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4790K should last longer than this generation, Intel haven't made any real advancements since Sandy Bridge
 

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if I was building something today, I'd probably want a CPU that supports DDR4. but those options are more expensive
Not that much more expensive. For a Skylake vs Haswell build you are probably looking at a $60 premium on the Skylake CPU and maybe $10-$15 for boards with similar features. RAM cost is about the same.
 

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Welp, my GTX950's reign on top was short like the Leprechauns. :francis: A bit of history here......

-The GTX 570 in my newer PC went kaput so I had to use my older computer.
-This computer had a GTX460 :flabbynsick: with only 4gb of RAM :flabbynsick::flabbynsick:
-I upgraded to a GTX950 and 12 gigs of RAM
-The 950 wasn't powerful enough so after a month or so I'm upgrading to this GTX970.
-I need a new CPU though because I'm still running an i5 at 2.8ghz :snoop: I'll get an i7 next month.
 

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Welp, my GTX950's reign on top was short like the Leprechauns. :francis: A bit of history here......

-The GTX 570 in my newer PC went kaput so I had to use my older computer.
-This computer had a GTX460 :flabbynsick: with only 4gb of RAM :flabbynsick::flabbynsick:
-I upgraded to a GTX950 and 12 gigs of RAM
-The 950 wasn't powerful enough so after a month or so I'm upgrading to this GTX970.
-I need a new CPU though because I'm still running an i5 at 2.8ghz :snoop: I'll get an i7 next month.
Running with the 980. Eating through games like a hot knife on butter.

fukk with us breh. You wont regret it..

 

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Running with the 980. Eating through games like a hot knife on butter.

fukk with us breh. You wont regret it..



I was thinking about the 980 but I don't game enough to justify that purchase. Even with that old ass i5 GTA with mods and nearly maxed out settings gives me fluid, better than consoles gameplay. Not 60fps though but I can live with that for now.
 

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My fukking 6tb WD external failed on me :stopitslime:

Luckily I still could return it on Amazon :whew:

But what is it with me and technology? Everything I have seems to break. :snoop:

Tech hates me :mjcry:

Still trying to figure out if my cards are messed up too :smh:


Nobody, and I mean nobody, has been as unlucky as me with tech. What gives?:why:
 

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My fukking 6tb WD external failed on me :stopitslime:

Luckily I still could return it on Amazon :whew:

But what is it with me and technology? Everything I have seems to break. :snoop:

Tech hates me :mjcry:

Still trying to figure out if my cards are messed up too :smh:


Nobody, and I mean nobody, has been as unlucky as me with tech. What gives?:why:

i'm literally running out of Bill Bixby images to drop on you.
i may have to go dig up his grave and take pics of his corpse so i can respond to your posts.
 

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Welp, my GTX950's reign on top was short like the Leprechauns. :francis: A bit of history here......

-The GTX 570 in my newer PC went kaput so I had to use my older computer.
-This computer had a GTX460 :flabbynsick: with only 4gb of RAM :flabbynsick::flabbynsick:
-I upgraded to a GTX950 and 12 gigs of RAM
-The 950 wasn't powerful enough so after a month or so I'm upgrading to this GTX970.
-I need a new CPU though because I'm still running an i5 at 2.8ghz :snoop: I'll get an i7 next month.


GTX 970 for 250$ Thanks me later :heh:
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 249.99 + FS (20now for first time customers) @ Jet.com
(You can get it like 5$ cheaper as well if u use a debit card)

Copped up on a 970 2 weeks ago. Join the winning team breh :blessed:
 
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