WAslayer
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But this it negatively impact your gameplay to the extent that you get slightly annoyed..?
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Neoprod
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No, everything plays beautifully. I’m just offering my advice based on my experience.
WAslayer
Honorary Master
1060, i7 6700..
Will be upgrading the monitor next year, so making sure I future proof..
WAslayer
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I'll keep it in mind.. maybe the prices come down slightly once stock starts coming in again..
Barbarian Conan
Executive Member
Last time the bitcoin price was at an all time high, I bought a 1080Ti at more than double the price I have ever spent on a GPU before, and justified it by saying that it would pay for itself with mining.
It did, and then some, especially since I didn't cash out.
Just putting it out there in case someone needs to convince a wife or something to let them buy a 3080 ;-)
It did, and then some, especially since I didn't cash out.
Just putting it out there in case someone needs to convince a wife or something to let them buy a 3080 ;-)
Not sure what your budget is but you can get a 3070 for R12,800 (though I personally wouldn't buy a dual-fan design).
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WAslayer
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Definitely not going to grab a dual fan 3070.. brutech might have 3 fan 3070 in stock at 500bucks more, which would be worth it..Not sure what your budget is but you can get a 3070 for R12,800 (though I personally wouldn't buy a dual-fan design).
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Neoprod
Honorary Master
Cool, so 1440p then?
The parts you're looking at are generally fine. Memory isn't a limitation once resolution goes past 1080p even with a 3090 so 3200mhz is fast enough.
Just bear in mind you're spending about 3k extra on the motherboard to use those front usb type c ports. That's pretty strange, tbh...chargers are pretty cheap
Neoprod
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Those are some rookie numbers. I can get a 3600 to 80 degrees on a 280mm AIO. Are you playing solitaire ?Not a huge rgb fan ( i know I'll lose that extra sweet fps per rgb )
But I have all black components, mixing that with white led/ fan led's
I installed it last night, temps came down with a few Celsius
The previous case didn't allow much airflow.
My Ryzen 5800X under load averages at 58 Celsius. Quite happy with that, saw a few forums saying this bad boy runs hotter.
sand_man
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Looking at upgrading my rig. Plan on retaining the PSU, CPU cooler and GPU from the old build, and most of the drives barring the primary. I'm not a gamer at all but want something that will see me through the next 5 years at least...
I primarily use my pc for media consumption, Plex media server and work (excel and anydesk remote app mostly). 3 x 23" monitors hooked up but wouldn't mind moving over to a 43" UHD TV at some stage rather, with maybe one monitor retained.
GPU is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6gb, PSU AX850 Corsair, Cooler Noctua NH-D14 - cooler and PSU were bought in January 2013, GPU more recent, not entirely sure...
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I primarily use my pc for media consumption, Plex media server and work (excel and anydesk remote app mostly). 3 x 23" monitors hooked up but wouldn't mind moving over to a 43" UHD TV at some stage rather, with maybe one monitor retained.
GPU is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6gb, PSU AX850 Corsair, Cooler Noctua NH-D14 - cooler and PSU were bought in January 2013, GPU more recent, not entirely sure...
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ViciousClone
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That's warzone temps at 1440p everything on high. Then again, 1440p gets more gpu boundThose are some rookie numbers. I can get a 3600 to 80 degrees on a 280mm AIO. Are you playing solitaire ?
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ViciousClone
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I see the 5800X is a 4.7Ghz boost clock cpu?
Mine seems to reach all core at 4.8Ghz with PBO turned off and any overclocking ( never overclocked it )
Mine seems to reach all core at 4.8Ghz with PBO turned off and any overclocking ( never overclocked it )
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WAslayer
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ViciousClone
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Mine hits 4.84Ghz, not 4.7Ghz stated on the amd website
Not complaining, trying to see why and how
Neoprod
Honorary Master
For the workloads you've described, you honestly wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a 9900 and a CPU half the price. Is your current machine struggling or something?Looking at upgrading my rig. Plan on retaining the PSU, CPU cooler and GPU from the old build, and most of the drives barring the primary. I'm not a gamer at all but want something that will see me through the next 5 years at least...
I primarily use my pc for media consumption, Plex media server and work (excel and anydesk remote app mostly). 3 x 23" monitors hooked up but wouldn't mind moving over to a 43" UHD TV at some stage rather, with maybe one monitor retained.
GPU is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6gb, PSU AX850 Corsair, Cooler Noctua NH-D14 - cooler and PSU were bought in January 2013, GPU more recent, not entirely sure...
Considering adding the following unless anyone can advise against it:
Corsair Carbide 200R Mid Tower Chassis - Black (CC-9011023-WW)
ATX & Micro ATX Tool-free Design 3 x 5.25Search: 474 results found for "Gigabyte"
A First Technology Group company, trusted by South African's for over 40 years. First Shop is our online computer store for businesses and consumers. Buy laptops for sale, printers, tablets, antivirus, software and so much more. Every Day Low Price Match Guarantee. Online chat available or call...Intel Core i9 9900 Processor - Best Deal - South Africa
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sand_man
Honorary Master
Yeah, a little, there a few family members off network that I've a shared Plex library with. If they stream concurrently that can be a little taxing, particularly on the CPU. Current setup is getting a bit long in the tooth. 7 years, Asus Z77 Mobo, i7-3770k... still runs beautifully and I could probably do a fresh install? Last time was maybe 2-3 years ago... I have a 2nd machine that is even older currently doing service as a surveillance camera server. I could use some of the components off of that machine to upgrade the surveillance system.
Anyway, looking at Evetech's upgrade kits, I don't think the combination of hardware I've selected there is necessarily best bang for buck either...
DrJohnZoidberg
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For Plex just make sure you have the most modern Intel CPU with Quicksync. It doesn't need to be super high end, something like the 10600K would be more than enough, even the 10400K is fine as long as you're using hardware acceleration in Plex.
If you could wait a bit you could see what the 11th gen Intel CPUs bring to the table. They'll probably only be available in a few months time though.
I would try to avoid Evetech if you can.
DrJohnZoidberg
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@sand_man I have a dedicated little Plex box that only has a i5-8400 in it's quite capable of serving enough transcoded streams. I have about 6 active friends and family members that stream remotely from my server quite often and never run into performance issues. If you still need to use the machine at the same time then it would be nice having some extra cores though.
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