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Mjc65 said:
is this psu any good? CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC ?
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Link to site and how much are they selling it for? It's all relative.

Wtf do we always have to pull the info out of people? Sorry I'm just annoyed in general.
 
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need advice please! Cant decide whether to upgrade my CPU+motherboard+memory (5 year old hardware), or stick with what I have and buy another GTX 980 for SLI

Current system:
CPU: i5 2500K @ 4.5Gz
Memory: 16gb DDR3-1333mhz
Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Pro
GPU: Evga GTX 980

Since I use it mainly for gaming I know that going GTX 980 SLI will make the biggest difference to performance, but I also dont want the CPU to potentially be a bottleneck. At the same time, not a big fan of SLI. My upgraded system parts would look like so (retaining the 1000W PSU, SSD drives etc):

CPU: i7 6700K @4.5ghz
Memory: 16gb DDR4-2666mhz
Motherboard: Asus Z-170 Pro Gaming
GPU: Evga GTX 980

Do I go skylake and wait for the next generation of GPU, or stick with the 5 year old sandy bridge and go SLI?
 
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RogerWilcoZA said:
2560x1440

also looking at getting a 144hz monitor at some point
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Nothing wrong with your system, if it was me I would hang onto it for a bit longer.

Wrt CPU iterations there's not that much these days between the ticks & the tocks. Upgrading will yield some benefits but I don't think they justify the expenditure.

Is your system holding you back & impacting on your gaming pleasure???
 
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ponder said:
Nothing wrong with your system, if it was me I would hang onto it for a bit longer.

Wrt CPU iterations there's not that much these days between the ticks & the tocks. Upgrading will yield some benefits but I don't think they justify the expenditure.

Is your system holding you back & impacting on your gaming pleasure???
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Thanks for the advice, makes sense. Certain titles seem to be CPU bound, Project Cars for example gets brought to its knees on a full grid. But in short no, the 2500K handles most things fine and leaning towards a faster GPU for maintaining 144 frames.
 
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ponder said:
Nothing wrong with your system, if it was me I would hang onto it for a bit longer.

Wrt CPU iterations there's not that much these days between the ticks & the tocks. Upgrading will yield some benefits but I don't think they justify the expenditure.

Is your system holding you back & impacting on your gaming pleasure???
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RogerWilcoZA said:
Thanks for the advice, makes sense. Certain titles seem to be CPU bound, Project Cars for example gets brought to its knees on a full grid. But in short no, the 2500K handles most things fine and leaning towards a faster GPU for maintaining 144 frames.
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I agree with Ponder.

Your system is good enough for now. Save that money till something new comes about. New GFX cards on the horizon already ;)
 
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Anybody recommend a locally available skylake mini-ITX board for a simple htpc? All it has to do is play back 1080p, nothing fancy.
 
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Hi guys

Please help me decide between these 2 PSU's.

Cooler Master GM 750W, 80 Plus Bronze, Modular - R1660
EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750W, 80 Plus Gold, Modular - R2270

I am tempted to buy the CM one but have used the EVGA one before and really liked it.

But for that price difference I might as well get the CM PSU if it is decent.

The difference I can see that bothers me and not sure if I need the extra connector is the EVGA has 2 x EPS Cable where the CM only got one.

A lot of the times the PC will be on 24/7.

The rest of the build is as follow:

Chassis: Cooler Master Storm Trooper
PSU: Still deciding
Motherboard: Gigabyte H170 Gaming3
CPU: Intel Core i7 6700 3.4GHz Qudacore
RAM: Corsair Vengenace LPX 2 x 4GB DDR4 2400
SSD: Corsair Force LS 240GB
Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1

Thank you
 
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Heinie_V said:
Thank you Ponder

From Rebeltech, which PSU would you recommend. Would prefer a modular PSU
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Neoprod said:
http://www.rebeltech.co.za/475w-600w/7423-seasonic-m12ii-520w-80-plus-bronze-modular-seasonic-m12ii-ss-520gm-520w-12v-480w-eps12v-atx12v-v23-semi-modular-cable-management.html

I'd pick that if on a budget but still want a decent level of quality.
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Yes that's a good option at the price ;)


BTW anybody know why Wootware no longer stocks Super Flower PSUs?

Pity you don't see many EVGA Supernova B2's around (not B1) which are also Super Flowers.
 
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ponder said:
Yes that's a good option at the price ;)


BTW anybody know why Wootware no longer stocks Super Flower PSUs?

Pity you don't see many EVGA Supernova B2's around (not B1) which are also Super Flowers.
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Bru, my superflower owns. I remember buying it on your recommendation. I got a 600watt gold certified psu for 870 ronts, shipped. The thing is rock solid! Anyways, I have an i5 4590 and a windforce 280x. Is it worth it upgrading to the 4790 or should I just save some cash and upgrade the card after Nvidia and AMD drop their latest and greatest? I'm probably only gonna game at 1080p for the forseeable future.

Cheers
 
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^^, not worth it at all. If gaming is the primary use you need performance for, save the cash for a graphics card.
 
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Gnarls said:
Bru, my superflower owns. I remember buying it on your recommendation. I got a 600watt gold certified psu for 870 ronts, shipped. The thing is rock solid! Anyways, I have an i5 4590 and a windforce 280x. Is it worth it upgrading to the 4790 or should I just save some cash and upgrade the card after Nvidia and AMD drop their latest and greatest? I'm probably only gonna game at 1080p for the forseeable future.

Cheers
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Neoprod said:
^^, not worth it at all. If gaming is the primary use you need performance for, save the cash for a graphics card.
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I was thinking along the same lines but only if I could sell my 4690 for say R2.5k and pay in R350 to get a 4790 from PotterH just to futureproof a bit. In 99% of the games it won't make a difference at all so you don't gain much if anything.

Rather save your money and look at getting one of the upcoming pascal or polaris GPUs as that is where you are going to get the most benefit from as Neoprod said above.
 
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Hi guys

I want to upgrade to play DOOM

Recommended Spec (1080p)
Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
Intel Core i7-3770 or better / AMD FX-8350 or better
8GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4GB) or better / AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB) or better
Up to 22GB HDD space
Steam account
Broadband internet connection

My specs atm

GTX 670 4gig
I5-3570k 3.4 ghz

What is the best way to go?

Upgrade to gtx 970

Will gtx670 sli also work?

And will my cpu be efficient?

Thanks
 
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