Irishjohn

That's beautiful. I actually just built a PC, thanks to some advice from thumbs (this was my first time and I own a decent PC for the first time ever). It's liberating to read comments on threads like this now. Is this what life has been like for you guys all this time?

Congratulations! Awesome.

Saved for later. I'm down with this. I wanted to do the same thing with my podcast but this "in between computers" phase that was meant to last three or four days remains ongoing. I am plotting a Daily Challenge recordings comeback and it will be pitiful! Pitiful I say!

I know there are a couple of thumbs that have podcasts... I have a bit of an iTunes issue with mine. Anyone around to offer some advice via message?

Excellent, thanks a lot man, this is a big help for me. Is it okay that I am nerding out like crazy over building my first PC?

Screw it, I'll just share the whole list I have at the moment, please feel free to ignore it. There are repeats here and there, though I'm mostly interested in keeping the CPU and GPU. It's a tiny bit higher than I'd like right now price wise, but that may just be the way it has to be. http://amzn.com/w/2RJWK1R96JVYH

Yeah, that's where I am at the moment. I had a Cooler Master in mind with the PSU built in but a quick review of the comments revealed that the PSU's wattage was not as high (in daily usage) as advertised. I was a bit iffy about that anyway. I'm trying to figure out how cases work; Amazon has cases for $26 or so but that just seems nuts (i.e. too low to make sense). I'm looking at the next two at the moment: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BCXF6KS/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2RJWK1R96JVYH&coliid=IM21E4EFJ9RZE http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005MMW4DM/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2RJWK1R96JVYH&coliid=I1IDITHCS33EP6 Frankly, if I can do a bit cheaper I'd like to. By the way, really appreciating the help, and I hope I'm not gunking up the thread. I don't mean to use the Idle Thumbs community as my personal IT group, I'm just a nerd and I figure if you're nerds like me you're ok with it. But speak up if I should hang back a bit.

Cheers guys. I am in the US so in theory I should be good. I actually have connections in Taiwan but the shipping would negate the value of getting better prices on ASUS gear.

Thanks a lot! I am going solidly budget as well. I may take you up on the offer of advice actually, though I might message you or something. I don't want to clog the thread up with yet more newbie stuff (though I have before!)

Thanks mate, I heard Sean Vanaman mention PC Parts Picker offhand on a recent-ish cast and I've been looking. The big help for me has actually been the option to only include parts that are compatible with each other when building the list. I'll still have to double-check of course (it took me a while today to figure out that the 3.0 PCI-E x 16 on the card I want will work on the motherboard with 2.0 PCI-E x 16 that I can afford, for example) but it's a huge help. The kicker is that I'm a little bit tied into Amazon because I'm availing of a fair bit of Amazon credit. I'll still be a hundred dollars (ish) short though, so I may make a strategic decision as to what component I may get from New Egg after all.

Cheers again. Looking forward to this. I haven't had a PC that could run a contemporary game at impressive levels since the early 1990s. This is not an exaggeration. This shifting console landscape seemed as good a time as any to make the jump. That and I've been playing games on my PC more than anything else for well over a year.

Cheers again. Completely new to this. Basically scrounging together the best PC I can. I think I'm doing okay, though it's funny how little things escalate.

Cheers man! Appreciate the advice. I'm a complete novice, obviously. I think I'm good to go with my PSU voltage, but I didn't even think to check the cables. Thanks also for the tips on the brands.

Hello all, I had a quick question... I am shopping for parts and I know nothing about brands. I'm probably getting a GTX 650 Ti Boost, but I could save a few dollars by getting the Asus card (on Amazon, no picture of a box or anything) though I already had shortlisted an EVGA card. Is EVGA a better brand? Do I have to care about this kind of thing, at all? Is there any risk that compatibility with motherboards would be different across brands of the same card?

I've been using Open Broadcast Software: http://spelunkyexplorersclub.com/recording-tips/ Man, I haven't been able to play in a while. I'm between computers. Please continue posting this stuff, everyone!

If I had the ability to kill a single shopkeeper I'd be right there.

Cheers, this is great. I'm going to build my first PC soon. Only moderately terrified.

Got to the Ice levels on a daily! The one day I wasn't recording because I was really tired and didn't expect to last long! Damn it!

This looks cool. I'm sure my brain is compensating but I love it when these things seem to sync together so well.

Wait, so the explosion fired the rock at you? Oof.

The two most recent dailies... I just... Yesterday's was so bad I deleted the recording. Not even a humourously early death! Just another boring run. Guh.

Oh my word.

Great work!

Just as I was getting used to the fact that we all died the same way, you added a beautiful iteration. Hilarious, and you know I'm laughing with you, not at you. This game.

I think this counts as notable. Just not the way I'd like.