• CIPWTTKT&GC v0x24 (v36): That Ain't Thermal Paste
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[QUOTE=Amiga OS;48066267][IMG]http://screenshots.en.sftcdn.net/en/scrn/69662000/69662835/adobe-creative-cloud-02-340x535.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] ??? this is a cheap laptop -- i was honestly thinking photoshop cs4
thinking about building a new computer soon i might try to get my hands on money for parts/nice peripherals instead of a bunch of gifts for my birthday/christmas -- my ideal computer is one that can handle after effects really well. i don't play games ALL the time, but when i play them, i want them to look good and run smooth -- so theres that
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48066409]thinking about building a new computer soon i might try to get my hands on money for parts/nice peripherals instead of a bunch of gifts for my birthday/christmas -- my ideal computer is one that can handle after effects really well. i don't play games ALL the time, but when i play them, i want them to look good and run smooth -- so theres that[/QUOTE] CUDA cores will save you with Adobe apps, as well as a decent amount of ram if you want to have several open at once. A decent NVidia card and 16gb will handle the CC suite really well.
[QUOTE=papkee;48066422]CUDA cores will save you with Adobe apps, as well as a decent amount of ram if you want to have several open at once. A decent NVidia card and 16gb will handle the CC suite really well.[/QUOTE] i want to get two monitors going right off the bat i haven't ever thought about building a computer when knowing about how a computer works so i'm going to need some help here [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] the worst thing about this is that when my shit got thrown away my monitors and keyboard did too :X [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=papkee;48066422]CUDA cores will save you with Adobe apps, as well as a decent amount of ram if you want to have several open at once. A decent NVidia card and 16gb will handle the CC suite really well.[/QUOTE] how expensive are cuda cores most of what i use is after effects/premiere/photoshop, other stuff for general fucking around but it's not important [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] i think it's between getting a higher end 21.5 inch imac -- the one with the nvidia card, and having it built to order with the max amount of ram and building a pc -- learning final cut is kind of necessary to me, i want editing to be my job [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] but getting the money for such an imac looks doubtful so i will [B][I]probably[/I][/B] end up building a pc myself
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48066432]i want to get two monitors going right off the bat i haven't ever thought about building a computer when knowing about how a computer works so i'm going to need some help here [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] the worst thing about this is that when my shit got thrown away my monitors and keyboard did too :X [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] how expensive are cuda cores most of what i use is after effects/premiere/photoshop, other stuff for general fucking around but it's not important [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] i think it's between getting a higher end 21.5 inch imac -- the one with the nvidia card, and having it built to order with the max amount of ram and building a pc -- learning final cut is kind of necessary to me, i want editing to be my job[/QUOTE] Alright, so nVidia has a technology called CUDA which I don't want to try and deeply explain because I'm sure other people here know way more about it. Basically AMD doesn't have CUDA and the Adobe apps use it for acceleration and rendering. Pretty much all nVidia cards have CUDA so it just depends on how much you want to spend and how much power you need. A GTX 960/970 would probably be your best bet. [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] Sorry that's still not a really good explanation. Someone help me out here.
[QUOTE=papkee;48066481]Alright, so nVidia has a technology called CUDA which I don't want to try and deeply explain because I'm sure other people here know way more about it. Basically AMD doesn't have CUDA and the Adobe apps use it for acceleration and rendering. Pretty much all nVidia cards have CUDA so it just depends on how much you want to spend and how much power you need. A GTX 960/970 would probably be your best bet.[/QUOTE] does SLI help with adobe apps at all or are is that mainly a gaming thing? i probably wouldn't do that right off the bat but if it helps it would be nice to do at some point [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] as far as cases go: i want something low profile and easy to work inside -- for the initial build and upgrades [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] how good is amazon for buying parts? we have amazon prime so it would be nice to get the parts asap
Cuda is a GPU processing... system. Adobe adopted it early on because OpenCL hadn't really gone anywhere yet. And you don't need a high end GPU to use it. a 750 Ti or something simple will be just as good as a Titan X during editing, regardless of what people say. often they say they got themselves a titan for their super important editing, only for that Titan to only play a role in decoding and some minor effects. Anything advanced runs on the CPU anyways. [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] And SLI is a gaming thing, has no influence on GPU accelerated programs in the vast majority of situations. That's even if those programs could use more than one GPU, typically they use only one, but if they did use more than one, it's not via SLI.
hmm, thanks an editing pc should be able to play games pretty well, right? like i said, i don't play a lot of new games, but when one comes out that i want to play, i want to be able to play it at a nice resolution and smoothly. i'd also like to be able to emulate ps2 and wii/gamecube (it's one emulator, dolphin)
There's this page that shows you the best parts to spend your money on for any given amount of money, can't remember what it it's called (someone in here definitely does) but that would probably help you out.
[QUOTE=LimEJET;48066636]There's this page that shows you the best parts to spend your money on for any given amount of money, can't remember what it it's called (someone in here definitely does) but that would probably help you out.[/QUOTE] the same one garry made a blog post about a few years back?
No idea.
Emulation is mainly CPU-intensive, I think. Maybe get an i7 4770 or 4790K. You're encoding video so you can benefit from the hyper threading as well (Emulators and games don't usually get a benefit / difference)
[QUOTE=Daemon White;48066674]Emulation is mainly CPU-intensive, I think. Maybe get an i7 4770 or 4790K. You're encoding video so you can benefit from the hyper threading as well (Emulators and games don't usually get a benefit / difference)[/QUOTE] Dolphin does. That team is beastly when it comes to finding new ways to exploit the hardware.
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;48066693]how much was this budget for? im midly awake and i can whip up a list in a few minutes [editline]28th June 2015[/editline] also any specific things?[/QUOTE] i'm not sure yet about the budget, but i can list off some stuff i want and could tell you what i don't care about as much if it ends up costing too much -lots of usb 3.0 ports -support for two or three monitors -16 gb of ram, i'd like the motherboard to max out at more, though, in case i need to upgrade -a quad core intel cpu (this is priority because i heard they were a pain to upgrade -- if i have to cheap out on stuff i'd rather have it be on stuff that i can easily switch out when i get more money) -good blu-ray drive -how easy is it to upgrade a power supply? if it's a pain, a future proof power supply -room for a few hard drives -- i'd like to have one or two for storage, and a sizeable SSD to install windows and applications that benefit from the speed on to -i don't have my copy of windows anymore, i'd have to get a new one case wise, i want whatever is easy to work inside, both for the initial build and upgrading. one time i saw something in the basic shape of a printer, said to prevent gpu sag and fit on a desk better -- is something like that worth it?
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48066643]the same one garry made a blog post about a few years back?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.logicalincrements.com/[/url]
ouch, that price think we could go down to an i5? maybe a less powerful video card for now? i don't [B]need[/B] an ssd, that can come later, maybe only a 1tb HD for now, as well. 8 gigs of ram is also fine until i upgrade. i really am strapped for cash, upgradability is important -- also if i could get everything in amazon links since i can get everything shipped on prime. keep in mind, i know when once a year or so i get a large sum of money (it's weird, don't ask) so i'm thinking that every year about then i can get a nice upgrade to it -- it's not necessarily an "i don't even know when *shrug*" type of thing
Give a budget that we can work with then. 500? 700?
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;48066922]i needed to know this otherwise im just gonna look for the best value changing it up now[/QUOTE] 960, if it works out. not sure about it though.
Don't you just hate it when you buy a product, there's a URL to download the software for it on a piece of paper as part of the inside contents of the packaging and the URL is invalid on their website? Damn it Logitech.
i also need a wifi card :v:
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48066882]ouch, that price think we could go down to an i5? maybe a less powerful video card for now? i don't [B]need[/B] an ssd, that can come later, maybe only a 1tb HD for now, as well. 8 gigs of ram is also fine until i upgrade.[/QUOTE] You [B]do[/B] want an SSD. Upgrading your primary drive means a complete reinstall unless you know how to do complete backups, and the performance difference is insane.
Heh, the fast scrolling on logitech mice is pretty cool. Makes scrolling suck less and fast.
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;48066951][url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FTkhNG]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FTkhNG/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54590]Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor[/url] ($159.99 @ Micro Center) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah97d3h]Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url] ($86.99 @ SuperBiiz) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c9d16gxm]G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] ($99.99 @ Newegg) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm001]Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] ($69.89 @ OutletPC) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp43968kr]EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card[/url] ($229.99 @ Newegg) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4bl]Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($89.99 @ Directron) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-tp650c]Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply[/url] ($71.49 @ Newegg) [b]Optical Drive:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-optical-drive-wh14ns40]LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer[/url] ($49.98 @ OutletPC) [b]Total:[/b] $858.31 [i]Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i] [i]Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-27 18:55 EDT-0400[/i] also noticed how i haven't included an os? yea you should step on the windows 10 insider preview and you can snag it for free as long as the user account is linked to a MS account[/QUOTE] i already had on my pc that got thrown away -- it gave me a code and i did save it in a document -- once windows ten comes out will it send me an email on that account with an iso download/the serial/whatever else? [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=LimEJET;48066954]You [B]do[/B] want an SSD. Upgrading your primary drive means a complete reinstall unless you know how to do complete backups, and the performance difference is insane.[/QUOTE] i'm cool with a complete reinstall. i've probably gotten fucked and had to reinstall more than most people, so i have a system keep everything in folders in the main user folder, pin them to the sidebar of explorer. it's organized, easy to get to, and backing up all your shit is as simple as copying your user folder to an external drive
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48066983]i already had on my pc that got thrown away -- it gave me a code and i did save it in a document -- once windows ten comes out will it send me an email on that account with an iso download/the serial/whatever else? [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] i'm cool with a complete reinstall. i've probably gotten fucked and had to reinstall more than most people, so i have a system keep everything in folders in the main user folder, pin them to the sidebar of explorer. it's organized, easy to get to, and backing up all your shit is as simple as copying your user folder to an external drive[/QUOTE] [del]i don't think anyone's 100% sure on how the free windows upgrade will work (ie whether it's licensed to that computer or to your account or what)[/del] oh the TP will update to RTM, but it won't technically be considered an activated windows
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;48066982][url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8v9fgs]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8v9fgs/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54590]Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor[/url] ($189.95 @ SuperBiiz) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah97d3h]Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url] ($86.99 @ SuperBiiz) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c9d16gxm]G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] ($99.99 @ Newegg) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct128mx100ssd1]Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive[/url] ($73.99 @ B&H) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm001]Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] ($69.89 @ OutletPC) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp43968kr]EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card[/url] ($229.99 @ Newegg) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcadefr4bl]Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($89.99 @ Directron) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-tp650c]Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply[/url] ($71.49 @ Newegg) [b]Optical Drive:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-optical-drive-wh14ns40]LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer[/url] ($49.98 @ OutletPC) [b]Wireless Network Adapter:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-wireless-network-card-gcwb867di]Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter[/url] ($28.98 @ OutletPC) [b]Total:[/b] $991.24 [i]Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i] [i]Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-27 18:59 EDT-0400[/i] now im going to eat in peace[/QUOTE] i really doubt i'll get more than 960, it's a precise number. i think i could be fine with a 2gb/3gb gpu for now if it saves the 30$ -- also shipping is a concern unless they're on amazon/with prime :l [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] instead of getting people to make me lists how about i make my own and have you guys look it over?
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48066983]i already had on my pc that got thrown away -- it gave me a code and i did save it in a document -- once windows ten comes out will it send me an email on that account with an iso download/the serial/whatever else? [/quote] It should get automatically downloaded and installed in-place. I have no idea what it does if there's no existing OS. [quote]i'm cool with a complete reinstall. i've probably gotten fucked and had to reinstall more than most people, so i have a system keep everything in folders in the main user folder, pin them to the sidebar of explorer. it's organized, easy to get to, and backing up all your shit is as simple as copying your user folder to an external drive[/QUOTE] Do you need a terabyte of storage right away? Have you ever used a pc with an SSD before? Unless your storage demands are insane and you have no existing drives. [I]Get an SSD[/I]. This isn't a suggestion anymore.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;48064547][QUOTE=RoboChimp;48064034]My PC keeps going out of stand by for no reason, how do stop from doing that? It keeps me awake.[/QUOTE] powercfg /lastwake Use this to figure out what's waking your PC.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't be at all surprised if it's some wakeup on lan thing because he's got some device on his network that needs a restraining order filed against it. [QUOTE=LordCrypto;48066814][url]http://www.logicalincrements.com/[/url][/QUOTE] This site is so bad. It assume so much about a what a build is for, and then doesn't have any internal consistency within those builds.
[QUOTE=Demache;48063978]Use the Disk Cleanup utility. Its only going to delete stuff it believes are safe to get rid of. Deleting system data arbitrarily isn't always the best idea.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=the_grul;48063993]Disk cleanup is the proper way to do it. (Diskoprydning)[/QUOTE] Well, that sure just cleared away a good 200+ gigs of shit. Peachy!
it always seemed so fucking backward to me that pcpartpicker doesn't show pictures of stuff, especially for cases [editline]27th June 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=LimEJET;48067041]It should get automatically downloaded and installed in-place. I have no idea what it does if there's no existing OS. Do you need a terabyte of storage right away? Have you ever used a pc with an SSD before? Unless your storage demands are insane and you have no existing drives. [I]Get an SSD[/I]. This isn't a suggestion anymore.[/QUOTE] i take up quite a bit of space -- to the point where a 500gb drive was almost full. a 1tb gives me room to breathe and is perfectly fine until i can get an ssd and reinstall. it's perfectly fine, trust me. i have a good backup system, and on top of that i've lost a lot of important shit from before i had the backup system in place. i can reinstall, it's fine, so long as the case permits it. i might compromise and get a hybrid drive.
[thumb]http://puu.sh/iFbmZ.png[/thumb] It's been stuck on this part for around an hour now what do
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