Personal computing discussed
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Welch wrote:- Sound suggestions... but im not planning on building an Intel for a few reasons that I wont get into. Plus I haven't fully given up on AMD although im close if there next round of refreshes don't prove some worth over this first gen dissapointment.
- What your referring to for EMP is a UPS. I've got a brand spanking new 1250 APC, so im covered .
- Any 7000 series niche cards come out since last I checked that can compete with say the 6950 for around the same price or with large enough improvements in anything to warrant a slightly higher asking price?
Welch wrote:Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
CPU: This is where I'm torn.
GPU: I was considering the MSI Twin Frozr 6950 2gb
Arclight wrote:I've heard that the WiFi reception inside a Faraday cage sucks.For a 2012 build with your requirements you also want a gizmo that cuts power off to your PC when it detects an EMP shock wave to protect it from damage.
JustAnEngineer wrote:SSD: You might as well take the plunge and put an SSD in your new build.
JustAnEngineer wrote:The WiFi reception inside a Faraday cage sucks.
Welch wrote:Like I said before, im also well aware of the huge performance gap between AMD and Intel. My major heartache would be supporting a company that did everything in its power to illegally screw over competition until the point where we might never see AMD restore its competitive products due to that BS. I have a hard time supporting a company like that with my personal dollars. Especially when Intel can charge as much as they do for their current processors because AMD can't quite put out any real competition against them.
DPete27 wrote:A 6950 is plenty.
Welch wrote:Like I said before, im also well aware of the huge performance gap between AMD and Intel. My major heartache would be supporting a company...
Welch wrote:Like I said before, im also well aware of the huge performance gap between AMD and Intel. My major heartache would be supporting a company that did everything in its power to illegally screw over competition until the point where we might never see AMD restore its competitive products due to that BS. I have a hard time supporting a company like that with my personal dollars. Especially when Intel can charge as much as they do for their current processors because AMD can't quite put out any real competition against them.
During the Pentium III and Pentium 4 era, AMD had a better product at a lower price, but they couldn't sell any CPUs to the big PC assemblers.
Double standards suck.