Alex
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Intrinsic
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Mostly only in that they can provide gain and/or directionality. Like it is X dBi so a little more range.
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Mist
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gshurik
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Hey I thought I'd just let you all know that I got around to building the machine, and now It's been upgraded into an i9 9900k and the Ram has been upgraded to 16Gb of 3200mhz RAM.
So that along with my GPU now gives me the specs of:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 4.70GHz (16 CPUs), ~4.7GHZ
Memory: 16384MB RAM
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Mobo: MSI Z390 Gaming Edge AC
The reason I ended up picking an i9 up instead of a Ryzen (Thanks for all the suggestions btw, it actually made me really closely compare them) was simply because I got a good deal on my i9. Initially it was going to be around £499, but I managed to pick up a new one for £410 from a friend who could get me trade prices. It meant that I could afford to grab a really nice modular PSU and Liquid Cooling AIO for my CPU.
It's running incredibly well at the moment, but I had absolute hell trying to set it up, by installing Windows off of a USB drive. Whatever I did, it kept freezing on the windows loading logo. I ended up spending a good 6-7 hours troubleshooting it and in the end I had to update my BIOS from the base to the newest, and it just immediately ran the UEFI W10 USB and has been fine since. The only issue I've had so far is my SATA ports or data cables might not be actually working as I had to use multiple different ports and cables in order for it to detect 4 of my 5 drives. Luckily all of my SSD and all of my large HDDs were detected, leaving a single 120Gb SSD being shafted.
I'm managing to play games way more smoothly now (I hadn't realised how bad it had gotten honestly) at 4k and I'm hitting a max temp of 60c on my CPU on high load, with about 25c on idle (compared to my old 100c on load and 80c on idle)
Thanks again to everyone that helped me out! It's also nice to have a brand new formatted Windows.
So that along with my GPU now gives me the specs of:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 4.70GHz (16 CPUs), ~4.7GHZ
Memory: 16384MB RAM
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Mobo: MSI Z390 Gaming Edge AC
The reason I ended up picking an i9 up instead of a Ryzen (Thanks for all the suggestions btw, it actually made me really closely compare them) was simply because I got a good deal on my i9. Initially it was going to be around £499, but I managed to pick up a new one for £410 from a friend who could get me trade prices. It meant that I could afford to grab a really nice modular PSU and Liquid Cooling AIO for my CPU.
It's running incredibly well at the moment, but I had absolute hell trying to set it up, by installing Windows off of a USB drive. Whatever I did, it kept freezing on the windows loading logo. I ended up spending a good 6-7 hours troubleshooting it and in the end I had to update my BIOS from the base to the newest, and it just immediately ran the UEFI W10 USB and has been fine since. The only issue I've had so far is my SATA ports or data cables might not be actually working as I had to use multiple different ports and cables in order for it to detect 4 of my 5 drives. Luckily all of my SSD and all of my large HDDs were detected, leaving a single 120Gb SSD being shafted.
I'm managing to play games way more smoothly now (I hadn't realised how bad it had gotten honestly) at 4k and I'm hitting a max temp of 60c on my CPU on high load, with about 25c on idle (compared to my old 100c on load and 80c on idle)
Thanks again to everyone that helped me out! It's also nice to have a brand new formatted Windows.
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Alasliasolonik
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Jesus. 80 idle and 100 load is fucking nuts. Grats on the upgrades and ultra max all thise wonderful settings now! What monitor with 4k? You were fucking pushing that shit before.
I'd get one if I could find one, and for under $500. But, at this point I'd be shocked if someone could find one for under 1k except in some rare backroom discovery.
Crone
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It's EVGA and Gold rated, so it can't be that bad right?
www.newegg.com
Zero reviews though, so I'm nervous. Anyone's Google-fu better than mine? I'm still looking.
www.evga.com
EVGA 600 GD 100-GD-0600-V1 600 W Power Supply - Newegg.com
Buy EVGA 600 GD 100-GD-0600-V1 600 W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Non-Modular Active PFC Power Supply with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!
Zero reviews though, so I'm nervous. Anyone's Google-fu better than mine? I'm still looking.
EVGA 600 GD, 80+ GOLD 600W, 5 Year Warranty, Power Supply 100-GD-0600-V1
The EVGA GD Series of power supplies builds upon a Solid Gold Foundation. Available in 700W, 600W and 500W, these power supplies are engineered to reach the same level of performance as EVGA's top-end gold units, but at a great value. Featuring 80 Plus Gold certified efficiency and a mainboard...
ver_21
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It's EVGA and Gold rated, so it can't be that bad right?
EVGA 600 GD 100-GD-0600-V1 600 W Power Supply - Newegg.com
Buy EVGA 600 GD 100-GD-0600-V1 600 W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Non-Modular Active PFC Power Supply with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!
Zero reviews though, so I'm nervous. Anyone's Google-fu better than mine? I'm still looking.
EVGA 600 GD, 80+ GOLD 600W, 5 Year Warranty, Power Supply 100-GD-0600-V1
The EVGA GD Series of power supplies builds upon a Solid Gold Foundation. Available in 700W, 600W and 500W, these power supplies are engineered to reach the same level of performance as EVGA's top-end gold units, but at a great value. Featuring 80 Plus Gold certified efficiency and a mainboard...
I don't think you can go wrong with EVGA. That's just their non-modular flavor.
I use and would recommend the EVGA Supernova G3 650 if you want modular instead.
Crone
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Borzak
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Had a 21" NEC Multisync and I'm pretty sure it weighed 80 pounds. Or felt like it. It was pretty high tech when I bought it 20+ years ago.
gshurik
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I know right lol, my back case fan was also janky as fuck, so I had to manually start it every fucking time my PC restarted. I was about to get some sewing machine lubricant to try and fix it up, but the timing seemed right to just pick up something new.
Yeah, I initially had my old 1080p LG monitor for gaming, but I also picked up a 4k LG monitor for movies and because I got a good deal on it and thought I might be able to push my old specs toward that goal.
I soon found out that even though the 2600k was an excellent processor there was no way I could possibly run 4k shit on it and a GTX 980. After my 1080p monitor died (sad days, I loved that display) I was forced to use the 4k display for everything, and it looked really shit when it was downscaled to 1080p or 1440p. It ended up becoming a performance vs aesthetics and the performance was the thing that I sacrificed because I'm a retard that can't handle blurry displays. I picked up a 1080ti and that helped to a certain degree letting me run things at low 4k but it was still pretty bad in some games.
I realised that even though that 2600k was a kickass processor, I could buy it on ebay for under £15 and I had to look into upgrading it lol.
I've been cranking shit up so far and had nothing go under 60fps yet on Ultra settings so I'm pretty happy with it so far. I've OC'd it and pushed my RAM a little so I'm squeezing out performance too.
When I took off my old stock cooler from my old mobo the thermal paste had nearly disappeared too so it's no wonder my house was nearly setting on fire and sounding like an airport when I wanted to play simple 2D games lol.
gshurik
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That's exactly the PSU I got, and it's amazing to install and super quiet and efficient.
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Lanx
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yea, just hide those extra cables behind the motherboard hehOver double the price though.
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Glad to hear the SuperNova PSUs are nice. My father recently came to me with a PC he had in mind for some test stuff, and asked me if I wanted any of the parts. Motherfucker had that 1000W Platinum SuperNova in it lol. Very nice surprise.
And Jesus, that game looks fantastic on that Trinitron. I remember seeing someone play WoW on it for the first time, and I remember being blown away. Even some of those Viewsonic's were really nice there for awhile.
And Jesus, that game looks fantastic on that Trinitron. I remember seeing someone play WoW on it for the first time, and I remember being blown away. Even some of those Viewsonic's were really nice there for awhile.
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ver_21
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Over double the price though.
Yeah I'm not sure why they are so high at the moment. Pretty sure I got mine for $80ish. Could have been a Microcenter sale or bundle.
