I actually stopped selling on Ebay for a while now. It used to be great to unload used pc parts when upgrading but it really left a bad taste when I sold a brand new sealed box keyboard and made the mistake of baking the shipping into the price (as ebay would advise when listing to get more...
My 6S is right around 2 years old from new. I remember in the past, a full charge would last me pretty long (several days sometimes) because I have very light use. These days though, if I leave 100% charge in the morning sitting on my desk and don't use it, it'll use 30%+ charge by that same...
Have you actually used one before? I went from the exact SSD in your signature to my current drive and there is absolutely a difference. Not an earthshattering one but it's there.
OP: If you are wondering whether it's worth the extra cash, it's probably not. It IS faster but you always pay a premium for the best and that premium is generally more than the added benefit you get.
Thanks. Would love the Essence STX II (my brother has that with his Paradigm Signature bookshelves) but that card can't take the 3x 3.5mm from my Z5500s. I ended up getting the Strix RAID DLX since it's around the same price range and I don't need to wait a month for the AE-5 to launch.
Thanks, all great info. SBZ is what I have right now. It's decent but not all that great, so if I buy something to replace it, I'm hoping for something better. Does it compare well to ALC1220? Also, any thoughts on the upcoming Sound BlasterX AE-5? I hate that they only have an LED version...
Out of curiosity, I could also go the other way and just buy a new sound card. My brother has an Essence STX II but I can't use them since it doesn't have the 3.5mm outs I need for my Z5500 (unless someone here knows how I can get around that). I don't know that I really want another creative...
Is cost a consideration? While X299 should be faster, if cost is something you value, a Ryzen system would be much better bang for the buck for what you're doing.
Thanks, it's painful but not being able to clock up my ram has sort of bugged me all along so hoping I can fix both in one go. I'm still interested in knowing if there's a board someone on this forum has actually successfully gotten 3200 ram to work though. If there isn't that's fine too. But at...
Thanks. Before I shell out a for a different board though, I'm curious if there is a board out there someone actually got to 3200 w/o needing special ram (QVL is fine). I know a lot of boards are supposed to do 3200 (heck, mine advertises it!) but I don't recall hearing of anyone actually...
Thanks, can anyone confirm that the faster ram speeds work on this board?
Also, do you know how much, if any, of an audio quality is that onboard sound versus my SBZ? I used to have ROG Gene-Z (i5 2500k) and the onboard sound for that was pretty acceptable. Would this 1220 sound be better than...
So my Sound Blaster Z is dying. The Center/Sub channel does not work. I was going to just use onboard sound but then realized my current motherboard does not have 5.1 sound.
Since I've also been annoyed that I can't get DDR4-3200 working (or anything higher than 2400 to be honest), I've been...
Really? Are you seriously trying to convince him that a 1000w psu for his system is potentially undersized? I think it's irresponsible for you to do so. Good quality 750-850w PSUs have been more than enough for an OCed 2-GPU system for a while now and parts only get more power efficient, not...
Umm no. Not even close.
1) You will rarely have cases where you are maxing out both cpu and gpu.
2) That 1080Ti with its 6-pin and 8-pin can pull a maximum of 300watts. That's 150 + 75 + 75. No "maybe mores" but plenty of cases where it draws less (maxing out 2 cards is no easy feat and doing...
Wow from not even having rumors you are already 99% sure? I mean, I'd agree there's a decent chance but let's not get ahead of ourselves in case Intel disappoints.
Why? It's not likely in his price range and, more importantly, not better value than a $250 1600x. And by the time it comes out, we'll be telling him to wait for Zen+, since that will be right around the corner.
With all the rampant speculation going on about how great Intel will be, I'm wondering why the Intel folks here think CFL will be such a monster when the following seems true:
1) Intel did not take AMD seriously all the way until AFTER Ryzen launched and sold.
2) From the time Intel took AMD...
OP: Not sure if this helps but I just tried launching stuff with Task Manager open and CPU went from 3% to at most 10% (usually 4-5%). Tried with a bunch of different programs I haven't used in a while. Not seeing what you're seeing...
That may be true but hardly helps prove anything. If CFL is meant as a drop in upgrade, why have a 300 series launch alongside it given that, as you say, Z270 is only 4 months old.
I'm not saying it can't happen but you've only got wishful thinking at best at the moment.
How do you know there's no need to replace the mobo? That article if anything seems to indicate the contrary given the 300 series announcement in there.
OP: Your husband is a lucky guy as all the parts you picked so far are top of the line. Can you list what he had and what you've gotten him so far (if you've gotten him more than just the things you mentioned)? We can tell you if other parts of his computer need to be replaced as well.
I seriously doubt your HX650 didn't have enough power (unless you were running 2x Fury or something like that). Did that PSU still work for your old system?
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