EPTWhat GPU should I get to improve the computer a little bit without being bottlenecked? Using GTX 460 atm (Just want to run some games at medium settings)
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
What GPU should I get to improve the computer a little bit without being bottlenecked? Using GTX 460 atm (Just want to run some games at medium settings) | ||
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Craton
United States17281 Posts
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XenOmega
Canada2822 Posts
On June 11 2016 16:35 Craton wrote: Which games? Stuff like Diablo 3, Witcher 3, Fallout 4, etc. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
Nvidia driver is more CPU efficient than AMD's for Fallout and maybe Witcher, this pic is an example of performance when quite heavily CPU limited: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/AF7qLAC.png) | ||
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TyrionSC2
United States411 Posts
I'm hoping this is the last time I need to. Does anybody have any feedback? Thank you all so much for all of your advice thus far  Updated Build CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K www.newegg.com CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 Tower Cooler For AMD/Intel CPU www.newegg.com GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8G www.newegg.com MOBO: MSI MSI Gaming Z170A GAMING M5 www.newegg.com HDD:WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive www.newegg.com SDD: SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB www.newegg.com Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 www.newegg.com OS: Windows 10 Home www.newegg.com DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner www.newegg.com Case: Air 540 www.newegg.com PSU: Rosewill Capstone-G750, Capstone G Series 550W www.newegg.com Monitor(s): Acer XB270HU Abprz Black 27" 144Hz www.newegg.com + I already have 1920x1080 Asus 23.6H Total Price: $2,356.89 Link to build: secure.newegg.com | ||
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Firkraag8
Sweden1006 Posts
Monster build, looks good to me. $600 sounds a lot for a monitor without IPS or AV panel though but I haven't really looked around lately. | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
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Glacierz
United States1245 Posts
Already have: 1440p Monitor 750W Power Supply 7200rpm 1TB backup HDD 256GB backup SSD DVD RW Buying: Case: CM HAF 932 Advanced Mobo: ASUS Z170-A CPU: i7-6700K Cooler Fan: CM Hyper 212 EVO RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32GB SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 512GB Graphic Card: EVGA 1080, when in stock Total came out around $1700, haven't assembled a PC in many years, let me know if there are any compatibility problems or if I'm missing anything. | ||
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mantequilla
Turkey781 Posts
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Intact
Sweden634 Posts
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Craton
United States17281 Posts
On June 15 2016 00:04 Glacierz wrote: Planning a build for around $1500-$2000 budget, any advice on the items below would be appreciated: Already have: 1440p Monitor 750W Power Supply 7200rpm 1TB backup HDD 256GB backup SSD DVD RW Buying: Case: CM HAF 932 Advanced Mobo: ASUS Z170-A CPU: i7-6700K Cooler Fan: CM Hyper 212 EVO RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32GB SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 512GB Graphic Card: EVGA 1080, when in stock Total came out around $1700, haven't assembled a PC in many years, let me know if there are any compatibility problems or if I'm missing anything. I don't see any compatibility issues, but the clearance on the graphics card in that case concerns me. It looks like there's a big bulgey thing where the graphics card would sit that might get in the way. You'll want to make sure that won't be an issue. Power supply is probably double what you need. | ||
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Glacierz
United States1245 Posts
On June 15 2016 03:29 Craton wrote: I don't see any compatibility issues, but the clearance on the graphics card in that case concerns me. It looks like there's a big bulgey thing where the graphics card would sit that might get in the way. You'll want to make sure that won't be an issue. Power supply is probably double what you need. Hmm good point, I checked the dimensions: the CM HAF case is described as a full size case, the chart states it has over 320mm of room until it hits the drive bay. The card's dimension is 10.5', which is below 300mm. Allowing for extra space on the left side, it should be able to fit in, but could be a little tight. Do cases go any longer than this though? | ||
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Divine-Sneaker
Denmark1225 Posts
Sounds like it should fit though. Sometimes you can angle the gpu in if it's a close call. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
On June 15 2016 03:00 Intact wrote: I have some temperature questions. After getting a 6600k and OCing it to 4.3, stresstesing showed that it reached a max temp of 84 degrees celsius, using a max voltage of 1.325. Are these values too high? What stress testing? What cooling and room temperature? you can also probably do 4.4 - 4.6ghz on that voltage and almost the same temperatures Temperatures correlate very strongly to power draw and vary a lot with different CPU loads: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://cdn.overclock.net/a/a1/a137470f_power.png) Almost all CPU loads are around the cinebench to x264 numbers and nowhere near the top ones | ||
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Craton
United States17281 Posts
On June 15 2016 05:38 Glacierz wrote: Hmm good point, I checked the dimensions: the CM HAF case is described as a full size case, the chart states it has over 320mm of room until it hits the drive bay. The card's dimension is 10.5', which is below 300mm. Allowing for extra space on the left side, it should be able to fit in, but could be a little tight. Do cases go any longer than this though? Sure, there are tons of huge cases. Sounds like yours would fit fine, though. The power connection is on the top not the rear, so you don't have to worry about that. The specific thing I was concerned about is that plastic thing that sits behind the HDD bay. You can see it here: YouTube. It's removable, so if your card doesn't fit around it you can just not use it (i.e. it shouldn't be a problem). | ||
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Intact
Sweden634 Posts
On June 15 2016 09:34 Cyro wrote: What stress testing? What cooling and room temperature? you can also probably do 4.4 - 4.6ghz on that voltage and almost the same temperatures Temperatures correlate very strongly to power draw and vary a lot with different CPU loads: + Show Spoiler + Almost all CPU loads are around the cinebench to x264 numbers and nowhere near the top ones Ran ROG realbench for 1 hour. Cooling is a CM Hyper TX3 air cooler. It is a mITX case so cables and airflow and not great. Room temp is roughly 19 degrees. I think the voltage might be set to auto? I never overclocked anything before, just changed the ratio to 43 and tried it | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
On June 15 2016 17:24 Intact wrote: Ran ROG realbench for 1 hour. Cooling is a CM Hyper TX3 air cooler. It is a mITX case so cables and airflow and not great. Room temp is roughly 19 degrees. I think the voltage might be set to auto? I never overclocked anything before, just changed the ratio to 43 and tried it You should manually set important voltages (at least vcore) - those temps are significantly higher than expected as well | ||
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Intact
Sweden634 Posts
On June 15 2016 22:20 Cyro wrote: You should manually set important voltages (at least vcore) - those temps are significantly higher than expected as well Manually setting a lower voltage did absolutely nothing for the temps I'm starting to think that my CPU cooler might not be correctly installed, its was a bit finicky and one of the mounting points seemed to "pop up" a couple times during assembly, but it seemed snug and solid when I finished the build | ||
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TyrionSC2
United States411 Posts
I've been following it all as closely as I can but I know I don't know everything so here's what I've been considering: MSI Gaming X 8G EVGA FTW Gigabyte Xtreme What do you guys think? | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20326 Posts
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