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I'm looking to upgrade from my ancient i5 760, but I can't decide whether I should get a R5 1600 or i5 8400. Thoughts? I basically only play games and browse the web
From what I've read, Intel is the best for gaming currently.
I upgraded away from my i5 6600k and would like to put it back in use in another build. I've always wanted to build a more competent Kodi machine after getting too frustrated with the poor performance of my current Raspberry Pi 3 and this seems ideal. You guys got any ideas for a silent, always on build for that purpose? I got a MSI Krait z170 as well but I think I might want to switch it out for a smaller form factor. Everything else needs to be purchased. Unrelated to the above, when should one switch out their PSU due to old age? I'm still sporting a Corsair HX650W in my current build and its about 8 years old now. It had a warranty of 7 years so I'm starting to get a little worried of it dying on me.
The 8400 is probably a little faster per-core, but you can't OC it and all but 1 or 2 threads are going to be closer to 2.8ghz than 4.0. I'd go with the 1600 and OC it, but if you don't want to overclock just get the 1600X and you'll be set.
that seems kinda overkill for kodi there are some faster SBC's you could try
The i5 6600k is most likely overkill but its what I got on hand so I'd rather use that than purchase a weaker, brand new CPU. SBC stands for what? Kodi is an SBC?
Single Board Computer, i was thinking of things like the asus tinkerboard or odroid models as ones that are more powerful than a pi3
So I've currently got a GTX970 and I'm looking to upgrade. Will I get a noticeable difference out of a 1070, or should I probably save for the 1080? I guess I could always wait for the new gen XX70 card too.
What kind of monitor setup do you use? The 970 should be good for quite some time if you use 1080p/60hz. Otherwise anything like 144hz, 4k, 1440p you might wanna upgrade. I had an MSI 970 with a 1080p/144hz monitor for years before upgrading to 1440p/144hz and the card just couldn't handle it, so I went with a 1080.
Did GPU prices drop yet?
I run a dual 1080p:144Hz/60Hz setup at the minute, which is a shame because both monitors are 144Hz but I didn't realise I could only output 60Hz over HDMI. Card handles this pretty fine. Reason I'm looking to upgrade is I just bought a Rift, so the 970 is really on the low end of cutting it. No glaring problems so far but a couple of games have struggled here and there.
unless you got some small ass case made out of Chinese scrap metal its easy shits like lego
Dude, what are you having trouble with? Did you look up any guides beforehand?
The case itself should have an instruction manual in the first place. Always read the instructions before acting. You won't fuck up.
Which cooler did you get? ignore anything universal and just get something for your socket.
Hey guys, looking to upgrade my pc, which I had since 2012. I want to change the GPU, the monitor, the case and add more storage. Any tips? Preferably to play newer games such as NieR, Far Cry 5 and FF15 at maybe 60 fps
So I'm looking to upgrade my current pc. I recently got a 1920x1080@144hz monitor so I'd like to take advantage of the higher refresh rate. im still on the fence about upgrading to windows 10. budget is ~$1500 Anything glaringly wrong with this? Is my powersupply big enough? I have no idea what motherboard to get, i just looked at reddit/pcpartpicker and that one seemed to be popular, but its a bit ugle and i dont really care about RGB, maybe another one would be cheaper?
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/237741/2478cf37-878d-47f8-8158-38dce073e49e/new.PNG i sold my motherboard/ram/cpu earlier so i hope it turns up on the 19th
2600x achieves the high clocks of a 2700x, so if you don't need the higher parallel performance, that's perfectly fine. 2600x should do great. I'm on a 1700 at 3.8 and a x370 prime. Very tempted to put a 2700x in my system.
Looking to upgrade and the new Ryzens are definitely giving me lots to think about. Struggling to pull the trigger... I'm impatiently waiting for the release in a few days and some solid reviews and benchmarks.
I've been wanting to upgrade my pc for a while, i need to put to rest this old ass 660 gtx. What bothers me are the GPU's prices. I wanted to get a 1080 but NVIDIA recently released the 1070ti. I know both are close in performance, and that the 1070ti OC is a beast but i don't really like OC my gpus that much. What i am asking is, should i wait for 1080 prices to drop or just get 1070ti, since the price difference is not so close here.
Currently using a Samsung 830 256gb SSD as my main drive, wanna up it a bit. Thinking of getting an Intel 600P as my main drive with a Crucial MX500 as a secondary SSD. Yes or no?
I don't believe 600P's are all that special. Maybe look at the newer WD black m.2's. Pretty competitive to a 960 Evo while being cheaper. Pretty similar to 600P price.
out of curiosity https://i.imgur.com/VN1gAko.png is this good or should a R5 1400+1050 Ti be better?
Price alert for UK people, OCUK has some 1070Ti available for at or below MSRP: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070ti-gaming-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-19m-gi.html https://www.overclockers.co.uk/palit-geforce-gtx-1070ti-twin-x2-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-044-pl.html
https://helifreak.club/image/20180419214655276.png Great forum.
I've just recently aquired two used 6TB WD Black HDD's. My PC case is: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Carbide-Mid-Tower-Performance-Computer/dp/B017XPP9KK Which comes with a removable HDD cage which you can screw into the base that holds 2 HDDs. I took the cage out a while ago because it was in the way and I must have lost the trays that the HDD's go on then slide into the cage. Tray: https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-%7C-Parts/PC-Components/Cases/Carbide-400Q-C-HDD-Drive-Tray/p/CC-8930376 Cage: https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-%7C-Parts/PC-Components/Cases/Carbide-400Q-C-HDD-Drive-Cage/p/CC-8930375 The tray's are out of stock, I emailed Corsair to see if I could get replacements but they said that I could only get them from their website when they come back into stock. I bought two of these: https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-%7C-Parts/PC-Components/Cases/Replacement-hard-drive-tray-%281-unit%29/p/CC-8930040 Because my logic is that HDDs are generally the same default size and the tray must fit all common HDDs so I thought it would just fit as all the measurements would be the same. The HDDs fit the trays but the trays are too long compared to the ones for the case so my dust cover won't fit on properly unless I put the trays in upside down which would mean the HDDs are upside down. Is there any problem with putting HDDs upside down whilst they are in use? Or does anyone know of a place I could buy the correct trays from?
Sounds like a car mechanic is the perfect job for you :V
i got a corsair MP500 for £50, its only 120gb but thats enough for windows and a few average sized games, it seems to be one of the cheapest low capacity drives available but also one of the best performing
I haven't been paying attention to the prices lately. Are GPU prices finally falling?
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