Wolfsblood December 27, 2013 Share Wolfsblood Member December 27, 2013 Ok, I've heard the horror stories about Win 8 and how it's built for tablets and the heck with us pc types. I have also heard some success stories about gaming pc users with Win 8. My question is what should I do for my new build? I figure my budget will end up somewhere in the mid $1300's. I can post the link to my build if that's interesting to anyone. I went for the AMD side of things because for what I wanted to spend on the processor, the Intel chip wasn't IMO good enough. Sure I could have spent more, but not on my budget. In a nutshell, 8 core proc, 16 gig ram, water cooling, and either a 660 GTX, or 760 GTX video card So, what I'd like to know are your experiences, pros and cons. Building a new system, 7, or 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madvillain December 27, 2013 Share Madvillain Member December 27, 2013 As we all know 7 is solid, you will have no issues or learning curve to deal with. You can also get better deals on OEM discs/licenses from what I see on the major tech sites. However there is no real issue with Windows 8 other than humans are always scared of new things. Yes the interface has changed a bit but with 8.1 you get back some of those warm comfort feelings of 7. Windows 8 has been very stable since launch, it is so so so very fast as well. There may be some issues with some games out there but I am yet to have a problem myself. Once you get down some of the shortcut keys you can quickly navigate around Win 8. Most of the things you are used to seeing like My Computer and the control Panel are laid out just like they were in Win 7. I have both of the operating systems on my machine, I just chose which drive at bootup but I must say I still normally default to Win 7 for my daily needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueless December 27, 2013 Share Clueless GC Alumni December 27, 2013 I'm using 7 with no desire to change. I have 8 on my laptop, and it's cool, but I just prefer 7 on my gaming rig, everything that I ever need access to its right where I can find it, and it runs flawlessly. I have read about win 8 being more cpu hungry, causing some gamers issues in newer games like bf4, but since I have no first hand experience with that, you'll have to let your fingers do the walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat December 27, 2013 Share walkingCat Member December 27, 2013 I wanted to write a comment about how to be a cheap donkey and get W7 and W8.1 is basically the same only has more gadgets and oriented for touch screen. But I think I'll pass on that. Windows 9 is around the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farberio December 28, 2013 Share farberio Member December 28, 2013 I have used XP, 7, and 8 without any problems. They all have their quirks but none of them stand out as superior then the other. Though I would not recommend XP as its a bit out of date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakgyrl510 December 28, 2013 Share oakgyrl510 Member December 28, 2013 id say go with win 7. from experience, ive had win 8 issues and reinstalled twice caused by a boot issue. it is built for touch screens, but just click on desktop when the tiles show up, lol. im on a laptop with geforce gfx card and win 8, havent had issues during gaming. but go with what ure comfortable with id say, when it comes to building ur own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfsblood May 8, 2014 Author Share Wolfsblood Member May 8, 2014 Well, for now I've solved the question of which Windows OS to install on my new gaming rig. The answer? Ubuntu. We'll see how this goes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ZeroDamage May 9, 2014 Share ZeroDamage Member May 9, 2014 Well, for now I've solved the question of which Windows OS to install on my new gaming rig. The answer? Ubuntu. We'll see how this goes. We have a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfsblood May 12, 2014 Author Share Wolfsblood Member May 12, 2014 Things are progressing, though not as swiftly as I'd hoped. This isn't surprising as it's been a very long time since I've done a lot of command line programming and my linux tech guy lives in Finland. It's still possible that I'll have to concede to a dual boot, especially since cs:go isn't listed as linux compatible and that's the primary game I'd likely be playing at Fragfest. There are also several other games that I built this system to play, that I bought through Steam and don't run on linux, as well as a few other programs I own that I use on a regular basis. If I can figure out workarounds for these, then I'll be very happy, if not... :/ Like I said, we'll see where this goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooPC May 12, 2014 Share VooDooPC Member May 12, 2014 (edited) Nvidia's ShadowPlay is pretty nice for streaming/recording if you have a card that supports it. Nvidia has a chip on their card for streaming over the network to their Nvidia Shield (the handheld thing), but they let you use it for streaming and recording. It does all the encoding stuff on that chip so it doesn't affect your game performance like FRAPs and other capture software does. You can set it to be always recording so you can kit a button and it saves your last 20 minutes of game play. It's pretty handy if you do something awesome and no one will believe you. Edited May 12, 2014 by VooDooPC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farberio May 19, 2014 Share farberio Member May 19, 2014 UGHHHHHHH Ubuntu is nice, but it wasn't really ready for prime time when I used it last and I highly doubt its ready now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfsblood May 20, 2014 Author Share Wolfsblood Member May 20, 2014 The basics are working extremely well. Getting it to run the windows versions of steam games is proving tricky though. i got windows steam to install just fine, and it installed some games I wanted to play. it even launched them without any issues, but as soon as I hit any keys on the keyboard, every game I've tried has crashed. I am a rookie at this. Yes I learned command line programming back in the mid 80's, but haven't used it much since the mid 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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