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[daze23]

man it's all jokes. ain't no "4K card". it's always gonna depend on the game, settings, the rest of your hardware, etc

 

[Fatboi1]

I'm going to pick up one later today at Microcenter. I found a open-box(which in my experienceis almost always practically new) Asus GTX 1070 Turbo edition for $314. I put a 2-year replacement plan on that so i'm set for 2 years. I was hesistant on the blower style design but lots of user impressions seems to have assuaged my concerns. I read up on it being a bit audible at higher fan speeds but I typically set a custom fan curve which hardly ever bothers me since it's typically loud when I'm gaming.


@daze23 no need to save up for a Scorpio anymore, this thing is 6TF+!

Edit: They're closed. Smh I forgot.

 

[Fatboi1]

Edit: NVM i got the MSI one instead. Gonna see how it runs tonight.
Edit: Glorious

Out the box, no OC and I tried Yooka Laylee out at 4K Beautiful preset which I assume is very high.

On my old 3GB R9 280, I was getting 24~29fps.

On this 1070, that same setting is at a steady 60fps.

Witcher 3 at 4K/high settings nets me what I'd roughly say is about a 45~60fps average. shyt looks beautiful. (Hairworks/AA off.)

I done bought a PC Pro.

 

[daze23]

this Ducky keyboard is the shyt. it just feels so solid

shout out to mechanicalkeyboards.com

 

[porque]

is there a site with a review aggregator that shows you the best rated or top selling motherboards?


thinking of upgrading my setup but I dont game so i dont need the top of the line but I also want quality

 

[Liquid]

is there a site with a review aggregator that shows you the best rated or top selling motherboards?


thinking of upgrading my setup but I dont game so i dont need the top of the line but I also want quality

The best bet is to get reviews from tech heads is a site like pcpartpicker or newegg.

Depending on the platform you are on, it is really tough to go against that ASRock Killer SLI/AC for an Intel/Ryzen board as long as you don't care about USB 3.1. It covers all bases for gaming/enthusiast builds at about $150

 

[porque]

The best bet is to get reviews from tech heads is a site like pcpartpicker or newegg.

Depending on the platform you are on, it is really tough to go against that ASRock Killer SLI/AC for an Intel/Ryzen board as long as you don't care about USB 3.1. It covers all bases for gaming/enthusiast builds at about $150

props for that info but this requires me to do the work

I need someone else to do it

nah I dont do anything taxing on my pc, all I do is Photoshop and I used it to stream to multiple tvs so it needs to transcode at a fast rate

how about this
Best Motherboards



Edit: I didnt realize that Killer was the name of the mobo

props

 

[porque]

I feel like an old man looking thru all these new stuff

so the new cases dont come with space for dvd drives? and they only have space for 2 hard drives?

like this one below

 

[Liquid]

I feel like an old man looking thru all these new stuff

so the new cases dont come with space for dvd drives? and they only have space for 2 hard drives?

like this one below

Hard to go against the Rosewill Rise if you care about expansion:
Rosewill - ATX Full Tower Gaming Computer Case - Supports Up to E-ATX MBs, Dual PSUs, and 7 Fans - Rise Glow-Newegg.com

The best bang for buck if you do not care about the Side Window is the HAF 912
COOLER MASTER HAF series RC-912-KKN1 Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case-Newegg.com

 

[Liquid]

props for that info but this requires me to do the work

I need someone else to do it

nah I dont do anything taxing on my pc, all I do is Photoshop and I used it to stream to multiple tvs so it needs to transcode at a fast rate

how about this
Best Motherboards



Edit: I didnt realize that Killer was the name of the mobo

props

Yeah, I mentioned that one because its either the X370 or Z270 chipset and enough power phases/M.2 slots for pretty much anybody outside of the @Ciggavelli 's in the world. I would strongly recommend it for a long term build.

Cases are a bit tough to recommend since that comes down to preference in terms of looks, but the HAF 912 and Rise are the best value in a Mid or Full Tower IMO.

 

[Liquid]

Yeah,there haven't been too many of them. In fact the first mITX board is only going to be released later this month by Biostar, but it's a higher end X370 part.(Biostar X370GTN is the first Ryzen Mini-ITX motherboard) Maybe you could get around it by selling your current mobo/ram/cpu as a bundle to offset the cost of a new atx case, but I don't know how practical that'd be cause you might still want to keep it around as a second pc/htpc for your uses. A super cheap m/ATX case might be the way to go for now.

Biostar just told me that the mini itx ryzen board is coming out next week. My guess is Tuesday.

I will wait on reviews, but it's definitely on my radar.

 

[Fatboi1]

Digital Foundry: AMD Radeon RX 580 Review: How Much Faster Is 2nd Gen Polaris? + [1440p] Radeon RX 580/ RX 570 vs RX 480/ GTX 1060 Gaming Benchmarks
PCGH: Radeon RX 580 Review | Sapphire Nitro+ Limited Edition mit 1.450 MHz Boost
Paul's Hardware: Here's Some Radeon RX 580 & 570 Launch Benchmarks

Pricing:

Both the RX 580 and RX 570 are launching at $10 below their RX 400 series counterparts’ launch prices from last summer. This puts the 8GB RX 580 at $229 and the RX 570 at $169. The odd man out is the RX 580 4GB, which is launching at the same $199 price as the RX 480 4GB. This keeps AMD spot-on the $199 sweet spot, while perhaps more importantly it does a better job of differentiating the card from the next card down, the $169 RX 570. The smaller $20 price gap between the 4GB RX 480 and RX 470 meant that the cards didn’t always stand apart in a useful manner, especially hurting the RX 470.

Key point:

• If you already own a Radeon RX 400-series card, the RX 500-series is not expected to be an upgrade path for you.
• The Radeon RX 500-series is NOT based on Vega. Polaris here everyone.
• Target users are those with Radeon R9 380 class cards and older – Polaris is still meant as an upgrade for that very large user base.

 

[daze23]

Saints Row 2 free on GOG

Saints Row 2

edit: Steam too

Saints Row 2 on Steam

 

[Kaypain]

I just got this 4K gaming Dell laptop. But it's laggy as hell on the desktop if I have any window open.

 

[porque]

http://gizmodo.com/if-you-dont-think-you-need-a-graphics-card-this-80-gp-1794460619