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[QUOTE=taipan;48552889]With DX12 comming, i7's are going to see a boost in game performance for games created in dx12. (First will be coming out in december)[/QUOTE] If anything it's going to reduce CPU overhead and low end CPU's are going to see a boost more than high end.
GPUs scaled so fast, that rendering 10 million triangles, was a possible GPU load, but if you distributed it over more then 10k draw calls, the driver would choke under the load. So the drivers in DirectX12 are now multithreaded much better, and they provide a level of control where you can reuse some of the drawcalls. So there is less load, and its better at spreading the load. And that will mainly be apparent on AMD GPUs (because their driver performance is about 1.5-3 worse then Nvidia ones) and low single core performance CPUs, or just weaker CPUs in general. EDIT: Amount of DrawCalls is pretty much controlled by the amount of shit on the screen, so RTS games with thousand of units, or open world games, will benefit much more from this, then for example an indoor FPS.
Looking for a full ATX gaming and adobe oriented video editing desktop, with a slant toward editing. Trying to fit it under 1000 using Amazon, since I have Amazon Prime.
Can laptop SATA 1 ports be replaced/upgraded to SATA 2 or 3 ports? Just found out I only have only one SATA 1 port and no others, and I'd like to switch it out so my SSD will work properly.
Hey guys, I need some help with a suggestion for a CPU cooler. My build consists of: - Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB SSD - EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked ACX 2.0 4GB - G.Skill Ripjaws 4 F4-2400C15Q-16GRR 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 - Intel Core i7 5820K - EVGA SuperNOVA 1000W Platinum Power Supply - Western Digital WD Black 1TB WD1003FZEX - Corsair 760T Full Tower Graphite Series And I just recently purchased: - Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4P ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard I was on PC Part Picker and it said I needed a CPU cooler, otherwise everything else was compatible. I intend to use this build for hardcore gaming. Any suggestions for a CPU cooler? Budget shouldn't be much of an issue but I truly want something reliable.
[QUOTE='[ToRn];48557132']Hey guys, I need some help with a suggestion for a CPU cooler. My build consists of: - Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB SSD - EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked ACX 2.0 4GB - G.Skill Ripjaws 4 F4-2400C15Q-16GRR 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 - Intel Core i7 5820K - EVGA SuperNOVA 1000W Platinum Power Supply - Western Digital WD Black 1TB WD1003FZEX - Corsair 760T Full Tower Graphite Series And I just recently purchased: - Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4P ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard I was on PC Part Picker and it said I needed a CPU cooler, otherwise everything else was compatible. I intend to use this build for hardcore gaming. Any suggestions for a CPU cooler?[/QUOTE] You planning on overclocking?
[QUOTE=Levelog;48557133]You planning on overclocking?[/QUOTE] Nah I'm not interested in overclocking at the moment.
[QUOTE='[ToRn];48557144']Nah I'm not interested in overclocking at the moment.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/phanteks-cpu-cooler-phtc14pe"]This[/URL] is a really good one, but unnecessary if you're not overclocking. [URL="http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2"]This[/URL] should do more than fine for stock clocks.
Thinking of getting a somewhat cheap gaming desktop. I want to keep the budget around $400 or $450. I already have a spare SSD and hard drive it could use so there's no need for those to go into the budget, and the monitor I have is 1080p. It'll mostly just be used for playing anything Blizzard makes, Dark Souls 1/2, and maybe Black Ops 3. It needs to be small though so it would need to be in a M-ITX or M-ATX case. [editline]27th August 2015[/editline] Oh, and I won't be doing any overclocking.
[QUOTE=Makol;48557201]Thinking of getting a somewhat cheap gaming desktop. I want to keep the budget around $400 or $450. I already have a spare SSD and hard drive it could use so there's no need for those to go into the budget, and the monitor I have is 1080p. It'll mostly just be used for playing anything Blizzard makes, Dark Souls 1/2, and maybe Black Ops 3. It needs to be small though so it would need to be in a M-ITX or M-ATX case. [editline]27th August 2015[/editline] Oh, and I won't be doing any overclocking.[/QUOTE] Budget's a bit tough, but this should do alright at 1080p. Holding solid FPS on high settings. Should get better with DX12 too. [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qPh3pg]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qPh3pg/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i34170]Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor[/url] ($112.99 @ NCIX US) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97mpro4]ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url] ($67.89 @ OutletPC) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2kit4g3d1609ds1s00]Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] ($39.49 @ Amazon) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr737wf2oc2gd]Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card[/url] ($148.00 @ NCIX US) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcacore1000usb3bl]Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($34.99 @ Newegg) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-s12ii520bronze]SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply[/url] ($54.99 @ B&H) [b]Total:[/b] $458.35 [i]Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i] [i]Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-27 23:08 EDT-0400[/i]
Yeah, I could go higher with the budget. But when looking at the big picture I rather not since I could use that money elsewhere. Blizzard games aren't all that demanding, and I'm one of those people who turn shadows off on everything so getting a good framerate shouldn't be too hard. I got "inspired" to get a desktop again after watching Austin Evan's budget [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7OIOnAavC0"]$400[/URL] and [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MOAN005Fvw"]$500[/URL] build videos.
[QUOTE=Makol;48557309]Yeah, I could go higher with the budget. But when looking at the big picture I rather not since I could use that money elsewhere. Blizzard games aren't all that demanding, and I'm one of those people who turn shadows off on everything so getting a good framerate shouldn't be too hard. I got "inspired" to get a desktop again after watching Austin Evan's budget [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7OIOnAavC0"]$400[/URL] and [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MOAN005Fvw"]$500[/URL] build videos.[/QUOTE] Blizzard as in which games? WoW has a [I]very[/I] heavy nvidia bias. Also is used hardware an option? You could get a pretty sick setup.
[QUOTE=Levelog;48557315]Blizzard as in which games? WoW has a [I]very[/I] heavy nvidia bias. Also is used hardware an option? You could get a pretty sick setup.[/QUOTE] Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft 2, Hearthstone, and Diablo 3. I play WoW for 2 months and then not play for another 3 to 4 months (got burned out after playing it since launch), but I may drop it since I'm enjoying ESO on the Xbone. And I rather avoid used.
[QUOTE=Makol;48557322]Heroes of the Storm, StarCraft 2, and Diablo 3. I play WoW for 2 months and then not play for another 3 to 4 months (got burned out after playing it since launch), but may drop it since I'm enjoying ESO on the Xbone. And I rather avoid used.[/QUOTE] Well honestly even heavily nvidia biased games should still get the same FPS with a 750ti (best nvidia card in budget new) as the 370, and not as heavy biased games should be a good bit better with the 370.
Would going wth AMD for the CPU have any major impact on the possible performance of the build?
[QUOTE=Levelog;48557284]Budget's a bit tough, but this should do alright at 1080p. Holding solid FPS on high settings. Should get better with DX12 too. [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qPh3pg]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qPh3pg/by_merchant/]Price breakdown by merchant[/url] [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i34170]Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor[/url] ($112.99 @ NCIX US) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97mpro4]ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard[/url] ($67.89 @ OutletPC) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2kit4g3d1609ds1s00]Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory[/url] ($39.49 @ Amazon) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr737wf2oc2gd]Gigabyte Radeon R7 370 2GB WINDFORCE 2X Video Card[/url] ($148.00 @ NCIX US) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcacore1000usb3bl]Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($34.99 @ Newegg) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-s12ii520bronze]SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply[/url] ($54.99 @ B&H) [b]Total:[/b] $458.35 [i]Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available[/i] [i]Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-27 23:08 EDT-0400[/i][/QUOTE] Why a h97m instead of a h81m? That's a nearly $30 difference on what doesn't seem like much.
ief014, your disagree doesn't make much sense with what I'm asking. Unless you mean that it wouldn't have any, or very little, performance impact.
[QUOTE=Makol;48557507]ief014, your disagree doesn't make much sense with what I'm asking. Unless you mean that it wouldn't have any, or very little, performance impact.[/QUOTE] it's an answer to your question, which is no. but it still varies on which cpu you're looking at.
Based on what people have told me around the internet, and some newer shit coming out, I edited my specs a bit. [b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80662i76700k]Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor[/url] ($359.99 @ NCIX US) [b]CPU Cooler:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-cw9060021ww]Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler[/url] ($109.99 @ Micro Center) [b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://www.dailybreakings.com/pc/msi-launches-the-z170i-gaming-pro-ac-mini-itx-motherboard/]MSI Z170i Gaming Pro AC Mini-ITX Motherboard[/url] ($TBA - Presumed ~$150) [b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2k8g4d240fsa]Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory[/url] ($114.99 @ B&H) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e500bam]Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive[/url] ($171.00 @ Amazon) [b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd40ezrx]Western Digital Green 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] ($134.99 @ Newegg) [b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx980tigaming6g]MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card[/url] ($678.99 @ SuperBiiz) [b]Case:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-cc9011047ww]Corsair 250D Mini ITX Tower Case[/url] ($84.99 @ Amazon) [b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/thermaltake-power-supply-pstpd0750mpcgus1]Thermaltake 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply[/url] ($59.99 @ Newegg) [b]Case Fan:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/thermaltake-case-fan-clf025pl20rea]Thermaltake CL-F025-PL20RE-A 129.6 CFM 200mm Fan[/url] ($18.99 @ Amazon) [b]Total:[/b] $1878.92 I've yet to decide whether to include an optical drive, use the optical drive slot as a water-cooling reservoir, or just take out the tray all together. edit - changing the GPU because the wind force 980ti is 15 inches long, while the case is only 12 inches long 2nd edit - ok, is pcpartpicker wrong on the lengths of video cards? PCPP says the wind force 980ti is 11 inches long, while Amazon says its 15 inches long, similar with the MSI 980Ti, which is like 11.6 inches long on PCPP, but ~14 inches on amazon.
[QUOTE='[ToRn];48557132']Hey guys, I need some help with a suggestion for a CPU cooler. My build consists of: - Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB SSD - EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked ACX 2.0 4GB - G.Skill Ripjaws 4 F4-2400C15Q-16GRR 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 - Intel Core i7 5820K - EVGA SuperNOVA 1000W Platinum Power Supply - Western Digital WD Black 1TB WD1003FZEX - Corsair 760T Full Tower Graphite Series And I just recently purchased: - Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4P ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard .[/QUOTE] May I ask why you went for that extremely expensive CPU and motherboard combo? Those are usually used for video editing and rendering ect.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/XJIhBKG.png[/t] Is this worth it for £650? I have a 770 I could swap out as well. He's also willing to go lower with the price, I don't know how much though. (ignore the bracketed stuff, he's trying to inform people that aren't versed in parts) And say I was to swap out the 770, how much would you sell this for: Intel i5 2500k GTX 560 Ti 400GB Seagate HDD 2x4gb RAM (DDR3) AsRock P67 Pro3 Silentium T11 Case 650W PSU
[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;48559098][t]http://i.imgur.com/XJIhBKG.png[/t] Is this worth it for £650? I have a 770 I could swap out as well. He's also willing to go lower with the price, I don't know how much though. [/QUOTE] Meh its a bit on the edge. I would say no it isnt worth it. -CPU is ok (but older) -If its for gaming, 32GB ram is pointless. -GPU needs to be replaced for any serious gaming.
[QUOTE=taipan;48559227]Meh its a bit on the edge. I would say no it isnt worth it. -CPU is ok (but older) -If its for gaming, 32GB ram is pointless. -GPU needs to be replaced for any serious gaming.[/QUOTE] I have a 770 in my current build I can swap out, and I do a lot of work in Unreal 4/Photoshop/Maya/Zbrush at the same time so the those programs just swallow up RAM. How much would that stuck together one go for beneath it?
[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;48559293] How much would that stuck together one go for beneath it?[/QUOTE] What? Yes but you are paying for a 560. The RAM is fine then.
[QUOTE=taipan;48559390]What? Yes but you are paying for a 560. The RAM is fine then.[/QUOTE] Sorry I've been up all night, how much to sell this second hand? [QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;48559098]Intel i5 2500k GTX 560 Ti 400GB Seagate HDD 2x4gb RAM (DDR3) AsRock P67 Pro3 Silentium T11 Case 650W PSU[/QUOTE]
If you're looking to use all those programs at once the 2600k would be worth it. Probably almost necessary.
anyone know a good 1080p monitor for around 100-130 USD?
[QUOTE=The Dovahneer;48560090]anyone know a good 1080p monitor for around 100-130 USD?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.amazon.com/Acer-G246HL-24-Inch-LED-Lit-Monitor/dp/B0098Y77OG/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1440772040&sr=1-2&keywords=1080p+monitor[/url]
I definitely wouldn't pay that much for a TN panel. [url]http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TCVAC0Q/?tag=pcpapi-20[/url] [editline]28th August 2015[/editline] (Change seller to Amazon to get it for $120)
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