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Craton
United States17303 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20343 Posts
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Derity
Germany2952 Posts
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Bearded Elder29905 Posts
I'm thinking of buying a new laptop for personal use and for some not-very-new games. Acer Nitro 5 AN515-55-53M3 15,6" 144Hz Intel® Core™ i5-10300H 16GB RAM 512GB SSD RTX2060 Graphic + Win 10 Is this a decent laptop to use? I have a pretty good prize on it and I'm thinking if it's worth. | ||
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
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Lmui
Canada6223 Posts
On October 15 2020 18:51 739 wrote: Guys I'm thinking of buying a new laptop for personal use and for some not-very-new games. Acer Nitro 5 AN515-55-53M3 15,6" 144Hz Intel® Core™ i5-10300H 16GB RAM 512GB SSD RTX2060 Graphic + Win 10 Is this a decent laptop to use? I have a pretty good prize on it and I'm thinking if it's worth. From a parts perspective, nothing wrong with it. No AMD version of it with the same GPU is available, so it's fine. If you're getting a good price, it'll work. On October 16 2020 04:18 Karis Vas Ryaar wrote: I'm looking to add more storage to my computer. Is there an advantage to HDD versus usb 3.0 or will 3.0 work just as well? Also I have an old blu ray drive I don't use anymore (software wanted me to buy it again then stopped working) so how hard would it be to take that out/put in a new HDD. Can I use the same plug that's there or do I need to use something else/an adapter. I've done some basic stuff but never done anything drive related by myself. HDD is faster than USB 3.0 in most cases. Whether or not it's noticeable is dependent on your use case and questionable if you're using it for storing stuff like movies. If you have an old internal blu-ray drive, it's probably using SATA/SATA power, you can plug most hard drives in using the same plugs. Only difference is bluray is going to be 5 1/4" vs the 3.5" bay of the HDD, so you might need to check wiring lengths to make sure that you can reach where you plug the HDD in. something like the plugs on the right side of the drive here. ![[image loading]](https://comps.canstockphoto.com/hard-disk-drive-with-sata-connector-pictures_csp55819183.jpg) At most though, you'll need to buy a SATA cable (Data from HDD to motherboard), and molex -> SATA power adapter which are both fairly simple to pick up/use. | ||
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
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farvacola
United States18866 Posts
Here are my specs: Tampa2 Mobo 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8700K Processor, 6-Core, 3.70GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11 GB GDDR5X dedicated) 16 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM Here's the HP spec sheet Thanks in advance  | ||
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Craton
United States17303 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20343 Posts
Are you using 1080p60hz? | ||
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farvacola
United States18866 Posts
And yeah Cyro, 1080p at 60hz, I looked into going up to 144hz but decided it wasn’t worth it. And what do you mean about the performance loss, I take it something about the Omen build is sub optimal? | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
9064 Posts
I have the EVO970 500GB but I can't afford the new 980. Should this do the trick? Or should I opt for the Intel version? Also, WTF DO YOU FIND A DAMN FEMALE TO FEMALE CPU FAN CORD FOR THE CORSAIR ICUE CONTROLLER!?!? | ||
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unit
United States2621 Posts
I’m currently looking at building around a Ryzen 5 2600 and RX580. Mostly wondering if this would be enough or if I should go higher on either part. Build cost goal is to stay under 1k usd | ||
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Lmui
Canada6223 Posts
On October 19 2020 05:03 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote: I need a new M.2 ssd already and am thinking of getting this one: https://www.newegg.com/western-digital-black-sn750-nvme-1tb/p/N82E16820250110 I have the EVO970 500GB but I can't afford the new 980. Should this do the trick? Or should I opt for the Intel version? Also, WTF DO YOU FIND A DAMN FEMALE TO FEMALE CPU FAN CORD FOR THE CORSAIR ICUE CONTROLLER!?!? This is generally a better drive: https://www.newegg.com/xpg-sx8200-pro-1tb/p/0D9-0017-000W4?Description=sx8200&cm_re=sx8200-_-0D9-0017-000W4-_-Product&quicklink=true https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2381?vs=2380 You don't really have to pay the samsung tax, there's a lot of other options. I did some quick searching and I couldn't find a cable. If you're handy, make your own by splicing together a couple of m-f cables or: https://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=174759&t=174759 | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
9064 Posts
On October 21 2020 03:32 Lmui wrote: This is generally a better drive: https://www.newegg.com/xpg-sx8200-pro-1tb/p/0D9-0017-000W4?Description=sx8200&cm_re=sx8200-_-0D9-0017-000W4-_-Product&quicklink=true https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2381?vs=2380 You don't really have to pay the samsung tax, there's a lot of other options. I did some quick searching and I couldn't find a cable. If you're handy, make your own by splicing together a couple of m-f cables or: https://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=174759&t=174759 Yeah, I made one last night but it's a bit loose. So I'll see how long it lasts. It works so that's all I care about lol. And thanks for that m.2. I'll probably get one at the end of the month. I'll probably push my Samsung into the PS5 at some point, so having a replacement installed and ready is what I want to have. Edit: I contacted Corsair about the missing cable and they're going to send me a new one free of charge. So yata. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20343 Posts
On October 20 2020 23:22 unit wrote: Looking to build PC for 1080p gaming. Main goals are playing sc2 on ultra, possibly streaming at some point but not a requirement. And to play titles like Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 on at least high settings. I’m currently looking at building around a Ryzen 5 2600 and RX580. Mostly wondering if this would be enough or if I should go higher on either part. Build cost goal is to stay under 1k usd Should really go 3600 | ||
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Craton
United States17303 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20343 Posts
On October 22 2020 10:39 Craton wrote: Someone sanity check me. Given 4 slots of 2x2 dual channel RAM and identical frequency and timings, there's no issue with running different capacity, right? E.g. 8gb x2 + 16gb x2 Memory controller stress and somewhat suboptimal performance is the main issue There are a few ways to run such a config, but all of them are pretty bad. Examples: A: All of the sticks are based on the same IC - one rank of 8gbit IC's on each 8GB stick and two ranks on each 16GB stick. This is 3 ranks per channel across 2 DIMM slots per channel which is very hard on the IMC. The single rank sticks want different memory controller / signalling settings than the dual rank ones, this can get messy very fast if you want any kind of frequency that doesn't suck. B: Mismatched IC's, like a rank of an 8gbit IC's on one pair of sticks and a rank of 16gbit IC's on the other pair. Now it's only 2 ranks per channel and some of the memory controller settings should be more similar, but the different memory chips might want completely different timings or a few other settings and thus have timing compromises and/or compatibility issues. You would have 48GB of memory total, 24GB per channel, so that part would work fine. TL;DR sure but just don't count on frequency being good or timings being excellent. Generally if going from 2x8GB to a 32GB+ config i would suggest selling the original sticks and buying a new 2x16GB or 4x16GB config based on known, same IC's. Memory performance is generally too important to give it up without a better reason. | ||
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Craton
United States17303 Posts
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
On October 20 2020 23:22 unit wrote: Looking to build PC for 1080p gaming. Main goals are playing sc2 on ultra, possibly streaming at some point but not a requirement. And to play titles like Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 on at least high settings. I’m currently looking at building around a Ryzen 5 2600 and RX580. Mostly wondering if this would be enough or if I should go higher on either part. Build cost goal is to stay under 1k usd https://support.cdprojektred.com/en/cyberpunk/pc/sp-technical/issue/1556/cyberpunk-2077-system-requirements | ||
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