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Finished assembling the new PC. Needless to say, it's wonderful.

Yeah, and this is my first custom build as well so I get to experience all the joy and frustration for the first time.

http://i.imgur.com/UQ0bvv3.jpg

The HAF 912 I bought had to come out of somewhere in Cali, everything else shipped from Memphis so I got it today. Will possibly post a build album alongside a finished product picture when the case gets here.

When it comes to making sure parts are compatible, I'm fine. As for what I put together, yes the CPU is lackluster, and the motherboard is a bit as well, but considering what I have now (AMD Athlon X2 220, 4 GB RAM, Galaxy GeForce GT520, 500GB HDD) it's a major upgrade.

Okay so I went ahead and put together this semi-budget build. My intent was to only spend more than $100 on the CPU and GPU, which I did. Made sure it wall works together, PC Part Picker's only concern is if the 770 will fit in my HAF 912, but I think it should be fine.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($93.18 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Biostar TA970 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($53.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($77.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($299.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($53.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118BB DVD/CD Drive ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-BL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-BL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-BL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-BL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-BL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($3.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $835.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-13 16:58 EST-0500

Now that I've decided to build a new PC, which retailer should I order parts from? The two big ones I know of are Newegg and MicroCenter, but I know there are others.

I've had my FK1 for about 2-3 months now, and I think it's a fantastic mouse. Only gripe with the FK1 is my scroll wheel wobbles a bit, as others have said, but that's not a deal breaker. Other than that, it had a great sensor and glides smooth on almost any mousepad. Not sure about the FK2 yet, I've only seen what it looks like so far.

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If you get a chance to, I'd appreciate it. Thanks for doing this, Kevin.

The PureTrak Talent is massive. Also new mouse and chair.

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Yeah, I've noticed the Rancho Relaxo bug, too. I'm just glad I'm not the only one with this issue. Hopefully Valve patches this soon.

Ever since about 2 or 3 updates ago, every spawn door in TF2, no matter the map or the server, will open and close very slowly for me. The doors will sputter or jerk close, as opposed to the normal smooth opening and closing animation. The sound made for the opening and closing animation plays as normal, and I can enter and exit as normal too. It's isn't a ping or FPS issue, both are stable when this happens. I've already tried validating my TF2 files, removing custom files, etc.

EDIT: Apparently when health packs rotate and teleporters spin, they're incredibly slow as well. If anyone knows a fix to this that would be greatly appreciated.

Currently looking to be a starting Pocket on a low-mid open team. I don't have any prior ESEA experience, which may or may not be a deal breaker to some, but I feel that I've gotten to the point where I can confidently play in open as a Pocket. My DM and my comms are good but I feel I could work on my gamesense, and would be willing to seek a Pocket mentor, if that would mean getting myself to the level of play I want. I'm open to criticism from teammates, have Mumble, pretty chill to be around, and pug/play games other than TF2 often, so I can hang out with a team when we're not scrimming or playing matches. I am trying to get onto a Gold HL team so Mondays may conflict with scrims/matches, and my work schedule may too, but I will always confirm when I can and can't play scrims/matches.

1.6'/360
1,000 DPI.
5.00 in-game sensitivity.
Mouse accel is on, but said to 1, I get weird jitters that I can't work out without it being on.
8/11 Windows multiplier.
Default yaw speed.

And I manage to play Soldier with that, I have no idea how.

Thank you.

I can live with just one, I'll just use the one that occurs most in console.