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A Bag of Milk posted:You could certainly benefit from upgrading just your video card, and getting 8GB more RAM would help as well. The processor is still very competitive and imo not worth upgrading yet along with the motherboard. The GTX 1050Ti would be a great upgrade if your monitor isn't more than 1080p, or the GTX 1080 for 1440p. It might be the worst market for buying video cards ever right now though, honestly not too many other options. Why would you say it's a bad market right now? Just the lack of options, or prices are high?
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Non Serviam posted:Why would you say it's a bad market right now? Just the lack of options, or prices are high? New cryptocurrency has appeared that has people buying up most AMD and nvidia video cards (not the 1080 and 1080ti though because the ram on these two cards is different and not yet well suited to mining cryptocurrency) for mining rigs so the stock that is left is super overpriced. This is a new development as of a couple weeks ago. It looks like I got in right under the wire with the 1050ti I purchased for my daughter 2 weeks ago. Now they are either all gone or $60-$100 more than they were two weeks ago. To make matters worse since the gamers still want cards the prices on the 1080s went up because there was suddenly more demand for them since they are the only cards with availability right now, but they are still cheaper than they were before the 1080ti was launched. GutBomb fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Jun 23, 2017 |
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Hey guys, I just bought the luxury gamer set up here, i5k intel, 16 gigs ram, geforce 1080... The problem is with my drives. I have a PNY SSD as my OS drive with 120 gigs, I then have a Samsung 850 evo at 500gigs as my gaming drive. Windows 10 will not recognize the 850 Evo, and im really confused as Samsung Magician does.
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Gaj posted:Hey guys, I just bought the luxury gamer set up here, i5k intel, 16 gigs ram, geforce 1080... Maybe go in to Disk Management and make sure the drive is formatted with a file system and not just unallocated space.
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After fixing that, and a reboot, it works, yay!
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Lawen posted:What country are you in? US If he does decide to SLI 1080Tis he will need more than a 650W PSU. They draw under a little under 300W at load, but combined they'll draw enough to make 650W 'iffy' since the 7700K can draw 91W+, especially overclocked. Look into 850W (and I'm sure there'll be people in here who say that's overkill). Others will make the 'thread favorite' changes for you (Cryorig H7 for the HSF, Corsair RMx or EVGA G3 PSUs, etc.), but your mention of "serious coin" makes me want to mention that he's buying into a dead socket. Coffee Lake and the consumer six-core CPUs are ~2 months away, and if he sinks nearly $2300 on this machine he's going to be pissed when something that comes out in less than two months eats its lunch, and he won't be able to upgrade without going with a brand new CPU and brand new motherboard. He might want it NOW, but I just can't advise spending *this* much on a new machine that's about to be 'old' and non-upgradable. And if he doesn't mind waiting for his 1080Ti to ship: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/gigabyte-aorus-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-11g?mode=guest_open (current price is $650) BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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As much as I want to help AMD, I can't justify putting a Ryzen in for business until they fix their glitches. Come on AMD, help me out here. Cross check this I7 for me: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($292.99 @ SuperBiiz) Motherboard: ASRock - B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz) Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($219.99 @ B&H) Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 460 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($108.98 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design - Define Mini C with Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ NCIX US) Power Supply: SeaSonic - 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($132.89 @ OutletPC) Monitor: Asus - VA32AQ 31.5" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor ($270.00) Keyboard: EagleTec - KG010 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($44.92 @ Amazon) Mouse: Logitech - M705 Wireless Laser Mouse ($23.52 @ Best Buy) Total: $1420.25 Thoughts? Put in the -K even without overclocking for the better base clocks? Drop the GPU entirely and use the iGPU? It's driving 1440x2160, singlehead, running visual studio/android studio etc. No CAD or anything.
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Harik posted:As much as I want to help AMD, I can't justify putting a Ryzen in for business until they fix their glitches. Come on AMD, help me out here. You need a z270 motherboard to take advantage of that ram. It will only run at 2400 I think without a Z series board. And you can drop the video card if you're not doing any games, 3D or video editing.
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Ok, dropped the GPU and moved the money into a Z270, -K processor and Cryorig H7. Good catch, thanks! CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($361.14 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($42.55 @ Newegg Marketplace) Motherboard: ASRock - Z270M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($121.67 @ Newegg) Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($128.38 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($235.38 @ Amazon) Case: Fractal Design - Define Mini C with Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($74.88 @ Newegg) Power Supply: SeaSonic - 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($85.49 @ Amazon) Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($30.00) Monitor: Asus - VA32AQ 31.5" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor ($270.00)
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Harik posted:Ok, dropped the GPU and moved the money into a Z270, -K processor and Cryorig H7. Good catch, thanks! Here's a good chunk of savings on the 7700K: http://www.ebay.com/itm/391685219289 (evidently you can save an additional $15 if you use PayPal and the coupon code MROUSNK6JGV8TBM at checkout - the coupon expires tomorrow) They're selling it for $349.99 on their website. Also, the 650W G3 is $69.99 after rebate for the next six days at Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438094 BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Here's a good chunk of savings on the 7700K: http://www.ebay.com/itm/391685219289 You rock so hard, thanks. I should have everything here wednesday or thursday, and I can finally kick this A8-3870 to the dumpster where it belongs.
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Running an ASUS Prime B350 Plus board right now and it uses a Realtek ALC887 chipset for audio. I'm about to uninstall and reinstall my audio drivers particularly the ASUS-branded Realtek HD Audio Manager as everything suddenly sounds... hollow? Muffled? I was running an ASRock Fatal1ty B350 Gaming K board which has a Realtek ALC892 chipset and, for the week (if that) that the board was alive, it didn't sound this bad. The ASUS onboard sound actually doesn't sound very good to me and I can't find any of the typical settings like virtual surround sound or some "Premium ux ux ux" bullshit settings that might be on. So if completely reinstalling the drivers doesn't fix up the purely subjective audio issue I was curious about sound cards. Yeah, I know, I read the OP and I personally haven't had a soundcard since like the early 2000s. I'm looking at the ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 for roughly $50 CAD. Any suggestions?
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Wirth1000 posted:Running an ASUS Prime B350 Plus board right now and it uses a Realtek ALC887 chipset for audio. I'm about to uninstall and reinstall my audio drivers particularly the ASUS-branded Realtek HD Audio Manager as everything suddenly sounds... hollow? Muffled? It might be something simple like if your monitor has built in speakers it's defaulting to using those rather than your actual speaker set up, when you installed the new motherboard.
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axelord posted:It might be something simple like if your monitor has built in speakers it's defaulting to using those rather than your actual speaker set up, when you installed the new motherboard. Nah, it's not that. Maybe I'm just being hypersensitive with new hardware. Driver reinstall didn't do it and doing my own reading into sound cards really, really don't make it sound worth it. Meh, maybe my 10+ year old Creative T40s are on their way out.
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It's more expensive, but I've been using a Creative SB Z card for years without a single hiccup. Everything I've heard about ASUS sound cards is that their drivers are somehow even worse than Creative's.
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Wirth1000 posted:Running an ASUS Prime B350 Plus board right now and it uses a Realtek ALC887 chipset for audio. I'm about to uninstall and reinstall my audio drivers particularly the ASUS-branded Realtek HD Audio Manager as everything suddenly sounds... hollow? Muffled? In the Audio Manager, check out the Sound Effects tab and make sure Environment and Equalizer aren't set to anything. If you do go for an ASUS sound card, there are 3rd party drivers here http://maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/
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Considering picking all this up from Microcenter tomorrow. Their in-store price is somehow less than the lowest online prices, and they have everything in stock. I haven't had a PC since ~2010 and want to get back into gaming. Thoughts? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel - Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($227.88 @ OutletPC) CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($119.99 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Asus - STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($199.00 @ B&H) Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($135.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($174.58 @ B&H) Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card ($719.99 @ B&H) Case: NZXT - H440 (Matte Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($114.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($103.49 @ SuperBiiz) Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ Amazon) Monitor: ViewSonic - XG2703-GS 27.0" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor ($699.99 @ Amazon) Total: $2588.89 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-24 23:21 EDT-0400 I was homebuilding water-cooled PCs back in the late 90s so the water-cooler is more for nostalgia than anything.
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That is a tremendous amount of money to spend for a socket that'll be dead in about two months, and even then, a lot of money to spend to not trade up to a 7700K just when game developers are going to have a greater incentive to write games (for consoles) that take advantage of more threads. Remember that Micro Center allows you to haggle on the price, especially if you go in there with the intent of spending over two grand. Also know that they price match any large retailer (either B&M or online) so long as said store has the item in stock. So don't pay any more than you have to. https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/1q9lm0/for_those_in_the_neighborhood_of_a_microcenter/ BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Jun 25, 2017 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:That is a tremendous amount of money to spend for a socket that'll be dead in about two months, and even then, a lot of money to spend to not trade up to a 7700K just when game developers are going to have a greater incentive to write games (for consoles) that take advantage of more threads. Well that is disappointing. Should I wait for the new package? Not exactly in a hurry, it's just for recreation.
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Jealous Cow posted:Well that is disappointing. Should I wait for the new package? Not exactly in a hurry, it's just for recreation. Intel's evidently planning on Coffee Lake being out in August (engineering samples benchmarks are already leaking out, which is a good sign), which means plan for late August/early-to-mid September. Rumor has it that the CL i5s this time around may be 4C/8T parts, and the six-cores might come in a 6C/6T i5 SKU and a 6C/12T i7 SKU. The base-model Sky-X is the 7800X which is also 6C/12T, and it retails for $389. I can't see them selling the 6C/12T Coffee Lake chip for the same, but they'll probably price it right at $349, using the logic that the 7800X is a more complex chip since it mates with the X299. Coffee Lake is also going to use the Z370 board and a new version of LGA1151 that isn't compatible with Kaby Lake, effectively EOLing the Z270. If your current system can utilize it, however inefficiently, there's nothing stopping you from biting on the 1080Ti *now* and getting use out of it until Coffee Lake launches. Theoretically you could 'skip the line' and get 6C/12T the first week of July with an X299 board (figure $250 for a base model board), 7800X ($389), and 4x8GB or 4x16GB of DDR4-3000 (~$250-500) because X299/Sky-X uses quad-channel memory...but it'd be damned expensive to do so. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 04:48 on Jun 25, 2017 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Intel's evidently planning on Coffee Lake being out in August (engineering samples benchmarks are already leaking out, which is a good sign), which means plan for late August/early-to-mid September. Rumor has it that the CL i5s this time around may be 4C/8T parts, and the six-cores might come in a 6C/6T i5 SKU and a 6C/12T i7 SKU. The base-model Sky-X is the 7800X which is also 6C/12T, and it retails for $389. I can't see them selling the 6C/12T Coffee Lake chip for the same, but they'll probably price it right at $349, using the logic that the 7800X is a more complex chip since it mates with the X299. Thanks for the advice. I'm justifying the high initial cost as a tax for being out of it for 7 years, and giving me an upgradable platform. So I think I'll stick with this and upgrade the CPU and mobo next year. So much money 
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Jealous Cow posted:Thanks for the advice. I'm justifying the high initial cost as a tax for being out of it for 7 years, and giving me an upgradable platform. So I think I'll stick with this and upgrade the CPU and mobo next year. No worries - I'm honestly in the same boat as you, coming up on seven years with my own PC, but I've resigned myself to wait for *Cannonlake* instead, which is the CPU coming *after* Coffee Lake, hopefully around Q1'18. I am a bit cautious, though - I've been hearing a lot more about people's Sandys and Ivys "giving up the ghost" recently.  If I were forced to upgrade in short order I'd probably just go with a base-model Sky-X build with 32GB of RAM. I've got to do *everything* - pretty much the only thing I'll be able to grandfather to a new build will be the ML140 fans and Blu-Ray writer that I've used maybe 20 times in the past ~7 years. I don't even know if Thermalright makes an adapter for their original Silver Arrow to fit LGA2066, so that'd be another ~$80-120 for a new CPU cooler. =/ If it's possible, we should really amend the thread title to say "it's a really bad idea to build a computer right now, inquire within."
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BIG HEADLINE posted:If it's possible, we should really amend the thread title to say "it's a really bad idea to build a computer right now, inquire within." So I guess I should wait for the new intel chips. Do we have a clear idea when the next Nvidia cards come out? Not finding a clear date and it seems like all the 1070s are gone because of cryptocurrency. My 7 year old cpu and 4 year old gpu is getting long in the tooth and I wanna play ArmA 3 better...
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GoldenNugget posted:So I guess I should wait for the new intel chips. Do we have a clear idea when the next Nvidia cards come out? Not finding a clear date and it seems like all the 1070s are gone because of cryptocurrency. There's no release date information on new Nvidia stuff. But I'm right there with you. Was just playing Far Cry 1 on my 6 year old rig at ~55 FPS and it sounds like a hair dryer. The time is now, except I guess not.
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GoldenNugget posted:So I guess I should wait for the new intel chips. Do we have a clear idea when the next Nvidia cards come out? Not finding a clear date and it seems like all the 1070s are gone because of cryptocurrency. "Early 2018," supposedly. That's when GDDR6 will be ready. Plan on late Q1'18 to early/mid Q2. The only thing that Cannonlake is offering over Coffee Lake is a 10nm process vs. 14nm - Cannonlake will also supposedly support the same new extensions that the Skylake-X does (AVX-512 and SHA), neither of which is really going to help gaming all that much, so don't let that hold you up if you're really jonesing for a new PC. We'll probably know in about 2-3 weeks if they're going to make the rumored launch of late August/September-ish, hopefully from sources other than WCCFTech. Speaking of which: http://wccftech.com/intels-coffee-l...-4-2-ghz-turbo/ BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 13:05 on Jun 25, 2017 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:No worries - I'm honestly in the same boat as you, coming up on seven years with my own PC, but I've resigned myself to wait for *Cannonlake* instead, which is the CPU coming *after* Coffee Lake, hopefully around Q1'18. I am a bit cautious, though - I've been hearing a lot more about people's Sandys and Ivys "giving up the ghost" recently. Is going with ryzen a bad idea rn? I thought the threadripper release was just a ryzen 9 equivalent, so nothing big to care about unless you specifically want a super good cpu? Or is it just a bad idea to build atm if you want to stick with intel? Ive always stuck with intel in the past and I picked the ryzen 5 1600x specifically because of the intel thing. It seemed to be ~~equal depending on the review at a similar pricepoint. underage at the vape shop fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Jun 25, 2017 |
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I've been thinking about building a new PC for a few months now, and I've also somewhat resigned myself to waiting for cannonlake. Is it realistic to expect 4k gaming monitors at 144 hz to be available next year?
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I'm still planning on building a gaming PC with a GTX 1070 and an i7-770k. I've heard these are experiencing some high temp issues. Is this true? Should I just get a different CPU?
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underage at the vape shop posted:Is going with ryzen a bad idea rn? I thought the threadripper release was just a ryzen 9 equivalent, so nothing big to care about unless you specifically want a super good cpu? Ryzen is fine but doesn't have as much single-threaded performance as a 7600K/7700K so it's typically not as good at higher refresh speeds. On the other hand in thread-friendly games it holds its own and typically has better minimum framerates. Threadripper is more or less 2 Ryzens glued together but it's unlikely to perform significantly better than a single Ryzen at equivalent clocks (games don't spread over multi-socket systems too well, and Ryzen is multi-socket-in-a-package). And because of how many cores it has, it's unlikely it'll clock as high as a single Ryzen could (due to heat issues). So "at equivalent clocks" here does sort of gloss over the fact that the Ryzen may clock 5-20% higher than Threadripper, which will further exacerbate the issue of Ryzen's middling single-thread performance. Skylake-X is good in theory (combining the core-count of Ryzen and the single-threaded performance of a 7700K) but the TIM is total garbage right now, you 100% must delid it, and it still uses a lot of power even then. The motherboards are also currently very expensive (they just launched like a week ago) There's also the older X99 platform with Haswell-E/Broadwell-E. The 5820K was a real good value and it clocks a lot higher than Ryzen but it's questionable buying it at this point. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 10:11 on Jun 25, 2017 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:If he does decide to SLI 1080Tis he will need more than a 650W PSU. They draw under a little under 300W at load, but combined they'll draw enough to make 650W 'iffy' since the 7700K can draw 91W+, especially overclocked. Look into 850W (and I'm sure there'll be people in here who say that's overkill). I only post in this thread about once or twice a year and you always answer and are super helpful, so thanks for being rad. I'm going to try to get him to hold out for the new CPUs to ship in a couple months. Barring that, I'll tell him to get a midgrade i5 to hold him over until they do instead of the i7 I had in the initial build. Is it reasonable to expect a single 11GB 1080Ti to drive 4k@60fps on high+ settings or should he go straight to 2x of them in SLI?
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My dumbass Dark Base 900 non-pro comes with a lovely fan controller with no motherboard header - apparently, you need to get the Pro for that. Instead, I have to use a manual slider which at the very least is friggin dumb as I am trying to overclock my CPU with a competent D14. Since I have an ancient ASUS P7P55D-E Pro, I only have CPU_FAN, CHA_FAN1, and CHA_FAN2, last of which only has 3 pins. And I doubt it supports a split header with three case fans (two front, one back). I need a separate PWM fan controller with its own power that I can plug into CHA_FAN1 I reckon, but I haven't found any available in Europe. iI'm not opposed to buying from the US, and no one's selling the Dark Base 900 Pro controller separately. What should I look for, and what are my options?
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Lawen posted:I only post in this thread about once or twice a year and you always answer and are super helpful, so thanks for being rad. In some games the 1080 Ti will have no problem getting 60fps on high/ultra but on others you're gonna need a second card, might wanna look into the level of SLI support in his favorite games. Or if the monitor has gsync he can just deal with dipping a bit below 60, depends on personal preference. That's what I would do because I think SLI is a pain. MaxxBot fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Jun 25, 2017 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Also, the 650W G3 is $69.99 after rebate for the next six days at Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438094 I'm so tempted to replace my 2013 SS-650KM. Someone talk me out of it, quick.
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Lawen posted:I only post in this thread about once or twice a year and you always answer and are super helpful, so thanks for being rad. You're welcome.  Also, tell him the best option for getting consistent 4K@60fps is, like the other poster said, relying on G-Sync to smooth out the dips, and to add to that, to save the money he'd intended to buy a second card toward getting a Volta next year, and selling his 1080Ti to make up the difference. The Ti gets so close to being a "great" 4K@60 card that it's a reasonably safe bet that the "1180" Volta will be better at or ideal for it. SLI just won't be worth it until things like Vulkan or its eventual successors become more widely adopted/standardized. The last time I did it was with twin 560Ti 448s and I felt like I'd wasted $230 after doing it. If he really has $2k burning a hole in his pocket, he can buy either of these *now* and treat it like a down payment on a dream rig: http://edgeup.asus.com/2017/01/04/rog-pg27uq-intro/ and https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/4/27/15452754/acer-predator-x27-g-sync-hdr-4k-144hz-gaming-monitor-announced-specs Non Serviam posted:Why would you say it's a bad market right now? Just the lack of options, or prices are high? What Gutbomb said about the GPUs, the fact that RAM is at an all-time high price point, and Intel's panicking leading to them launching Coffee Lake early (which will include their first consumer-targeted six-core processors), which will be using a new revision of the LGA1151 socket that isn't compatible with the *current* LGA1151 socket. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Jun 26, 2017 |
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