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In case anyone cares. Ultra preset with motion blur off.

Alright I'll get it then. Looks like the 650W PSU won't be an issue either. Thanks for the help!

I thought even a 3070 might be overkill. As in, the 3300x might be a substantial bottleneck. Is that the case or should a go for a 3070 Ti?

Hey. I finally have the means to get a GPU. Time to retire my 7 yr. old second hand R9 280x! Looking for some advice on selecting my next GPU. My current specs are: R3 3300x Gigabyte B550M DS3H 16GB RAM @ 3200 Antec 650W PSU I want to play Shadow of the Tomb Raider and the Horizon Zero Dawn series at max settings at 1080p (no RTX). Would like to get ~165 FPS since that's my main monitor's refresh rate. I have two other 1080p 60Hz monitors with HDMI and VGA inputs. The main one has 2x HDMI and DP. I'll need a solution to connect all three of them. My upgrade path with this system would be to get a Ryzen 7 5800X3D and more RAM with a beefier PSU, but that's a bit down the line. I'm looking at the 3060Ti, 3070, 6700 or the 6700XT. Given my current specs, does it even make sense to look at the 3070? Note that I'm looking at these two retailers, the prices on amazon.in seem whack: http://www.costtocost.in/list/pricelist.pdf https://mdcomputers.in/ I don't (or rather can't) want to wait for the Ryzen 7000 series or the 4060 to reach me as my poor old GPU is giving up the ghost as we speak. I also don't want a second hand GPU. Thanks in advance!

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B550I-AORUS-PRO-AX-rev-10#kf Found this on LTT forums. Only two RAM slots tho.

Thank you for the SSD recommendations. Any idea on what motherboard should I pair with the 5600G that has 3 display outs?

Thanks for sharing the price tracker. Also, could you suggest an SSD as an example? You've been of great help!

Ah! Almost forgot about the X3D line! Great! I have some viable options now. Just waiting on some comments on this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mjNBbK I think this can work.

Really appreciate your reply. Here, please comment on this: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mjNBbK Also let me know if there are latency advantages to be had by getting Optane + a HDD or is a regular Gen 3 SSD sufficient. I do a significant amount of tiny reads from the disk.

Should I then use my sister's Q6600? /s Jokes aside, I develop multi-threaded backends in nodeJS. I have worked on a 6100, then on a 3300x. The improvement was noticeable. Just want to get something modern with an upgrade path in case I want to bring it back home for some gaming.

5600G, 16GB DDR4 3200, 500W PSU, B550 Motherboard. How does this work? Also, what is my upgrade path here? 5900x + a dGPU?

Budget (including currency): 50k INR at most. Country: India (INR) Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Web Development, Adobe Illustrator, Figma, NodeJS Server Development. (Win 11) Desired Display Output: 2x 1080p (secondary monitors) + 1x high refresh rate 1440p / 4k (primary monitor) I have all the peripherals minus a primary monitor. This is not included in the budget. Hi, super excited to build a web-development PC for office. Please advice the best bang-for-buck while keeping future-proofing in mind. Here's what I have been thinking: Opt. 1: 12100k with no dGPU Opt. 2: 3300x + GT1030 Opt. 3: 12100F + GT1030 Opt. 4: Ryzen 4650G > Please ignore these options if they don't make sense. Idk how will I connect 3 monitors without a dGPU. 16 GB RAM will be sufficient for now. DDR4 or DDR5? (I am not a monster, I open at most 5 tabs of chrome at a time) Suggestion for a motherboard & PSU? Case suggestions? For storage: Going with intel gives me the option to use Optane. I don't need much storage. I'll prefer speed over capacity. 2.5G LAN will be a nice to have. Not necessary at all. Will my workload benefit from more cores? Any full-stack developers? Thank you.

Seems reasonable. I'll get some 'MAC 97A6 M922's I guess and give it a shot. Thanks a lot!

Given that it came from China where cost cutting is the name of the game, and my Dad said the same thing; I should have thought of that on my own. Anyway, would you recommend replacing this burnt component, or the entire PCB?

Hi all. A beginner here. I'm trying to fix this lava lamp and I noticed this three-legged component kinda molten-ish inside the on-off knob. There is a brown tint underneath the PCB too. I have two questions: (1) Is this thing bad? aka. will replacing it do the job? (2) Do I even need this PCB? Can I directly plug it into the mains AC? This knob seems to only turn the lamp off or on. I don't see the lamp getting dimmer by turning the knob. Better to ask before committing arson on my own house. The bulb is fine. Its an E14 R39 rated for 30W.