Setsul
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#7 FPS Issue. in Q/A Help

The tearing is most likely making it look worse than before now actually, so I really think you bought in the wrong order, but I guess that's none of my business.

You'll need a new motherboard as well. So what size does your case support?

EDIT: Zen hype is destroying my sentences.

posted about 7 years ago
#5 FPS Issue. in Q/A Help

I have been summoned.

I'm not sure what you expect. You've got a CPU, said CPU doesn't cut it for TF2 anymore but you don't want to lower settings either. It just doesn't work. You can try sprinkling fairy dust on the CPU but I doubt you have some on hand.

Without getting a new CPU your only options is overclocking but I'm not sure if your motherboard supports it.
Otherwise new CPU is your only option.

Why are you surprised though? You knew how much fps you were getting before buying a 144Hz monitor. Did you expect them to magically increase?

posted about 7 years ago
#1597 PC Build Thread in Hardware

#1596
Ok, I'll just use that shop you linked. The design is a straight up early 2000s nightmare but the prices are pretty good.

The partlist is almost unchanged, although you could get an i5-6600 if you wanted.
CPU: i5-6500
Mobo: ASRock B150M Pro4S
RAM: 2x8GB 2400MHz CL15
SSD: 250GB 850 Evo If it's still not available by the time you order just get it from amazon, should be around 90€.
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda
GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Only one that I could find that was reasonably priced. Might have to wait a bit for others to become available. Basically what you should look for is either an RX 480 (most will be 8GB) or GTX 1060 6GB. It should be <300€ with at least 2 fans (not like this one or this one). The GTX 1060 3GB is different (slower) so it's obviously going to be cheaper.
PSU: Corsair CX450M

#1597

SetsulThe cheapest CPU upgrade would be if you could find a used i7-3770.

Do you trust him to sucessfully install a CPU and a cooler though?

PSU is fine, although you'd need a molex to 6/8pin adapter if you were to get a GPU that needs two 6/8pin connectors. Wattage should be fine though.
If he wants a slightly better PSU that actually comes with two pcie power connectors I'd recommend the CX450M. It's actually reasonably priced and quite decent. If he wants something much better then the question is either how much better or how much is he willing to spend on it.

posted about 7 years ago
#1594 PC Build Thread in Hardware

#1592
1060 both 3 and 6GB once they are widely available and/or once the RX 470 and 480 are widely available. Obviously the other way round as well.

1070 probably won't got down much until Vega 10 is released. No competition = no price drops.

#1593
Glad I could help.

#1594
I think I haven't asked so far which shop(s) you'll be using. Obviously a price comparision site would be even better.

I'll make the partlist tonight.

posted about 7 years ago
#1590 PC Build Thread in Hardware

#1587
Ok so for TF2 the i5-6600 would be slightly better, for everything else the difference is better spent on the GPU. So I agree with the CPU and GPU, all other 1060s and 480s (even the 470s) are just ridiculously overpriced right now.

The rest:
Mobo: ASRock B150M Pro4S
RAM: just the cheapest 2x4GB 2400MHz CL15 you can find.
SSD: 250GB 850 Evo
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda
PSU: CX450M Don't get confused here, the CX450M is far more recent and far better than the CX500. Also semi modular. There are cheaper options though if you want.
Case: Cooler Master N200 There's other options here as well, I just don't like the SPEC-01 much. If a µATX mobo a full ATX case is just a waste of space and for 60€ it's a bit embarrasing that it comes with only 1 fan (gets a bit toasty in there).

Depending on which shops you buy from it should all be within budget. If not drop down to the 120GB version of the SSD and you should be fine.

#1589
Like #1590 said, the GPU doesn't really matter for TF2.
What you need for Overwatch depends on how many fps on what settings/resolution you want.

posted about 7 years ago
#1587 PC Build Thread in Hardware
AleXKnowing that could you tell me what pieces i should swap using all the complicated piece names so its easier to find them?

That's exactly what I'm going to do.
Tomorrow.

posted about 7 years ago
#1585 PC Build Thread in Hardware

#1584
Ah well, the ways of Dell are mysterious.

Actually if we're talking most powerful CPU the mobo will definitely have to be replaced. PSU not so much.

It's not that easy though, there's some 6 cores that are theoretically more powerful and better for streaming but worse for TF2. The sane choice would be the i7-6700.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($298.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($77.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $411.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-18 17:53 EDT-0400

You could cram in a GTX 1080 if you really tried but I don't see the need for it when going by what he said so far a 170$ GPU would be plenty.

So anything more demanding than OW and TF2 he might play?

#1585
No idea what you're trying to do so I don't know if you should do. For everything but TF2 it's probably not worth it.
If you want to oc you need an i5-6600K (-K CPUs are overclockable, the rest aren't). If you don't get rid of the Z170 mobo. Z series chipsets are for overclocking. Right now you have a CPU in that partlist that can't be overclocked so Z170 is just a waste of money, H170 does the same except for overclock (which you can't), even B150 is good enough. H110 is a bit too far down the low end for me.

The Seagate Barracuda or Toshiba P300 are a bit faster and usually cheaper than the WD Caviar Blue.

The V300 is the SSD antichrist. Don't get it.

Link me a shop (or multiple) or preferably a price comparision site and I should be able to make some minor improvements.

posted about 7 years ago
#1582 PC Build Thread in Hardware

#1582
Are you absolutely sure about the rest then? Maybe just run speccy.

Because 6GB RAM make no sense with that CPU. There are some where it would make sense but those use a different socket, that's why I'm asking.
If you are on LGA1155 after all and won't be overclocking it then a used i7 won't be much slower than a new one cost you not even half as much since you won't need a new mobo either. If it turns out to be an older socket than LGA1155 I'd replace the whole CPU + mobo + RAM combo.

120fps in OW on low should mean you need something around a GTX 950 or R7 370 or RX 460. With your budget you could obviously get something far better.

posted about 7 years ago
#1579 PC Build Thread in Hardware

#1577
There's only one option if we're not changing anything else: i7-6700

#1578
The GeForce 210 is faster.

#1579
I can tell by the +frags people are already hyped for the Muma stream.

It's 8GB RAM btw.

What settings in Overwatch? I mean even on low you need a better GPU, but there is obviously quite a big difference between getting 120fps on Low or getting them on Epic.

The cheapest CPU upgrade would be if you could find a used i7-3770.

Otherwise it's almost a completely new build and in that case the usual question applies:
Overclocking yes/no?

posted about 7 years ago
#12 Memory Issues in Hardware

It's all on the label, thank you.
I pretty much guessed that it was Corsair already, for some reason they have the highest RMA rate. I'm guessing they've been a bit to greedy on the margins just like with PSUs, hope they get back to good quality at a good price, just like recently with the PSUs.

Anyway if you want replace just one stick http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/C3h9TW/gskill-memory-f314900cl9s4gbxl
For complete new kit http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/2tPfrH/a-data-memory-ax3u1866w4g10dr

posted about 7 years ago
#1575 PC Build Thread in Hardware

Yes, but it's a bit tight. So for example 720p 60fps or 1080p 30fps is probably not possible.
For streaming an i7 would be better but if you just want to occasionally stream in 720p 30fps at best the 150$ extra aren't really worth it.

posted about 7 years ago
#10 Memory Issues in Hardware

Windows works in mysterious ways. Or maybe it doesn't work.

Really there's two reasons I could think of:
1. No offense, but maybe you don't remember it correctly.
2. Did you run the windows memory diagnostic immediately or after a restart? I don't know how the tool actually works but if I had to guess it might not move some system stuff in the RAM which might have used those exact 40MB that are producing errors so those never got tested. With twice the RAM available the position of everything moves and the faulty 40MB actually got tested.

If both sticks had passed memtest on their own then it could've been some weird issue with dual channel but as it is I'm convinced it's just one stick that's gone bad.

May I ask which brand/model it is?

posted about 7 years ago
#8 Memory Issues in Hardware

Canadians apologising for the wait seems to be a theme today.

TF2 is CPU intensive. It just doesn't use more than 2 threads effectively (and the GPU driver uses a third one). So anything beyond an i3 doesn't help. An i7 would have twice the power of an i3 at the same clockrate, but TF2 just won't use it.

Anyway I'm assuming since you didn't do test 3 your CPU wasn't overclocked?

There's only one thing left to do now: If you haven't tested both sticks in the same slot try the one that produced errors in the slot that you used for the one that passed without errors. That rules out the slot itself.

But at this point I'm pretty sure that one stick is just broken.
That's actually good news since now you know what's been causing the problems and it's even the cheapest to replace out of all things that could've been broken.

posted about 7 years ago
#1573 PC Build Thread in Hardware

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($256.95 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M Pro4S Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($89.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($43.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $390.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-17 17:39 EDT-0400

I'd say this would be good.
The i5-6600 would be about 8% faster but would be slightly above budget.
With a different mobo you could reuse your old RAM though so it would be possible.

Since you've never overclocked before and frankly just don't need even better performance than this, I don't think it'd be worth the premium.

I wasn't waiting for you, don't worry, I'm not trapped in this thread until all questions have been answered.

posted about 7 years ago
#1570 PC Build Thread in Hardware

CPU: i7-6700 - 1414,03 R$
Mobo: GA-B150M-D3H - 538,75 R$
RAM: 2x8GB 2400MHz CL15 - 324,90 R$
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - 279,90 R$
GPU: Zotac GTX 1060 AMP! - 1525,04 R$
PSU: Corsair CX430 - 215,00 R$
Case: Thermaltake Versa H25 - 249,00 R$ at pichau 233,75 R$ at fgtec but it would be the only thing from fgtec so I'm not sure what would be better for you.

~4530 / 4550 R$

What's left is the SSD. 120GB 850 Evo would be easy. 250GB 850 Evo would be 100 R$ over budget but you could get a cheaper case.
I don't like cheaping out on the case though and the 850 Evo isn't in stock anyway. Since you want to build asap here's two alternatives that are cheaper and in stock:
Crucial M500 240GB - 309,40 R$, total would be ~4840 R$
Crucial BX200 240GB
- 379,90 R$, if only having 2 shops (pichau and kabum) would be better than having to buy 2 things from fgtec as well. Total would be 4930 R$.

FYI: The PSU is possible because the 1060 only needs one 6 pin connector, other options like the 970 or 390 need two 6/8 pin connectors. Wattage wouldn't be a problem but for some reason the CX430 only got one 6/8 pin connector.
The Seasonic S12II 520W is better, but since you'd be buying more parts at different shops anyway you could get the CX450M for 311,90 R$. ~30 R$ over budget for the fgtec-less build, otherwise ~4940 R$ total.

I felt it was worth taking a shot at a mostly fgtec build again with the M500 and CX430.
CPU: i7-6700 - 1519,80 R$
Mobo: GA-B150M-D3H - 538,75 R$
RAM: 2x 8GB 2133MHz CL14 - 464,10 R$
SSD: Crucial M500 120GB - 191,25 R$
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - 296,65 R$
GPU: Zotac GTX 1060 AMP! - 1525,04 R$
PSU: Corsair CX430 - 233,75 R$
Case: Thermaltake Versa H25 - 233,75 R$

5003,09 R$
If you absolutely must stay under 5000 R$ get the Toshiba DT01ACA 1TB instead of the Seagate HDD. That would bring the total down to 4969,09 R$.

So yeah, i7 + 1060 are possible for both options. Seems like I wasted all that time trying to figure out if Hyperthreading would be worth it or if you'd benefit from CUDA.

Pros for each build:
1. mostly fgtec + pichau:
- Only Mobo and GPU from pichau and the rest from fgtec is mostly fgtec like you wanted.

2. pichau + kabum:
- cheaper than 1.
- 250 GB SSD instead of 120GB
- better RAM (and maybe HDD, depending on which one you choose for 1.) than 1.
- still only 2 shops (3. needs 3)

3. pichau + kabum + fgtec:
- cheaper than both 1. and 2.
- otherwise same benefits as 2. (larger SSD, better RAM and HDD)
Or if you get the CX450M:
- cheaper than 1., almost the same price as 2.
- same benefits as 2. as before but now also
- better PSU.

I think I might have put a bit too much work and thought into this, but I felt it hard to be worth the wait.

posted about 7 years ago
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