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Question Building a new system (mostly gaming): quiet; middle-of-the-road workhorse (nothing flashy)

I'm a liar... disappeared for a while. Now it's many months later. How have things shaken out? What things have released, at what price points, and at what performance levels? Some reading is in order, but if anyone has general insights, I'm happy to hear about them.
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- Post #12
- May 21, 2021
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question Building a new system (mostly gaming): quiet; middle-of-the-road workhorse (nothing flashy)

Will have to see how the performance numbers pan out - but with the recent announcement of the NV RTX 3060 (avail end of Feb) at $329 (MSRP) - it seems that the 2060 at $340 would be passe. All guesses and estimates - would have to see what real world specifics are.
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- Post #11
- Jan 23, 2021
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question Building a new system (mostly gaming): quiet; middle-of-the-road workhorse (nothing flashy)

Wow... sorry to leave you all hanging (as if you all were waiting for some kernel of wisdom from me :) ). I thought I had 'subscribed' to this thread - and hadn't gotten emails about responses. I had put this on the back burner for awhile. I appreciate all of you who responded - didn't mean...
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- Post #10
- Jan 23, 2021
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question Building a new system (mostly gaming): quiet; middle-of-the-road workhorse (nothing flashy)

Oh... forgot to mention I'd like to make it as efficient as possible. An 80% efficient PSU doesn't seem all that efficient to me... and would like to think about lower-power components in the first place (GPU, CPU...).
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- Post #2
- Nov 25, 2020
- Forum: Computer Building
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Question Building a new system (mostly gaming): quiet; middle-of-the-road workhorse (nothing flashy)

Hi all, I'm looking into putting together a new system for myself, after being out of this PC-building melee for a number of years. :) Here are my current specs: Video: R9 290 (4GB GDDR5) CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 B55 (Socket AM3) MB: MSI 790x-G45 (MS-7622) RAM: 8GB...
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- Nov 25, 2020
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Computer Building
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Audio card headhpone-out port and 3-channel headphones

These headphones have a built in volume control, too. A little inline switch very similar to the how the Apple earbuds have. Can I expect the audio control on this headset to work? Is that just a driver issue? (Assuming that the hardware can recognize the signal.) It works on my laptop...
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- Post #4
- Nov 23, 2015
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Audio card headhpone-out port and 3-channel headphones

I misspoke, so to speak. It has 3-channels, so 3 'breaks' or 'sections' on the 3.5mm male plug. Thus it would be 4 conductors is my guess. It's the same standard used by newer earbud + microphone setups on most cell phones. I guess was just hoping that the conductor spacing on 2-channel...
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- Post #3
- Nov 23, 2015
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Audio card headhpone-out port and 3-channel headphones

I just got a new set of headphones with an integrated mic, that has a single 3.5mm plug with three conductors at the end. The mic wasn't an important factor in the purchase and so I overlooked it's presence for a while...until I tried to plug it into the headphone output of my sound card (Asus...
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- Nov 23, 2015
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Home Theater PCs
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Update old AMD system for gaming

I got the new memory (2x4GB) and installed that; bought the game as well yesterday. Just for fun I installed it and was going to try it with my existing video card. Didn't do so well - Windows just reports that 'Fallout 4 has stopped working' very quickly after I click 'Play'. I don't get...
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- Post #25
- Nov 12, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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[DEAD] Best Buy: Insignia 40" LED 1080p HDTV $159.99 w/FS

Not sure if it is dead today, but I picked one up yesterday (11/11) at a local store. I had to ask for the model - I couldn't find it on the floor. The salesperson was very helpful though. I hope that it is still valid, as I was thinking of telling a friend about it. (Oh, yeah, the website...
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- Post #16
- Nov 12, 2015
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Update old AMD system for gaming

That's an excellent point about limiting the number of possible pieces.
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- Post #23
- Nov 10, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Update old AMD system for gaming

On the subject of upgrading the system memory: is it better to put in 4x2GB sticks or 2x4GB sticks? The MB is dual channel DDR3-1200; it supports 8GB max. I currently have 2x2GB of DDR-1333 Corsair - matched pairs. I have found the exact same kits still available for $40. It appears that...
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- Post #21
- Nov 10, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Update old AMD system for gaming

The CPU unlocking seems to have been entirely successful. I was able to play an older game for a while with no lock ups, glitches, or artifacts. So my first, and hopefully only, purchase is going to be a video card. So if I'm spending $200-$300 on just a video card is the R9 290 still the...
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- Post #17
- Nov 7, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Update old AMD system for gaming

Woot! It worked! I now have a Phenom II X4 555! To be sure about things, though, I wanted to track the temperatures of the CPU with the new cores; the TDP rating went up, of course, so I wanted to see what temperatures my cooler (the stock AMD fan) was performing at. I'm having a dickens...
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- Post #15
- Nov 3, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building
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Update old AMD system for gaming

I was getting results from this URL just now (the US version of their site): http://us.msi.com/support/mb/790XG45.html#support-cpu
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- Post #12
- Nov 2, 2015
- Forum: Computer Building

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