Gaming PC Builds & Hardware

[PatPs13]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, will be keeping an eye out for the deals

[Future240]

^^make a pc part picker list. Will be a lot easier to keep track of

[BOROSUN]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrac...d_at_ces_2019/

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[tb13]

Tomorrow should be awesome. Really excited to see what AMD announces and when it will be available. I'm ready to jump ship and never look back.

As for that whole nVidia to support freesync thing, I think it makes them look like shady dick heads. Why not just allow everyone to use it if they have a freesync monitor? Why do they find it necessary to "test" monitors and see what is up to their standard before enabling the feature that should already be there? Only good thing that will come from this is someone will mess with the driver and make it use-able on all freesync monitors which will be fantastic. Looking forward to enabling it on my monitor for sure.

EDIT: JK, apparently nVidia will support all freesync monitors, but only will "certify" specific models.

[joeapple8]

I travel to Asia a lot and I wanted to have a portable gaming rig.
Here ya go.

Case: NFS Skyreach 4 Mini
Processor: Intel i7 8700
Graphics: GTX 1070 Mini 8gb
Ram: 16gb DDR4 Ram
SSD: Samsung 970 Pro NVME 512gb raid 0
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix Z370-I
Power Supply : HD-Plex 400W with Alienware 330w external power brick
CPU Cooler: Cryorig C7-CU

Mods: delidded CPU, liquid metal on CPU die and copper IHS mod

P.S

- You can totally tell I've owned a 240 by using ZIP ties on the cpu cooler fan.

P.S.S

- n00b discovery but I've discovered that running raid 0 for NVME on a z370 chipset is useless because maximum available # of PCI channels on the 8700 i7 chip

Max # of PCI Express Lanes
16

[BOROSUN]

Oooh wee....5ghz. even 4.7 will be enough to crush Intel this year.

[Future240]

https://www.anandtech.com/show/13832...ry-7th-for-699

I watched the keyneote. Radeon 7 is a direct competitor to the 1080ti/2080.

[BOROSUN]

Agh 699.

Let's see performance

[S14DB]

Originally Posted by BOROSUN

https://i.redd.it/q3atm6dxky821.png

G-sync came out first...

[BOROSUN]

call em out JIM!


so you're saying nvidia made freesync. cause it was first?

[Future240]

I saw that meme. It was wrong because both g sync and free sync are adaptive sync technologies. G sync came out first then free sync.

It’s easy to see why Nvidia is now supporting free sync. Nvidia cards will soon do freesync but Radeon cards cannot do gysnc. A 2080 with a cheaper freesync monitor is a great choice vs a lower performing Vega 64 just to get adaptive sync.

[BOROSUN]

soooooo basically youre saying nvidia is now using freesync. like in the pass I posted. it had the ability to dynamic rr without gsync hw. without its its basically freesync.

lets get it straight.

Could you please explain the difference between AMD FreeSync and VESA Adaptive-Sync?

– VESA DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync is a new component of the DisplayPort 1.2a specification that allows a graphics card to control the refresh rate of a display over a DisplayPort link. As it seems there is some confusion, I want to emphasize that DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync is not FreeSync. By itself, DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync is a building block that provides a standard framework a source device, e.g. a graphics card, can depend on to execute dynamic refresh rates.

DisplayPort Adaptive-Sync is an important development in our industry, however, because there now exists an industry-standard framework that dynamic refresh rate technologies, like Project FreeSync, can rely on to deliver end-user benefits: no tearing, minimal input latency, smooth framerates, etc. Make no mistake, providing dynamic refresh rates to users still takes a lot of ‘secret sauce’ from the hardware and software ends of our products, including the correct display controllers in the hardware and the right algorithms in AMD Catalyst.

https://www.sweclockers.com/artikel/...ync/2#pagehead

freesync > gsync = freesync won


jim also predicted it.

its a good move by nvidia finally. but that meme is correct.

there's also a negative side effect "gsync" aka freesync certified monitors prices will be jacked up. we know how greedvdia works.

[S14DB]

Throw enough shit on a wall and some will stick. He makes tons of rumor videos and has a self acknowledged bias towards AMD.

Nvidia is now supporting VESA Adaptive-Sync, not Freesync. Freesync is AMD's implementation of Adaptive-Sync on their GPUs. Monitor manufactures slap Freesync compatible on their Adaptive-Sync monitors because they can. It's a free checkbox/line item on their product.

Nvidia should have supported VESA Adaptive-Sync when it came out. I can understand their reasoning because there are some bad VRR monitors out there. But, that is for the consumer to decide.

I personally don't care because I have never had a need for VRR.

[BOROSUN]

So basically freesync.

[BOROSUN]

https://www.guru3d.com/news/index.html

A whopping 68% improvement on fallout 76. Interesting.

[S14DB]

Originally Posted by BOROSUN

So basically freesync.

[BOROSUN]

[BOROSUN]

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/do...l-drivers.html

freesync is out. Gonna install it now.

[BOROSUN]

[DALAZ_68]

alright, so im completely out of my element here.

my godson is turning 13 next year. and im considering either buying or building him a gaming PC. current games he enjoys are overwatch and you guessed it Fortnite.

any thoughts on where to get started? buy or build?

[S14DB]

Originally Posted by DALAZ_68

alright, so im completely out of my element here.

my godson is turning 13 next year. and im considering either buying or building him a gaming PC. current games he enjoys are overwatch and you guessed it Fortnite.

any thoughts on where to get started? buy or build?

Are you going to be servicing this computer? Does he know shit about computers? Does he know RGB and leet brand names?

Is he a console pleb currently or does he have a PC? If so, specs?

[BOROSUN]

he will care more (nerd rage) if he built it.

but, hold any purchases till 7nm comes out.

[S14DB]

[ronmcdon]

Originally Posted by DALAZ_68

alright, so im completely out of my element here.

my godson is turning 13 next year. and im considering either buying or building him a gaming PC. current games he enjoys are overwatch and you guessed it Fortnite.

any thoughts on where to get started? buy or build?

is there any reason to not just get a console, if the purpose is just to play the games you mentioned. i cannot imagine say an xbox 1x not being able to support that. maybe get a cheap 4k tv and that should save you the expense and hassle of building a gaming pc.

[DALAZ_68]

Originally Posted by S14DB

Are you going to be servicing this computer? Does he know shit about computers? Does he know RGB and leet brand names?

Is he a console pleb currently or does he have a PC? If so, specs?

not servicing it. i have done clean up jobs with friends before (non water cooled models) though, so i do know how to disassemble and reassemble.

just basics that hes currently learning in his computer lab/ coding class.

not that i know of, kinda just a spur of the moment since he's starting to show interest in it and a large group of his friends have moved away from console to PC.

Originally Posted by ronmcdon

is there any reason to not just get a console, if the purpose is just to play the games you mentioned. i cannot imagine say an xbox 1x not being able to support that. maybe get a cheap 4k tv and that should save you the expense and hassle of building a gaming pc.

he has a PS4 at this time, im just tryin to see if his interest grows from his computer/ coding class into something more of a hobby.

kids got a 55'' inch 4k capable t.v. figured monitor wise he can still use that and save me on cost for that.

ive always seen PC's as a great gaming system that at the time when i was active i couldn't afford. im tryin to see if this may peak his interest and since i can support a positive hobby i dont mind it.

[S14DB]

Originally Posted by DALAZ_68

not servicing it. i have done clean up jobs with friends before (non water cooled models) though, so i do know how to disassemble and reassemble.

just basics that hes currently learning in his computer lab/ coding class.

not that i know of, kinda just a spur of the moment since he's starting to show interest in it and a large group of his friends have moved away from console to PC.



he has a PS4 at this time, im just tryin to see if his interest grows from his computer/ coding class into something more of a hobby.

kids got a 55'' inch 4k capable t.v. figured monitor wise he can still use that and save me on cost for that.

ive always seen PC's as a great gaming system that at the time when i was active i couldn't afford. im tryin to see if this may peak his interest and since i can support a positive hobby i dont mind it.

https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/vpYcC...d-gaming-build

[DALAZ_68]

Originally Posted by S14DB

https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/vpYcC...d-gaming-build

thank you sir!

[BOROSUN]

https://www-fool-com.cdn.ampproject....west-gpus.aspx

[BOROSUN]

this the gpu we should had late last year. i'm def getting it.