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[Ciggavelli]

So I decided to go back to the 10-core

The case is fukking ugly as hell, but I want that i9 7900x

It arrives in mid-Nov. (so far away )

 

[Ciggavelli]

I wanna early adopt but I just get the feeling those panels are gonna have some issues out the gate.

Yeah, I’m gonna wait for reviews, but I’m hopeful

 

[Liquid]

So I decided to go back to the 10-core

The case is fukking ugly as hell, but I want that i9 7900x

It arrives in mid-Nov. (so far away )

Just be happy breh

 

[N*E*R*D]

Is it worth it to get a 144hz G Sync monitor if you only have a 1060?

At 1080p you're going to be getting over 60 FPS on every game pretty easily with a GTX 1060 6GB. If you want those extra frames why not cop one. If you want to get the most out of it I would say go with a GTX 1070TI or GTX 1080. Those cards will get you over 100FPS on those high refresh monitors.

 

[N*E*R*D]

@Ciggavelli

How badly will a GTX 1080 TI be bottlenecked by an I5-6600K OC to 4.2-4.5ghz?

Also if I need to upgrade to an i7 should I go 6700k or 7700k I have a z170 board....MSI sli plus to be exact. I think I have to update the bios to get a kaby lake cpu.

 

[Ciggavelli]

@Ciggavelli

How badly will a GTX 1080 TI be bottlenecked by an I5-6600K OC to 4.2-4.5ghz?

Also if I need to upgrade to an i7 should I go 6700k or 7700k I have a z170 board....MSI sli plus to be exact. I think I have to update the bios to get a kaby lake cpu.

It shouldn’t be too bad if you’re past 4.2. Anything over 4 ghz is good in my opinion. Might as well get the 7700k, if you ask me.

 

[Ciggavelli]

Just be happy breh

I don’t know how to be happy

 

[The War Report]

@Ciggavelli

How badly will a GTX 1080 TI be bottlenecked by an I5-6600K OC to 4.2-4.5ghz?

Also if I need to upgrade to an i7 should I go 6700k or 7700k I have a z170 board....MSI sli plus to be exact. I think I have to update the bios to get a kaby lake cpu.

Breh, most modern CPUs won't bottleneck a 1080ti

 

[Ciggavelli]

I forgot I had to buy a 1070 with my Area-51 machine (I’m putting my 2 Titan X Pascals in there instead).

Who wants a cheap ass 1070 with no box? My order arrives mid-November. Let me know.

 

[2gunsup]

I forgot I had to buy a 1070 with my Area-51 machine (I’m putting my 2 Titan X Pascals in there instead).

Who wants a cheap ass 1070 with no box? My order arrives mid-November. Let me know.

PM me a price. Got to upgrade my son's computer around that time.

 

[teacher]

I forgot I had to buy a 1070 with my Area-51 machine (I’m putting my 2 Titan X Pascals in there instead).

Who wants a cheap ass 1070 with no box? My order arrives mid-November. Let me know.

What’s cheap? I’m ready now if price is right...

 

[Ciggavelli]

What’s cheap? I’m ready now if price is right...

I’ll PM you

 

[duckbutta]

I've decided to with the Aurora R7

It's smaller and can hold 2 cards nicely

Here's what I ordered:

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7K 8700K (6-Core, 12MB Cache, Overclocked up to 4.6GHz across all cores)
OC Controls
Windows 10 Pro (64bit) English
US Power Cord
Regulatory Label
850W EPA Bronze PSU Liquid Cooled Chassis
Dual NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 1080 Ti graphics with 11GB GDDR5X each (NVIDIA SLI(R) Enabled)
32GB Dual Channel DDR4 at 2667MHz (2X16GB)
512GB M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)
BDRE Drive (Reads and Writes to Blu-Ray disks)
Killer 1535 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi and Bluetooth 4.1
Alienware Standard USB 2.0 Keyboard (English)
Alienware USB Optical Mouse
Killer Wireless 1535 Driver
Thank you for Choosing Dell
Cyberlink Media Suite Essentials without Media
Safety/Environment and Regulatory Guide (English/French Multi-language)
Aurora R7 Placemat
Dell.com Order
Dell.com Order
Shipping Material
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 Label for KBL-R
Additional Software
No Option Included
No FGA
Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Initial Year
Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Extended Year(s)
Microsoft Office 30 Day Trial
None Required

The case on the aurora is so much better than that hideous Area-51 case

Look how small and understated the case is (for Alienware at least). The second case is what I got

And of course, I got the Dell Visor and controllers to see what MS has up their sleeves with this "mixed realty." I gotta admit not having sensors to set up seems somewhat revolutionary


I'm going to use the extra money I had set aside and buy that 4K, G-sync, 144hz monitor ASAP whenever it"s for sale.



Oh and no, I won't be cancelling this order. I'm officially a "Casual" now I guess.

You putting your games on a 1TB mechanical drive

Dual 1080 TI's which means you shouldn't be going for anything less than the 32 inch 4k Gsync Predator monitor...

6 core cpu...

And you going with a MECHANICAL DRIVE FOR GAMING

 

[The War Report]

You putting your games on a 1TB mechanical drive

Dual 1080 TI's which means you shouldn't be going for anything less than the 32 inch 4k Gsync Predator monitor...

6 core cpu...

And you going with a MECHANICAL DRIVE FOR GAMING

Why you treating Cigg like he's some PC scrub?

 

[duckbutta]

@Ciggavelli

How badly will a GTX 1080 TI be bottlenecked by an I5-6600K OC to 4.2-4.5ghz?

Also if I need to upgrade to an i7 should I go 6700k or 7700k I have a z170 board....MSI sli plus to be exact. I think I have to update the bios to get a kaby lake cpu.

Lots of different ways to answer this...and mostly depends on what you are doing...

The 1080ti is so fast that last I checked there is not a cpu on the market that WONT bottleneck it eventually...just the nature of gpus vs cpus now...top end gpus are so much faster than top end cpus now...cpus just can't send

And remember, all it takes is for 1 core to reach 100% for bottlenecking to occur...and that is mostly based on how the developers of the game or application made it than anything else...

You also have to take into account if you will actually experience problems you can actually see with the bottleneck...with that I5 and a 1080 ti...your bottleneck might not cause anything more than say a 15 fps drop in games....which ultimately unless you are an fps whore you won't even notice while gaming...

If possible I would step that I5 up to an I7.... if not possible then you should be fine with the I5...