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any suggestions on a monitor i could spend maybe £500 must haves would be HDR atleast 1440p good input lag i would like 27-30" 120/144hz g-sync 4k no TN i think its asking a lot for 4k especially with gsync but i "only" have a 1080 so it would help a lot, id rather not spend too much as theres nothing wrong with my current 1440p monitor except the glass fell off i would just like hdr and some other fancy shit
i've been trying to find a monitor that's IPS HDR10 144hz 1440p Freesync but it seems impossible. there's always a tradeoff like it being a TN or only 1080p or 60hz or some shit.
So, I decided fuck a budget because I wanted a new monitor and pretty looks so this is what's on the way to my house. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WYJgbX I wish I grabbed some of the RGB sticks of RAM but I got the normal for $45 cheaper, so I'm not complaining.
If you guys are looking for 1440p, HDR,low input lag, and 144hz on a VA panel . https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-LC32HG70QQNXZA-C32HG70-32-Inch-Monitor/dp/B06XT6WQCJ I have this monitor the colors are pretty damn great. I think its well priced.
If you can do without HDR and 144hz this is a great deal for the money: https://www.amazon.com/LG-29UM58-P-21-UltraWide-Monitor/dp/B01B67KAQ4/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1526067678&sr=1-4&keywords=lg+ultrawide+29%22&dpID=51QtLFAij-L&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch I was able to overclock mine to 75hz which is more than enough for me.
Yeah I gave up on that and just went with 2 monitors. Now I have a 1440p 144hz Freesync IPS Koreashit monitor and a Dell U2718Q. Let me know if you have any success.
Some chipsets and motherboards support ecc, specifically ecc unbuffered. AMD cpus generally always do but AMD says it's up to the motherboard manufactuers while Intel it's a total toss up based on cpu, motherboard and chipset compatibility. I picked up 3x2gb 1333mhz ddr3 sticks for my 1366 X58 computer for $18 shipped on ebay, popped them right in and they are happy to run at 8-8-8-20-1T at 1600mhz along side my other memory. Mac Pro's came with 1866mhz ECC unbuffered and the pcb is black if you want some neat atheistic in your higher end used parts too. Compatibility is always a slight gamble but if someone has confirmed it on your motherboard and you don't go out and buy weird stuff that's dual rank and no one knows what it is you should be okay. I absolutely wouldn't be spending money on new DDR3 though, it's just not worth the price.
32" is 5k territory, 1440p is for 27" monitors.
Vega is somewhat complicated. If the Vega 56 was avail. for around SEP, then it's a very good (very good) value proposition, especially if you get an partner/custom cooled card, since you can OC the HBM and core clock to stock Vega 64 (and quite above) levels. Drivers have improved quite a bit, but still not as stable as Fury series was to me. I'd recommend buying from Sapphire, or XFX. Both are super hard to get, and XFX has absolutely FUGLY designs right now, so you might have to go Asus (better), or Gigabyte. I recommend staying away from Powercolor though.
I don't see any negative aspect for 32 inch 1440p. It looks really good, and you cant even see pixels. It works really well actully, in my opinion 5k is complete overkill and games look great and perform pretty good on a 970, with the added benefit that it was only 30 bucks more for 32 inch compared to it's 27 inch counterpart.
I can definitely see pixels at the same density (old 1080p 24" monitor) but I'm also afflicted with the ability to see jpeg artifacts nobody else notices so there's that.
Maybe the only time I notice pixels is if I get super close to the monitor.
Oh hey! Wasn't expecting this comprehensive a reply. Some points in response: The Fractal Meshify looks great, thanks for that suggestion. Not a bad asking price either. I do have ways to get around the mining-crazed GPU prices due to my line of work, so as long it's stable enough for a daily driver, I'm sold. The look of the card doesn't really matter much due to the fact I'll probably never see it again once it's installed; looks be damned, as long as it stays cool. Speaking of staying cool though... Last page someone shared their open-air rig and I noticed something strange. I think they had a GPU with what's supposed to be an AIO liquid cooler for a CPU on it? What the heck? That's a thing? It doesn't look custom either, is that just a part you can buy?
Yeah Corsair make GPU mounts for their CPU AIOs. Hydro Series HG10.
That voids your GPU warranty pretty much instantly, I'm guessing. Is it universal or do they make specific ones for specific GPUs? If Vega is as much of a space heater as I've heard from some people, going to that extreme might be worth it, considering I've never had to use a GPU's warranty anyway.
It's GPU specific but buying a new bracket is a lot cheaper than buying a whole new cooler.
XFX will let you install custom cooling on it's cards and still honor warranty (assuming you didn't break it from the modification) and in general is really nice to work with in my experience. I've heard similar things on the Nvidia side about EVGA. FWIW in the United States it's illegal for companies to void warranty for disassembly of equipment you purchased, so long as you're not the reason the equipment broke. Many manufacturers will fight you on this though. Vega with any good aftermarket cooler like the Sapphire Pulse or Nitro+ is honestly good enough. I'm not a huge fan of AiOs generally (mostly to do with pump failure rate). The 1080 is also a great card, whatever you can get cheaper I recommend you get. You said you do professional work, make sure it doesn't require CUDA, if it does then you 100% need to go Nvidia.
I'm mostly concerned with heat management during the summer, since this PC is up against an exterior wall on the sunny side, and my AC isn't the strongest. Would all-liquid cooling lead to lower ambient case temps?
There's also the NXZT G12 which works with a ton of AIOs including Corsair and mounts to way more GPUs.
Just get some good noctua fans and make sure your airflow inside the case is optimized. My main gripe with AiO deaths is that it's generally just a PITA, you have to RMA it and go through that process, then uninstall the whole thin, and it'll take your system out of service until you get the replacement. And this is coming from someone who has his GPU and CPU AiO cooled. Anyway, it's really up to you, these days AiO and air cooling are pretty close on the high end, so it's basically preference. Custom loop is baller AF though, and certainly worth the money if you need that level of cooling. Vega has things like Morpehus ii (IIRC) that are basically like CPU finstacks for the GPU, just strap a couple 120mm fans on it and boom, aftermarket cooling performance. If you go the Vega route.
I've considered a custom loop several times, since they're much cheaper to get started with these days, and with the addition of an emergency dump valve it'd be really easy to empty out and repair. My only issue with that is how to arrange the loop to both not get in the way if I want to swap my RAM or NIC, and provide ideal cooling to two components (CPU and a GPU block) along the way.
I'll be good god-damned. The Stilt's timings actually work. Went from DDR4 3200 16-18-18-36-54 at 1.35v stock XMP to DDR4 3200 14-17-17-30-38 at only 1.405v On top of that, my Ryzen Infinity Fabric actually got a minor undervolt in all of this. Win-win.
Moving into a new apartment in July and that means I get to fabricate a new desk and mounting setup for my water cooling again. I'm pretty excited.
Are custom loops still really high maintenance? I remember things like tube/fitting wear and yearly cleanings were the biggest deterrent for most people, aside from component obstruction and high accidental damage risk.
I went with dual Corsair AIOs because they have a leak warranty for your entire computer, but I used to use a custom loop with a giant external fanless radiator. Maintenance wise it was pretty simple, I hardly even had to change out the fluid. I just used straight antifreeze 50/50 meant for a car. Worst thing that happened was a pump failure about 3 years in, and given the nature of it being so external I just removed the pump and replaced it with an in-line fishtank pump.
Not particularly moreso than AiOs. I'll have to see how my second h100i V2 holds up, but so far I've had to replace my AiO once a year from pump failure. Hopefully my Vega's pump holds out longer.
God, fuck cryptomining in the mouth. Sourcing that RX V56 is such an enormous fucking hassle, even my work's supplier is giving me the run around and wanting to put me on a wait list, and they can't even guarantee it'll be any cheaper. I JUST WANT ONE CARD FOR FUCKS SAKE
So hey, in my eventual upgrade I'm going to be switching from my old static 256GB SSD to a full Terabyte M.2 SSD, but honestly... the hardware upgrade is all I really want. I've yet to see a reason to switch to Windows 10 from 7 aside from DX12, which I understand isn't any good yet anyway. I'd rather keep the software side as-is. I've heard SSDs can just clone to each other, but will the install programs and OS still work correctly afterwards? At minimum I can see Windows itself crying foul even if it works, demanding a new product key... and that's fine I guess, because otherwise people could just copy windows installs forever. Just want to know what I'm walking into with this.
Hell, if I was able to straight clone a 1TB HDD to a 1TB SATA SSD with no issues, you should be okay going SSD to SSD. I didn't even have to reactivate Windows, which was a little surprising.
Should work fine, just extend the partition in disk management afterwards to use the full disk.
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