**Official PC rig Pics/Specs/Mods thread PART V ** GOAT PC Master Race Checking In!**

[KRANE]

Isn't 30" a little too small for 4K? 2.6K legacy resolutions were already difficult to see for some.

People say that with every generation of resolution advancement (and audio too). Nevertheless, although 27" is the most popular display, 30"~ really should be the sweet spot.

In any event, scaling keeps getting better and at this point, there's little to no reason not to upgrade to a 4k monitor -- even if its not among the top tier listed above.

[J3remy]

Been working on a scratch build acrylic pc watercooling case

[Vomitory]

Here's a vid of me benching The Surge @1440p running butter smooth. It's a good gameplay video too for people in that area as most have trouble with those creepers/walkers/w.e they're called although I'm stuck and can't seem to find the place where to go which is kinda frustrating.



i5-4670
Zotac GTX 1080 TI Blower (hence the heat)
Samsung Evo 850 500 GB SSD + another 3 TB +500GB HDD.
16 Gigs
Acer Predator XB271HUA 165 Hz G-Sync Monitor that I just got this week
600W Be Quiet Pure Power PSU

I'm waiting for Coffeelake/Ryzen+, my i5-4670 completely bottlenecks anything 1080p or low settings, most games 1440p Ultra gives me the same fps as 1080p low and I want those 144-165 fps instead beeing in the 100s as I noticed the games that do hit rocksolid 165 fps feel INCREDIBLY fun, to me the difference between 165 fps and 60 fps is way bigger than the difference between 30 and 60 fps. I just hope AMD doesn't slack and makes some nice IPC improvements with Ryzen+.

[FFailed]

EVGA trying to cash in on some of that mining money. They threw up B stock 1070s for $400 + shipping and they are already sold out lmao

[jinda628]

EVGA trying to cash in on some of that mining money. They threw up B stock 1070s for $400 + shipping and they are already sold out lmao

What do you think will be the capabilities of Vega mining? I kind of hoping its sucks at mining so we dont have to suffer like this if we need one for gaming lol!

[Azzurri]

Anyone building a Ryzen PC? I'm thinking of it actually. Have not used AMD since I built an Athlon 64 17 years ago.

[KRANE]

Good to know. Thank you for doing the research for me.

Actually, your research was my research. My system is turning 5 soon so its time to begin researching for upgrades. But if you must, you can thank me in greens.







jk

[MrJensenn]

Anyone building a Ryzen PC? I'm thinking of it actually. Have not used AMD since I built an Athlon 64 17 years ago.

I'm playing with the idea of doing a 16 core build in the fall/winter. Too pricey now with the RAM prices, even though the chips are not out yet. My PC gaming is firing up Battlefield 1 a few hours a month.

Been thinking about it since before Ryzen, but I use my computer as a daily driver and tinkering with it comes second.
There are still a few issues with running ram at higher frequencies, but people get 2933, 3000, 3200 e.g. to run and get pretty decent clocks so it's not bad systems they have with 6/8 cores @3.8GHz++. I think many of the issues are amplified in the enthusiast circles.

I might as well just wait a little bit longer for Threadripper/Ryzen 2 etc., although that really depends on what kind of workloads we'll be doing at my graduate program.

[PositiveCrew]

Anyone else just want to keep buying monitors even though you have enough?

Anytime I see a good price I have to practice so much restraint not to grab them all..

Been working on a scratch build acrylic pc watercooling case

damn bro that looks beautiful

you did that all by yourself?

keep us updated with more pics

[KRANE]

RAM speed is inconsequential; and 98% won't need more than 8 including for gaming. On the other hand, if you're a diehard multitasker (and have stuff running in the background) then 16 should suffice. Anything beyond that is just bragging rights. Buy more ram if you have everything you need, money to spare and nothing better to do.

[KRANE]

Anyone else just want to keep buying monitors even though you have enough?

Anytime I see a good price I have to practice so much restraint not to grab them all..



damn bro that looks beautiful

you did that all by yourself?

keep us updated with more pics

Actually, the display is probably the single greatest advancing peripheral on a computer. Something bigger and better, new and improved is always there and waiting for someone that has and wants to spend the money. After all, what serious gamer would turn down a trio of new curved 144 hz slim bezel G-sync panels?

[jinda628]

RAM speed is inconsequential; and 98% won't need more than 8 including for gaming. On the other hand, if you're a diehard multitasker (and have stuff running in the background) then 16 should suffice. Anything beyond that is just bragging rights. Buy more ram if you have everything you need, money to spare and nothing better to do.

I dont buy RAM brah, I download it...

[MrJensenn]

RAM speed is extremely important for Ryzen. The Infinity fabric speed which is the interconnection between the core complexes (one CPU is 2 CCX (core complex) in the Ryzen R5/R7 series) is dependent on your RAM speed.
The faster your ram the faster the communication between the two CCXs are. Thus your CPU is faster as a whole as the RAM speed increases.

Performance wise this is notable on Ryzen, although after 3000 the difference is less than going from 2133 to 3000 (in MHz).

[slimchopra]

Can someone recommend an SSD and 8 GB of ram to buy?

[InstantLoser]

Can someone recommend an SSD and 8 GB of ram to buy?

Budget, and purpose of SSD (like, do you want to install Windows on it, or just programs/games)? What type of RAM does your system use/need (DDR3, DDR4, etc)?

Also, strong user join date to post ratio.

[AetasNitor]

Has anyone here had positive experiences using powerline adapters to run internet to their desktop?

[MrJensenn]

Tempted to pick up a R7 1700 now, got a 20% discount store wide this weekend at a part store.
Complete build with mobo, ram and cpu for $532 usd.

[Prototyp3]

Has anyone here had positive experiences using powerline adapters to run internet to their desktop?

Yes. How much it actually does I don't know, but speed test shows the same speeds plugged directly to router, or into the powerline which is then into the router.

[MrJensenn]

Found the best Chromium extensions ever; Audio EQ. Wow, what a game changer. I wish Firefox had something like this.


Also, does anyone know if these are different from the regular Ryzens?

https://videocardz.com/70594/amd-lau...ion-processors


Yeah yeah I know it's VCZ but come on.

The pro series is for the prosumers aka businesses. Rumors of locked multiplier and all features associated with business grade hardware.
Probably not worth the extra cost.

[Singularity7]

Has anyone here had positive experiences using powerline adapters to run internet to their desktop?

Been using one for probably over 3 years. Really good.

[Rows4lyfe]

Really struggling to decide between these two 1440/165hz monitors.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16824106004

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16824116827

The Viewsonic is $100 cheaper in aus, but the acer doesn't have that ugly green all over it. Anyone here either of these? What's your experience been like?

[jinda628]

Don't make me rebrand you as the thread killer, brosefapolis.

Lol damn you!
So has that thread resurrected yet? Lol!

[Azzurri]

Lol video cards and memory are through the roof right now. Fukin crypto currency.

[i3oosted]

Really struggling to decide between these two 1440/165hz monitors.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16824106004

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16824116827

The Viewsonic is $100 cheaper in aus, but the acer doesn't have that ugly green all over it. Anyone here either of these? What's your experience been like?

They use the exact same panels, I have the freesync version of the Acer and I love it.

[InstantLoser]

Lol video cards and memory are through the roof right now. Fukin crypto currency.

I traded an RX 480 (which I got for $200) for a GTX 1080 2 days ago. That went well.

[rocketfish]

its amazing how i bought my video card cheaper at launch than it is selling for a year later..

good thing I also bought my 16gb dd4 3000 ram last year before the prices went up.

[FFailed]

I traded an RX 480 (which I got for $200) for a GTX 1080 2 days ago. That went well.

Dam nice trade was that local? Id trade all my 480s for 1080s in a second lol.

its amazing how i bought my video card cheaper at launch than it is selling for a year later..

good thing I also bought my 16gb dd4 3000 ram last year before the prices went up.

Same my 16GB 3000 was only $84.

[InstantLoser]

Dam nice trade was that local? Id trade all my 480s for 1080s in a second lol.

Yeah, Craigslist.

[jinda628]

Yeah, I saw that in the comments. I wish they picked out a different naming scheme though.



lmao

Nah, not at all. It was the guy who posted a pic of his car after it rammed a kangaroo and then some dude who posted his ride as a attachment. That was June 2nd, I think. No posts since then. I wanted to post something else the other day but I didn't want to be all alone. lol

Lmao! This is actually what I've been thinking everytime I wanna post/say something since you accused me of killing the thread. So everytime, I just decided not to lol!

But I haven't seen the kangaroo thing so might check it later.

[slimchopra]

Budget, and purpose of SSD (like, do you want to install Windows on it, or just programs/games)? What type of RAM does your system use/need (DDR3, DDR4, etc)?

Also, strong user join date to post ratio.

Like $200-300? I want to use it for games to make them load faster. And motherboard is a Z77 that takes uses DDR3.

I appreciate the help.