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Volksieboi said:
Hi all

I have a very entry level machine (4th gen i5 + GTX 1050 ti) that i game on.

I noticed SSDs are getting cheaper... Thinking of pulling the trigger on a 240/250GB

is the difference between a WD Green vs Blue significant in my life?

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The WD Green is great if you are on a budget but I'd look for a 275gb or 512gb SSD as Windows takes up 20gbs itself.
 
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Anyone used these ties before, need to tidy up my power and network cables?
Can they work for intended task?
 
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Neoprod

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My in-need-of-cleaning set-up.

Asus Z170-P
i5-6600k (4.5Ghz OC)
16GB G.Skill DDR4-3200MHz
Galax GTX 1070 Snipr White
Drives (850 Evo 500Gb, 750 Evo 500Gb, 2Tb WD Red)
Phanteks Enthoo Evolv (E-ATX is too big for what's in there at the moment)

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Neoprod said:
My in-need-of-cleaning set-up.

Asus Z170-P
i5-6600k (4.5Ghz OC)
16GB G.Skill DDR4-3200MHz
Galax GTX 1070 Snipr White
Drives (850 Evo 500Gb, 750 Evo 500Gb, 2Tb WD Red)
Phanteks Enthoo Evolv (E-ATX is too big for what's in there at the moment)
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Nice rig, why is the larger (27"?) monitor off to the left and not the main display?
 
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The 27" is a Dell (IPS, really pretty) and definitely should be the one I look at most often but the Asus is 144Hz. It's also probably making me blind (it's not got the best white balance...no matter what I do, it looks a little washed out).
 
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Hey. This is my rig.
Lg 29um68
29inch ultra wide monitor

Cooler master masterbox 5
Asus b350-f
Rzyen 5 1600 at 3.50 Ghz
Cooler master MasterLiquid pro 120
Corsair 2 * 8gb ddr4 3200 Mhz
Xfx R7 370 4gb
Western Digital Green 120GB SSD
Western digital blue 1Tb
Western digital blue 500gb
Corsair vs550watt

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Hi there. What with all this new Nvidia GPU hype, I want to upgrade my PC a bit.

Current basic setup is an i5 2500-K (not OC) and HD 7950 GPU.

I want to get a new monitor (ASUS PG279Q) and a 1070 ti GPU for better looking gaming (need to finish Witcher 3 DLC). Question is though, is my rather old CPU strong enough still?
 
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Splinter said:
Question is though, is my rather old CPU strong enough still?
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No. That CPU is gonna bottleneck a 1070ti

Edit: Just saw the 1440p which will be better for the 2500k as it wont have to work as hard.

Really depends on the individual game & how cpu intensive it is. Many modern games also really need more than 4 cores.
 
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ponder said:
No. That CPU is gonna bottleneck a 1070ti

Edit: Just saw the 1440p which will be better for the 2500k as it wont have to work as hard.

Really depends on the individual game & how cpu intensive it is. Many modern games also really need more than 4 cores.
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Thanks ponder. I did think it was a bit of a stretch, but I was hoping I could just slot in a couple of components and be ok :)
 
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