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personally i got a future proof PC

12gb tripple channel ram
i7-920 cpu
750ti ultra oc (not future-proof)
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It's been outdated. I deal with it, though.
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>>332620261
I knof this thread is bait but
>future proof in general
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>>332620261
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Yes but i don't care, settings can always be changed. Once i stop being able to play games at high then i'll consider upgrading parts but until that time comes it just seems like a waste of money.
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>They fell for the PC master race meme
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>>332622557
Not everyone only started playing video games in the past decade anon.
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it's already out-dated as fuck. I don't care though since I don't play that many newer games and the one I do aren't that intensive.
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>>332620261

i5-4690, 8 gigs of RAM, GTX 970. I'm fine.
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My PC was a beast until the GPU starting showing artifacts. Replaced it with the only thing I could afford and now it's the only thing that let's it down.

I wanted a 780 when it came out, is it still a solid card today?
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>>332623659
Yeah it's ok, it'll play pretty much anything you throw at it.
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>>332623659
My PC was a beast untill Nvidia started releasing mico code to slow it down so I would buy there nwest cards.
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naw, I prefer to buy 2 consoles in the same gen for more than a pc would cost cuz i love 20 dicks up my ass
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i5 2500k
8gig ram
770sc

funny thing is that i decided to start saving up money for a new GPU (GTX 980) and a new CPU (new i7) also new Mobo and upgrading to a 16gig ram.


so i was putting more hours in my job.this past Easter Sunday i got suspended from work.

im waiting for them to call me to see if im working or if they're firing me.

haven't told my family i was suspended.
good thing i had a lot of money saved up.
i won't be using that money for a new PC.
i don't need it that badly.
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>>332623853
is it VR ready?
Just as a 'what if'
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i5 2500k
16gb ram
hd7870
It's outdated, but at the same time it's still enough.
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still running a 6+ year old build, due for an upgrade soon.

i5 750 @ 3.6ghz
8gb ddr3
sapphire 7950 OC'd
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>>332624068
Yes, but i would hold off on VR for at least a few more years, being an early adopter of tech is rarely a good investment.
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>>332624030
Suspended for what?
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>>332624030
You got suspeded for working too much? That's a lawsuit right there.
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>>332624402
>suspeded
suspended
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i7 3770 (3.4Ghz, quad-core)
GTX 660 Ti (2GB VRAM)
8GB RAM

Bought it prebuilt 2011 and it's served me fantastically since. Gonna finally upgrade my GPU soon, since my CPU and RAM are still perfectly fine, but the 660 Ti isn't cutting it for the Division or Paragon, and I want Dark Souls III to run at max settings.
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kinda, its not "bad amd driver" proof tho
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>>332620261
i3 3220
gtx 650 ti 1gb
8gig ram
750gb hdd
I regret nothing for 4 years
Four more years
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>>332624601
Are you playing everything at 720p on low settings or something? I severely doubt a 650ti can handle modern games at 1080p, regardless of settings.
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6700k
390
32gb RAM
850 512gb ssd

Btfo
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>>332624601
the 650ti meme is a dank meme

i can ultra 1080p any game on my 750ti EXCEPT for rise of the meme raider


of course i dont get 60fps, but 40fps is playable since i dont suffer from autism

my 750ti is OC'd to 1ghz over factory so that helps 5ghz ddr5
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People with Nvidia thinking they are Future proof.

kek
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any one know where to buy those fancy exclusive quantum gaming computers?
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>>332624852
>wanting to spend 3 times as much just to have some companies logo on your PC
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>>332624716
Oddly enough, it handled Alien Isolation and NewWolf on 1080p with some tweaks to settings. But then again, those devs are wizards.

>>332624768
You have no idea how much I wanna play GTA5 or Witcher 3, let alone play a lot of my games maxed. Though if it works (and if I can still pull at least 30fps) then I won't replace it.
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Yeah but I don't give a fuck games on medium these days look bretty good
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>>332623189
>970
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My GPU died (560ti DCU2) but other than that my current PC has been a stupidly good investment, by this pace my current CPU will last me five more years.
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>>332624948
maybe your cpu is shit if u cant even play gta5 on lowest

thats dual core right?
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i5 3470
gtx660 ti
8gb ram
I'd by lying if I said it's age isn't starting to show
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i got this laptop 5 years ago, it's got ok specs but nothing to really brag about, it's not a toaster but no mustard either.

>makes basically no noise unless i overclock it with a shitton of crap on-screen
>has gotten bluescreen'd twice, something about the fan not working propperly anymore, gotta blow into the fan every now and then so it doesn't kill itself
>literally falling appart, the cd-rom won't close and lots of plastic shit has been broken off here and there
>there's a fucking permanent pixel stain on the screen
>the battery is starting to weaken, so in maybe 6 months from now i can't use it without a charger
>one of the USB ports is destroyed, the other is loose and doesn't work unless you have your shit in a very specific position, the two others work.
>paint has been chipped off so it looks like it's got fucking battlescars

my little soldier
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Kinda. But I'm not that worried yet. When I'll get to try out Dark Souls 3 I'll know if I should invest for better gear. Only W3 has been a game that I've skipped due to fps, but haven't tried it since launch week.

I'll probably try overclocking first, but I'm really fucking clueless how to go about it so I never bothered.
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>>332625124
Langston?

What am i talking about? Langston wouldn't be awake at this time.
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Yes I have a HD6850 still, I'm planning on upgrading during the summer. Hopefully the prices will have dropped a bit by that time
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>>332625068
Correct
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>>332624348
>>332624402
i had a final warning noticed that was issued last year around Nov.

if i got 1 more write up,i was going to get suspended and they were going to review my info ect...

2 weeks ago i didn't do my papers correctly.
so they were issuing me 2 write ups because of it.

everything was good until they saw that i have a final warning. i should had been suspended in January because i got a write up back then.

i feel like i have a 60% of coming back and 40% that they're going to just fire me.

the struggle is real
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>>332625338
As long as you weren't pulling sickies all the time or coming in off your face of coke you should be fine.
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>>332620261
yup

I5 2500k
6950
8gb Ram

Going to upgrade to the GTX 970, it'll expand the life of my PC for a few years then I'll probably have to do a full rebuild. I was looking at the GTX 980 but the price increase is too much to justify the performance in my opinion from the 970. + I game at 1080p so there is that.
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5850 hd
phenom ii x6
send help
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>>332620261
I have a similar setup, except I have a 970.
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>>332625435
>friend is saving up for a TITAN
>explain to him that there is literally no point in owning one just for gaming and that the performance increase will not be cost effective
>"Yeah, but, a TITAN"
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>>332625526
OP here. the funny thing is that I'll outperform you in most modern games coz my gpu is meme-proof

your meme gpu will become literally unusable in a few months
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>>332620261
Yes. Apparently, it won't be able to play Overwatch.
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>>332625608
I honestly would not be surprised if that was the case. I wouldn't put it past nvidia to nerf their GPUs just before the new line comes out.
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>has a setup powerful enough to design games
>plays games
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>>332625735
the 970 is the master of planned obsolesce

they just did a very good job to give that card a limited lifespan
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>>332625829
>designing games requires powerful hardware
huh?
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>>332626045
For efficiency, yes. If you're on a slow ass PC it's going to take you a hell of a lot longer to execute any task. Even opening a blank word document will take longer.
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Mine start falling off there
still waiting for pascal.
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>>332625558
I have a friend that did the exact same thing.

All he plays is Arma 3, which doesn't fucking matter what GPU you're using
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>>332625558
Some people are just retarded. It's like how my Subaru outlived most of my friend'd shit cars like Mazda and KIA but these are the defacto cars out here so everyone HAS to get them, despite costing twice mine and half as effective.

People like your friend don't even care about performance to cost ratio, just about having the BEST AND GREATEST because it makes his weanus hard, like poorfags that keep buying a new iPhone every year on a shitty plan while still not having payed off last year's purchase.

A fool and his money are always parted.
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I built my PC 3 years ago and all I need to upgrade is my GPU

Feels good man
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>>332627152
not so good fool.

my oc'd 750 ti runs dark souls 3 on ultra maxed at 38fps 1080p

was released February, 2014
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>>332627363
>38fps
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>>332627363
Just because he built it 3 years ago doesn't mean he used 3 year old components.
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>>332627458
ahhh the 60fps meme

if u want 60fps for each new game that comes out be prepared to spend at least $800 every year and a half

and now with the 4k meme you'll have to spend $1000 a year

autism medication is $40 a bottle

which is cheaper?
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>>332620261
>i5 2500k stock
>750ti OC

1080p @ medium settings usually goes smoothly. Anus clenched, praying it'll run DSIII well
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>>332627593
The yearly upgrades meme is a bigger meme than the 60fps meme.

>what are settings
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>>332627707
its ok, consolefags litteraly don't know about settings menus. I mean what use could that tiny menu that only adjusts brightness be?
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>>332627707
if u have autism you will have to play at ultra settings at 60fps @1080p

u just dont understand
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>>332620261
>can't upgrade GPU because it will be bottlenecked by my current CPU
>can't upgrade the CPU because my mobo doesn't support any CPUs that came out within the past 1-2 years
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>>332627868
>not 120fps@1440p
Even your shitposting is sub-par, step it up.
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>>332620261
not future proof but im rdy

also, crimson drivers having issues on PPSSPP and Cemu, ffs
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>>332627868
>>332627983
>"Once you have tasted the apple"
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>newer video cards won't fit in my case

why the fuck do they keep getting bigger every year
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>>332628292
Size matters.
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>>332624768
>glorious silky smooth 60fps master race
>not even 60 fps
master race indeed
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>>332631150
>750ti
>master race
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>>332626414
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>>332627363
>38 fps
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>>332620261
PCs get outdated about as often as console to be honest.
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>>332631440
38fps is pretty good for a 750 ti playing a 2016 game maxed out in 1080p.
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>>332631497
But they can be upgraded, while consoles need replaced entirely.
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>>332631497
GPUs do.
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>>332631610
The "can" be upgraded, but depending on your choice of motherboard, PSU, box, cooling and so on, you may need to replace too many parts.

I imagine most PC gamers just buy a new machine every console generation.
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FX 8320
7790

I don't care, maybe I'll buy a new gpu later
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>>332620261
and you cant even play Final Fantasy
enjoy your Reddit browsing machine
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mine became outdated about 4 years ago.
i5 760, its socket doesnt support anything with any worth today.
i can probably stick with my gtx960 for a while.
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My last mid-range build lasted about 7 years with just a very cheap GPU upgrade, so I'm pretty optimistic.
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>>332623189
>5 years old hardware
>not outdated
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>>332631663
I generally keep upgrades in mind when building a PC.

>I imagine most PC gamers just buy a new machine every console generation.
Kind of, although sometimes i'll build 2 per generation, but that's simply because i'm a tech enthusiast and i want to, not because i need to.
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>>332627707
>All these compromises

I'd rather spend a fraction of the money and get a console. PC gaming is horribly overrated.
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4690k
7870, a 4 year old card more powerful than the PS4's GPU which I can overclock
I'll probably get a new GPU when the new cards drop, the 7870 is a beast but it's kind of showing its age
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>>332620261
>TFW you realise your PC will be out dated from the moment you buy it and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it.
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i5 3570
gtx 670

I'll upgrade at one point.
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>>332631883
>changing a setting or two from ultra to high/very high
>All these compromises
So fucking difficult.
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Built one this year.

i7 5820k
Strix 980ti
32gb ram
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Consoles are for people that don't have time and PC are for people that want better games with better quality and have the time to tweak a PC
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>>332632264
Then why do NEETs always play on console?
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>>332632349
They don't care about quality
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>>332632264
>not being an idort
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>>332632417
If anything it would be the other way around. They would care more about the quality of the game because they have less disposable income to spend on vidya.
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>>332632349
Speak for yourself, I'm a NEET and a mustard.
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>>332625434
You would be surprised how stupidly easy it's for HR departments to fire someone. I used to manage a plant with about 400 employees per shift, and people would get shit canned for the most minor of infractions.

Only exception being if they were union or under a very strict contract.

Those "reviews" were basically someone from the HR dept rollong up on me with a folder and saying "We need to fire this guy. Get it done"

They would throw a blanket statement over it too, such as liability, performance and even work ethics and appearance.
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>>332632090
That goes for all and any technology, my dear frog friend.
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>>332632541
>NEETS
>Income

Like I said, they don't care
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>>332632648
I suppose you've never heard of income support benefits.
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Upgraded from a 580 to a 980 last year, beacause my 580 died.
Recently upgraded from a 2500k to a 6700k, also bought a 750ti and made a 2nd machine with the old 2500k.
So now I got a pretty beast main machine and a very capable 2nd machine.
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>>332632701
Is it worth to buy 980? Isn't it better to pay slightly more and get proportionally better performance with 980Ti?
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>>332626738
>TFW when my Subaru outback is old enough to vote
>It has killed two deer and gone into several ditches
>Less than 700 bucks to keep it running with new tires and general work in the past 10 years
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>>332632254
>5280k
>32gb RAM
>for gayming
KEK
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>>332632757
The ti version wasn't out when my 580 died.
I'd say, if you're gonna spend such amounts of money anyway, go for the better model always.
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Is "future proof" the hot new meme?
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>>332632757
Not all the time, it depends on your power supply and shit. A 980 requires 500w but a 980 ti requires 600w.

No point buying the more powerful card f your power supply can't handle it.
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>>332632854
Multimedia design actually
Gaming is done on consoles.
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>>332632987
The only things that really can be future proofed at this point is your mobo and PSU.
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>>332632987
It's not a meme. It's just being smart.
I built my 2500k+gtx 580 system in 2010 and if the 580 hadn't died, I would still be running everything near maxed.
I have similar expectations of my 6700k+980 system.
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>>332631883
>implying console gaymin is not overrated
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>>332620261
I recently came into some cash and got some money to blow and I'm looking into either building a pc or just buying a really strong prebuilt.

Whats the drop off on graphics card power, I mean I saw some video the other day of a computer that had 3 980's and still couldn't run Crysis 3 on its highest setting with a stable 60fps(think it said it stayed around 45.)

I probably only know a bit more then the bare minimum so what should I be looking into.
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>>332620261
i7 920
6gb 1333mhz
970 which I gave to my brother and took his 6950

No reason to upgrade yet.
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>>332633279
>I mean I saw some video the other day of a computer that had 3 980's and still couldn't run Crysis 3 on its highest setting with a stable 60fps(think it said it stayed around 45.)
Yeah, at 4k. Nothing can run Crysis 3 at a solid 60 in 4k.
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>>332624601
whatever was the best i7
32 gigs of ram
R9 290x
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>>332633279
Building your own is cheaper

pcpartpicker.com to know if the parts you picked work together
logcialincrements.com for basic bitch memery

Also I hear that there's new graphics cards coming like a month from now so maybe waiting a couple weeks will save you some money
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>>332633302
>6 gb of ram
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>>332627363
>Silky smooth 38fps
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>>332633149
>6700k+980 system

Why didn't you just stick the 980 in the 2500k machine? There won't be any bottlenecking.
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>>332633279
Basically what >>332633408 said.

You'll likely be paying upwards to 4x as much if buying a high-end prebuilt, your best bet is to either wait or skimp on the GPU, buy an entry level one for the meantime, like a 750 TI, then upgrade it when the new ones are released.

Probably best to just wait but if you really can't wait to smoke niggas then there is an alternative.
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when your motherboard cant support the latest cpu
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>>332633457
So far it's been enough even for the most unoptimized AAA game at 1440p
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>>332620261

Not really
I'm kind of sad theres no 1080p, g-sync 144hz IPS screen out there, don't want to always buy the highest end shit just so I can have solid framerates, and even my 1440p korean monitor is fucking me in that.

Still, for the money I spent I'm doing good with my 4670k and 970, at 1440p 110hz.
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What's a good gpu I can get for about 200 euros?

I think about getting the Sapphire r9 380 nitro, I don't want to spend 400 bucks and this card seems pretty good. Anyone have it and how is it?
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I want to join the master race after playing Witcher 3 and XCOM 2 at my m8s house.

I don't know heads and tails of this shit other than;

>still using 32bit
>using a graphics card that can't play anything made after 2005
>CPU doesn't have enough RAM to compensate for modern games

There are other issues to be sure, but I don't know where to (or how to) begin. It also doesn't help that I'm poor as fuck.
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>>332634846
How many cores?
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>>332620261
>i7-4790k
>8gb ram
>gtx 970
>960gb ssd plus 2 x 1Tb hdd

Feels great man. Next update will probably be 8 more gigs of ram. Followed by new gpu in 3 to 5 years.
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I5 4690k
R9 390x
8gb ram
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I'm sad I bought a mobo that can only support 16 GB of RAM, which I already have. I have to buy entirely new system just to upgrade memory.
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>>332635031
I'm not sure, like I said, I'm a retard when it comes to this type of thing. Is there some way I can check?
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>>332634846

see

>>332633408
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>>332634846
Sorry to tell you this anon. But joining the master race is not cheap.
I spent close to $800 on my PC last year and every last one of these faggots would laugh me out of the country.
So if youre a poorfag I would stay the fuck away.
I hear 360s are pretty cheap right now.
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>>332635216
Task manager, performance
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>>332635195
What would you need more than 16GB RAM for?
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>>332635290
Rendering, CG, coding, a lot of stuff.
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I usually buy a good gayman PC when several demanding games are coming out that are worth it.
Then I use it for around 5 years with minor upgrades.
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>>332635356
>coding

Nigga writing down text in Notepad++ doesnt need 32GB of RAM.
Do you compile after every line?
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>>332635216
logicalincrements.com
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>>332635096
Don't you mean 3.5 years?
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>>332635425
Simulating discrete 3D elements can take quite a bit of memory.
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>>332635559
Its also not "coding".
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>>332635378
>minor upgrades
what do you upgrade?
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>>332626414
man man man man man man man man
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>>332635263

Flat out wrong.

Being an enthusiast is not cheap.
Building a PC capable of running 98% of all games at a playable level with compromises is cheap as fuck.

Me and my friends bought new PCs at the same time in 2008 and 9
Since then I've replaced everything in my PC, many things several times at that.
Two of them upgraded their GPUs once
One of them upgraded nothing until now.

You can build a PC on any budget.
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>>332635594
You need to program the simulation in order to simulate, anon.
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I have a Radeon 6950. I would upgrade, but the only games that really require it are trash console ports of AAA games I wouldn't want to play anyway.
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>>332620261
I think it's i5, 560ti. Getting a bit old but there's nothing coming out I want that's graphically intensive.
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>>332635263
$800 should be enough for a pretty decent rig. What are your specs?
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>>332636054
How?
I have 7850 or something like that and can't even run WoW on max graphics at 30fps.
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>>332635647
Anything that breaks (had to exchange the GPU in both of my last PCs) and got myself additional RAM for my current one (was using 4GB until I literally hit a wall).
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>>332636413
It just werks.

The fans have been screaming at me lately, so I'm gonna have to replace it sooner or later.
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I want to go 4K, but too scared because of my old GPU ._.
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>>332620261
4GB of ram POWER
AMD Raedon 5700
AMD Phenom II X4 955

So yeah pretty old junk from 2011 at 500€. Really can't complain since it works like a charm
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>>332636413

Wow is a terrible example for gpu performance
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>gaming pc

I got a small 4 year old laptop that wasn't that powerful to begin with, I bought it for school work since I wanted to go study software development. The audio jack is fucked a little but still works. I had to change the keyboard tho because I managed to spill some tea on it, thank god for the chinese I got a new one from china for like 10$. I love my little chugger I hope it doesn't get fucked too soon because I don't have a job at the moment.

I can't really play new stuff so I'm mostly playing games with low requirements like Civ. I like especially the older stuff that I didn't play yet or indies like Binding of Isaac. Right now I'm on System Shock 2 and I just got Warhammer from Humble Bundle so that's next.
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>>332620261
>(not future-proof)
Stopped reading there.
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I just built a new rig. Might update my GPU in 2 years or so, but I'm going to be fine for a long time.
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>>332636598

>want to go 4k

So you want to always have to buy the absolute best performance card, for a minimally visible resolution upgrade, that won't let you ever run demanding games with maxed graphics?
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>>332637080
Well, its graphics are mediocre to bad by todays standards so I guess thats why I went with it.
I can't run nearly any game released in past 3 years on decent settings and most of them even on lowest. Fucking DOTA 2 drops to like 15 fps sometimes.
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>>332637260

Its an ugly game that is unreasonably demanding on the hardware
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i'll upgrade when they start making games worth a damn again
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>>332637324

*when maxed
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>>332637198
>for a minimally visible resolution upgrade
Going 4K is a significant upgrade though.
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>160 replies
For fuck sake /v/ this is 0/10 bait
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>playing modern games
>not sticking to glorious pre 2012 games
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>>332637198
Have you ever seen 4k?
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>>332637395

Numerically maybe.
Having to take down Shadows to medium will make for an uglier game objectively, but even when you can still max the game at 4k its still not the visual upgrade that is worth the expensive investment of both the monitor and the required GPU/gpus
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>>332632621
Where the fuck do you work?
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>>332637456
The OP was bait but genuine discussion spawned from it. Happens all the time newfriend, you'll get used to it.
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>quad core q6600
>gtx 260
hold me
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>>332634132
that is huge sonycuck right there
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it holds, for now
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>>332620261
Athlon X2 250, Geforce GTS 250, 4 gigs of RAM.

That shit was amazing 6 years ago.
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i5-4460
6gb Ram
r7-360

Built it last year, didn't want to buy a top tier card because 1080p 30fps in demanding games in high is fine for me. Plus I got that for dirt cheap. Will upgrade when Polaris hits.
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>>332637898

probably would've been fine with an i3 at that
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>>332620261
Yes.
Brother just bought a bunch of new stuff and build a new computer though, so I will scavenge his old one for parts.
and by parts I mean mobo, graphics card, possibly processor, and ram.
and fans and psu

I guess I'll keep my harddrives
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>>332637148
>tfw almost bit the b8
3/5
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>>332637882

should've went for that k brah
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it holds, for now>>332638151
I didn't know better
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If it gets outdated, I will just build a new one

>inb4 poorfags
>inb4 jobless niggers
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>>332620261
If your PC is more than a week old then it's already outdated
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>>332620261
8350 and R390, will probably update cpu in about a year.
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Is the 4gb r9 380 any good? I want to upgrade from a 560ti
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>>332638178

it happens

meanwhile my shits getting hot
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who /ddr2/ here?
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My PC has been outdated for more than 6 or 8 years, but I don't mind
>750ti
For being such a tiny fucking card for $50, it really doesn't give a shit what you throw at it as so long as you dont do anything retarded like try to play on high / max
All I really need to do is upgrade my GPU and add some more ram probably. Maybe some more harddrives because 500 gigs is killing me.
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>>332638524
Replace the thermal shit
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My PC was outdated when I got it since I'm primarily a consolefag. Have been thinking about building a new one though, but prices are always going down so I always have incentive to wait.
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>>332638524
No it's not, the fuck is wrong with you? Those temps are excellent.
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>Built PC in 2010
>All I've had to do was boost memory from 4 to 8 gigs in that time
>Last year I bought a 970 and plopped that in

I was surprised at how well my other old components held up, even shit like TW3 on ultra was a breeze. I sorely need to upgrade but ehhhhh, maybe a new hard drive first, my motherboard is so old it isn't even close to being compatible with modern CPUs.
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>>332638619

Its mostly just because its a tiny mITX filled to the brim
Happens when your PC is shoebox sized, though I haven't seen the mobo get that far yet
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>>332620261
i7 920 here
It's only just this year that I feel the CPU is starting to hold me back now.
However, DX12 with its improved multithreading should help a lot. I mean, this CPU is still about 2x as powerful as the ones in the consoles.
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>>332634132

>somebody posts your OC

feels good, although I get banned everytime I post it
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>>332638704

they are pretty high for idle, or would be in a midtower
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>>332620261
The processor is a lot more important than the graphics card for using a computer, get a good processor, but get an alright graphics card and you'll be fine, as most games don't even need a great graphics card to run at high settings. VRAM is much more important.
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>>332638617
I was on a 550 Ti until a few months ago and could play pretty much everything until Ground Zeroes and Lord of the Fallen came out.
Gaming on PC really isn't as annoying as people make it out to be.
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>>332620261
>i7-920
>future proof
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>>332638821
I had to work my ass off with airflow, new coolers and thermal paste to reduce the idle temp on my 4690k to 40C. Getting that sort of temperature without doing anything is incredibly good.
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Reminder that DDR4 is about to get released and the most expensive computers today will be absolutely obsolete
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>>332638975

Really?
Maybe room temp is higher over there anon
This has a AIO watercooler with 2 gud fans blowing shit off of it for cooling - but in a midtower with a good ol CM hyper 212+ on it it stayed below 40°C even when OCd like this, around 32-35.

pic related on how full it is, mine has 2 more HDDs in there
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>>332638961
How many other examples can you give of an 8-year old CPU still cutting it with the latest games?
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>>332638867
>Gaming on PC really isn't as annoying as people make it out to be
A good budget build will give you all of the positive aspects of a PC while not being absolutely ridiculous.
People love to act like this shit is the most tedious thing in the world and that you MUST dump over a grand upgrading every six months in order to play vidya, but I've had this little toaster for about five years that I wasted $600 for, and it still runs just about everything fine and on decent quality.
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core 2 duo 6600
2gb ram
amd radeon 5450
is this outdated /v/ ???
i can play alot of games which are made in 2016
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Been outdated since 2005

Geforce 6800 GT AGP
Pentium 4 3.06 with HT
2GB DDR RAM
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>>332639383

Yep, terribly so.
I remember building my first PC after leaving my wowfaggotry behind, e7200 and a 3850

Was pretty good though
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>>332639201
>about to get released
Nigga, it's been out for 2 years.
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>>332639493
but senpai i can watch porn and play nostalrius and dota 2
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>>332624030
Well, you may as well save for a 1000 series card anyway at this point
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I should be able to get 1080/60 for Dark Souls 3 right? I could do it for MGSV
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>>332639578

Good for you anon

Except for dota2
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It was outdated when I built it (i3, 4gbRAM, gt730) but I don't care as long as it runs shit even at minimal settings. It's tough being poor, but I don't really need anything else to have fun.
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>>332638710
how old you motherboard is? does it have LGA755 socket?
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Hp 620 Here
I'm to poor to care desu
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>>332639663
and snes and psp gba and ps1 and undertale too xd xd xd xd
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>>332639280
Considering some people run these processors at 90C while overclocking, I'd say it's still pretty darn good. Very nice case, by the way. I'm yet to try one of those.
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REALLY needing to buy a new PC. At the moment using a notebook to play older games. It holds up pretty well though. Just waiting until things get more stable for me to buy something really good.

i5-4210U,
8Gb RAM
GeForce GT 740M 2Gb
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>>332623189
r u me
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>>332639750

Well it works, I'm not that worried, just surprised at the mobo temp climbing, it will definitely get worse once summer arrives as I have no AC or nuthing, I will be moving it to a different room altogether

And yeah its a cute case
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>>332639201
What the fuck are you talking about?
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Who is /LGA755/ here?
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[email protected]
16GB DDR4
390X

Git fuggggggggged
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>>332639840
get cheap r9 380
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>>332620261
5 years ago I got i5 2500k, 570ti and 8gb of ddr2 ram.
Now I got 10 more gigs of ram, 970 and a cpu cooler and I'm fine for dev and play alike.

Futureproofing sounds like thing people who don't use computers or neet faglords on welfare do.

my upgrades were cheap as fuck. Paid for them with only 1 week of work
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>>332640116
I don't think I can upgrade this notebook. If I'm not mistaken, the graphic card can't be taken off from the motherboard on this thing.
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>>332640443
You are not mistaken my dumb friend.
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>>332625480
>GTX 560
>Phenom II X6 1100T

Kill me.
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>>332640443
Shit, I thought it was a PC. Sorry, my bad. I have problem with reading comprehension
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>>332640594
>You are not mistaken my dumb friend.
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>>332640443
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP_8EYQ-2RA
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>>332620261
i5 2500K / 8GB RAM / HD7850 2GB
It's outdated, but still plenty powerful for the games I play.

I'm writing a ray tracer so a powerful skylake i7 would be nice (more IPC and AVX2), but is definitely not necessary.

I think I'll upgrade in a year maybe. Kinda waiting to see what new memory tech and GPU architectures will bring in the near future.
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>>332620261
I, too, fell for the early i7 meme

Shame, really
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>>332640896
Had no idea this existed. Thanks!
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>>332640896
>>332641082

Asking for a million issues though.

My friend tried to use an eGPU and he pretty much enjoys tinkering with shit like this than actually playing video games
Gave up and sold all the parts after a few days.
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Built my PC nearly two years ago. I've descended from enthusiast grade to mediocre high-end.
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>>332641378
Yeah, after watching the video I don't think I would use it to play something regularly.

And I don't think that my notebook has the slot needed to conect it.
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>>332641552

>no SSD
>win10

Nah you are in shit grade anon.
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i7-4790k
16GB ram
GTX660

I just need a new graphics card. Everything else is fine
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I don't know.
I feels like it's outdated at least.
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>>332641745
SSDs were not appealing to me for as expensive as they were two years ago. Their prices have dropped pretty dramatically but they're still too expensive for me to really consider them worth it.

>windows 10 meme
qwality mimi
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>>332623189
Same, but 960.
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i5 3570k that I haven't needed to OC
Radeon HD 6670, planning to upgrade soon, to http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16814127884
8GB RAM
Cheap 1TB HDD bought to quickly replace & transfer stuff from failing drive before it bit the bullet
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I5 3xxx 3.2ghz

Gtx 650ti

8gb RAM

480gb ssd

I don't game that much anymore and it will do most things I play on high or max so I don't see the point in upgrading yet
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>>332620261
16gb 1866 DDR3
Athlon x4 860k (overclocked to 4.00ghz, might take it further)
Radeon R9 380x (powercolour factory overclock, will definitely o/c further soon)

120SSD
3TB 7200rpm
1TB 7200rpm (Couldn't be arsed to transfer files, shoved old HDD in absolute madman)

Comfy recent budget build tbqh
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>>332642049

>too expensive
>sticking for 4-5 years with a significantly slower system because not willing to spend 70-100 dollars
>while having an i7 and 16gb ram and a 200 series gpu

lel, this also explains why you are on win10
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>>332642049
I've got a couple of friends with Win10 and we play mostly the same games together. These fuckers were gloating about how GOAT Win10 is but they have problems that the Win7/8 users don't.
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>>332642049
They are so worth it, loading times are something you will never notice or complain about again.
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>>332642216
>i7 4770K @ 3.5GHz
>16GB RAM @1600MHz
>Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290X 4GB 512-Bit GDDR5 VRAM
>slow

Too cheesy to be proper bait.
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>>332642497

Yep, slow.
You clearly never used a system with an SSD before.
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Just got into building a PC
I got most of it down but i just wanna know

what's the difference between an i5 and an i7?
Does it matter if i get a 3.50GHz or a 4.0GHz?
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>>332633063
>they're the only things in my build that aren't

kek

Maybe FM2+ will somehow have a bright future
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Technically out of date, but don't care. Majority of games are trash anyway, why keep up to date to play some shit game at an extra frame.
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One of my parts caused a shortage, making my 3 year old PC a fan simulator. I wanna play Xcom Terror of the Deep on my $1100 rig again.

I know I can fix it by finding the part causing trouble and replacing it, I just don't have the workspace for it right now
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>>332642497
>>i7 4770K @ 3.5GHz
Why did you spend money on K if you`re not overclocking it?
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