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Hello.

Sorry to disappoint, but this post isn't really intended to discuss "building my own PC". I didn't want to make a brand new thread on the Flood either. However, I definitely have a question related to PC, specifically monitors.

I am very interested in purchasing a monitor I can use for both my PC and game console. I want a super high response rate (around 2ms) and would like it to be as cheep as possible.

The problem is that I also own an HD PVR, which connects to the gaming console via component cable. It turns out that monitors that are compatible with a component connection are rare and very, very expensive.

I found a few models that I'm interested in, but I'm trying to decide which is more important: response rate (just connecting my gaming console via HDMI to the monitor) or immediate access to my HD PVR.

Keynotes: Though I would like to have access to cable television, I don't like the idea of purchasing a television. The lower response rates in the monitors are the reason. Also, are there component-to-HDMI switches out there? Hmmm...


I'm basically asking for advice. I would appreciate any on this matter. I'm about to move into another home where I'll have a room dedicated to fun, and a room dedicated to sleeping. It turns out that I'm putting this 22" 720p Samsung television in my bedroom.


Note: I had a much better post typed out, but my provider 404'd my page for some damn reason, forwarding me to a page where I needed to enter my account information. I've had so many problems with my internet provider lately...

  • 08.31.2012 10:13 PM PDT
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[Edited on 09.01.2012 7:14 AM PDT]

  • 09.01.2012 7:14 AM PDT

I got these cheeseburgers man....


Posted by: THE SALTY CHIP
I shut down my computer every night before I go to bed.
I didn't think you were supposed to shut it down every night. Also, Chrome has been shown to use more RAM than Firefox now.

  • 09.01.2012 7:35 AM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am?

I haven't used Firefox in years, and I don't know when you're supposed to shut it down exactly. I know that shutting off your computer too often or leaving it on for too long causes Windows to act really funky, because Windows.

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So, when or how often you should shut down? I usually leave mine on stand-by when I hit the sack.

I will shut my computer down 2-3 times per week.

[Edited on 09.01.2012 9:10 AM PDT]

  • 09.01.2012 8:44 AM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am?

Mine usually goes into sleep mode when I leave it on for a while, so I guess I could just do that.

Although supposedly, you're supposed to do a reboot every so often because again, windows acts really weird when you leave it on for a prolonged period of time.

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Posted by: THE SALTY CHIP
Mine usually goes into sleep mode when I leave it on for a while, so I guess I could just do that.

Although supposedly, you're supposed to do a reboot every so often because again, windows acts really weird when you leave it on for a prolonged period of time.
I do restart often.

Kind of a necessity due to the rather dated hardware I'm currently on.

  • 09.01.2012 9:11 AM PDT

I got these cheeseburgers man....


Posted by: ThirstyAvenge
So, when or how often you should shut down? I usually leave mine on stand-by when I hit the sack.

I will shut my computer down 2-3 times per week.
I don't know, but people on /g/ will leave theirs on for long periods of time. So I guess as long as it's properly cooled and whatnot, it should be fine.

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Posted by: SuicidalSplatter

Posted by: ThirstyAvenge
So, when or how often you should shut down? I usually leave mine on stand-by when I hit the sack.

I will shut my computer down 2-3 times per week.
I don't know, but people on /g/ will leave theirs on for long periods of time. So I guess as long as it's properly cooled and whatnot, it should be fine.
They also use GNU/Linux which doesn't need to restart as often as Windows does.

I usually leave my PC on for 2 or 3 weeks at a time, only restarting for Windows updates and whatnot. I don't put it to sleep either, it just stays on for that period of time.

  • 09.01.2012 9:36 AM PDT

I got these cheeseburgers man....


Posted by: Selecao

Posted by: SuicidalSplatter

Posted by: ThirstyAvenge
So, when or how often you should shut down? I usually leave mine on stand-by when I hit the sack.

I will shut my computer down 2-3 times per week.
I don't know, but people on /g/ will leave theirs on for long periods of time. So I guess as long as it's properly cooled and whatnot, it should be fine.
They also use GNU/Linux which doesn't need to restart as often as Windows does.

I usually leave my PC on for 2 or 3 weeks at a time, only restarting for Windows updates and whatnot. I don't put it to sleep either, it just stays on for that period of time.
Yeah, but I have seen Windows machines kept on for that long as well. But I usually just turn off when there's an update that needs me to restart.

  • 09.01.2012 9:42 AM PDT

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Posted by: SuicidalSplatter

Posted by: ThirstyAvenge
So, when or how often you should shut down? I usually leave mine on stand-by when I hit the sack.

I will shut my computer down 2-3 times per week.
I don't know, but people on /g/ will leave theirs on for long periods of time. So I guess as long as it's properly cooled and whatnot, it should be fine.
They also use GNU/Linux which doesn't need to restart as often as Windows does.

I usually leave my PC on for 2 or 3 weeks at a time, only restarting for Windows updates and whatnot. I don't put it to sleep either, it just stays on for that period of time.
Yeah, you only really need to restart for kernel upgrades with GNU/Linux. But I didn't really notice a slowdown or anything like that when I left my machine running with Windows for a month or so in May.

I only really shut off my computer when I `have' to. For example if I want to clean it or if I install a new kernel; other than that it's on all the time.

[Edited on 09.01.2012 9:45 AM PDT]

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What's the point of keeping to computer on for like a month, or a large amount of time at all?

[Edited on 09.01.2012 10:02 AM PDT]

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Posted by: thebig100
What's the point of keeping to computer on for like a month, or a large amount of time at all?
I don't know.

Convenience?

  • 09.01.2012 10:09 AM PDT

I got these cheeseburgers man....


Posted by: thebig100
What's the point of keeping to computer on for like a month, or a large amount of time at all?
Its not good for hard drives to have to turn on and off so often... So I've heard.

  • 09.01.2012 10:18 AM PDT


Posted by: SuicidalSplatter

Posted by: thebig100
What's the point of keeping to computer on for like a month, or a large amount of time at all?
Its not good for hard drives to have to turn on and off so often... So I've heard.


hmmm... my dad makes me turn it off everyday as to not waste energy.. would it be bad on my ssd?

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Posted by: SuicidalSplatter

Posted by: thebig100
What's the point of keeping to computer on for like a month, or a large amount of time at all?
Its not good for hard drives to have to turn on and off so often... So I've heard.


hmmm... my dad makes me turn it off everyday as to not waste energy.. would it be bad on my ssd?
SSDs have no moving parts.

I'm not sure if a problem even develops if a computer is shut down routinely.

  • 09.01.2012 10:28 AM PDT
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Posted by: PMC Fluffy
I know that Salty is taking care of you, but I'd like to post the build publicly:

Slightly ammended.

You can get the operating system for free, but we would need to talk in PM's about that. With the money that you would save, you could upgrade the 2600k to a 3770k. You could even upgrade the PSU to a SeaSonic Platinum.

Keyboard.

Wrist rest.

Do you want speakers or a headset?
Quick question. Will the 850 be able to run those? I mean it's gonna cut it close also. I'mma get a bigger tower due to being hot as -blam!-. Also, are the motherboards that run both at 16 instead of cutting it to 8? I mean that is what I am getting from it anyways.


[Edited on 09.01.2012 2:53 PM PDT]

  • 09.01.2012 2:28 PM PDT

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Posted by: Darth Malgus

Posted by: PMC Fluffy
I know that Salty is taking care of you, but I'd like to post the build publicly:

Slightly ammended.

You can get the operating system for free, but we would need to talk in PM's about that. With the money that you would save, you could upgrade the 2600k to a 3770k. You could even upgrade the PSU to a SeaSonic Platinum.

Keyboard.

Wrist rest.

Do you want speakers or a headset?
Quick question. Will the 850 be able to run those? I mean it's gonna cut it close also. I'mma get a bigger tower due to being hot as -blam!-.
850 is fine. Mid tower over full tower doesn't matter unless you want more HDD bays.

  • 09.01.2012 2:46 PM PDT

I got these cheeseburgers man....


Posted by: Darth Malgus

Posted by: PMC Fluffy
I know that Salty is taking care of you, but I'd like to post the build publicly:

Slightly ammended.

You can get the operating system for free, but we would need to talk in PM's about that. With the money that you would save, you could upgrade the 2600k to a 3770k. You could even upgrade the PSU to a SeaSonic Platinum.

Keyboard.

Wrist rest.

Do you want speakers or a headset?
Quick question. Will the 850 be able to run those? I mean it's gonna cut it close also. I'mma get a bigger tower due to being hot as -blam!-. Also, are the motherboards that run both at 16 instead of cutting it to 8? I mean that is what I am getting from it anyways.
Dear god man, that's one fine computer.

  • 09.01.2012 2:58 PM PDT

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I shut my HP Craptop down every night, I suppose I probably shouldn't?

  • 09.01.2012 2:58 PM PDT

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Posted by: Ferrari DuDe856
I shut my HP Craptop down every night, I suppose I probably shouldn't?
I always just closed my laptop and let it sleep, but I dunno.

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Posted by: SuicidalSplatter

Posted by: Darth Malgus

Posted by: PMC Fluffy
I know that Salty is taking care of you, but I'd like to post the build publicly:

Slightly ammended.

You can get the operating system for free, but we would need to talk in PM's about that. With the money that you would save, you could upgrade the 2600k to a 3770k. You could even upgrade the PSU to a SeaSonic Platinum.

Keyboard.

Wrist rest.

Do you want speakers or a headset?
Quick question. Will the 850 be able to run those? I mean it's gonna cut it close also. I'mma get a bigger tower due to being hot as -blam!-. Also, are the motherboards that run both at 16 instead of cutting it to 8? I mean that is what I am getting from it anyways.
Dear god man, that's one fine computer.
Yeah.

Dat SLI.

  • 09.01.2012 4:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: SuicidalSplatter

Posted by: Darth Malgus

Posted by: PMC Fluffy
I know that Salty is taking care of you, but I'd like to post the build publicly:

Slightly ammended.

You can get the operating system for free, but we would need to talk in PM's about that. With the money that you would save, you could upgrade the 2600k to a 3770k. You could even upgrade the PSU to a SeaSonic Platinum.

Keyboard.

Wrist rest.

Do you want speakers or a headset?
Quick question. Will the 850 be able to run those? I mean it's gonna cut it close also. I'mma get a bigger tower due to being hot as -blam!-. Also, are the motherboards that run both at 16 instead of cutting it to 8? I mean that is what I am getting from it anyways.
Dear god man, that's one fine computer.
Yeah.

Dat SLI.


someone with a computer that is almost as powerful as mine, well done flood.
I think you should be ok with that PSU
maybe get some extra fans...

[Edited on 09.01.2012 4:55 PM PDT]

  • 09.01.2012 4:51 PM PDT

Anyone use watercooling much in here? And if so would you recommend a prebuilt one (ex one of Corsair's models), or a custom loop?

  • 09.01.2012 7:09 PM PDT