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

[GetRichOrDieTryin]

Having 2 months off is great

Gonna heavily mod skyrim properly this time so i dont crash

Downloading San Andreas Remastered (Mods) Rn, full pack so all I gotta do is double click the play icon

(Finally) Got a good FPS that i can enjoy aka battlefield 1

 

[Liquid]

just go with intel man lol
I had AMD fx 8350 (mind you it wasnt for gaming, it was for a program i used to run) I ran 20 clients (Botted on a game for $$ ) at 100% usage.

Anyways, I eventually was told to upgrade to an i7 and the cost difference of $200 was like but holy fukk was it worth it

I was only at 50% usage with 20 clients, AND the shyt ran cooler on a stock cpu cooler

Not saying go spend $200 extra, but basically just go with intel, you won't regret it.

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4560-vs-AMD-FX-8350/3892vs1489

 

[XxBboyxX]

Someone already answered but i'ma answer too

Ya 500 is enough for the OS and a few games. Also put programs that you want to open quickly or that you would use a lot. Do you still have a HDD? Put everything else such as media, old files, etc...Basically all performance related files on the SSD, everything else on HDD.

Yea i got a 2 tb hdd. Figured id use it for shyt like music and movies

 

[JerkPork]

I was thinking of building an htpc for my living room to go with my 55-inch. I thought about it and realize that my main purpose would be to just stream games from my gaming pc in my computer room, my fire tv already handles my other forms of entertainment. I've decided that I'm going to cop a steam link, and hard-wire it of course.

 

[XxBboyxX]

Is it even worth to invest the $800 for the Vive VR headset? i mean is there a good amount of games out thats worth paying that price

 

[Liquid]

Intel is the only way to go.

I'm a strict intel and nvidia guy. It's not done me wrong (well a few times, but whatever...)

AMD anything

The RX 480 is a better buy than the GTX 1060 (Same price, can crossfire)

the RX 470 is a better buy over the GTX 1050 Ti ($20 difference)

I hope Ryzen delivers. I am still holding out hope that Intel will have competition.

 

[The Frozen One]

So im getting the evo 850 500gb ssd. Is it best to install the OS and games on there or just the OS?

i also got the 850 500gb ssd... boot in less than 10 seconds

i have some games installed on there, and i also have a 1tb hdd for storage.

 

[Liquid]

@Ciggavelli @daze23 @2gunsup

 

[Ruck]

@Ciggavelli @daze23 @2gunsup

$900 for that?

my caselabs smh10 shyts all over that case and costed me 2/3 of that price.

 

[Ciggavelli]

@Ciggavelli @daze23 @2gunsup

I kinda like it, but my Ethos Evolv RGB is holding me down. After having a Corsair 900D for so long, I was glad to move down in size. This seems to be way too big for me (still cool though).

 

[daze23]

Is it even worth to invest the $800 for the Vive VR headset? i mean is there a good amount of games out thats worth paying that price

the experience is amazing. but no, there's not a lot of (complete) games

 

[Liquid]

$900 for that?

my caselabs smh10 shyts all over that case and costed me 2/3 of that price.

I think it looks better than the caselabs cases, but yeah ridiculous price.

 

[Ruck]

I think it looks better than the caselabs cases, but yeah ridiculous price.

i wont argue there. caselabs cases are boxy and plain as fukk. but functionality is unmatched if youre a custom watercooling nut like me. in all honesty, the best looking case imo is still the silverstone tj07 and tj11.

phanteks is a great case maker. but the asking price is sort of ridiculous. i get and understand why they would charge as much do to the quality of the materials that case has and its premium suit case packaging. but none of that really separates itself from other cases that are 1/5 of its msrp.

caselabs cases are niche and benefit people who want to overdue their systems with watercooling therefore it reflects their pricing. but even caselabs is charging more and im glad i bought my two cases from them early. its almost a $150 price raise from 3 years ago to now

 

[XxBboyxX]

@Ciggavelli whats a decent price 4k monitor thats good for gaming? gonna cop the gtx 1080 fyi

 

[Ciggavelli]

@Ciggavelli whats a decent price 4k monitor thats good for gaming? gonna cop the gtx 1080 fyi

I always go Dell. You can get $400-500 4K monitors, but they're not IPS. Look for IPS. Dell makes great 4K monitors for like $700. It's well worth it. I have 5 dell high end monitors

They've never done me wrong.