EPTI installed 2x8 Gb RAM a year or two ago but one of then died on me I while back. So now I only have a single 8Gb RAM. Is that something that bottlenecks me with modern games and should I buy a new set, or will 8 Gb still work for some time?
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I installed 2x8 Gb RAM a year or two ago but one of then died on me I while back. So now I only have a single 8Gb RAM. Is that something that bottlenecks me with modern games and should I buy a new set, or will 8 Gb still work for some time? | ||
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You can probably get the RAM replaced under warranty | ||
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SuGo
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So I come here to ask - has anyone actually gone pre-built route and what are the results? Are these companies actually trusted and ok? Basically, I want to ask you all for some direct reviews if you've dealt with it, than relying on some things I see through google searches. Any recommendation? Looking to absolutely go this route in the coming weeks after some more research. Thanks all. | ||
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Cyro
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On July 07 2018 21:59 R1CH wrote: Why on earth do you need 10 fans with a water cooling setup? Lots of people run setups like that with water The main reasons that people run water are noise and/or cooling performance and if you're going for performance, having plenty of rad area with fans is a requirement. More radiator area with more fans can also improve the noise profile at the same performance level because you can run them at a far lower RPM without the water temperature rising higher under a high power load. Those 240/280mm CLC's that you get for CPU's are just for the CPU, they're often handling something like 150 watt on an OC'd 8700k and they still ship with 2600rpm tornado fans to keep the delta-t low and look good on benchmarks. If you have a loop that's taking 700 watts like a pair of 1080ti's and a CPU then you need a sizable array of fans to cool it effectively and quietly --- About the fan power consumption: Each fan is rated for 0.3 A (3.6 W), which is the same as for the LL140 RGB fans, although do note that the LEDs are powered separately and from the PSU (via the fan LED hub). In practice, each fan had a maximum operating current draw of 0.182 A (2.18 W). You can probably look up the max draw from your motherboard headers and run splitters from those, at least a couple fans per header. I'm also running three fans from a PSU (molex?) to 3x fan adapter, i think you can get fan hubs that take those connections and have a load of headers on them which can handle 10+ fans but plugging in via the PSU means bypassing motherboard fan control. | ||
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fooby
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Craton
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On July 07 2018 21:59 R1CH wrote: Why on earth do you need 10 fans with a water cooling setup? It's not actually that many. A 360 and 240 rad in push/pull is 10. | ||
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SuGo
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(Just assume SSD, 16gb ram, etc -- so basically a pretty powerhouse computer in today's sense) But question is longevity for the future? Is that video card that good, you think? Processor I'd believe, no problem | ||
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Cyro
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There's a lot more room for configuration and a much wider range of performance on the graphics side, you can often drop settings there to raise graphical performance if required but you can't do the same for the CPU so having an 8700k (or "9900k" ;D) is a good bet for longevity. | ||
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SuGo
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On July 14 2018 11:44 Cyro wrote: It depends how well you'd want them to run, my 8700k @ 5ghz isn't able to run some games as well as i'd like on the CPU side already and it only gets worse over time. There's a lot more room for configuration and a much wider range of performance on the graphics side, you can often drop settings there to raise graphical performance if required but you can't do the same for the CPU so having an 8700k (or "9900k" ;D) is a good bet for longevity. Thanks. I'm planning on creating a similar rig, but actually now that I think, I might just get an 8700, not a K, I don't think I'll be overclocking so probably not point for the K. | ||
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Dingodile
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Some "setting optimization" for game x says that a soundcard can relieve cpu demand. | ||
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Cyro
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The difference between onboard and external hardware will also depend a lot on how good the onboard audio is. Sometimes it's trash, sometimes it's great for anyone who's not spending $500 on audio equipment | ||
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Craton
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On July 14 2018 11:18 ProtossGG wrote: Do you guys think an i7 8700K + GTX 1080 8gb DDR5 will be able to run games on the ultra/max settings for years to come? (Just assume SSD, 16gb ram, etc -- so basically a pretty powerhouse computer in today's sense) But question is longevity for the future? Is that video card that good, you think? Processor I'd believe, no problem Max on AAA titles probably not, but it'll still be able to do high settings for years. | ||
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