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JujuShinobi
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If he has the money why not? who cares... Also it piss's me off when people say someone over builds there pc... THEIRS NO SUCH THING...

There is such a thing, if you get better specs than you'll need. However spend money how you like, even if it's considered "overbuilding". I got a 4770k even though an i5 2500k would've got the job done.

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There is such a thing, if you get better specs than you'll need. However spend money how you like, even if it's considered "overbuilding". I got a 4770k even though an i5 2500k would've got the job done.

Nope. If you have the money to spend who cares... If i had the money i would have the best pc i could build. Just because i can. You may think there is BUT THERE is no way. Also the FACT that you people get mad over someone's pc because its better than they need is childish.

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It's not wrong to want nice things.

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I probably overbuilt my PC when I first put it together, but it was my hard earned money! :D

 

Will probably do the same thing again this year.

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When Sarcasm was here he had either a 4930K or a 3930K (I forgot which) and two Nvidia 7xxx cards (I forgot which they were).

He actually had a Nehalem i3

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My pc is over built  for me... But guess what if i had the money it would have the best pc parts that i could find. Just because i could.

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I love over building and over engineering in general, for example I bought a Rolex oyster perpetual datejust It's build like a tank, It's guaranteed waterproof to a depth of 100 metres when am I going to use that!? But I love the thing and I normally just check the time on my phone!!! It's the whole not because we need to but because we can.

 

Also in terms of a gaming computer over building, It's nice to know whatever game I throw at it I'll get fantastic FPS at whatever detail settings I want.

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Does sound a bit pointless but hell a Ferrari will get you to the shops the same as a fiat, but most would still want a Ferrari :)

 

Yeah but would they drive it slower than 30mph on the way to the shops? That would be the equivalence. 

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No such things as overbuilding or overcomplicated. If you have the skills and time,money to do it..... ITS WORTH DOING!

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Well its sort of sad that they don't take use of the full potential of the PC but it might be eventually useful if this computer is given to another user in the family who has use for it or it will be a great computer for a couple of years with i7s.

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Nope. If you have the money to spend who cares... If i had the money i would have the best pc i could build. Just because i can. You may think there is BUT THERE is no way. Also the FACT that you people get mad over someone's pc because its better than they need is childish.

that wasn't my point at all. My point was it IS overbuilding because you are spending more than you need to to get more performance than you need. In my definition that is what over building  is. I didn't say I had a problem with it, if i had the money I'd be running three 780ti's and a 3960x, even though my 4770k is already more than I need and a single 780ti would get me more than 60fps in almost all my games. TO BE 100% CLEAR; Over building is possible, but overbuilding is NOT a problem. If you want to play flash games with a 7990 GO AHEAD!

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To me, the term 'overkill' is based on how much money is owned by the person, and what his purpose is. For instance, if you were a millionaire and you decided to invest $10,000 on the best computer possible, it wouldn't really be overkill because you'd have more than enough to do it, even if all you do is browse the internet. That being said, if you're some jobless guy with only $25,000 in the bank, and you invest $5,000 on a really good computer to play Crysis 3, that would be overkill, because under normal circumstances you'd probably be broke in a few months or years. But if you're a guy with $200,000 in the bank and you spend $10,000 for a computer that can browse the internet, overkill. If you're a guy with $200,000 in the bank and you spend $5,000 for a computer to play Crysis 3, it's fine. Different people have different amounts of money and purposes, and I really think of overkill as how big of a fraction you spend. 

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a Haswell i7-4770k on a B85 Asus motherboard

 

Overcloking CPU + non-overclocking chipset.

I... just... don't... understand...

This statement is false.

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Yeah but would they drive it slower than 30mph on the way to the shops? That would be the equivalence. 

But it would be a nicer journey in the Ferrari

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3/4 the time I'm on my computer I'm watching videos and stuff. 

If I didn't game at all I'd still buy all the stuff I have just because I love computer hardware.

Old shit no one cares about but me.

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