Would I be correct in saying that the ER-X doesn't have a built in modem or WiFi, so I would have to buy a modem and some kind of WiFi transmitter as well?

I'm on linux and have bad internet but a decent CPU. Should I be using net_queued_packet_thread 0?

Try setting resolution to 1440x1080 instead?

From comfig.cfg:

Thanks for the help :)

I'd like function keys, so 60% is too small, and I already have a TKL - I'd prefer something narrower.

I quite like the idea of building a kit, but can't really justify spending £200 on a keyboard.

Thanks for linking the sites, though - mechboards.co.uk sells the Noppoo Choc Mini, and say they are "looking into getting some with Gateron switches", so maybe I'll be able to get one from there in the future.

I'd like a 75% keyboard with Gateron clear switches (something like this) but can't find anywhere that sells them in the UK. Does anyone have any advice?

Just wanted to post and say that my father's computer is now built and functional. Thanks for all the help you've once again provided me with.

Hello again.

Seeing as it's been 3 weeks, my initial post is here and your last reply here. Given that I wasn't going going to reply for this long, I should at least have posted to thank you for the help you'd given so far, so sorry about that.

Brother's friend:

Is totally happy with the list you put together for him. He decided to wait until his exams finished before buying, but is now ordering components. Thanks for all the assistance you gave.

Father:

Wanted to make the following changes, and was willing to stretch his budget to accommodate them:

Bigger case (Fractal Design Core 1500 instead of Fractal Design Core 1100) to give him the option of adding a second HDD, which I believe wouldn't have been possible with the old case because of the length of the graphics card.

Larger SSD (Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB instead of SK hynix SL308 250 GB).

Internal SD card reader (couldn't find PCPartPicker category for this type of component - Amazon link).

Full revised list is shown below.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£195.42 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£63.87 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory (£123.00 @ More Computers)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£131.94 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Toshiba - X300 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£116.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 460 2GB Dual OC Video Card (£73.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1500 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£50.65 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.39 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£83.94 @ Aria PC)
Other: CSL 3.5" all-in-one USB 3.0 (Super Speed) card reader (£14.85)
Total: £902.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-24 17:21 BST+0100

I'd like to set up my sensitivity and FOV in minecraft to match TF2. Any idea how I would do this?

He doesn't want or need ECC.

His current PC in 44 cm x 36 cm x 18 cm. My PC is 52 cm x 45 cm x 23 cm and he thinks it's too big.

Honestly though the size requirement isn't too important, and he could probably be persuaded to go with a larger case if there would be some benefit to doing so. I'll tell him the dimensions of whatever case you recommend and if he's adamant that it's too big I'll say so.

Father would like to drive both monitors at 60 Hz, and wants to have SD and micro SD slots built in.

In terms of size: he doesn't need it to be particularly compact. I think he was just worried that by building a computer he would end up with something stupidly oversized, and doesn't want that. A normal sized desktop would be fine.

I double checked with both whether they would be willing to overclock, and both stated that they would but it isn't a requirement.

My father and brother's friend both want to build computers. Both want to build now and already have peripherals and monitors. Both want computers that will be fast for general use, web browsing and so on.

Father:

Will use it for development work, needs to run Visual Studio and SQL Server well. Also does some video and audio encoding. Doesn't play video games. Needs to drive two monitors, one 3840 x 2160 and one 2560 x 1440. Wants at least 16 GiB of RAM, the OS on an SSD and at least 4 TiB of storage. Wants a built in SD card reader.

Also specified he doesn't want the computer to be much larger than a standard prebuilt desktop.

Budget is £800 including Windows license, though would be happy to spend less. Doesn't want to overclock.

Brother's friend:

Will use it for gaming, mainly Ark: Survival Evolved, plus generic modern AAA titles. Wants to get good frames at maximum settings at 1920 x 1080. Computer needs to drive two 1920 x 1080 monitors but only one will be used for games. Wants the OS on an SSD and wants at least 1 TiB of storage.

Budget is £1300 including Windows license, though would be happy to spend less. Doesn't want to overclock.

Thanks for any help you can give

Double Donkers
gar: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198076122878
Freud: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198242663738

Edit: entered twice oops

I pretty strongly disagree with this change. I think a more restrictive whitelist should be used in 6s, but I still understand that allowing unlocks has positives - they can open up new strategies, give the potential for new surprise plays and generally allow for innovation.

None of these things are considerations in DM. The only thing that matters for DM is how well you can practice your aim and movement, and the majority of unlocks don't help with this - it requires the exact same skills to aim most of them as it does with stock weapons. All you add with this whitelist is additional potential for cheese plays and trolling, without actually improving the experience for people who want to improve their DM, which is what the server is for.

If an unlock requires some kind of different skill to aim, and as such people might want to practice with it in a DM server, then whitelisting it is fair enough. Otherwise please keep it to stock.

Sigafoo prolander to have better whitelist than 6s?