The PC Thread - Tips, Benchmarks, Specs, Laptops, Custom Desktops, Pre-Builds and more.

[Orbital-Fetus]

do you still play L4D 2?

i got back on it for a while, there are so many noobs and ass holes on that game now.

i'm down to play though.

 

[Ciggavelli]

I just tested out Dragon Age: Inquisition for the first time in a long time. It looks like it works in sli finally

I guess I gotta new rpg to get into

Hopefully the greatness that was the Witcher 3 won't ruin DA:I

 

[Ciggavelli]

i'm gonna try to avoid this sale like the plague.
i just started playing GTA V online, have not touched Witcher 3 yet, Arkham Knight is around the corner and i've only done the first chapter of Life is Strange.

i don't want the backlog to get any worse.

I already got my money set aside to go a little wild. My backlog is gonna get even bigger now

 

[Notorious Jerry]

People I have a AMD 8150 8 core CPU over clocked to 4.4GHZ is this CPU good to keep or should I look to upgrade?

What are some good video cards from 400 or down?

The 8150 was the bull dozer line of amd cpu's they were very poorly implemented, and in gaming tended to have random fps drops where the games can drop below playable frames. If you ever want to upgrade get the currently i5 model and you will be set as for a new video card for that price it will get you the 970 which is a amazing card for gaming at 1080p.

 

[Notorious Jerry]

i'm gonna try to avoid this sale like the plague.
i just started playing GTA V online, have not touched Witcher 3 yet, Arkham Knight is around the corner and i've only done the first chapter of Life is Strange.

i don't want the backlog to get any worse.

I been trying to play single player games for the past 7 years and been struggling with it only ones I was able to finish was Dragon ball Xeno and Last of us. I need to dive into that batman line.

 

[daze23]

Cmon amd, show me what u got

gotta wait for 2pac's birthday

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/graphics-technology

 

[Notorious Jerry]

Broadwell line of intel chips should go on retail in the next two weeks.

 

[spliz]

People I have a AMD 8150 8 core CPU over clocked to 4.4GHZ is this CPU good to keep or should I look to upgrade?

What are some good video cards from 400 or down?

8350 would be better as far as AMD goes but the best option would be to go Intel. But u would need a new motherboard as well..and GTX 970 is straight up dope and can be had for like $350..maxes out most games at 1080p 60fps and even quite a few at 1440p..best card u can get in that price range bar none.

 

[be back in a bit]

Thinking of upgrading my PC. Right now I got 4GB Ram, AMD phenom X4 965, and 7870 gpu. Considering getting this stuff soonish, and a GPU a bit later.

RAM - Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148544&_ga=1.179681764.1714995972.1430286055

MOBO - GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 LGA

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128709&_ga=1.179681764.1714995972.1430286055

CPU - Intel Core i5-4690

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116989&_ga=1.190763243.1714995972.1430286055


Thoughts? Should I go for an i7 instead?

 

[Liquid]

Broadwell line of intel chips should go on retail in the next two weeks.

Are there any early test on those chips? I am not sure the upgrade will be worth it for those on Haswell.

Unless you are some nut like @Ciggavelli lol

 

[porque]

finally turned on that pc I got at the auction last year

I added an SSD and the thing is incredibly fast

i7, 16GB, 256GB SSD and 4.5TB of Green hard drives

pc turns on to a screen saying "Loading Operating System" which eats at the startup time

all I'll need is a video card

 

[Leasy]

The 8150 was the bull dozer line of amd cpu's they were very poorly implemented, and in gaming tended to have random fps drops where the games can drop below playable frames. If you ever want to upgrade get the currently i5 model and you will be set as for a new video card for that price it will get you the 970 which is a amazing card for gaming at 1080p.

8350 would be better as far as AMD goes but the best option would be to go Intel. But u would need a new motherboard as well..and GTX 970 is straight up dope and can be had for like $350..maxes out most games at 1080p 60fps and even quite a few at 1440p..best card u can get in that price range bar none.

Good lookin had that CPU for three years so it is time to upgrade. Can that video card yall suggested do 4K?

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Just got the Cloud Hyper X headset



and the Zowie FK1 mouse

 

[Notorious Jerry]

Are there any early test on those chips? I am not sure the upgrade will be worth it for those on Haswell.

Unless you are some nut like @Ciggavelli lol

I am waiting for someone like Linus now to do some benchmark and testing currently I have a 4770k being cooled by a h100 but I think I have some osd shyt going on with having the latest chip but you right it's only a tick chip I may wait for skylake.
I have to get on @Ciggavelli and some of you guys levels cause im still gaming with a 1080p monitor

 

[Notorious Jerry]

Good lookin had that CPU for three years so it is time to upgrade. Can that video card yall suggested do 4K?

Sadly no pushing 4k is ruff on most videos card period if you can try and get that new 980 ti it can push 4k at great frame rates. as @spliz said the 970 a dope card for maxing games at 1080p and it's price point is good.