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Hey, goons I'm at the point where I've come to terms with having to buy new PC stuff since my current setup is old af and can barely keep up with the current world of gaming. I already know that I need to buy a new case, main, GPU and probably RAM sticks too but I'm unsure if I need a new CPU as well. Currently I'm using an intel i7-4790 with four cores. My quick search on the net told me that the cpu still is okay but after reading the op I'm not so sure anymore as the part about CPU talks about six cores as the current basic place to be at. So I guess my old CPU should go into the attic then? Also I'm still using a HD drive since that's what I grew up with and change is scary but since everyone is talking about SD drives as the hot thing to use I assume I should change to that too. Would be neat if someone could educate me why those are better aside from the size I guess. For reference, I mainly use my PC for gaming/entertainment with some occasional video editing
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Butterfly Valley posted:Speed is the answer. sean10mm posted:What are the rest of your specs? Amount of RAM, video card, etc.? Aight here goes. Sry for not including it before CPU= intel i7-4790 GPU= Nvidia Gefore GT 710 2048MB (lol) Board= ASUS Z97-K (probably also a lol) RAM= 16gig (two 8gig sticks, DDR3) HD= HITACHI HDS721010CLA330 (1TB) My soundcard and OS probably don't matter  orcane posted:That said the (non-k) 4790 is another 10% slower clocked than the 4790k, can't be overclocked and might be paired with slow DDR3-RAM on a non-Z mainboard. It might still be fine for a lot of stuff, but if you run a software configuration crippled by Spectre mitigation or want to try high refresh rate / e-sports stuff, get ready to replace your stuff. Thanks for the input, everyone
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Jul 22, 2020 13:50
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Some Goon posted:It's a really bad time to do a new build. If you get a new GPU, provided you can find one that will fit in your case (PCIe is backwards and forwards compatible, so any card will work in your motherboard), your rig should be perfectly usable, the 710 is by far the weakest point in it and any GPU could be carried to a new build. You might be CPU bound sometimes but 60fps really isn't that high a bar. And yeah I knew that my GPU is a pos by current standards but I'm surprised that my board is still considered decent given the age and ddr3 slots
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Jul 22, 2020 15:24
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Some Goon posted:COVID has hosed supplies making things hard to get and, especially for PSUs, much more expensive than they have been. Add in that new CPUs out of AMD and new GPUs out of Nvidia later this year (though the latter probably isn't real relevant to you since it will mostly impact the high res / high refresh crowd) and buying all new parts right now results in a situation where you're paying inflated prices for soon to be obsolete tech. Since your CPU probably has some life left in it, buying a GPU and seeing if that gets you the performance you're after is a safer bet with really no downsides. Funny that you mention PSU prices btw. It all started with my PSU dying a few days ago where I to scramble to get a new one cause I had an online exam the next day. I picked up a Be Quiet System Power 9 from my local shop for like 10 bucks above the average online price which is kinda par for the course for small shops I think. Seems like I got "lucky" in that area then Anyway what I'm taking away from this is that I'm picking up a new GPU and an SSD and should evaluate the other parts at the end of the year again. Will check out GPUs today and call up my uncle about an SSD. He's been hounding me about switching to one for the last two years and will probably be happy to hear from me on that front
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Jul 22, 2020 16:07
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Hey, folks. After upgrading my old GPU as advised itt I grabbed an 860 QVO 1TB SSD to upgrade away from my HDD next. But since the SSD is so smol I haven't installed it yet due my old case not being able to hold it. My uncle (my usual go-to in PC matters) advised me to buy an icy-dock so that I can just slot the SSD in there instead of looking for a tray to hold the SSD inside of my case. Seems sensible to me since I have a bunch of space for "drives" at the top part of my case. Wanted to move the SSD there anyway since the HDD is currently at the bottom of my case and gets into conflict with the heat of my new GPU when both are taxed. It shoots up to 54c pretty quickly in such a case so I'm avoiding any such activities for now until my SSD is up and running. Anyway... icy-dock yay or nay? And what model should I as a general consumer grab? Currently looking at the flexiDOCK MB521SP-B since that seems to be what I want/need but I could be wrong!
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Aug 5, 2020 21:40
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sean10mm posted:You can literally just stick a SATA SSD to any surface in your PC, it has no moving parts and it doesn't matter where you put it. Getting a mounting bracket or whatever for it is kind of silly. I guess I mostly went along with the idea of a dock because I think they are cool and I kinda want one
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Scruff McGruff posted:I've used both internal and external docks from Icydock and they've been perfectly fine, though I have had a couple of times where my server's cache drive has overheated inside this but the airflow in my server's not the best and my house's AC was out at the time so ambient temps were also higher than normal.
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