EPTWith all that, seems Cyro and Ropid say the Asus -A might be unnecessary and that the overall overclocking experience will be about the same. If all that's true, I'd definitely try to save the $45.
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cooked
China1238 Posts
With all that, seems Cyro and Ropid say the Asus -A might be unnecessary and that the overall overclocking experience will be about the same. If all that's true, I'd definitely try to save the $45. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20345 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/IEW37NY.png) ^max settings with 4xmsaa on a 770 - there's also little reason to use anywhere near that fps cap due to having to hold only 128fps for max update rates and no screen on the market that takes a signal over 120hz* *edit: There's actually some 144hz, but on asus/benq etc ones you'd want to be using 120hz for strobe backlight in csgo 100%, i can't remember any other >120hz monitors aside from overclocked stuff or the interpolated eizo monitor that takes 120hz signal The big games right now for OC would probably be sc2, planetside 2, maybe battlefield 4, guild wars 2, (WoW?) ^those are the ones that give problems on a 60hz screen and see massive slowdowns - aside from that, OC is good for stuff like video encoding In comparison taking numbers from anandtech for x264 encoding: + Show Spoiler + Intel Core i7 4960X - 23.2fps Intel Core i7 3970X - 20.7fps Intel Core i7 4770K - 16.5fps* AMD FX-8350 - 15.1fps Intel Core i7 3770K - 14.6fps Intel Core i5 4670K - 14.1fps AMD FX-8320 - 13.2fps AMD FX-8150 - 12.7fps Intel Core i5 3570K - 12fps Intel Core i5 3470 - 11.4fps Intel Core i5 2500K - 10.6fps AMD FX-6300 - 10.1fps Intel Core i7 920 - 8.9fps AMD FX-4300 - 7.39fps Intel Core i3 3220 - 6.61fps ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/QgGRVgT.png) . ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/SKjIL5W.png) ^Also why cooling is more important on i7 over i5. HT is power/heat expensive - not as much as raising clockspeed and voltages for extra performance, but you see from these numbers a ~15-17% performance gain, yet compared to my temps: second hottest core 75c max with ht, 66c without ht ^which can also be written as ~53c over case temperature with ht or ~44c over case temperature without HT, so that's a pretty significant temperature gap | ||
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mav451
United States1596 Posts
Anyway let either Cyro or I know if you have additional Haswell questions. Maybe you'll be the first G41 to get charted then haha. One last question - how do you have access to Microcenter if you're located in China? | ||
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RiceAgainst
United States1849 Posts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709018 http://www.frys.com/product/7706428?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
The cooler you chose, there should be stronger parts for similar money. You can get the Thermalright coolers HR-02 Macho and True Spirit 140 at amazon.com in the US which use a 140mm fan instead of 120mm. Newegg.com has the Zalman CNPS14X. | ||
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cooked
China1238 Posts
I'm in the States currently, and will probably make the drive out to a Microcenter soon. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20345 Posts
Though if modest means getting 4+ GHz on a CPU that costs as much as ones fixed at 3.2-3.4, that sounds pretty damn exciting, to a first-timer at least. You're paying for the mobo+cooling etc and 4770k for example runs at 3.7ghz 24/7 with four core load, 3.9ghz with 1-2 core load (sometimes 3.9ghz always..) so 4ghz isn't all that exciting - paying like $100 to be ~100-300mhz faster. That's partially why i value being at like 4.7 over 4.4 so much when they're in actual numbers, somewhat close | ||
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never_Nal
Costa Rica676 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20345 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Anyhow, for general use, a Mac Mini fits most needs. For gaming, there's no need to ask. You'll be wanting a Windows install, regardless of the hardware. Ask a generic question and get generic answers. | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
not sure about the article itself, still reading | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20345 Posts
*when a frame takes longer than refresh interval to render so it's held in buffer until the start of the next refresh interval (which is 16.67ms later on 60hz) | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
well I won't be trying to get into microstutter this evening, I'll do it another time! :p | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20345 Posts
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rei
United States3594 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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rei
United States3594 Posts
 the window 8.1 according to amazon it is ganna take 1-2month to deliver. wtf is this bullshit | ||
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