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That will do the trick

A friend of mine asked me to help him build a new computer. The main tasks will be gaming(SC2, LoL, DOTA2, AC:Blackflag) at 1080p and streaming(the first 3) Here's the proposed build Rationale: CPU/Motherboard: I thought about getting him an AMD build, but he did want the ability to upgrade in the future and between Haswell, Haswell Refresh and Broadwell, he will have lots of options to choose from. Especially if he wants to go for something like a Core i5. The CPU will obviously be overclocked. One additional benefit will be Quicksync when it comes to encoding in OBS I really do trust Gigabyte. While I'd usually decide between them and ASUS, ASUS's return policy here in Germany is atrocious. RAM: We'll get the cheapest one we'll find by the time he builds. All I'm concerned with is 2 sticks of 4GB for additional upgrad possibilities. CPU Cooler: I will overclock the CPU and this will do the job of cooling it just fine, while not being stupidly expensive compared to the cost of the CPU. GPU: It's a bit more expensive than the GTX 960, but I like some of the technologies that come with the card, in addition to the 1080p performance. Sapphire, because I like what they do with AMD cards Storage: SSD is basically a must by now. He will be able to put all important games on there. The HDD will be used for other games that are not that important as well as mass storage. He does not really care about loading times there. PSU: Between the solid reviews, the efficiency, performance head room, and 5 years warranty, I think this is an excellent choice. Case: He honestly didn't care. So we took the cheapest one. I think this will be an excellent build for the price point and tasks. So rip it a new one please

Ok, we definitely need a video describing what you guys have learned during the whole thing, because this project takes sooo long and seems so inefficient, that at least there has to be a tangible knowledge benefit.

quite a big price difference actually. 60-80$ MSRP according to their website. BUT! The unit is quite a lot bigger. and while produce better cooling results. As always it depends. On your needs, on your budget, on your personal preference (I find the beQuiet! unit much more pleasing to look at)

it always depends on the amount and quality of the preinstalled fans. The pre installed Lian-Li fans for example are relatively loud. So changing them out for something like high quality Noctua fans yields a better noise level result. BeQuiet on the other hand already has good fans, so other fans might not be that helpful with regards to temperature or noise levels. But, changing out your case fans can also be an asthetic choice. Wither because the are a certain color, like the Corsair fans, or because they light up like the Bitphenix Spectre Pros.

There are a couple of reasons why that wouldn't be viable. RAM and VRAM have a parallel connection with respective processing units. This means that there are multiple physical connections between the processor and the memory. This is because, as long as you could viably add these physical lanes, you could viably increase the data throughput. But physical space limitations and induction make this not viable. The PCIe interface on the other hand is a serial interface which has a basically transformas a signal into a coded message which is then reinterpreted. so going from GPU over PCIe over the parallel Memory interface is very inefficient. Ansother reason ist the way the memory is usually used. RAM usually keeps your stuff in there for the duration of the application lifespan. VRAM content constantly changes. From the textures/nump maps/light maps that are used, to the completed frames. As said before, system RAM is used as a worst case scenario VRAM. But then you ar already in a bad situation.

Well, maybe they're not as bad as you say, but your general point definitely stands. You will have a miniscule temperature reduction for a price tag for which you could have bought a better overall cooler in the first place.

If you are open to a high end 1080p display this EIZO display might be of interest to you. Yes it is pricey for a 1080p screen, but damn it looks good.

Very disappointing, that all their freesync UW monitors have the 1080p resolution Since @ already mentioned freesync, I guess the first question is, which GPU you are using. Also, what's your general budget? Do you want to stay with the 1080p UW resolution or do you want 3440x1440?

Maybe I am in the minority, but I actually do enjoy the multipart episodes. There was obviously a lot to talk about when it comes to the iMac/OSX ecosystem and looking beyond the usual scope of high performing PC parts gives one a better understanding of the realities of the tech market. I will probably never own an iMac. But that does not mean I shouldn't know about them.

Don't go with a case just because it is on sale. You'll have to look at the damn thing all the time. So make sure you'd want to Either one will make you happy performance wise, but you can't gauge personal taste.

I think the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo is the right choice in this case. Considering the cost of the CPU, it's easy to spend more on cooling it compared to having it. The Hyper 212 gives you lots of head room and is a great bang for the buck proposition

What you have with the bigger 140mm intake fan, is positive preassure. That means that more air is getting pumped in than exhausted. This is good. PC cases are in no way insulated systems. Your intake should be enough. Try it out. Monitor your GPU and CPU temps after a nice long gaming session. If they are within your comfort zone, perfect. They probably will be. Your system will not overheat just because you will put in a more powerfull card. The 290x is not a power plant. It will not overheat your system.

I don't think the Thermal paste market is a very fast evolving one

I think you should go for mayonnaise. Not only is it a valid gender(right tumblr?), but also better than some thermal compounds. Round up of different thermal compound

Go with the cheaper option. 16 GB is about as much as you will need on your plattform. Unless you want to get into heavy video editing. The next time it probably makes sense for you to upgrade performance wise will be around the time the Cannonlake/Zen Architektures are here. And they will be using DDR4.

I am honestly agaianst buying a Nvidia card as my next performance upgrade, because I do not want to support these prorietary standards.

I think one of the factors you might want to consider is the warranty. Especially if you have "future proofness" as a factor. Buying a high quality PSU for not only my current, but also future builds to come was my main goal. I guess the EVGA just fit the bill for me.

That's the big issue, isn't it. You want G-Sync to have a wide adoption. But that 200$ price tag on top of the monitor makes that kinda hard. I mean, if you look at decent gaming grad monitors you will probably not find one under 200$ So, how could one justify one feature costing as much as the rest of the monitor. Especially one so hard to market.

Why don't you use the Intel HD 4000 chip on your CPU to do the Encoding for you (QuickSync) Would that not be enough to still push everything to the max and stream?

Meaning, that after a certain point, diminishing return hits like a brick wall. You will pay a lot more money for maybe a degree of better cooling. It's like with CPUs. How much the gaming performance actually improves comparing an oc'ed 4690k to a 4790k or even the Haswell-E chips.

I didn't really have a set budget for my CPU cooler. I knew I didn't want to go custom loop. So after I watched Linus's review of the NH-D15 and its performance compared to 100€+ AiOs I went with air cooling.

The Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo could be your baseline. This will cool your system, but is not as high performing as the rest of your system. There are a couple of options. The Noctua NH-D15 will most likely be your best option, but probably overkill. And also quite expensive. The Noctua NH-D14 on the other hand will provide close to that cooling performance while being more wallet friendly. If you want Noctua, and who could blame you, but don't want a dual tower heatsink, maybe look at the NH-U12S or NH-U14S. Another good option might be the Dark Rock Pro. Which will also probably look better.

No, Broadwell and Skylake will both be using 14nm The Dieshrink for Skylake is supposed to be 10nm and called Cannonlake

Wait, did Linus really think that SD Read/write speeds for 4K are boring and then talks about phone chargers for 5 minutes the next day?