PC build thread

[isiolia]

You do know if you do not activate it all you lose is the desktop background?

It also bugs you hourly, and doesn't do system updates.

[Opa Opa]

Building a gaming pc for my wife... anyone got a win7 license to spare?

*builds wife gaming rig*

*boots up Minesweeper*

[s1mplehumar]

Building a gaming pc for my wife... anyone got a win7 license to spare?

*builds wife gaming rig*

*boots up Minesweeper*

That would be my wife. Wait, my wife only plays board games. She has become quite the 7 Wonders player.

[noiseredux]

You do know if you do not activate it all you lose is the desktop background?

It also bugs you hourly, and doesn't do system updates.

yeah the hourly annoyance is what I'm trying to avoid here. I suppose even if someone had an XP key that would suffice for now... anyone? 7? XP?

[Hazerd]

Define "Gaming PC" in 2015 with Windows XP.

Also my suggestion to your problem is well ARRRRR!!!

[noiseredux]

Haha all set, got her Win7 as planned. Used things I had laying around and bought her an entry level Nvidia card. She is just getting her feet wet

She legit wanted me to build her a PC to play Ethan Carter.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Building a gaming pc for my wife... anyone got a win7 license to spare?

*builds wife gaming rig*

*boots up Minesweeper*

This is similar to how I roll.

Built a gaming PC some years ago.

90% of gaming done in DOSBox.

[noiseredux]

so I've had an interesting/annoying thing going on since I upgraded my mobo... about half the time I cold boot, I get an error telling me to insert an OS disc. I hit reset and then it boots fine. After updating every driver I could think of and googling a lot, it turns out that what's going on is newer z87 and 97 boards have issues w/ the "Sandforce" breed of SSD's. I have an OCZ Vertex 2, 120GB. (TBH, I didn't even realize SSD's had different chip sets... learn something new every day!) So I guess what happens is sometimes at boot the SSD isn't' recognized and sometimes it is. Now ultimately this isn't a big deal, as when it happens I just hit reset and then it boots superfast into Windows like it should. But it is annoying when it happens.

So,

Smile: I guess I have an excuse to start shopping for a new SSD.

Frown: I really can't afford to start shopping for a new SSD right now.

[MrPopo]

Man, internal SSDs are now 300-400 for 1 TB. I just need the storage capacity to double and I can finally replace my system drive with an SSD.

[Ziggy]

Why do you need that much space on a SSD?