Do you only play modern games(dx 11/12) and are willing to put up with a very beta quality software experience to get a 3060ish performance for 330 USD? Then it might be worth a shot.
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Do you only play modern games(dx 11/12) and are willing to put up with a very beta quality software experience to get a 3060ish performance for 330 USD? Then it might be worth a shot.
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Right now mostly looking at the RX 6800x but seeing what happens with prices and keeping options open.
Even if I had the money right now, would not buy a 4xxx series card right now due to being just introduced.
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I mean, yeah, the 4000 series is very overpriced. The Intel A770 looks like it can have good performance and a great price, but with the state of their software it's very dependent on what you play right now. Which means a lot of research pretty much.
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This monitor may hit the spot, it's 17.3 inches wide with a 300hz refresh rate and 3ms response time, so it should be small and fast enough and the reviews are pretty decent.
Cloak&Dagger
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For large monitors, definitely do curved if you're going to be close like that. It really helps avoid that in a way that's hard to describe until you try it.
From all the reviews, 'not worth it' seems to be the answer.
Intel has the hardware to compete, but their software is trash so you can't get consistent performance and it's a crapshoot whether a specific thing will work at all.
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Price vs Performance, it looks like the 3060 TI seems to be among the best? Thoughts on it?
Looking at comparisons and it looks like Passmark's performance benchmarks put it at about about double the GTX 980.
Does anyone know anything about the ocpc company? They have an RTX 3060 below $400.
As well, what are thought on Refurbished cards through New Egg sellers?
Looking at comparisons and it looks like Passmark's performance benchmarks put it at about about double the GTX 980.
Does anyone know anything about the ocpc company? They have an RTX 3060 below $400.
As well, what are thought on Refurbished cards through New Egg sellers?
Ocpc looks to be Vistech? I need a link to a product but i haven't heard of them.
Newegg resellers are the same people hawking stuff on Ebay, there is no quality control. So expect coin miner stock.
Cloak&Dagger
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I like the RTX 3060TI and would have bought it at launch if not for the fact it's only 8gb, which I already have.
The 3060 is 12gb, but significantly slower.
It depends on whether you're 1080p or 2k if they're good or not. 1080p they're more than enough, and only at 2k max quality would anything slow them down.
Personally I'm not interested in them at this point because the next gen is around the corner, and I'm pissed at NVIDIA specifically because of their shenanigans with EVGA and other companies that lead to EVGA leaving the market, as well as general NVIDIA price-gouging, so I'm looking towards the next AMD cards (and Intel Arc as a meme).
For you, the question is your monitor.
What resolution do you run and what FPS are you capable of and looking for?
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New Egg link for OCPC 3060ti
OCPC GeForce RTX 3060Ti CF 8GB GDDR6 256-Bit Dual Cooling Fan OCVN3060TI0G8CF - Newegg.com
Buy OCPC GeForce RTX 3060Ti CF 8GB GDDR6 256-Bit Dual Cooling Fan OCVN3060TI0G8CF with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!
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I am think that Black Friday might be a good idea myself. Besides, Amazon has an Gigabyte 3060 ti for $405 and prefer a known brand if it comes down to it.
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Honestly like Jensen is milking the RTX 30 cards from 3080 and below since they haven't shifted in price (and if they make a profit off a FE 3080 at 700 USD they easily do for a 3080 Ti FE at 829 and so on). Only way AIBs are going to be shifting stock is Black Friday at this point.
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r/buildapc - Why is UserBenchmark so critical about AMD?
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There were a lot of attacks against the FX-8350 in the past, comparing it to very low end Intel processors.
Some stuff makes me wonder about actual testing.
For example, this person seems to put a lot of that into question. He seems more candid than most and seemed to actually have the system.
View: https://youtu.be/tl_Y4HXqBFQ
Makes me also wonder about comparing the Ryzen 7 5800x vs the i5 11400F.
One item that does make me wonder if that some comparisons on video have the Ryzen 7 5800 at like 50% usage while the i5 is at 80% usage.
Some stuff makes me wonder about actual testing.
For example, this person seems to put a lot of that into question. He seems more candid than most and seemed to actually have the system.
View: https://youtu.be/tl_Y4HXqBFQ
Makes me also wonder about comparing the Ryzen 7 5800x vs the i5 11400F.
One item that does make me wonder if that some comparisons on video have the Ryzen 7 5800 at like 50% usage while the i5 is at 80% usage.
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I found a good price on an RX 6800 video card.
A concern that hit me though is the length of the card. The documentation on the case indicates that it can take a card up to 315 mm and the card is 320 mm. There probably will be a bit of space where I can still use the card but I should be ready if I have to get a new case. If I had noted this beforehand, I might not have ordered the card.
I want to have a backup plan however. Need ideas for an alternate case that will definitely be able to take the card. Want something affordable (under 100, preferably under 70), needs to have at least one 5.25 bay, like to at least have a clear side window but could be acrylic not glass (although glass is acceptable), and multiple fan mounts.
I was looking at this one on Amazon. Looks real nice to me. According to the website, will hand cards up to 380 mm long.
Anything wrong with the design?
Edit: the new graphics card does not fit in the old case. Thought about cutting the bracket that blocks it but still really close to the 5.25 bay. Went ahead and ordered the Fractal Design one although went New Egg instead of Amazon. Both were slow shipping because the Amazon one goes through an Amazon partner so no faster going through Amazon.
A concern that hit me though is the length of the card. The documentation on the case indicates that it can take a card up to 315 mm and the card is 320 mm. There probably will be a bit of space where I can still use the card but I should be ready if I have to get a new case. If I had noted this beforehand, I might not have ordered the card.
I want to have a backup plan however. Need ideas for an alternate case that will definitely be able to take the card. Want something affordable (under 100, preferably under 70), needs to have at least one 5.25 bay, like to at least have a clear side window but could be acrylic not glass (although glass is acceptable), and multiple fan mounts.
I was looking at this one on Amazon. Looks real nice to me. According to the website, will hand cards up to 380 mm long.
Anything wrong with the design?
Edit: the new graphics card does not fit in the old case. Thought about cutting the bracket that blocks it but still really close to the 5.25 bay. Went ahead and ordered the Fractal Design one although went New Egg instead of Amazon. Both were slow shipping because the Amazon one goes through an Amazon partner so no faster going through Amazon.
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That case looks pretty good and has a nice mesh front so it should have good air intake. It's also from a reputable brand, so the build quality should be good*. The only thing it seems to be missing is a front USB-C port, however, finding a case that is new enough to have a USB-C port and old enough to support 5.25 drives is a serious pain. When I was looking for a new case, the only one I found that had both was the BeQuiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Rev2, which was stupid expensive then and it has only gotten more expensive since.
I hope you'll enjoy the new card! Will you write about your experience with it, once you have it?
I probably should have saved for a new GPU myself, but I ended up buying a 5800X3D this weekend. When I bought my 2700X, I always intended to use the long AM4 lifetime to get a significant upgrade, without a complete system upgrade. So, when I got an email from geizhals.de that the 5800X3D hit a sub 350€ price, I ended up going for it, after thinking about it for a day. Well, I got the mail Friday night, decided to sleep a night over it and then realized the next morning, that mindfactory.de only includs shipping if you buy between midnight and 6AM, so I had a bit more time to think then I thought 😅. Anyway, at 349€ including tax, shipping, and the Unchartered Legacy of Thieves Collection, I'm pretty happy with the price. Especially since it looks like used 2700X's are being sold for about 100€ at the moment on ebay. That it went up in price by 15€ today also made me happy that pulled the trigger over the weekend
*I did my mandatory 2 week internship in Year 10 (? I think, it might have been Year 9. It's been 15+ years 😅) in a local computer shop and I still vividly remember how the other student with me managed to cut his finger while building in a cheap no-name case. Since we didn't have any band-aids, I "bandaged" it with a tissue paper and a zip tie. Since then every case I've bought has been from a reputable brand
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That case looks pretty good and has a nice mesh front so it should have good air intake. It's also from a reputable brand, so the build quality should be good*. The only thing it seems to be missing is a front USB-C port, however, finding a case that is new enough to have a USB-C port and old enough to support 5.25 drives is a serious pain. When I was looking for a new case, the only one I found that had both was the BeQuiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Rev2, which was stupid expensive then and it has only gotten more expensive since.
I hope you'll enjoy the new card! Will you write about your experience with it, once you have it?
I probably should have saved for a new GPU myself, but I ended up buying a 5800X3D this weekend. When I bought my 2700X, I always intended to use the long AM4 lifetime to get a significant upgrade, without a complete system upgrade. So, when I got an email from geizhals.de that the 5800X3D hit a sub 350€ price, I ended up going for it, after thinking about it for a day. Well, I got the mail Friday night, decided to sleep a night over it and then realized the next morning, that mindfactory.de only includs shipping if you buy between midnight and 6AM, so I had a bit more time to think then I thought 😅. Anyway, at 349€ including tax, shipping, and the Unchartered Legacy of Thieves Collection, I'm pretty happy with the price. Especially since it looks like used 2700X's are being sold for about 100€ at the moment on ebay. That it went up in price by 15€ today also made me happy that pulled the trigger over the weekend
*I did my mandatory 2 week internship in Year 10 (? I think, it might have been Year 9. It's been 15+ years 😅) in a local computer shop and I still vividly remember how the other student with me managed to cut his finger while building in a cheap no-name case. Since we didn't have any band-aids, I "bandaged" it with a tissue paper and a zip tie. Since then every case I've bought has been from a reputable brand
In August I found a 5800x, motherboard, and ram for $400. They were Amazon returns but they saved me about $150 at the time, maybe a little less now. That is part of the issue with computers. I only just upgraded from an FX 8350. I like my stuff to last.
Found the RX 6800 for $500 and going through New Egg lets me pay in payments interest free as long as I pay it off in 6 months. In most games it seems to benchmark better than the RTX 3070, which tends to be more. As well, 16 GB of ram will hopefully give me more longevity than 8 GB of ram.
The old case is Cooler Master so at one time was considered a good brand although I don't see a lot of newer stuff from them.
This is the issue in pictures (From the cooler master product page)
The video cards appear to be the hd 5970 (A very old card now) which is suppose to be 311 mm long. As long a that space is 9 mm, I guess I can likely get it in. My hard drives are lower down.
Edit: the new graphics card does not fit in the old case. Thought about cutting the bracket that blocks it but still really close to the 5.25 bay. Went ahead and ordered the Fractal Design one although went New Egg instead of Amazon. Both were slow shipping because the Amazon one goes through an Amazon partner so no faster going through Amazon.
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Been a little while but have a question and updates
I like to have some tools to work on systems if I can afford them. Might be nice to have a power supply tester if it does not break the bank.
I have been watching a channel where a guy fixes broken computers. He has a Passmark brand power supply tester that he uses to test power supplies. That is almost $600 however. He get sponsors and would not be surprised if Passmark just sent it to him. That is just too much for me.
I looked on eBay and there are power supply testers for the $10 range. Do the cheap ones tend to work? If not, is there a happy medium as far as price?
Side Note: The RX 6800 has been working pretty well for me.
Also I went ahead and decided to rebuild my FX-8350 as a backup computer. Thought about using it as a TV server but I have a low powered machine that is capable in that job. Don't know what I will do with it but actually felt good to rebuild it.
I had given the ram to my roommate so had to get replacement DDR3. I also could not get dual channel from the ram on my old board so replaced my board with a better board. After the fact I realized I should have cleared my CMOS first just in case something got corrupted. Something I recently learned. Also replaced the case that I had been using with the same case I used for the Ryzen 7 build because it has rear cable management. Also is generally a nicer case.
Did use the FX-8350 processor, cooling tower, one of the case fans I did not transfer, and the 1 TB SSD because I replaced that with an M.2 on the new build.
I like to have some tools to work on systems if I can afford them. Might be nice to have a power supply tester if it does not break the bank.
I have been watching a channel where a guy fixes broken computers. He has a Passmark brand power supply tester that he uses to test power supplies. That is almost $600 however. He get sponsors and would not be surprised if Passmark just sent it to him. That is just too much for me.
I looked on eBay and there are power supply testers for the $10 range. Do the cheap ones tend to work? If not, is there a happy medium as far as price?
Side Note: The RX 6800 has been working pretty well for me.
Also I went ahead and decided to rebuild my FX-8350 as a backup computer. Thought about using it as a TV server but I have a low powered machine that is capable in that job. Don't know what I will do with it but actually felt good to rebuild it.
I had given the ram to my roommate so had to get replacement DDR3. I also could not get dual channel from the ram on my old board so replaced my board with a better board. After the fact I realized I should have cleared my CMOS first just in case something got corrupted. Something I recently learned. Also replaced the case that I had been using with the same case I used for the Ryzen 7 build because it has rear cable management. Also is generally a nicer case.
Did use the FX-8350 processor, cooling tower, one of the case fans I did not transfer, and the 1 TB SSD because I replaced that with an M.2 on the new build.
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I need a new HDMI computer monitor to game with, cause my current one is really old and bad, so I was wondering what I should get?
I don't play anything very intensive but my current screen is getting this terrible white-out where I can't really see what's happening
Budget is like £100-200 tops, maybe?
I don't play anything very intensive but my current screen is getting this terrible white-out where I can't really see what's happening
Budget is like £100-200 tops, maybe?
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Dangerman
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There seems to be these two on sale on Ebuyer as 144Hz IPS monitors:
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ACER Nitro XV242YPbmiiprx 23.8" Full HD 144Hz IPS Gaming Monitor | Ebuyer.com
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Not sure how good they are and probably not good in dark scenes but viewing angles & colours ought to be decent.
Sort of on topic - I am looking for a capture card for my PC. Ideally, it would be fairly low latency so that I could plug in my Switch and actually play the games via capture without incident. 1080p is fine; no need to go up to 4K. I can handle PCI-E or USB 3; either works.
Any suggestions/thoughts?
Any suggestions/thoughts?
When you say 2100mhz, what specifically are you referring to?
Anyway, RAM sped can make a difference depending on other factors involved on your system. The difference between DDR4-2400 and DDR4-3600 in an otherwise identical system could, under the right circumstances, maybe have a 10-15% performance impact, assuming that there are no other bottlenecks - but that's a big assumption.