ASRock X470 vs. Gigabyte Aurus Ultra... cost difference is like $10 but ASRock comes with wifi (which I don't need but for $10 I'll take it for possible LAN party. But any thoughts on reliablity? Is ASRock a good brand? I've loved my gigabyte current board.
And yes GPU will definitely get an...
Okay I think I'm just about ready to pull the trigger. Here's the final draft. Yes, admittedly I fell a little victim to the old "well.. what's another $30..." on a bunch of these :-) But I suspect that is familiar to folks frequenting an enthusiast PC forum.
PCPartPicker part list / Price...
Thank you for explanation. The one downside of upgrading so infrequently is I always have to relearn the current jargon/technical stuff. But it is kind of fun knowing the nitty gritty details.
How much does CAS 14 vs. 15 vs. 16 matter?
Some possible memory options I'm seeing:
G.Skill Trident Z 3200 CL 14 for $210 <-- Cheapest 3200 with CL <=15 on PC Part picker
G.Skill Ripjaw V 3200 CL 16 for $180 @ Microcenter (similar on PC Part picker)
G.Skill Ripjaw V 3000 CL 15 for $162
Such as? Definitely happy to pay less! (Yes, I know there is supposed to be a way to just use it for $0 with no personalization features and some minor popup reminders). But is there something in between?
But its almost $100 more... what does the Taichi add for that cost? If ASRock is better, I...
First off, THANK YOU! This thread got way more replies than I expected. Thank you everyone for your suggestions.
A couple quick questions:
R7 2700 vs 2700X - $40 difference, I'm assuming probably just worth it to go X, but is it just speed advantage?
SSD I'm seeing M.2 and SATA 6, which...
cmdrdredd, I am also theoretically looking at the i7-8700k. I had started looking at Intel and then it looked like AMD in this round was offering slightly better bang for the buck (they always flip flop, before my C2Q I had an old Athalon). That said, if there's a good case for i7, I'm open to...
Also, it is really funny looking back at my only other post (from 2012!) asking about upping to 4 GB RAM. Lol. http://www.portvapes.co.uk/?id=Latest-exam-1Z0-876-Dumps&exid=threads/cheap-upgrade-for-my-4-year-old-oced-computer.2272472/ trip down memory lane.
So my current gaming PC has been going for years (mostly for lower spec games like Rimworld, Civ6, The Witness) with the only update being a GeForce GTX 970 a year ago:
Core2Quad 6600 @ 2.9 GHz
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
EVGA GeForce GTX 970
4 GB DDR2
Corsair 700W PSU
But it is time to finally get a...
Hey everyone, just to close the loop on this, I ended up buying windows 7 and buying 2x2GB of G.Skill PC8500 DDR2. I know it was more expensive than DDR3, but the system runs XCOM like a dream now. I think the extra 2 GB of memory were crucial because I installed windows 7 first and it was a bit...
Thank you, everyone, for the great advice and links! I think I'll wait until it comes out and see how performance is. And I'll probably look to upgrade the GPU first, since I can reuse that with a new computer later.
Back in 2008 I build a C2Q rig and it has served me well ever since:
Intel Q6600 OC @ 2.8 GHz
2x1GB G. Skill DDR2 800
Gigabyte P35-DS3R
GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
Corsair 520W PSU
Windows XP SP2
I just use this desktop for gaming. But with the new XCOM game coming out, I'm concerned that my old...
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