Seriously, I do thank the members here who have taken their time to field my questions and give their very useful advice. I'm new to the home rig crowd only a few years now (aside from minor upgrades, this will be my first major upgrade to the system) and I still feel the need to seek advice as...
Man I hate to ask this as if feels like a dumb question. I checked on Cryorig's site for the R1 Ultimate compatibility with an MSI Z270 M7 Mobo running an i7 7700k and for whatever reason, could not find an LGA 1151 board listed, which I found to be a bit strange. Yet reviews I have read, as...
Hello again Valantar, just replied to your post on my older thread. This rig is strictly a gaming rig, and though I dabble with some 3D stuff from time to time, it is primarily a game machine, first and foremost.
I'll just post parts of my reply on older thread so as not to keep two redundant...
@Valantar - I actually game with an ultra wide 2560x1080. So definitely no 4K, but still chews up a bit more processing power than a 1920x1080. The refresh is a standard 60, and I do see frames dip below this on games like TW: Warhammer (that is with mods though) and heavily modded games like...
I asked about some similar upgrades a few days ago, and shook the old piggy bank in the meantime and was able to squeeze out a bit more change to update my upgrade list.
Currently I have:
i5 3570k @ 3.4GHz OC'd to 4.2 GHz
CM Evo 212 CPU Cooler
MSI Z77 MPower Mobo
EVGA GTX 1080 SC
16 Gb (2x8)...
First time poster here, I've posted this question on other boards, just trying to get as much useful input as possible. Hopefully this in the right place on the forums. If it's not, please tell me and I'll take care of it.
Let me give you my currents specs first.
i5 3570k @ 3.4GHz OC'd to 4.2...
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