Building a computer? Need advice/suggestions? Come here!

[Amit]

Picked up an XFX HD 7850 1GB today. Runs everything maxed at 1680x1050 upwards of 50fps average haha. Arma 3 and PS2, here I come.

[Warsaw]

PS2 favours Nvidia, just a heads-up.

[Amit]

I know.

[Cortexian]

Got a new case for my current rig (not the new one I'm building):

[ThePlague]

Where's your other card at?

[Cortexian]

In my new system until I get my first Titan. X79 has no IGP, so I had to use my second 470 in order to do any testing.

[ThePlague]

Ah nice.

[Cortexian]

Probably going to sell the second 470 once my new system is up and running anyway. Won't need it since the plan for my current system = semi-mobile headless file server. I'm going to buy 3 x 4TB WD RE drives and put them in a small RAID 5, copy my existing 7.2 TB to it, selling the 5 x 2TB drives I have now, then slowly buying more 4TB drives and expanding the array as I can afford to.

[Tnnaas]

I feel like I'm one step closer to joining the modern world.



And I'm still looking over parts for my step-dad's computer. I haven't ordered anything yet, but I'm still open to suggestions. Please prevent me from being stupid, Modacity. thnx <3

EDIT: I've been using my new drive for fifteen minutes and I don't know how I'm going to use all this space. Pretty much my reaction right now.

[RedBaron]

I got commissioned by my friend to put together a desktop with gaming in mind for $600-$700. I haven't kept up to date with hardware for a few years, so any suggestions on parts would be great, otherwise I was just going to pick the top choices on Newegg and Tigerdirect that fit within my price range.

It will be $600-$700 for the tower only, so I don't have to worry about the display, speakers, peripherals, or anything else like that. I'm thinking it should have at least a current gen i5 quad core, 8 GB RAM at 1333 MHz or even 1600 MHz if I can manage the price, 500-550 Watt PSU, and an nvidia card that can be bought with whatever is left. I would also like to get an ATX full sized case with a raised mounting panel for wire concealment, and a 1TB 7200 rpm HDD from a respectable company. Let me know if you guys know of any good prices out there, or if you guys have had good experiences with specific cases that aren't too pricey.