JMMonteiro

Looking good IMO

I'm currently Studying Informatic Engineering, and I think the approach my Uni is quite good. First, you could start with something basic, like Python. If you search online for some python exercises, I'm sure you'll find a lot of fun challenges. After you know some of the basics, you could try C (make sure you make well structured programs (ex: declaring all variables and stuff before you get to the logic part of it), and the most "reusable", before jumping into java. Java doesn't require you to declare any variable in the beggining, and you can get pretty bad habits from it (IMO, please don't kill me if your opinion differs). After that, you can pretty much do anything you want (assuming you know how everything works), since some programming languages are quite similar on how they work (ex: java and C) and even though they aren't the same, you can get used to the other quite easily. TL:DR -> Learn to structure your code properly, start with the basics and work your way up. Plenty of tutorials online, so it shouldn't be too hard. Always remember that you're "coding for others, not yourself". In other words, try to make the code as clean and pleasant to read as possible!

@MrAwesomepants the reason I'm choosing this motherboard, is that one of the 8Gb sticks comes with this motherboard, so I spend less money on RAM

@RKRiley which psu would you recommend?

because I have ~1300€ to play with, and the components chosen don't leave me with much money to play arround :')

Hello everyone! First of all, I'm building a new pc, with these specs (http://pcpartpicker.com/list/HZM3m8), and my budget is kinda limited with those components. My questions are: -> What's the best "budget" case that can fit all of the components? -> Has everyone ever used the NOX Hummer MC? is it good? And, if possible, a case with some sort of window, since RGB mobo and fancy GPU

@Rotterdams you can always check clevo. Where I live, clevo has a 15.6" laptop with a 1060 and a i7-6700HQ, for a little more (+100/200€), and you can pretty much costumize every part of it. AND it has excelent cooling, so it's unlikely your cpu will thermal throttle

If I'm buying one, I'll go for this one https://www.obsidian-pc.com/en/portatil-clevo-p650re?___from_store=pt instead, since it's the reseller on my country

I'm seeing quite a lot of negative opinions about the razer laptop, I might go for a "clevo" pc, with a 6700HQ + GTX1060 (15.6") thanks a lot tho!

If you don't mind gettinga 15" laptop, you could always consider a Clevo laptop, since you can pretty much costumize it the way you wan't (it has a lot of personalization). A friend of mine bought one recently, it has a 1060, I7-6700HQ, and only costed ~1600€ (the model he bought doesn't have thunderbolt 3 unfortunately), but there are other models with it, and probably cheaper than the razer and with better cooling. Check clevo or any of it's ressellers (obsidianpc, sager,...)

When I upgraded my laptop (replaced ODD with SSD), I made a clean install on the new disk, and "deleted" windows from the HDD (the process was somewhat confusing). IMO, the best option is doing a bootable USB/DVD, (saving the files you want to migrate, just to make it easier), swapping drives and making a clean install of windows on the new drive. This way, you also can control how much bloatware you get installed on your pc.

@tattePerformance on the go mostly. Pretty much all of my classes require me to be working on my pc (some programs are more demanding than others)

The thing is that I spend most of my time outside my home, and I could use some performance, since I'll probably need to run some more demanding programs, that a $300 laptop could struggle

Well, as the title says, I'm kinda looking into buying a new laptop (currently have an Asus k56cb), for University. I'm currently studying Informatics Engineering. I'm looking into the new razer blade stealth+core (wich may be more expensive, but has the portability and great battery), or maybe a clevo (obsidian over here), since it has great costumization options, and can deliver amazing performance. My biggest doubts are if the razer will bottleneck with the eGPU, and/or if it's worth the money.