Computer builds

don't buy build its better the savings and parts you can get to do it yourself far exceeds anything off the self and a dam site cheaper my rig to build was about £3,500 off the shelf its £12,000

Yeah, that case(in the first post) isn't half bad. Kinda fancy. Do keep in mind though and AMD's next generation of processors is due in the first quarter of 2017. Their benchmarks reveal that the performance of their new Ryzen line-up performs almost identical to the Intel Core i7 6700 and it most likely won't be price gouged to hell either. Intel's "innovation and performance" is becoming less and less noticeable between generations since AMD has been so far behind. Intel's monopoly has lead it to be since AMD has never been really competitive until recently(other than around the Athlon 64 days). Even if the next gen isn't as quick, the price is likely to be fair and not gouged. Also be wary of those "OEM" or "pre-built" machines. I've seen brands like Cyber PC and others charge outrageous prices for hardware that's not even worth it. Hardware you could assemble for < $550 USD. They just end up slapping a few hundred bucks on top of the hardware for profit and to pay for the "labor" involved in building it and shipping it. Do not buy OEM if you plan to game at all or want performance! Just build your own and for the love of.. make sure you do research and do NOT listen to bias individuals as a lot of information is likely to be falsified because of sponsorship or favouritism. Fanboys are usually under that category, along with that Linus guy from NCIX. My specs: Main rig: AMD FX 8350 VISHERA 4.0-4.2 GHZ AM3+ Processor Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2 Mainboard XFX AMD RX 480 GTR 8 GB PCI-E 3.0 GPU Samsung 850 Evo - 250 GB 2.5" Internal SSD Western Digital WD10EACS 1.0 TB Sata II Mechanical Internal HDD Western Digital WD10EADS 1.0 TB Sata II Mechanical Internal HDD(Inside external enclosure) Zalman MS800 Plus(Case is utter trash) Kingwin 850mm 850 Watt Non-modular power supply 24 GB PC3 1600 G.SKILL & Kingston Hyper X Ubuntu 16.10 GNU/Linux 4.8.0 1x LG Flatron L246WH 24" LCD Panel @ 1920*1200 1x NEC 1940WCXM 19" LCD Panel @ 1440*900 1x ACER X193W 19" LCD Panel @ 1440*900 Monitors and config in my current profile picture are old, haven't taken a new picture yet. Second machine: Intel Core i3 2100 Asus P8H67 M LE 4 GB PC3 1333 HD 5670 No HDD No CD-Drive 450W Antec Earthwatts Antec Sonata Case Originally had Mac OSX 10.9 on it(custom build). Server: HP ML310 G5p Intel Xeon X3330 S775 Processor(Originally had an E3110 in it) 2 GB of PC2 667 Non-ECC memory(but is ECC capable up to 8 GB) Asus DVD W/R which is probably faulty 1x80 GB Mechanical HDD from Samsung 2x250 GB Mechanical HDD from Seagate; I don't trust Seagate with data but they were the only two drives I had left. >: OpenSUSE GNU/Linux as the operating system. This machine is a test server for a social network I'm working on. Drives are raided on the ICH9R chipset using software raid on OpenSUSE. Other server(does my other stuff): HP DL385 G2 - 2U Rackmount HP Smart Array P400 Raid Controller 2xAMD Opterons 2218s(4 cores total, 2 physical processors) 32 GB PC2 667 ECC Memory(4x8) 4x2.0 TB 2.5" Internal/Hotswappable Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS Media Centre: Dell Optiplex 745 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2 GB PC2 667 Onboard video 80 GB Seagate HDD 450W Thermal Take PSU KODI Media Centre(GNU/Linux) This dell was a trash pick I restored years back.

Good to see your using AMD and Armored boards can never g wrong with ASUS bards suppose i better put my updated one in too

Yeah, I only use Asus and Gigabyte. MSI, Asrock, Foxconn, Biostar, they all have quality control issues. I had an MSI board almost brick because the BIOS update MSI released on their website for the board wasn't functioning properly. Asrock does a lot of false advertising and tends to sometimes ship with shovelware on their driver CDs(which you shouldn't be using anyway). Foxconn and Biostar boards are sort of generic. But even so with brands like Gigabyte and Asus, good quality control is a thing of the past. It's sad, but a lot of boards have problems out of the box or are DOA according to their reviews. Could have been caused by shipping, user error, or could have just been a lazy manufacturer who didn't do thorough testing. So if you're going to pick a brand, especially for a high end component, pick one that has good warranty and customer service in case there's a problem. Asus's customer service in the past for me was abysmal, so the only boards I will buy are Gigabyte as it seems to be the only brand that does everything right. But like all manufacturers, they have their problems. I do use Asus but it really depends on how and where I get it. Atleast for me anyway, people may have different experiences.

I would argue with gigabyte I have had failure after failure with them but MSI (Major Shit Inside)can go take a leap I tend to use the ROG and Strix variant of Asus my main PC is currently using a ROG RAMPAGE V EDITION 10 and my secondary a RAMPAGE V EXTREME/U3.1

believe it or not i deal with them all on a day to day basis and the most reliable boards are asus they make up about 2% of returns over 63% are msi

Really reassuring as I have a msi workstation board in the garage waiting on a build, lol. My only issue with the high end Asus boards is they are bloody expensive.