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deesef said:
My kids PC packed up this morning. Their old Core 2 Duo motherboard or the CPU succumbed. I'm thinking of donating my old PC to them and getting an upgrade for myself.

My PC's current specs: i7 3770, 16 gig DDR3 RAM, GTX 1060 6 gig, enough disk space.
Monitor is an HO Z3, 1920 x 1200 at 60hz.

Main use: video editing, Lightroom, bit of mainly car gaming (F1, NFS games, etc).



What I would like to reuse for the new rebuild if possible: GTX1060, Huntkey 700 watt power supply, Coolermaster Hyper 212X CPU cooler, oldish Coolermaster ATX case.

I would like to upgrade to:
- a current version i7 or similar spec AMD CPU
- 16 or 32 gig ram
- NVMe SSD. (I see that the Samsung 970 EVO Plus is on special at Wootware and at Amazon.)
- Motherboard for the above. The motherboard must have an optical audio (SPDIF) output, to connect to my home theatre amplifier.
- What did I forget?

I do not want to target any specific budget, but would rather go for a balance of quality that lasts and is relatively future-proof, at a reasonable price. Any suggestions and advice would be appreciated.
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Ah, the classic "kids' PC died, so I'll take one for the team and give them my machine, which means I'll need a new one for myself" tactic. Well played, Sir - well played.
 
Hi Guys, need some advice... So my extra SATA drive is dead, need to replace it, obviously with a SSD, problem is I already have a M2 drive as my OS drive and my Mobo (b450 tom max) only has one M2 slot. Should I buy the Orico NVME to PCIE adapter and just plonk another 512Gb nvme in there? Or would it be better to buy a "normal" 2.5" SSD?
 
Robvd said:
Hi Guys, need some advice... So my extra SATA drive is dead, need to replace it, obviously with a SSD, problem is I already have a M2 drive as my OS drive and my Mobo (b450 tom max) only has one M2 slot. Should I buy the Orico NVME to PCIE adapter and just plonk another 512Gb nvme in there? Or would it be better to buy a "normal" 2.5" SSD?
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The pcie adapter will use one less cable if that matters while the sata SSD option will be cheaper (you could get a 1Tb sata SSD for the same price as the 512 nvme + adapter combo). If your case allows rear-mounting of 2.5" drives a sata SSD will also be nearly invisible apart from the sata cable plugging into the motherboard (should be able to route that through a cutout under the motherboard).

I'd go with the sata drive personally.
 
Neoprod said:
The pcie adapter will use one less cable if that matters while the sata SSD option will be cheaper (you could get a 1Tb sata SSD for the same price as the 512 nvme + adapter combo). If your case allows rear-mounting of 2.5" drives a sata SSD will also be nearly invisible apart from the sata cable plugging into the motherboard (should be able to route that through a cutout under the motherboard).

I'd go with the sata drive personally.
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See, thats the thing.. the Mushkin Helix 500Gb nvme is going for R1100, whereas the 2.5" 500Gb SSD is going for R1000... Literally R100 difference. The adapter I can get for like R150, so basically R250 difference
 
Rouxenator said:
Gigabyte RGB Fusion app sure uses a lot of CPU just for keeping the RGB in sync...

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Mine only needs to control the RAM, MB and CPU cooler, all set to single colour. What is yours doing?

I only have that, Zotac's software (which you only run when you set it) and Logitech's software for RGB.
 
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Ah, the classic "kids' PC died, so I'll take one for the team and give them my machine, which means I'll need a new one for myself" tactic. Well played, Sir - well played.
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Not on the same scale, but I gave my Logitech MX Master to my wife, so then I needed the MX Master 3. You can't really work from home with a gaming mouse :D
 
Barbarian Conan said:
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Mine only needs to control the RAM, MB and CPU cooler, all set to single colour. What is yours doing?

I only have that, Zotac's software (which you only run when you set it) and Logitech's software for RGB.
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I'll try single colour, currently it is set to cycle.

I was a bit miffed that you can't set it in the BIOS like on my B350. This fancy o-o-o-o-Oros has a 32mb BIOS afterall, but the RGB on the edge of the board is individually addressable.

Most of the time I just exit the app and let the RAM do it's own thing.
 
Robvd said:
See, thats the thing.. the Mushkin Helix 500Gb nvme is going for R1100, whereas the 2.5" 500Gb SSD is going for R1000... Literally R100 difference. The adapter I can get for like R150, so basically R250 difference
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No right or wrong answer. I don't know anything about Mushkin drives but check the one you end up getting has DRAM cache.
 
OK seems the colour cycle mode is what caused what 2% usage on a Ryzen 7. All other modes uses 0% CPU.

I am guessing the programming is spamming the controller with new RGB values as fast as it can to both the motherboard RGB controller and the RAM.

I removed the RGB Fusion app from the list of startup applications, the RAM does their own thing and the fan and mobo does colour cycle on their terms.
 
Having last gamed in 2014, I am looking at getting back into things, what is the go to shop to get components these days? Looking to get components from 1 or 2 places and not shop all over the show. I will need MB+CPU+RAM+GPU and maybe a nvme, the rest I have.
 
heartbroken said:
Having last gamed in 2014, I am looking at getting back into things, what is the go to shop to get components these days? Looking to get components from 1 or 2 places and not shop all over the show. I will need MB+CPU+RAM+GPU and maybe a nvme, the rest I have.
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Wootware
Techfox
Progenix
Annihilation-PC
Titan-Ice
 
Hi everyone,
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but does anybody know when EA Play will be on Xbox Game Pass for PC?
 
heartbroken said:
Having last gamed in 2014, I am looking at getting back into things, what is the go to shop to get components these days? Looking to get components from 1 or 2 places and not shop all over the show. I will need MB+CPU+RAM+GPU and maybe a nvme, the rest I have.
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Honestly, the Xbox Series X at 12k is pretty much a decent gaming machine for that price.
I mean my PC isn't bad, but it can't do Battlefield 5 at 60fps 4k res. Maybe 1440p and it cost almost 20k.
 
Lupus said:
Honestly, the Xbox Series X at 12k is pretty much a decent gaming machine for that price.
I mean my PC isn't bad, but it can't do Battlefield 5 at 60fps 4k res. Maybe 1440p and it cost almost 20k.
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I have an Xbox one, but find that I suck at most games, I only use that for Fifa/driving games no, would much prefer a PC for shooters

Big plus is I am a dev so a new PC is a business expense, where the Xbox X won't be :D
 
heartbroken said:
Having last gamed in 2014, I am looking at getting back into things, what is the go to shop to get components these days? Looking to get components from 1 or 2 places and not shop all over the show. I will need MB+CPU+RAM+GPU and maybe a nvme, the rest I have.
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Budget?
 
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