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[Ciggavelli]

You're safe under 90 though I find it strange that Crysis can heat your shyt to prime95 levels.

It's just the grass level, where it uses nearly 100% CPU

Plus, with two titans running it was already hot in my case

I just wanna be good for fallout. I think I will be, as long as it's not running my cpu at 100% or some shyt

May get better fans for my cooler. We'll see how it goes.

 

[Ciggavelli]

Crysis 3 is strange. I'm running AC:Black Flag at absolute max (like 8x Txaa) and it's near 100% on one core with both gpus at 95% and I'm only getting 61c on that core

Play Crysis 3 and melt your CPU, brehs

 

[Liquid]

It's just the grass level, where it uses nearly 100% CPU

Plus, with two titans running it was already hot in my case

I just wanna be good for fallout. I think I will be, as long as it's not running my cpu at 100% or some shyt

May get better fans for my cooler. We'll see how it goes.

Breh...you will be fine for Fallout 4 even at stock.

What are you trying to do, run at 4K+?

 

[Ciggavelli]

Breh...you will be fine for Fallout 4 even at stock.

What are you trying to do, run at 4K+?

Maybe. I'll probably play at 1440p, but if my temps and fps are good on ultra, I might hook it up to my 4K tv

 

[BobbyBooshay]

Will the Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller work on PC ?

Also 950 PRO SSD £280 for 512gb, is that good, prices finally come down massively.

 

[BobbyBooshay]

Wow what a beast
PG348Q ASUS 34″ Ultrawide QHD IPS 21:9 Curved G-SYNC Monitor

 

[Ciggavelli]

Will the Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller work on PC ?

Also 950 PRO SSD £280 for 512gb, is that good, prices finally come down massively.

They said it would, but we don't have a wireless dongle yet. Maybe there's a mini usb port on the top like the X1 controller. I hope so; I want the elite controller for my PC too

 

[Ciggavelli]

Will the Xbox One Elite Wireless Controller work on PC ?

Also 950 PRO SSD £280 for 512gb, is that good, prices finally come down massively.

Look at this. They said it would work with a USB cord or the wireless adapter that is coming out sometime this winter.

Elite Wireless Controller | Xbox One

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

@Ciggavelli @daze23

We should probably throw up a $400ish fallout 4 build soon. The 860K and G3258 still the best processors to build around at that budget? Appears to be the case.

Yeah good idea. I dunno about the CPUs though. F4 is recommending a 4790. We gotta wait and see real world specs

So I plan on upgrading my desktop,mainly for FALLOUT 4...as of right now my pc can't even play Rocksmith 2014,or CS:GO, games that I play 90% of the time

New video card
New power supply
New fan
A SSD drive to go with my HD
New case

BUDGET-$600


CURRENTLY

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 2300 @ 2.80GHz 36 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Intel Corporation DQ67OW (SKTH) 29 °C
Graphics
2060W3 (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics (Intel)
Storage
298GB Seagate ST3320413AS (SATA) 31 °C
931GB Seagate ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB USB Device (USB (SATA)) 32 °C
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHAS124 B
Audio
High Definition Audio Device

Is it essential to get a new motherboard? This desktop was free so I figured i'll try to take as much parts from it as I can. I planned on using it,putting it in my new case,also could I build something for under $600(for this month) to run Fallout at some medium specs? I planned on upgrading my CPU in December as I figured with the video card upgrade alone, i'll be able to play CS:GO and Rocksmith again
Also F4 says it requires 8gb RAM....so does that mean I should upgrade RAM to like 12gb/16gb or am I straight?

I have no idea about running shyt in 4k....I do know I want to be able to play this on a big monitor and possibly my LCD tv though

 

[daze23]

New video card
New power supply
New fan
A SSD drive to go with my HD
New case

BUDGET-$600

gtx 970 - should be around $330

500+w PSU - something quality ("80+ Certified") from Antec, Corsair, or EVGA. this Corsair looks like a good deal

CORSAIR CX series CX600 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Newegg.com

not sure what new "fan" you're interested in. but case fans are pretty cheap

for the case I would get something cheap, but quality, from Antec or Corsair. they have a few models for around $50-70 that are pretty good. a lot of that depends on what you want it look like. and what case you get will also determine how many additional case fans you might want/need

and the rest on a SSD. I like Samsung, but they also tend to be the most expensive. anyway I would recommend 240gb or more

your 8gb of memory should be enough

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

gtx 970 - should be around $330

500+w PSU - something quality ("80+ Certified") from Antec, Corsair, or EVGA. this Corsair looks like a good deal

CORSAIR CX series CX600 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Newegg.com

not sure what new "fan" you're interested in. but case fans are pretty cheap

for the case I would get something cheap, but quality, from Antec or Corsair. they have a few models for around $50-70 that are pretty good. a lot of that depends on what you want it look like. and what case you get will also determine how many additional case fans you might want/need

and the rest on a SSD. I like Samsung, but they also tend to be the most expensive. anyway I would recommend 240gb or more

your 8gb of memory should be enough

I mean I figured I would need fans because a video card would require better cooling,unless the case fans would be more than efficient...though I will be upgrading my CPU within the next 2 months. But most builds i've been watching all of em just have the case fans,and a fan that is placed over the CPU processor.

 

[Ciggavelli]

I mean I figured I would need fans because a video card would require better cooling,unless the case fans would be more than efficient...though I will be upgrading my CPU within the next 2 months. But most builds i've been watching all of em just have the case fans,and a fan that is placed over the CPU processor.

Maybe an exhaust fan at the back of your case to pull the hot air through.

 

[daze23]

I mean I figured I would need fans because a video card would require better cooling,unless the case fans would be more than efficient...though I will be upgrading my CPU within the next 2 months. But most builds i've been watching all of em just have the case fans,and a fan that is placed over the CPU processor.

well it depends how many fans the case has in the first place, and how many spots it has for extra fans. I have an Antec 300 Two case. it came with a fan on top and one in the back, and I put two more fans in the front. in general you want the air coming in the front, and going out the back/top

your cpu doesn't overclock, so the stock cpu heatsink/fan should be fine. if you get an unlocked cpu in the future, you probably should get a 3rd party heatsink as well

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

well it depends how many fans the case has in the first place, and how many spots it has for extra fans. I have an Antec 300 Two case. it came with a fan on top and one in the back, and I put two more fans in the front. in general you want the air coming in the front, and going out the back/top

your cpu doesn't overclock, so the stock cpu heatsink/fan should be fine. if you get an unlocked cpu in the future, you probably should get a 3rd party heatsink as well

Yea I plan on upgrading cpu in the near future...possibly stick with i5 but upgrade the ghz. Though if somehow Fallout 4 runs smooth enough for my tastes then i'll keep my current CPU,but I doubt.

 

[duckbutta]

Anybody still playing gta v on PC ?

If so are you using ThePinnacle

ThePinnacle

shyt is ...but I got a feeling sweetfx is not working even though it loads...

I can open up the options for the ENB but not for sweetfx

Game looks but I got this nagging feeling it can look even better cause my sweetfx is not really working