makes this updates quite frequently (about once per month) onto the same link. [QUOTE=reapaninja;29506144]ugh not this again prices change, avaliability changes, combos change, etc. waste of time[/QUOTE] I thought so too, but I remembered this thread and wanted to see how true it'd be, so I clicked the link and to my surprise, it has since been updated quite a few times under the same URL. This means the image will auto-update every time a revision is out, which is very nice.
[QUOTE=Mr. Bleak;33838961]Just thought I'd bump this with knowledge that the man that makes this updates quite frequently (about once per month) onto the same link. I thought so too, but I remembered this thread and wanted to see how true it'd be, so I clicked the link and to my surprise, it has since been updated quite a few times under the same URL. This means the image will auto-update every time a revision is out, which is very nice.[/QUOTE] Most of the guide is pretty good considering everything changes so often and so quickly, but his good and very good builds make no sense. He shows on his own spreadsheet that the i3-2100 and a Z68 mobo is the same price as a 955 and a 970 chipset mobo, except the i3 is faster, more efficient, and has an actual upgrade path. So I don't understand why those two price brackets have the 955 as the CPU to buy.
[QUOTE=garrynohome;33839143]Most of the guide is pretty good considering everything changes so often and so quickly, but his good and very good builds make no sense. He shows on his own spreadsheet that the i3-2100 and a Z68 mobo is the same price as a 955 and a 970 chipset mobo, except the i3 is faster, more efficient, and has an actual upgrade path. So I don't understand why those two price brackets have the 955 as the CPU to buy.[/QUOTE] Yeah, some of them are sketchy, but as it says in the disclaimer it isn't meant to be a 100% go-by-this-exactly guide. It's an outline.
Having a chart like listing components like this isn't really possible to maintain due to the massive amount of variables, one main being ones personal preference. Granted you can make a list over builds in various budgets including core components and with storage devices, optical drives and cases excluded, but why you'd bother maintaining something that is solely useful for a handful of people is beyond me.
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