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Loser Araysar
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Flipmode
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I’d make sure your power supply isn’t shit. Dell is notorious for that. If it isn’t, make sure it had the power plugs for a newer GPU. You will need at least 1 6-8pin power, maybe 2 depending on the GPU you choose.
The CPU is ok but could bottleneck some games. The RAM is sufficient. 16gb would be better.
Overall a new GPU and some more RAM should hold you a bit longer. If the PSU is trash, just build a new system now. Dell uses too many proprietary parts to hassle with it.
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Borzak
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Edit - oops didn't read ahead you already got it. I use a 1050ti on my work computer to game with when not on my gaming computer. Works well at 1080p for most games I've tried it with. I was gifted it and at the time I looked it up it was $149, not sure what they run now with the price increase.
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Izo
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The 32-core, 64-thread Threadripper 2990WX will cost 1799 USD.
Molten Cores for everyone.
brekk
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I'm so close to biting on 8700k+mobo+32gb of ddr4, but I'm just so against paying these prices on ram.
I gotta do something soon, my 2500k is holding my GTX1070 back.
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What are you doing that you need 32GB of RAM? 16GB is more than enough for gaming.
brekk
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When I purchased my 2500k in 2011 I bought 8GB with it. A year later I upgraded to 16gb, but by then it was impossible to find identical RAM. I got the closest I could, but the slight mismatching in timings led to some issues with overclocking, so I had to back off my OC from 4.6 to 4.3ghz.
Considering my current system's CPU/Mobo/RAM has lasted 7 years, I want to throw in 32gb upfront so I know it's all matched and will be enough for 5-7 years down the road.
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Wake Up Man
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I see your logic, but why pay so much more for RAM that you probably won't need, and a mismatch cost you 300Mhz in the past. 300Mhz isn't game changing. Think about that.
Noodleface
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I kind of hate people saying "whats the point of all that RAM." Like asking the guy in the Ferrari why he needs that engine if he's just driving the speed limit everyday. It's like people have a permanent investment in people buying RAM.
Hekotat
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If he plans on streaming at all and playing music it's not a bad idea.
Streaming drags my 4670k down to shit levels to the point where i can't do it anymore. I honestly don't know why I even try to stream anyways, running 1440p and them showing it at 720p makes it look like hot garbage, I couldn't even read the text shown in game. It was just a blurry mess of chaos.
brekk
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This. At any time I'm running a game, random background software, discord, outlook, RDP session to my server, firefox with a bunch of tabs including youtube, and sometimes VLC playing a movie. My Firefox alone is usually 3-4gb. Hell, at this moment my work computer is at 60% usage of 16gb of Ram, and that's with Outlook, Ticketing software, Discord, 3 remote sessions and Firefox running.
I'm not going to say anything over 16gb is totally necessary, but it's also not that big of a stretch. And considering I intend to not upgrade again for 6+ years it's totally justifiable.
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Noodleface
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Neither metaphor is exactly right, as the extra RAM is not really bogging down the system. I just think if one has the means, there's no real reason to not get the extra.
That said, I use a 6700k and 16GB and stream WoW at 1080p and never really get bogged down. I've never had a moment where more RAM would've helped me.
brekk
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For the record I'm not arguing my current 16gb of ram is limiting my performance at all. It's totally a CPU bottleneck. I just want to avoid adding mismatched RAM at a later date.