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[Ciggavelli]

I might just buy AC:S to see if it artifacts or flickers

I got to get to the bottom of this. I need 3 games to flicker, then I'll know it's my cards.

 

[spliz]

I would say so, yes. More and more games are recommending them. Supposedly fallout 4 bottlenecks with an i5 even.

It runs great on my setup and I have an i5 4690k.

 

[Ciggavelli]

It runs great on my setup and I have an i5 4690k.

There was that one video, I think daze might have posted it, where this guy was testing out fallout 4 with different setups, and his i5 had bottlenecking in certain places. I dunno what settings he was running (maybe all ultra), but he said it was substantial. Coulda just been in certain areas though.

 

[daze23]

There was that one video, I think daze might have posted it, where this guy was testing out fallout 4 with different setups, and his i5 had bottlenecking in certain places. I dunno what settings he was running (maybe all ultra), but he said it was substantial. Coulda just been in certain areas though.

winb posted it

dude didn't mention if his shyt was overclocked. i7's tend to have a higher stock clock, so it could be that

he also didn't really get into his testing methodology, and if he really tested the same locations with both processors. it was just kinda "I saw dips on the i5 but not the i7". it's a big game, with a lot of possible circumstances, so who knows

hyperthreading isn't magic, and this game seems to scale well over all available cores. when I saw dips, none of the cores, or the gpu, was near 100%, so it's not really clear what was going on. I've also heard that this game benefits from higher clocked memory. personally I lowered shadow distance to medium, and it's been very smooth

 

[nyknick]

Brehs is this worth $450?

i5-3450, 16gb ddr, 7770 1gb and 128gb ssd

 

[spliz]

There was that one video, I think daze might have posted it, where this guy was testing out fallout 4 with different setups, and his i5 had bottlenecking in certain places. I dunno what settings he was running (maybe all ultra), but he said it was substantial. Coulda just been in certain areas though.

I mean I play on ultra everything except maybe God Ray's. That's on High. And my gaming experience been smooth.

 

[Chef]

Time to upgrade. This is what I got now. I'm going to keep the RAM but what should I ? I want to spend around $500.

Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz

8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V LK (LGA1155)

2048MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)

931GB Seagate ST1000DM005 HD103SJ ATA Device (SATA)

 

[Ruck]

Got me a new keyboard and that wireless shyt for my Xbox one elite controller to use for PC.

 

[Liquid]

Time to upgrade. This is what I got now. I'm going to keep the RAM but what should I ? I want to spend around $500.

Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz

8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V LK (LGA1155)

2048MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)

931GB Seagate ST1000DM005 HD103SJ ATA Device (SATA)

You need a mobo + cpu upgrade. That RAM won't last you much longer either.

 

[Liquid]

Did anyone on here actually buy an nvidia shield? I have someone wanting to trade one to me, but I doubt I'll ever use it

 

[Ciggavelli]

Did anyone on here actually buy an nvidia shield? I have someone wanting to trade one to me, but I doubt I'll ever use it

Someone on here did. I saw it in the recent Arcadium pickups thread.

 

[Skooby]

Ever since I built my own computer (which was back in 2010) my dad has been bugging me to build him one. I don't even have time to upgrade my shyt let alone built another one.

But I'll get around to it eventually. What do you all think would be a good but cheap build?

 

[CTech83]

Pretty much done planning my build. I already have a GTX 980, so I left that out. This look good enough to run games at 1080P at max for awhile? My budget is a little flexible, so i'm willing to upgrade something if need be. I was debating whether I should go with the i7-6700 or the i5-6600k. I also wasn't sure if I should go with a better motherboard.

CPU
Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
$254.99
CPU Cooler
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
$19.99
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
$79.89
Memory
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
$89.99
Storage
Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
$109.99
Case
Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case
$44.99

Power Supply
XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply

Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)

 

[Liquid]

Pretty much done planning my build. I already have a GTX 980, so I left that out. This look good enough to run games at 1080P at max for awhile? My budget is a little flexible, so i'm willing to upgrade something if need be. I was debating whether I should go with the i7-6700 or the i5-6600k. I also wasn't sure if I should go with a better motherboard.

CPU
Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
$254.99
CPU Cooler
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
$19.99
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
$79.89
Memory
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
$89.99
Storage
Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
$109.99
Case
Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case
$44.99

Power Supply
XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply

Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)

A couple of things, only the first one is a strong recommendation. The others are pretty much just asking for your opinions. I am not sure what you primarily want to use your system for, but assuming gaming because you mentioned your GPU. I built a rig with that PSU before and it is solid

1 - Don't buy Windows 10

Get at @2gunsup

2 - I notice that your board has a M.2 slot. Would you pay extra for the speed? It is a little pricey, but if you can get by with a ~250GB M.2 Drive and a cheap mechanical drive for extra storage I would recommend that. A nice M.2 drive would smoke any SATA III SSD.

3 - Try to get a single 16GB Stick. Contrary to popular belief dual sticks don't make much of a difference in applications. The only advantage in dual sticks is that you will still be able to rock with a single stick if one of them goes bad.

4 - Where is your DVD drive

 

[itsyoung!!]

Brehs is this worth $450?

i5-3450, 16gb ddr, 7770 1gb and 128gb ssd

bare bones? or comes with case+motherboard+powersupply ?