Journal #8039

Posted 11 years ago2012-11-26 14:57:35 UTC
Tetsu0 Tetsu0Positive Chaos
Cyber Monday Shopping:

I'm at work right now and want to upgrade my motherboard/processor. TWHL is not blocked, but every shopping site is so I can't do any research on my own.

If any of you guys know of any deals going on can you share?
They don't have to be a combo as i'm perfectly capable of assembling them myself I'm budgeting about $400 because i want this to be an upgrade that will last me a long long time.

Hopefully I don't need to worry about compatibility of my ram and videocard, they're both under a year old and I think they'll work with any modern MOBO.

I also have no preference of AMD over Intel..

16 Comments

Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 15:11:35 UTC Comment #49412
how old is your rig? with all the deals you might just be better off buying a whole new system, and then you can be super cool running to computers at once =)

OR buy a diesel gaming laptop instead like i'm also planning to do today, because you deserve it =)
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 16:44:37 UTC Comment #49401
Hahaha. Hahahahaha. Oh, sorry. The term "gaming laptop" always makes me laugh.
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 16:53:25 UTC Comment #49410
My friend is building a gaming laptop out of desktop components and a custom case. I think it will be roughly the size of a small suitcase when it's finished.
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 17:08:47 UTC Comment #49402
well ive been upgrading the thing pretty much every 18-24 months. I have 8gig of ripjaws ram, and the last video card i bought was a radeon HD 6950

So i think if i get a new motherboard / processor it won't be the bottleneck anymore.

I have a laptop that plays games decently well. its been a champ :) Acer Aspire with an i5 and a mobile HD 6600 series video card. can't remember the exacts... but its running like a boss and the only thing i might do is double the ram from 4 to 8gig
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 17:08:59 UTC Comment #49413
ya tetsu0 idk, you found any good deals yet? i'm not really finding crap for laptop deals...

my 4-year old laptop(core 2 duo 2.26 ghz, geforce 9800 gts) is also a champ, that still plays the latest games fine, just not on the highest settings. i'm guessing a modern gaming laptop would play anything on high settings no problem.

tjb: i've always wanted to do that too, use one of those cool stainless steel survivor briefcases =)
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 18:14:26 UTC Comment #49403
I'm thinking about getting an AMD FX-8350 (8 core) processor: Clicky

Now i need a compatible motherboard
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 19:06:49 UTC Comment #49414
ya actaully your laptop is quite diesel you don't need an upgrayedd right now playa =)
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 22:31:53 UTC Comment #49404
This is for my desktop Capt ;)

So i'm thinking of This Motherboard
And the processor linked above. Any ideas on this?
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 22:38:02 UTC Comment #49415
yes yes so then u will have 2 beasts after the upgrayedd =)
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 23:00:19 UTC Comment #49408
The fuck is Cyber Monday?
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 23:06:08 UTC Comment #49406
Its the monday after black friday when all the internet stores slash prices on random shit they think people want. of course processors and mobo's arent cut anywhere
havent checked tigerdirect yet though...
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 23:10:57 UTC Comment #49409
When did this start? First time I've ever heard of it.
And I thought Black Friday was Friday the 13th. Or is the name being used everywhere now?
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-26 23:32:07 UTC Comment #49411
From what I have gathered Black Friday is the Friday after thanksgiving in the US where all the stores have massive sales.
Commented 11 years ago2012-11-27 00:55:01 UTC Comment #49416
THE BEAST =)

And yeah no, cyber monday is pretty shitty i couldn't find dick for deals on gaming laptops.
Commented 11 years ago2012-12-01 01:45:37 UTC Comment #49407
Cyber monday I got 16gb RAM for $50. Awesome. Next year I'm either going to get a MOBO/CPU combo or a MOBO/GPU combo pack. My MOBO is the weakest part of my rig, my cpu is a 3.0ghz phenom II and my gpu is a 560ti. Which do you think would be more bang for my buck? Replace the CPU or the GPU?

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