Budget CPU to go alongside a Geforce GTX 680?

[alpenwasser]

other way around for me. my second monitor is 16:10, for games that isn't really good.
what i'm looking for is a 21.5" 120hz monitor, but those don't exist unfortunately the resolution is okay, but i never tried 1440p either.

Yeah if my primary concern was gaming I might also find a 1080p to my liking, but I mostly use my computer for coding/surfing/general office work and you really do feel the additional vertical resolution there (especially for programming). After all, I've never really been bothered by the 720p on the PS3 (no, I won't apologize for that, Metal Gear Solid 4 alone was worth it), so I'd probably be happy with 1080p for gaming.

Two or more monitors suited to their respective purpose would be ideal of course but I prefer one good display to two mediocre ones, so one monitor it is for the moment.

Hm, this might have gone slightly off-topic

 

[slovenlyjimmy]

Might be a little off topic, but still interesting!

I'll be using my rig for nothing other than gaming at 1080p on a 47" inch LG Plasma screen in the lounge. For my purposes as long as I can ensure a minimum 30 fps I'll be happy.

Whilst I want to upgrade from a Xbox 360 to a proper gaming PC I'll still be playing with a 360 controller from the couch!

 

[alpenwasser]

Might be a little off topic, but still interesting!

Happy to provide something of worth

The OC3D forums are pretty chill in that regard. So long as the OP does not object and no flame war/insult slinging is going on a thread is usually allowed to drift wherever the conversation takes it (yes I know I've not joined that long ago but I'd been lurking for quite a while before that).

I suppose I'm still a bit used to stiffer winds. I've been to forums where a mod would have hammered down on us by now with an iron fist, or at least a wooden one

I have to admit, even though mouse/keyboard is vastly superior for most games I play (FPS, third person shooters, adventures), I do love to just chill on my couch and game on my PS3 with the controller. It's just more relaxing than sitting in front of my PC (at least to me, others might have different preferences)

 

[SeekaX]

Two or more monitors suited to their respective purpose would be ideal of course but I prefer one good display to two mediocre ones, so one monitor it is for the moment.

i'm a programmer (well a rookie) as well, doesn't bother me much to scroll down a bit more often. and get a second monitor, once you use two monitors you will cry in despair when you have to go back to only using one. it's soooo good, especially for browsing and coding.

 

[alpenwasser]

i'm a programmer (well a rookie) as well, doesn't bother me much to scroll down a bit more often.

Not an expert either, just somebody who's had some college courses, is generally interested in the subject and does some coding when he has time (well, I did do a PHP website in the past few months due to taking a break from college, but that's the only actual business deployment program of mine for the foreseeable future :lol: ).

Regarding vertical scrolling, I often work with split terminal consoles (they are sort of important/useful on Linux), and when I start tiling them the vertical space comes in very handy. And since I try to avoid the mouse as much as possible (slow! ) and do all window switching by keyboard I do not like it when I have to scroll.

I actually have an extension on my browser that lets me scroll using the "hjkl" keys (it's one of the Vim extensions, don't recall which one at the moment), so I don't have to use the mouse for browsing as often as normally.

and get a second monitor, once you use two monitors you will cry in despair when you have to go back to only using one. it's soooo good, especially for browsing and coding.

Totally agree on dual monitor, my dad has that setup and I've worked on his machine on a few occasions. Although having said that, I switched to a tiling window manager last fall (i3) for my website project and have to admit, it's almost as good. Not quite, but almost.

It provides enough virtual desktops (I usually use around 4 to 7, by default it provides 10) and the tiling thing works very nicely once you've gotten used to letting go of trying to control how large your windows are :lol:. I switched after having realized that my workflow had slowly evolved to a point where I was doing exactly the same thing as a tiling window manager does (namely, tiling my windows), but since I was doing it manually I was losing a lot of time adjusting my window sizes with the mouse and moving them around. So I thought why not switch to an actual tiler and haven't regretted it.

The tiler allows me to switch between desktops and windows quickly and precisely using my keyboard (a modifier key and again "hjkl") so it allows for insanely fast switching between and moving around of applications/windows.

Best setup for programming/coding for my personal preferences would probably be three 24" 1920x1200 in portrait mode. Shit for watching movies or playing games (the bezels would bother me quite a bit ), but awesome for programming.