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    CannedLobster got a reaction from Deli in 1440p Monitor recommendations?   
    27GL850 Might just be the one I'm going with. It's got a lot of great reviews. Thanks guys.
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    CannedLobster got a reaction from Hairless Monkey Boy in Newbie help with a case   
    Hey guys! I've made some posts here in the past and you guys were super helpful so I'm trying again! 

    I'm building a PC for, you guessed it, Cyberpunk 2077. 
    My current case is the Corsair 540 Air and I LOVE it. It's my favourite case of all time but I've been out of the "pc building market" for a while so I don't know if there's something new/better which is similar. What I found was for example the Corsair 680x but it has glass in the front of the entire intake which seems, well, very stupid to me. 

    I don't care about noise, I just want airflow and I love the double compartment system of the Air 540 as well as the shorter/wider shape. I think it's a super clean case. I don't like this "RGB G4M3R" cases. 

    So do you guys have any recommendations? 

    BONUS OFF-TOPIC QUESTION: 

    I currently have a "Gainward GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Phoenix Golden Sample" in my PC and I was hoping that I could upgrade EVERYTHING except for the GPU to save some money. 
    What I'm wondering is (I'm not the most tech smart so sorry if it's vague); do you reckon that I, with the new Ryzen 4000 series (if it comes out by then?) SSD, new fast RAM etc. that I could run the game at 60fps 100% of the time at 1440p? 
    Sssuming it's "low-mid-high-max" settings what I want is MAX textures. I don't mind taking shadows and lighting to high. I like AO but I can do with it on med/high. I like AA as well and I really like phycis be it clothes, hair, destructible environments. And we don't know what effects the game will game but I also like volumetric fog/lighting I don't need to play at 144 or 240 fps. All I need is 60+ ABSOLUTELY 100% of the time. What do you think?

    BONUS BONUS: Any 1440p monitor recommendations? I have the ROG PG278Q and it's on it's last legs. I was looking at the 32" TUF VG32VQ It's more " and cheaper than the 27" TUF?? Is it bad? The only issue I have with my current/old monitor is  that on the bottom right the black just isn't black. It's like there's a huge white light leak that often kind of flickers too. Just brightens up my bottom left part of the monitor.
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    CannedLobster got a reaction from TrigrH in Laptop Motherboard help   
    Hey, got a question and I hope you guys can help.

    I usually stay on my desktop but I needed a laptop for a while so I bought a prebuilt Lenovo Z70 that I thought could still play a reasonable amount of games.

    Everything looked fine. 8gbs of 1600mhz RAM, 1TB HDD, GTX 840m 2gb, 1080p, 17", i7-5500U Processor 2.4ghz

    Only when i got home and got to using it, I saw that the processor is a dual core, not quad. Which I personally do not think is at all good in 2016.

    Being the socially awkward person I am I don't want to go back to the store and ask for a refund to buy another PC so i'd rather just upgrade the CPU with something cheap.

    I know that the motherboard is Lenovo Z70-80 but this is where my knowledge ends. Could any of you guys tell me if it's upgradeable, the CPU. If yes, some suggestions?

    Thanks.
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    CannedLobster reacted to -rascal- in New PC, RAM running low?   
    Exmaple: GTX 780 has a EFFECTIVE Memory speed of 6008MHz, the real / actual clock frequency is 1502MHz.And a little quote directly from NewEgg. Proabably sums it up.
    "The memory type for all current gaming grade video cards is GDDR5, which mostly runs at a real clock frequency of around 1000MHz up to around 1400MHz. GDDR5 uses what is called "quad pumped" technology that within one clock cycle can do 4 data transfers. Thus the effective memory clock, or data rate is 1000MHzx4 to 1400MHzx4. This makes comparing easier."
    Your RAM is running at it's proper speeds, timings, and voltages. I don't see the need to modifiy anything -- unless you want to get your hands dirty with overclocking.
    Regarding on how far you can overclock your RAM really depends.
    It depends if the indiviudal RAM chips can be overclocked further.
    It depends if your Memory Controller on your CPU can even be stable a higher RAM speeds.
    Keep in mind, the maximum published RAM speed for the later Intel CPUs is 1600MHz. You running at 2133MHz alrady involves overclocking the Memory Controller (which is a part inside of the CPU).
    Basically, totally depends if your CPU can handle it or not.
    What we refer to as the "Scilicon Lottery."
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