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[QUOTE=joshuadim;48053076]How would I download the ISO of the W10 on an entirely new computer?[/QUOTE] You use a different computer, burn it to a disk, or copy it to a usb stick.
[QUOTE=Bugga12;48053079]You'd get the ISO now and store it in a flashdrive/external Hdd/burn the ISO to a DVD. Do I really have to tell you this..? Not to be an ass or anything but... There are storing solutions everywhere.[/QUOTE] Well I'm not tech smart :c i feel dumb now
[QUOTE=joshuadim;48053100]Well I'm not tech smart :c i feel dumb now[/QUOTE] I'm sorry, I assumed you were used to stuff like this. :v:
[QUOTE=Bugga12;48053055]He could save 193,97€ if he took out the soundcard, malware and OS. Why OS? Because if you have the chance to download an ISO of the Preview of W10 now and eventually it'll be updated to the full version for free. Might as well take advantage of that. Also, if you want Windows 7 because "lel so much better", you're just kidding yourself. Even if the UI wasn't the most pleasing in Win 8.1, the performance is much better and the resource management is a lot better than 7's.[/QUOTE] Can put the rest of that toward a 970 instead of a 960
Alright, I took out the Windows 7 and the sound card as well as the 960 and replaced it with a GTX 970 4GB. The machine is around $1,739.75 now. Should I attempt an SLI?
What would the price be if you took out the 970 and instead a 980ti?
It would be at $2,085.23
I would go for that instead then if you're willing to push the budget up just a hair.
What's the performance difference between the 980 and the 980ti? Is it massive or somewhat small?
[QUOTE=joshuadim;48053564]What's the performance difference between the 980 and the 980ti? Is it massive or somewhat small?[/QUOTE] Pretty massive, about 30%
There's a smaller gap between a 980ti and a titan than there is between a 980 and a ti. It's a fair size but if you want a 980 instead there's definitely nothing wrong with that card and you'll get some great performance out of it.
I'm looking to upgrade my system over time, and the first thing that needs upgrading is my video card, my GTX 550 Ti just isn't cutting it anymore on modern titles. I've been looking at the new 300 series AMD cards, and I can't decide what to get. My current PC is running an i5 750 OC'd at 3.2GHz, and I can't figure out what would be the best card in my price range (~$250). There's the new Sapphire Nitro 380 4gb, and that looks really promising, but I've heard that the Sapphire Vapor-X 280x performs about the same, and I can get it for $10 cheaper and it comes with a $20 rebate. There's also the GTX 960, but I've heard that card isn't that good. Thoughts?
[QUOTE=christarp;48047465]I have a Radeon 7000 I'll give it to u for only $40 deal y/n???[/QUOTE] 7000 as in hd 7000 or the old ass shit
[QUOTE=Levelog;48050937][url]http://www.skytech.lt/m12iievo620-psu-seasonic-m12iievo620-620w-plus-bronze-retail-p-188893.html[/url][/QUOTE] That's kinda pricey. What risk would I be running if I stayed with my current PSU? It's still not very old and I haven't had any problems with it before.
Looking for a new monitor, which of these two would you guys recommend? [url]http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-pb278q[/url] [url]http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe[/url] Mostly I suppose, I'm wondering the advantage IPS has over TN, and 144Hz has over 60Hz respectively.
Is this a good $2000 build? I'm using it for gaming mostly at 1080p fully maxed-out, also for recording/video editing. [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/m8MRXL]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/m8MRXL/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80648i75820k]Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor[/url] ($525.00 @ PCCaseGear) [b]CPU Cooler:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2]Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler[/url] ($59.00 @ CPL Online) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-x99extreme4]ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard[/url] ($349.00 @ CPL Online) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ct4k4g4dfs8213]Crucial 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory[/url] ($238.00 @ Umart) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a240g]Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive[/url] ($119.00 @ Centre Com) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm001]Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] ($98.00 @ Centre Com) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-1003618gvxsr]Sapphire Radeon R9 290X 8GB Vapor-X Video Card[/url] ($525.00) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc9011038ww]Corsair Graphite Series 230T Orange ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($99.00 @ CPL Online) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600m]Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply[/url] ($115.00 @ CPL Online) [b]Total:[/b] $2127.00 [i]Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i] [i]Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-27 16:36 AEST+1000[/i] I got the OC'd 8gb r9 290x because it's the same as the r9 390x, not sure if it's worth getting that instead of an OC'd GTX 970 though.
You're going to lack performance long before you lack vram on a default 290X especially on a "low" resolution like 1080p. The 8gb doubles that and really only makes sense performance/memory wise when you crossfire them. CPU cooler is not sufficient when overclocking. I was going to say something about how DDR4 and I7-5xxx is a questionable price/performance tradeoff. But then i realized it was AUD so its not that bad anymore :). Although its worth noting that its complete fucking overkill for playing games on the CPU side. A 970 or 290 would make more sense on the GPU side. 290X, 290 crossfire, 980, 980ti are all valid options but kinda overkill for 1080p.
[QUOTE=Cold;48062769]You're going to lack performance long before you lack vram on a default 290X especially on a "low" resolution like 1080p. The 8gb doubles that and really only makes sense performance/memory wise when you crossfire them. CPU cooler is not sufficient when overclocking. I was going to say something about how DDR4 and I7-5xxx is a questionable price/performance tradeoff. But then i realized it was AUD so its not that bad anymore :). Although its worth noting that its complete fucking overkill for playing games on the CPU side. A 970 or 290 would make more sense on the GPU side. 290X, 290 crossfire, 980, 980ti are all valid options but kinda overkill for 1080p.[/QUOTE] I see what you mean, I've updated the list to accomadate. [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/L6Bwf7]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/L6Bwf7/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80648i75820k]Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor[/url] ($525.00 @ PCCaseGear) [b]CPU Cooler:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-h55]Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler[/url] ($82.00 @ CPL Online) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-x99extreme4]ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard[/url] ($349.00 @ CPL Online) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-ct4k4g4dfs8213]Crucial 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory[/url] ($238.00 @ Umart) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a240g]Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive[/url] ($119.00 @ Centre Com) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm001]Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] ($98.00 @ Centre Com) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx970gaming4g]MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card[/url] ($501.00 @ IJK) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc9011038ww]Corsair Graphite Series 230T Orange ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($99.00 @ CPL Online) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx500m]Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply[/url] ($99.00 @ CPL Online) [b]Total:[/b] $2110.00 [i]Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i] [i]Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-27 17:59 AEST+1000[/i] Also, if there was an 850 EVO 250GB SSD in M.2 form available for the same price as the Kingston SSD, would it be worth looking into?
[QUOTE=kobalt;48062495]Looking for a new monitor, which of these two would you guys recommend? [url]http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-pb278q[/url] [url]http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe[/url] Mostly I suppose, I'm wondering the advantage IPS has over TN, and 144Hz has over 60Hz respectively.[/QUOTE] I can tell you that once you switch to 144Hz, you will be in love with it for like the first few days, but then you will get used to it as you are used to a 60Hz monitor now. But once you go back to 60Hz you notice how shitty 60Hz is. It's definitely a luxury item. I don't regret my purchase, though. I have a BenQ XL2430T. Aside from certain issues such as self-changing brightness in some games and ugly ghosting on some settings, I love it. Also, the only thing I know that IPS has over TN is viewing angles, and probably picture quality (from what I've heard), but I have never actually seen an IPS monitor for myself.
[QUOTE=Cold Finger;48063045]I can tell you that once you switch to 144Hz, you will be in love with it for like the first few days, but then you will get used to it as you are used to a 60Hz monitor now. But once you go back to 60Hz you notice how shitty 60Hz is. It's definitely a luxury item. I don't regret my purchase, though. I have a BenQ XL2430T. Aside from certain issues such as self-changing brightness in some games and ugly ghosting on some settings, I love it. Also, the only thing I know that IPS has over TN is viewing angles, and probably picture quality (from what I've heard), but I have never actually seen an IPS monitor for myself.[/QUOTE] Ive went from a Asus VQ248 1080p 144hz TN panel to Acer XB270HU 1440p 144hz IPS panel. And beside viewing angles there is definetly a huge colour difference between those two almost as the asus was way to bright washed out colours. But then again I did absolutely hate that asus panel it was terrible colour wise. But I also do own few other IPS monitors that are 60hz/1080p but 4times as cheap as my acer. And before I had a good panel there were only minor differences in owning a IPS or TN in the low 200-300 prices area. I guess most of it depends on how much of a good qaulity panel you got. But IPS does help thought if comparing them to a TN with same price range of panels colourwise. TLDR: if you ever owned a single IPS doesnt matter what qaulity dont get that asus VQ248 it will look terrible. If you do want 144hz TN thought and dont want to go to expensive id look at BenQ monitors.
Thinking of building a PC with a 1500€ max budget around early Q1 next year. Must have atleast a GTX970 without any bottlenecks anywhere. Must be as silent as possible, atleast when idling. While gaming, i dont mind a littlebit of a hum. So, a well designed airflow with just a few fans or very silent fans, and a semi-passive PSU. I'd like it to be power efficient too. Semi-inexperienced on pc building, so tips would be appreciated. Build must be as balanced as possible, no plans for future upgrades. This will be my ultimate gaming PC. Oh, and i'd like to start over from scratch. So, no salvaged parts.
[QUOTE=Str4fe;48064557]Thinking of building a PC with a 1500€ max budget around early Q1 next year. Must have atleast a GTX970 without any bottlenecks anywhere. Must be as silent as possible, atleast when idling. While gaming, i dont mind a littlebit of a hum. So, a well designed airflow with just a few fans or very silent fans, and a semi-passive PSU. I'd like it to be power efficient too. Semi-inexperienced on pc building, so tips would be appreciated. Build must be as balanced as possible, no plans for future upgrades. This will be my ultimate gaming PC. Oh, and i'd like to start over from scratch. So, no salvaged parts.[/QUOTE] Q1 of next year is kinda hard to build for right now, new hardware will be out by then and prices will definitely be different that far from now
Probably just get cookie cutter i5-4690K + GeForce GTX 970 build, get a silent CPU cooler, silent case and a powerefficient PSU, which will also make it thermal efficient and probably make it more silent. But yeah, shit will be different by then.
[QUOTE=Satane;48065431]You can never have a good enough cpu if you play certain games like arma.[/QUOTE] Maybe if it offered better singlecore performance it would make a difference.
[QUOTE=FlandersNed;48062880]I see what you mean, I've updated the list to accomadate. [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a240g]Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive[/url] ($119.00 @ Centre Com) Also, if there was an 850 EVO 250GB SSD in M.2 form available for the same price as the Kingston SSD, would it be worth looking into?[/QUOTE] Could I get an answer to this please?
You definitely don't want that kingston. Go with the samsung.
[QUOTE=Levelog;48067816]You definitely don't want that kingston. Go with the samsung.[/QUOTE] Noticed that when you suggested my build. Any particular reason why? Also, here's what I will be [url=http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/]building![/url] still deciding on that PCI-E SSD, though. I don't think it's worth the money right now. My 3D Printer is having issues, one of them being it hasn't arrived at my house yet... I would love to post pics of my custom case... but... I don't think a sheet of metal with screw holes for ATX motherboards is very interesting...
Kingston did a bait and switch with their initial SSDNOWs. They released them at first and got a bunch of good reviews, and then switched the NAND on them to something that gets FAR worse performance and didn't tell anyone, and left the model name the exact same so you didn't know if you were getting a good or bad one. I don't know if they ever switched back, but they at least hadn't as of a few months ago. That's why they're so cheap, and such an unbelievably shitty move will have me never buying a kingston product again.
Ok so I looked at my old build I came up with yesterday for ~2000$ and I said to myself: "It's not good enough" So I rebuilt from the ground up with some better and some cheaper components! Thoughts? CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 6 Core 3.3Ghz LGA 2011-v3 ([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117402"]Link[/URL]) - $389.99 Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus LGA 2011-v3 ([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130796"]Link[/URL]) - $219.99 GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB ([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G2HZ4349"]Link[/URL]) - $569.54 Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB (4x4) 288-pin DDR4 3000 ([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231822"]Link[/URL]) - $164.99 Power Supply: EVGA 80 PLUS Bronze 750W ([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438025"]Link[/URL]) - $79.99 Hard Drive: Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache ([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149396"]Link[/URL]) - $89.99 SSD: Kingston V300 Series 60GB 2.5" SSD ([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA12K1NG8894"]Link[/URL]) - $51.25 Cooling: NZXT Kraken Liquid CPU Cooling ([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835146042"]Link[/URL]) - $139.99 Drive: ASUS DVD/CD Burner([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204"]Link[/URL]) - $19.99 Monitor: ACER 24" 1920x1080([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009513"]Link[/URL]) x2 - $259.98 Keyboard/Mouse: CM Storm Devestator Keyboard/Mouse Combo([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823129032"]Link[/URL]) - $29.99 Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 450D ATX Mid-Tower ([URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G2KG1965"]Link[/URL]) - $132.85 Total: $2148.54 Anything to change for better performance/lower cost?
Get a bigger SSD, even installing windows on its own is pushing it on an 60gb SSD. Like windows itself is somewhere around 25gb, then the hypernation image file is 16gb, then the swap is another few gigabytes. After a few years of updates, redistributeables, it probably won't even fit anymore. Besides that being able to run applications that aren't games off the main harddisk is nice. The 120GB version of the same SSD is 9 dollars more expensive, but also consider going to 240GB which is like a ~100$.
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