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lostsoul62

lostsoul62

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I thinking about building a new computer. I'm 68 years old and a retired computer tech. I haven't keep up with technology. I've built over a thousand computer but I'm thinking for a hundred dollars let fry's electronics put the computer together. why, my health isn't good and I don't need the stress. Anyway price isn't a problem but common since is. I'm thinking of a i7 4790 but don't know about the motherboard but I figure $150 but has to have 6 SATA ports and over a dozen USB ports. I think the Eva SSD drive of 120 GB might be right for the OS because I don't think I need 240 GB for the OS. I'm thinking that the R9 270x should play any game? I'm thinking of a Viewsonic 28" monitor. You can't beat the Antec 750 watt power supply. I need a case to drop 4 old 1 TB Hard drive in. I think that 1600 RAM is the norm because I can't see getting the K series. Anyway I just wanted a little input to see if I'm missing something.
 
Don't think I've ever seen a motherboard support a dozen USB ports. What you need then is a powered USB hub. http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Adapt...id=1448005779&sr=8-6&keywords=usb+powered+hub

http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-...id=1448005779&sr=8-2&keywords=usb+powered+hub

http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-...id=1448005779&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+powered+hub

If you know what games you will play you could look up those game's system requirements and go from there on what GPU you need.

I personally like the Gigabyte MOBOs. They are extra durable and offer dual BIOS in case one messes up.

When looking for RAM chose the lowest voltage, lowest CAS and highest speed. But yeah, 1600 MHz will do alright.

Check out www.pcpartpicker.com
 
Just about all motherboards will give you a dozen USBs, I just took any old motherboard and pop it up and one came up at cost $73 and had 12 USB ports. My computer has 16 ports which is what I'm looking for then you can put a card in and get 4 more.
I guess motherboard are like buying cars. as long as they have what you want. All makers sell low to high end. So I know they have some that doubles the bus line which I don't know much about.
Is there a game out there that a R9 270x won't handle?
 
If you want to game and money is no concern, and being stress-free is a thing you want, might as well get an R9 390, or if you like Nvidia which I prefer, get a GTX 980. It would allow you to game without worry about settings limitations for a number of years.
More importantly, if you plan to play games or run any programs that load a lot, than getting a large SSD is a good idea. SSD's are WAY faster with loading. For me, I wish I had a big enough SSD to put Battlefield 4 onto, because it takes quite a while to load. Yes, the main need for a SSD is just to have windows and necessary programs put on it for most things to load quickly, but it really helps to be able to put some large games/programs onto a SSD. So on that note I would recommend a 240Gb, unless you have all the time in the world and don't mind waiting for things to load. To be honest the only large game or program that I would care to put on a SSD is Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline, so if you want to cut corners on cost a bit it really wouldn't be a big deal. It's really up to you, but a 120GB SSD is basically only able to store the smallest programs on top of Windows as it's necessary to have a good deal of free space. So if stress-free is your goal, I would get a 240GB.
 
That sounds good. A SSD 120GB fro the OS and a SSD 240GB for games plus a good video card. I should upgrade from the R9 270x
 
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