"new" desktop

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Well my B-day was 2 days ago, and my GF ordered me a new desktop (surprised she picked this out) and it should be here by next friday :smiley:

I know its not the best however, i currently play on a dell Inspiron 15 with an AMD A6 Apu @ 1.8 Ghz, 8GB ram, and a slow 500Gb HDD @ 5400 RPM :o

So this is a HUGE upgrade for me, and i plan on upgrading over the next year to get the specs more up to date.

Anyways its a Cyberpower.
Has a black Cooler Master case with blue fan LEDā€™s
Back lit usb 3.0 Cyberpower keyboard
Cyberpower usb 3.0 gaming mouse
8 usb ports, 3 x 3.0, 5 x 2.0
Windows 10
AMD FX 4300 quad core @ 3.8 Ghz with some sort of turbo boost
Nvidia GTX 950 Gpu
8 Gb ddr4 ram at like 2000 something Mhz
1Tb Western Digital HDD @ 7200 Rpm
600 W Psu
the MoBo i know is AMD but i can remember the model.
An asus wireless adapter, again i forget the exact model
I also forget exactly how many Pci slots it has but i believe 3
And a decent 1 year parts and labor warranty

Anyways should be a really nice present and play games a lot better than my current laptop. Iā€™m really looking forward to next week when i get it. Ill probably be getting a SSD for the OS by next month or so and as time goes on like i said will be upgrading everything over the next year.

All i know is iā€™m excited :smiley:

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Hell yeah thatā€™s a huge upgrade. Doesnā€™t need to be the best but it sure beats the snot outta what you had.

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I know right, i cannot wait to see the performance difference with GD and DKS 1 and 3 (honestly dont even know how i got DKS 3 to ā€œrunā€ on my laptop).

All i know is Iā€™m stoked, iā€™d share a link to the build but i donā€™t have her email info to find the exact one, maybe later i can post it when she gets home.

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She deserves a nice dinner out at a fancy restaurant. :slight_smile:

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Yes she does, and she will. Iā€™m planning something really nice for her B-Day in a month. :slight_smile:

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Congrats, ARNGE. Youā€™re lucky.

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Thanks man! :slight_smile: Yeah i know Iā€™m extremely lucky, i did not expect this.

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Couple of days late however, itā€™s running fantastic so far :smiley:

Could not be happier. really nice B day present.

Just had to say thisā€¦ well because i can :rolleyes:

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Thatā€™s awesome, arnge! Super happy for you bud!

As has already been said, definitely do something really great for your girlfriend. That was a really thoughtful and generous gift!

Again, stoked for you bud! Enjoy the new beast!

Syn

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Thanks man! :smiley:

Her birthday is coming up within a month and she is going to get a really nice present. Im currently working on getting the funds for it right now. :slight_smile:

On another note, GD feels like its on crack, i only played for a few minutes but damn my fps is sooo much better. Itā€™s like playing in fast forward. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Best be careful if playing on Hardcore, bud!

Iā€™m taking a break from GD and started a HC MF Sorceress in Diablo II. Got her through to Act II in Nightmare and then bought TES: IV Oblivion over the weekend and am playing that now :slight_smile:

So many games, nowhere near enough timeā€¦

Enjoy your hyper-drive GD, mate!

Syn

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Luckily i donā€™t play HC :wink: ā€¦yet

Iā€™m actually going to replay D2 pretty soon here. Been having a craving.

Oblivion has always been one of my favorite games and i might need to replay that soon as well. Now i can use all the graphics enhancing mods that i could not before, along side with all the other mods i normally use. GL with your adventures through Cyrodiil mate :smiley:

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very nice desktop

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Congrats on the new rig!

Always a great feeling.

And, I agree with you, first thing Iā€™d do is toss in an SSD.

Iā€™d recommend the 256GB Samsung 850 EVO for $90:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147372&cm_re=850evo--20-147-372--Product

After that, say an AMD RX 480 4GB for $200:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150771&cm_re=rx_480--14-150-771--Product

Lastly, double your RAM to 16GB and swap out your FX-4300 for an FX-8350 for $160:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284&cm_re=8350--19-113-284--Product

Thatā€™s a real solid upgrade path for the next 6-8 months or soā€¦

HAVE FUN!!

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Thanks man :smiley:

Thanks for the input i appreciate it :smiley:

I will look into all that hardware. glad you use newegg as well because that is normally where i get all my stuff as is.

I think i might need to grab some more wiring as even though it has room for 3 Hard drives i only have enough wires for 2, so that will be my first purchase. then its the SSD, RAM, GPU, then CPU. :smiley:

Again thanks guys :smiley: